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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

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Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts. Tags: Digital Divide Reporting Running Your Organization.

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Webinar: Winning the Story Wars

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His work on legendary viral videos like The Meatrix and The Story of Stuff series has brought key social issues to the attention of more than 60 million viewers and his interactive work has been honored with 'Best Of' awards three times at the standard-setting South By Southwest interactive festival. How to create your own Story Strategy Map.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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One of the reasons I think the issue of genocide in Darfur, and in other places, hasn't reached the mainstream consciousness, is that it is hard to find actions that make concerned citizens feel like they are having an impact. April 8 Watch the HBO special, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. I don't have to solve the problem.

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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. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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I felt an emptiness inside, as a woman, that I wasn't hearing from the teachers that I wanted to about world issues. I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines.

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The Mismeasure of War

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our human rights team cares deeply about the issue of truth in human rights reporting. of the report should include an appropriate measure of uncertainty. The purported trend could be overwhelmed by the error of the estimates describing child mortality, but these errors are not presented in the report. Quite the opposite.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history. Benetech President's Update Winter 2011 I’m pleased to provide you you a detailed update on Benetech for the first time in two years.