Monday, May 29, 2017

Portenier #bursary competition offers #safety #training for independent #journalists exposing #human #rights abuses

Portenier bursary competition offers safety training for independent journalists exposing human rights abuses


"…The bursary provides C$3,000 towards a hostile environment course of the winner's choosing from a range of approved course providers in Canada, the USA or Britain. It is open to qualified independent applicants of any nationality, experienced or novice, working on significant projects for which funding is in place. The rules are available on the Forum's website.
The bursary is awarded by an independent jury with expertise in the field, including a representative of the UK-based Rory Peck Trust, which offers safety training bursaries and other support to freelancers.
Last year's Portenier winner was Eman Helal, an Egyptian photojournalist whose work documents sexual harassment and attacks against women in her country. Applications were received from freelancers and independent documentary-makers in 25 countries.
In 2015 the Portenier was won by Jason O'Hara, a Toronto filmmaker working on a documentary about abuses in the clearance of favelas in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. …"
http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/portenier-bursary-competition-offers-safety-training-for-independent-journalists-exposing-human-rights-abuses-622306843.html

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Addis Ababa - OK the story so far …

OK the story so far … three weeks in Addis Ababa Ethiopia (probably) February of ’17 CESO https://www.ceso-saco.com/ https://www.saco-ceso.com/ is sending me to work with the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations http://www.addischamber.com
The client has confirmed and given his go-ahead  "...Sincere congratulations! I am very pleased to inform you that our client the AACCSA, has accepted your candidature for the above assignment and is expecting you as per your proposal. [...] We have to remind you that our Client may cancel an assignment even after our VA has been accepted and CESO does not have control over such situation. This is not at all frequent, but we prefer to advise you accordingly." Anna-Maria F. Dumont Recruiter, Montreal, CESO-SACO

So this week I will be communicating with CESO and making arrangements and getting the actual dates for this project... and travel...

"... Participants of the training would have advanced knowledge and skill on Computer Graphics and Video Editing to realize TV production in house...."
"... Purpose – Computer Graphics and Video Editing. AACCSA currently outsources the production of its weekly Television programming. The cost of outsourcing is becoming prohibitive. AACCSA would like to move production in-house at much lower cost.
Anticipated Outcomes
Chamber TV programmers will, at the end of the training, be able to produce programming that meets the quality programming standards of the broadcaster, EBC. ..."
Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations (AACCSA)
http://www.addischamber.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/AddisChamber
https://www.facebook.com/EthiopianChamber/  Last post almost 3 months ago September 23rd 2001 ·… 2,105 people like this

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Population 86.5 million
Area 1.13 million sq km (437,794 sq miles)
Major languages Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali
Major religions Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy 58 years (men), 62 years (women)
Currency Birr
UN, World Bank
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13349398
Broadcast media: 6 public TV stations broadcasting nationally and 10 public radio broadcasters; 7 private radio stations and 18 community radio stations (2015)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge - I support #wikipediablackout! Show your support here

I support #wikipediablackout! Show your support here http://tinyurl.com/7vq4o8g

Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge

For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia. Learn more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more


Saturday, May 14, 2011

Journalism in Conflict Zones - Free Webinar

(May well apply to reporting on Yellowknife's 50th Street!)

A Newspapers Canada webinar next week.

please visit:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/370213947


Subject: Journalism in Conflict Zones - Free Webinar


Journalism in Conflict Zones - Free Webinar

Wed, May 18, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Cost: Free

Format: Webinar

Length: 30 minutes

Military personnel are highly trained to react in intense situations – but what about the journalists covering the story?

Athabasca University in Alberta has collaborated with the Department of National Defense to create a practicum course for journalism graduates and students interested in learning about reporting from a war zone in a mock-Kandahar site at CFB Wainwright.

The unique course offers participants a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience simulated conflict zones while receiving mentorship from experienced war correspondents.

Students participate in combat exercises in scenarios that change daily.

The webinar is free to attend and participants are encouraged to ask questions following the presentation.

Sponsored by Newspapers Canada
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Facebook moving to China?



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From: Rebecca MacKinnon <rebecca.mackinnonATgmail.com>
Date: 9 April 2011 06:17
Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] Facebook moving to China?
To: chineseinternetresearch <chineseinternetresearch@yahoogroups.com>, "oni@eon.law.harvard.edu Initiative" <oni@eon.law.harvard.edu>, liberationtech <liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu>


http://mashable.com/2011/04/08/facebook-china-4/
Is Facebook Moving Into China?
[REPORT]<http://mashable.com/2011/04/08/facebook-china-4/>
15 hours ago by Charlie White
<http://mashable.com/author/charlie-white/>
14<http://mashable.com/2011/04/08/facebook-china-4/#disqus_thread>

According to the latest crop of rumors,
Facebook<http://mashable.com/category/facebook>is about to make a deal
that will bring it into the vast Chinese market.

Though such rumors have been circulating since
2007<http://mashable.com/2007/10/31/facebook-china/>,
the information is presently coming from numerous credible industry sources.

But don't expect to friend anyone in China. Keeping with the country's
closed nature, any new Facebook social network in China wouldn't be linked
with the rest of the site.

According to *TechRice<http://techrice.com/2011/04/09/blockbuster-rumor-facebook-partners-with-baidu-to-enter-china/>
*, Facebook will be partnering with
Baidu<http://mashable.com/follow/topics/baidu/?page=1>,
the largest search engine in China, valued at $50 billion. That's if Hu
Yanping, founder of the Beijing-based Data Center of the China Internet (
DCCI <http://www.dcci.com.cn/>), tweets the truth. He says Facebook has
already signed an official contract with Baidu to create a new social
network in China.

Marbridge Consulting<http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/2011-04-08/article/45061/rumor_baidu_facebook_ally_to_launch_sns_in_china>has
also heard from multiple industry sources, which say Facebook will be
working with Baidu on the new China site, bolstered by rumors that Baidu
visited Facebook in February.

So we have tweets on top of rumors on top of blog posts. The preponderance
of evidence is that Facebook has something going on in China. But given that
China wants to prevent the kind of revolutionary fervor reaching a fever
pitch in the Middle East and Northern Africa lately, any version of Facebook
in China will likely be tightly regulated and censored.

Could this end up being like that pale imitation of
Twitter<http://mashable.com/2010/12/15/chinas-communist-twitter/>we
saw sprouting up in China late last year? And will China's penchant
for
censorship mean a Chinese version of Facebook is doomed to die? Let us know
what you think in the comments.


--
Rebecca MacKinnon
Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org
Cell: +1-617-939-3493
E-mail: rebecca.mackinnonATgmail.com
Blog: RConversation.blogs.com
Twitter: @rmack <http://twitter.com/rmack>
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Columbia Journalism Review: China’s Chess Match - How the web has empowered the people

Feature — November / December 2010
China's Chess Match - How the web has empowered the people
Columbia Journalism Review
By Howard French

http://www.cjr.org/feature/chinas_chess_match.php

[excerpt]

Early in 2003, like millions of other migrants of his generation, Sun
Zhigang, a young graphic designer, left central China, where he had
attended university, and headed for the country's booming industrial
Southeast. His quest: work, and with luck, fortune.

When he entered an Internet café one evening, shortly after his arrival in
Guangzhou, he was stopped by police who demanded to see his ID, which he
had left behind in his nearby apartment. It was a costly mistake. The
police had just launched a large-scale dragnet of illegal migrants, and as
was common at the time for people without papers, he was promptly hauled
off to detention.

Three days later, Sun Zhigang's family was informed of his death, which
the police claimed had been caused by a heart attack. But the Southern
Metropolis Daily, a local tabloid that was just establishing itself as a
powerful crusading force in the country's news landscape, would not let
the story end there. A few weeks later, it ran a two-page spread that put
a far more sinister spin on the incident. Citing a confidential autopsy
report, its bold headline read: UNIVERSITY GRADUATE, 27, SUDDENLY DIES
THREE DAYS AFTER DETENTION ON GUANGZHOU STREET.

Word of Sun's death spread rapidly, so rapidly that what ensued was
without precedent in China. Within two hours of the newspaper hitting the
street, thousands of people from around the country had posted angry
commentary on Sina.com, China's largest news portal. What would quickly
become known nationwide as the "Sun Zhigang case" had begun to go viral.

After its initial scoop, the Southern Metropolis Daily was banned from
reporting further on the incident, but old-fashioned censorship measures
like this would prove too little, too late. Online discussion of the case
was already mushrooming, and so was the scope of debate, which began with
calls for justice in one particular tragedy but quickly led to far broader
demands for legal reforms to put an end to the arbitrary detentions and
other abuses routinely suffered by hundreds of thousands of migrant
laborers.

In June, with the Sun Zhigang case still the talk of the Internet, Chinese
premier Wen Jiabao announced an end to regulations that police had used
for two decades to summarily detain paperless migrants in hundreds of
detention centers, which were maintained around the country solely for
this purpose.

Beijing has never acknowledged the public fury and Internet mobilization
around the Sun Zhigang case as the driver of this major reform, but for
most of China's Internet-savvy public, the connection was unmistakable.

Looking back, China's Internet era could well be said to have begun with
this case. Not literally, of course, since China had been online already
for several years. But the outcry over Sun Zhigang's death is widely seen
in China nonetheless as the opening act in the age of the "netizen."