In this Web 2.0 world we are all beginners at something. Even though I've been blogging for 5 years, I only know what I know.... Read More
After catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti and Chili in less than two months, Bay Area youth reflect on their preparedness for a natural disaster and how... Read More
Director of Digital Democracy, Professor of Journalism at American University, and Associate Director of the Media Access Project talk about social media for social change.... Read More
Laura Cabral returns for her third year with SALUD.
Some of my clearest memories from SALUD consist of sitting in the room outside of Ms. Unzueta’s... Read More
Adriana Garcia has been an active member of the SALUD project since the beginning. In 2008 and 2009 she learned to listen and then take... Read More
“All nonprofits should develop a video strategy—a persistent, methodical approach to producing and distributing video content that achieves organizational goals. And YouTube, the largest online... Read More
They may not call themselves "activists," and you've probably never heard their names, but a new generation of young people is using high-tech communications to... Read More
The Latino community, a frequent user of the Internet and mobile phones, will have access to health information through popular social networks and video, reports... Read More
Online activist Will Coley has compiled a list of 250 pro-migrant, human-rights, & civil-rights online activists, advocates & direct service practitioners dedicated to the enactment... Read More
Public access television stations across the country are transforming into media and technology centers. In Minnesota, the nonprofit St. Paul Neighborhood Network (a New Routes... Read More
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) to provide community radio journalists in the United States and Latin America... Read More
From The BAVC Blog by Jennifer Gilomen, BAVC's Director of Public Media Initiatives
On September 2, BAVC was honored to be visited by Sonal Shah, Director... Read More
Blogger Eric Ward of Imagine 2050 suggests ways to take action on immigrant issues by talking back to the media, getting friends involved in social... Read More
This issue of The Drum Beat focuses on stories, asking: what do we mean by the use of oral history, or storytelling, in the context... Read More
October 29 - November 1, 2009, (and thanks to the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Surdna Foundation) Global Action Project (G.A.P.) will cover all expenses... Read More
The National Civic Summit in Minneapolis, a two-day event which was free and open to the public, showcased new tools for e-democracy and civic engagement.... Read More
We want you to have an opportunity to learn more about our grantees and community partners through their own voice. Working in collaboration with one... Read More
"When people say community media, they often mean the local news. But at New Routes to Community Health, community media means participatory media," says Karen... Read More
La Caja de Herramientas Comunitarias es el recurso más amplio del mundo para información gratuita acerca de las habilidades esenciales para construir comunidades más sanas.... Read More
This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the... Read More
Social media adoption has been slower among Latinos, but it has been gradually happening in the course of the past few years. More and more US Hispanics and Spanish speakers overseas are familiar wih Facebook, MySpace and other social networking platforms. Read More
I've been seeing a lot of Twitter-haters out there. You know who you are!
The jury is still out, but the short answer is that if... Read More
Quick tips for getting your online community back on the right track, from Martin Reed at Community Spark. Read More
66.8% of Internet users across the globe accessed “member communities” last year, compared to 65.1% for email. Facebook is the top social network in all... Read More
Multiplatform, participatory, and digital, public media 2.0 will be an essential feature of truly democratic public life from here on in. And it’ll be media... Read More
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