A critique of Global Voices
It’s not very hard to convince people – friends, family, strangers – that Global Voices is amazing and deserving of their support. In fact, not once have I described what I do for a living to anyone and heard the reaction, ‘well, that sounds...Explosions in Medellin, Peddlers in Madagascar, Street Food and Footpaths in Calcutta
Every two weeks we feature four to five posts by Rising Voices participants as a way of showcasing some of the finest content from new voices that are typically ignored by both traditional and new media. In order to make new voices heard, however, we must be willing...
A Brief Trip to Medellin, Madagascar, Dhaka, and Uruguay
Many thanks to Nicholas Laughlin from Trinidad and Tobago and Joan Razafimaharo from Montreal, Canada for leaving comments on the last batch of featured Rising Voices posts. I hope that more of you will leave comments of encouragement in this week’s collection...![[Video] In which La Loma Hip-Hop Star Jorge Jurado Gives a Shoutout to Oso](https://i0.wp.com/farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/2190478870_66b2a9d711.jpg?w=425)
[Video] In which La Loma Hip-Hop Star Jorge Jurado Gives a Shoutout to Oso
All this blah-blah-blah about citizen media and the democratization of participatory communication … all the traveling and the workshops and the guides and conference panels … the true end-goal of it all … the dream … the mecca … was to...Voces Bolivianas Featured on BBC's The World
Voces Bolivianas, one of the first five recipients of a Rising Voices citizen media outreach award, was featured yesterday on the BBC program, The World. In the four minute feature Ruxandra Guidi interviews project facilitator Mario Duran and Voces Bolivianas...Latest Photos
