David Sasaki · November, 2007

Latest posts by David Sasaki from November, 2007

Rising Voices Microgrant Application Deadline Extended to Dec. 3

  28 November 2007

The application deadline for microgrants of up to US$ 5,000 to fund citizen media outreach projects in the developing world has been extended until Monday, December 3. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to discover and take advantage of tools like blogging, video-blogging, and podcasting on their own.

Voces Bolivianas: Two Mile High Citizen Media (Part II)

  18 November 2007

In part one, we looked at the hard work and preparation of the Voces Bolivianas team before they started their citizen media outreach program in El Alto. Today we look at the fruits of their labor - that is, some of the featured posts of the 23 Voces Bolivianas participants who joined the blogosphere less than two months ago.

Rising Voices Update

  9 November 2007

Rising Voices is now entering its sixth month as the citizen media outreach arm of Global Voices. In this post we take a look back at what RV has accomplished in its first five months and how we hope to improve in the future.