Posted on March 26, 2008 by 40brown
I love this video for several reasons-
It highlights the incongruity between media presentation and reality
It gives example of the “power of the masses”
It mentions online volunteering!
All of that, and its well made!
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by 40brown
I am a big fan of the organization, Witness, and a recent project of theirs is called the HUB. Its kind of like YouTube for human rights. It will be interesting to see how the project goes - it has its pros and cons, but here is a good example of its use.
Note that the video that [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2008 by 40brown
Social causes and media have a long history, and nonprofits have become well acquainted with the use of media to further their causes. Beyond typical public relations, nonprofits have increasingly turned to documentaries to help tell their story and get the issues they care about out into the public dialogue.
But at the Making Your Media [...]
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