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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

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Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org. Challenges and issues.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

She was also awarded their annual Ida B. BB: Can you talk a little bit about the program, how long it is, what the women learn, and what some of the challenges are for them to make the training happen within their every day life? We are training women at all levels in their life. Wells prize for Bravery in Journalism.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

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Will Coley , Aquifer Media , designs social campaigns and digital storytelling for groups such as ACLU, the Freedom from Fear awards, Rights Working Group, and Public Interest Projects. In 2008 she decided to integrate blogging into her organization’s overall communications plan. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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Others might sacrifice their life for you; you must be prepared to do the same for them. We see the tragic consequences when fear and hatred win out over the Golden Rule in places like the Middle East, Iran, North Korea, Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.