[Video] Interview with Ramsey Tesdell of 7iber.com

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Written byDavid Sasaki
Posted 7 October 2009 8:24 GMT

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Ramsey Tesdell is the founder of 7iber.com, a citizen journalism community and training project based in Amman, Jordan. We met up with him at the Strengthening Independent Media program in Austria, which aims to map the new era of international media development. Ramsey explains the goals and activities of 7iber, his latest training efforts in Gaza, and the current state of donor investment in participatory media projects. You can learn more about Ramsey and 7iber at MediaShift and on Global Voices.

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  • Pingback: The New Era of Media Development, Part II « The Levisa Lazer

    […] observation, pointing to the pervasive use of MXit, a mobile social network in South Africa. Ramsey Tesdell of 7iber, however, was skeptical of the “if you build it, they will come” mentality. […]

    26 October 2009, 6:25 am
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    […] of my absolute favorite citizen media communities, which is based in Amman, Jordan. As I write this Ramsey Tesdell – also of 7iber.com – is back in Beirut with Noha and several other friends for the […]

    11 May 2010, 9:50 pm

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