Rising Voices editor, radio features producer, photographer. Interests include storytelling, the politics behind photography, and terrariums. Originally from New York, she is currently based in Paris, France. Tweets @zigzagrailroad and on soundcloud as “midden productions”
Latest posts by Laura Morris from May, 2014
Spend Your Summer Learning: Upcoming MOOCs
A list of upcoming (and recently begun) MOOCs - massive open online courses - for the summer which touch on new technologies, creativity, and citizen media.
The Amp #13: May 10 to May 23
Our biweekly newsletter the Amp is out, chock full of opportunities, funding, scholarships, and articles to read to keep you up on new developments in digital media around the world.
Creative Commons 101 : Are You Doing it Right?
Are you using your Creative Commons images appropriately? More than 90% of Creative Commons images are not attributed at all! Here is a great infographic to get you up to date.
The Balance Between Speed and Accuracy: Countering Misinformation on Social Media
Checkdesk is a project to verify information drawn from social media. Working with partners around the Arab-speaking world, this open-source platform helps newsrooms check their reports through crowdsourcing.
Best of the Blogs Winners Announced
A summary of the winners of Deutsche Welle's annual competition for the best of the world's blogs.
The Amp #12 : April 25 – May 9
Our biweekly newsletter the Amp is out, chock full of opportunities, funding, scholarships, and articles to read to keep you up on new developments in digital media around the world.
Showing the Diversity of the Struggle: SyriaUntold One Year On
Syria Untold launched one year ago, exploring multiple ways to tell the story of the Syrian struggle and its diverse forms of resistance. Rising Voices interviews one of the members of the team, Leila Nachawati, for an update.
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‘New Tactics’ Makes a New Digital Toolkit for Activism Strategy
The organisation New Tactics has published an online guide for new and seasoned activists who want to learn more about how to improve their strategic and technical capacities.
A Do-It-Yourself Code for Ethical Journalism
Codes of ethical journalism aren't one-size-fits-all. The Online News Association is creating guidelines to help new journalism projects and journalists find what works best.
Tour Guides Only Tell You One Version of a City's Story. This New App Lets Residents Tell You Theirs
Voicemap lets you listen to personal stories about the places you visit. You won't find these stories in the usual tourism guides.
Football, Building Social Cohesion in Niger
Sports – and especially football – can be an ideal vehicle to reinforce social cohesion in Nigerien communities scattered across the country's wide territory.
Global Voices Meetup in Kampala, Uganda
The next Global Voices Meetup is scheduled for November 23 in Kampala, Uganda, bringing together community members to share ideas.
