Stories about Learning and Opportunities from June, 2014
Citizen Media How To: Boosting Visibility For Your Videos
The Video4Change network recently produced three more freely available guides, including a "Video Compression Guide", a "Guide to Video Distribution Sites", and "How to Host a Film Screening".
Off to Burkina Faso! The Niger Team OpenStreetMaps their way to Ouagadougou
The 2013 Rising Voices' micrograntee Mapping for Niger is continuing on with their work, traveling around their region to meet with other OpenStreetMap teams and learn new skills.
Building the Handheld Revolution in Closed Communities: Mycitizen.net
A guest post by the creator of Mycitizen.net, a free and open-source platform that facilitates social networking in local communities. Designed for Burma, it can be used where the safety of civil society actors requires special privacy protection.
Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia
Breaking down barriers to technology is the first step to involve society's most experienced members. This Czech Wikimedia Foundation project will involve seniors in the online Wikipedia community.
10 Essential Resources for Arabic-Speaking Activists
A list of key Arabic-language resources for digital media activists.
