by David Sasaki | Jun 23, 2008 | English
Today I find myself in Bogotá, a metropolis which, with its high elevation, bohemian vagabonds, and surrounding green hills, reminds me quite a bit of Mexico City. Last time I was here I barely got out of La Candelaria and embassy row. This time I’m in...
by David Sasaki | Jun 21, 2008 | English
ConVerGentes, the San Javier La Loma-based group of young journalists who form part of HiperBarrio, have started a podcast. (Subscribe with iTunes.) [podcast]http://blip.tv/file/get/Convergentes-Podcast1341.mp3[/podcast] Their first episode, in Spanish, features the...
by David Sasaki | Jun 20, 2008 | Español
Los muchachos de ConVerGentes presentan su primer podcast. [podcast]http://blip.tv/file/get/Convergentes-Podcast1341.mp3[/podcast] 1.) Introducción a ConVerGentes por Diego Ospina. 2.) Los nombres y blogs de los participantes de ConVerGentes. 3.) Gabriel Montoya...
by David Sasaki | Jun 18, 2008 | Español
Revaz me está visitando acá en Medallo. Siempre es divertido poder presentar una ciudad querida, como Medellín, a un amigo querido. Aquí está en Envigado: Este año Revaz ha estado trabajando como maestro ayudante en Oakland,...
by David Sasaki | Jun 4, 2008 | Español
Yo siempre he querido ser parte de un club de cine como el Studio Film Club que tienen unos amigos en Trinidad y Tobago. Pero eso, obviamente, no es posible cuando uno siempre está viajando desde un lugar a otro cada dos semanas. Por suerte llegue a...
by David Sasaki | May 27, 2008 | English, Video
First of all, let me emphasize that the super gringo accent is not mine. That belongs to none other than Mr. Steven Mansour. My yankee voice only makes the occasional brief cameo after the 5 minute mark. Steve did a great job producing the video, which documents the...
by David Sasaki | May 27, 2008 | Español
La primera vez que conocí Georgia en Londres, ella me explicó su estilo de poppletrotting (su appellido es Popplewell y ‘trot’ en inglés es trotar). Poppletrotting es una forma de viajar. Sin estrés, sin discusiones, con...
by David Sasaki | May 22, 2008 | English, Rising Voices
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...
by David Sasaki | May 3, 2008 | English, Rising Voices
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...
by David Sasaki | Apr 23, 2008 | English, Rising Voices
The most difficult challenge I’ve encountered so far with Rising Voices hasn’t been training new communities with little online experience how to effectively use new media tools like blogs, podcasts and video- and photo-sharing sites. Nope … that has...