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Ideas Wanted to Increase Participation in Elections

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I attended a Knight News Challenge kickoff event in San Francisco recently. Facilitate these activities at either the local, state, or national level. In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge. The recent 2014 national election saw record low voter turnout — the worst in 72 years.

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Working Toward Internet Access for Everyone

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This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities. The 2015 UK Digital Leaders 100 Award for digital inclusion was awarded to Citizens Online. Citizens Online. A Human Right.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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For example, the San Francisco Public Library's website has a page that curates local services and resources on preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. After the shooting of Michael Brown by the local police, the city of Ferguson, Missouri erupted in chaos, violence, and unrest.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. She was also awarded their annual Ida B. Wells prize for Bravery in Journalism. I came back to the States after working in Nepal, and I took a job as a feature writer in San Francisco.

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22 Years Ago…

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journalism, and a bunch of my pals had migrated to the computer press. in San Francisco. decades, he has guided TechSoup Global from a small, local nonprofit to a globally respected organization. Award" from the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) and. expensive then). The obvious question.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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I spent a lot of time in the fields of Wisconsin journaling, researching, reading, writing, creating the manifesto, if you will. I think it's really interesting that you were in the healing profession, and then moved to this, which some would say is businesslike or organizational, or journalism. It's all about your team.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

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It grew out of a pioneer online community in the San Francisco Bay Area called The Well , the acronym for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. From 1980 to 1984 he was executive director of Media Alliance in San Francisco. Daniel has also taught journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz.