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The Unheard Millions: A New Audience Joins Global News Conversations

Trevor Knoblich | Idea Lab | August 31, 2012

The field of journalism has faced a number of technology-driven changes in the past decade, including the advent of blogs, the generating and sharing of news via social media, and the tentative move by many governments to provide open data. Read More »

Uganda Speaks: Technology and the Right to Reply

Ken Banks, Olivia O'Sullivan | National Geographic | May 2, 2012

The developing world often gets poor representation in the western media. From well-meaning but simplistic representations by charities and advocates to enduring stereotypes of dark continents and poverty, developing countries are frequently denied the right to be seen as the complex, varied and human places they are. Read More »

Ushahidi - An Open Source Disaster & Crisis Management Mapping Tool

Ushahidi is a non-profit technology company specializing in developing open source software (OSS) for information collection, visualization, communications, and mapping. The core platform is built on the premise that gathering crisis information from the general public provides new insights into events happening in near real-time. It can also be used to help organizations marshal efforts to assist areas facing manmade or natural disasters that are not well covered in the mainstream media.

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Using Innovation And Technology To Stimulate Your Local Economy

Felicity McLean | The Guardian | June 10, 2013

A pre-G8 day of dialogue is inviting social entrepreneurs to share ideas on addressing global challenges Read More »

Using SMS as an Effective Behavior Change Campaigning Tool

Florence Scialom | FrontlineSMS | March 1, 2012

Behavior change campaigning is inherently interactive. In order to encourage positive behavior change it is important to not only push campaign messages out to people, but to listen to the responses. To run a campaign which has a real impact, you need to listen to ensure you’re being heard. Read More »

Using SMS To Mobilize The Community Clean-Up Of Ciliwung River, Indonesia: One Piece Of Garbage At A Time.

Een Irawan Putra | FrontlineSMS | April 24, 2013

FrontlineSMS has had a strong connection with environmental issues since our Founder had the initial spark of an idea while working on an anti-poaching project in South Africa. We’re delighted to be able to host Een Irawan Putra of KPC Bogor and the Indonesia Nature Film Society to our blog, to share how he used FrontlineSMS in Indonesia to invite he community to help clean up the garbage clogging the Ciliwung River. Read More »

VNI Service Award Finalist Pierre Omadjela Uses FrontlineSMS To Raise Malaria Prevention Awareness In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Robin Platte | FrontlineSMS | July 2, 2013

[...] The President’s Malaria Initiative, launched in 2005 through USAID, provides malaria prevention and treatment in five provinces, which make up 26% of the DRC’s health zones. Read More »

What The Red Dots Are For, Or Why We Map (Part 1: Iraq)

Helena Puig Larrauri | Ushahidi | February 22, 2013

Mercy Corps has recently embarked on a strategy to introduce mapping tools to its conflict management and protection programs around the globe – from Iraq to Kenya to Nepal... Read More »

Why One Tech-Savvy Aid Worker Had to Flee Afghanistan

Spencer Ackerman | Wired | March 6, 2012

Gold, a lieutenant in the North Carolina National Guard who deployed to Iraq in 2009, didn’t think it would turn out this way. She and her friends had started a tech-heavy aid company, the International Synergy Group, that brought Gold to Afghanistan in May 2010. With some contract cash from the blue-sky researchers at Darpa, Gold sought to use mobile applications to get agriculture and health data into the hands of Afghans, particularly for pregnant women in need of natal-care facts, through the use of open-source software favored by aid workers like Ushahidi or FrontlineSMS...

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World Disasters Report 2013: Using Technology To Save Lives - Africa Launch

Press Release | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | October 17, 2013

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will launch the World Disasters Report 2013, whose theme is Focus on Technology and the Future of Humanitarian Action, at an event to be held on Thursday 17 October 2013 at the iHUB, Bishop Magua Building, Ngong Road, Nairobi. Read More »

World Radio Day: An Opportunity to Celebrate an Unsung Hero

Amy O'Donnell | The Guardian | February 13, 2012

World Radio Day celebrates radio's role in empowering people in remote communities – not just as a source of information, but increasingly as a way to make their own voices heard

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“Radio Isn't Just a Platform; It's a Social Institution.” Reflections on World Radio Day Celebration in London

Peter Westman | FrontlineSMS | February 15, 2012

As I start my role as Radio Project Assistant at FrontlineSMS, I have been struck by the use of radio as a tool for freedom of expression. Despite the tremendous amount of attention given to ICTs centered around the internet, radio remains one of the most pervasive, immediate, and affordable sources of information for many people worldwide. We heard during Monday’s event that while 65% of the world’s 7 billion people do not use the internet, 75% of people in economically developing do countries have access to a radio.

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