Global Voices
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| Founded | 2004, Berkman Center for Internet & Society |
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| Type | Nonprofit foundation |
| Focus | Journalism |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°23′08″N 4°50′36″E / 52.3855°N 4.8433°E |
Area served | Global |
| Website | globalvoices.org |
Global Voices is an international community of writers, bloggers, translators, journalists, researchers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide. It is a non-profit project started at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School that grew out of an international bloggers' meeting held in December 2004. The organization was founded by Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon. In 2008, it became an independent non-profit incorporated in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Objectives
[edit]When Global Voices was formed, Its objectives were: first, to enable and empower a community of "bridge bloggers" who "can make a bridge between two languages, or two cultures."[1] Second to develop tools and resources to make achieving the first objective more effective. It has maintained a working relationship with mainstream media. Reuters, for example, gave Global Voices unrestricted grants from 2006 to 2008.[2] For its contribution to innovation in journalism, Global Voices was granted the 2006 Knight-Batten Grand Prize.[3] Global Voices was also recognized in 2009 with the University of Denver's Anvil of Freedom award for contributions to journalism and democracy.[4]
The organization stated its goals as of 2012[update]:
- "Call attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizens' media around the world by linking to text, photos, podcasts, video and other forms of grassroots citizens' media."
- "Facilitate the emergence of new citizens' voices through training, online tutorials, and publicizing the ways in which open-source and free tools can be used safely by people around the world".
- "Advocate for freedom of expression ... and protect the rights of citizen journalists".[5]
Global Voices has a team of regional editors that aggregates and selects conversations from a variety of blogospheres, with a particular focus on non-Western and underrepresented voices. Contributors are volunteers.[6]
Summits
[edit]Global Voices has organized biannual summits and bloggers meetings for their virtual community to meet face-to-face.[7]
| Summit | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summit 2005 | London, United Kingdom | December 10, 2005 |
| Summit 2006 | Delhi, India | December 16, 2006 |
| Summit 2008 | Budapest, Hungary | June 27-28, 2008 |
| Summit 2010 | Santiago, Chile | May 6-7, 2010 |
| Summit 2012 | Nairobi, Kenya | July 2-3, 2012 |
| Summit 2015 | Cebu, Philippines | January 24-25, 2015 |
| Summit 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | December 2-3, 2017 |
| Summit 2019 | Taipei, Taiwan | June 2, 2019 |
| Summit 2024 | Kathmandu, Nepal | December 6-7, 2024 |
| Meeting | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2008 | Beirut, Lebanon | 2008 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2009 | Beirut, Lebanon | December 7-12, 2009 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2011 | Tunisia | 2011 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2014 | Amman, Jordan | January 20-23, 2014 |
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Boyd, Clark (6 April 2005). "Global voices speak through blogs". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (13 April 2006). "Reuters partners in comment blog". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "J-Lab". J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Previous Anvil of Freedom Winners". Estlow International Center for Journalism & New Media. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "What is Global Voices". globalvoices.org. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Global Voices · Participate". Global Voices. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Global Voices · Summits". Global Voices. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
External links
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Media related to Global Voices at Wikimedia Commons
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| Founded | 2004, Berkman Center for Internet & Society |
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| Type | Nonprofit foundation |
| Focus | Journalism |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°23′08″N 4°50′36″E / 52.3855°N 4.8433°E / 52.3855; 4.8433 |
Area served | Global |
| Website | globalvoices.org |
Global Voices is an international community of writers, bloggers, translators, journalists, researchers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide. It is a non-profit project started at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School that grew out of an international bloggers' meeting held in December 2004. The organization was founded by Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon. In 2008, it became an independent non-profit incorporated in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Objectives
When Global Voices was formed, Its objectives were: first, to enable and empower a community of "bridge bloggers" who "can make a bridge between two languages, or two cultures."[1] Second to develop tools and resources to make achieving the first objective more effective. It has maintained a working relationship with mainstream media. Reuters, for example, gave Global Voices unrestricted grants from 2006 to 2008.[2] For its contribution to innovation in journalism, Global Voices was granted the 2006 Knight-Batten Grand Prize.[3] Global Voices was also recognized in 2009 with the University of Denver's Anvil of Freedom award for contributions to journalism and democracy.[4]
The organization stated its goals as of 2012[update]:
- "Call attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizens' media around the world by linking to text, photos, podcasts, video and other forms of grassroots citizens' media."
- "Facilitate the emergence of new citizens' voices through training, online tutorials, and publicizing the ways in which open-source and free tools can be used safely by people around the world".
- "Advocate for freedom of expression ... and protect the rights of citizen journalists".[5]
Global Voices has a team of regional editors that aggregates and selects conversations from a variety of blogospheres, with a particular focus on non-Western and underrepresented voices. Contributors are volunteers.[6]
Summits
Global Voices has organized biannual summits and bloggers meetings for their virtual community to meet face-to-face.[7]
| Summit | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summit 2005 | London, United Kingdom | December 10, 2005 |
| Summit 2006 | Delhi, India | December 16, 2006 |
| Summit 2008 | Budapest, Hungary | June 27-28, 2008 |
| Summit 2010 | Santiago, Chile | May 6-7, 2010 |
| Summit 2012 | Nairobi, Kenya | July 2-3, 2012 |
| Summit 2015 | Cebu, Philippines | January 24-25, 2015 |
| Summit 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | December 2-3, 2017 |
| Summit 2019 | Taipei, Taiwan | June 2, 2019 |
| Summit 2024 | Kathmandu, Nepal | December 6-7, 2024 |
| Meeting | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2008 | Beirut, Lebanon | 2008 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2009 | Beirut, Lebanon | December 7-12, 2009 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2011 | Tunisia | 2011 |
| Arab Bloggers Meeting 2014 | Amman, Jordan | January 20-23, 2014 |
Notable people
References
- ^ Boyd, Clark (6 April 2005). "Global voices speak through blogs". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (13 April 2006). "Reuters partners in comment blog". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "J-Lab". J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Previous Anvil of Freedom Winners". Estlow International Center for Journalism & New Media. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "What is Global Voices". globalvoices.org. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Global Voices · Participate". Global Voices. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Global Voices · Summits". Global Voices. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
External links
Media related to Global Voices at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website