2. We aggregate, curate and amplify global conversations
online - shining light on places and people other media
often ignore
We develop tools, networks and initiatives to ensure
that people have the capacity to find and create the
information they need to improve their lives and
participate more fully in their communities
We are a platform for experimentation in global citizen
media - supporting networks of innovators in the
developing world
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3. Social Impact
Amplifying and contextualizing developing/emerging region
(Africa, Asia, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe) citizen
media for global audiences
500,000 unique visits per month to all Global Voices sites
Increasing the flow of news content into key languages, notably
those spoken in the global south, through pioneering translation
communities and platforms
Increasing the visibility and accessibility of global citizen media
in various languages through partnerships with major media
Building civic engagement and creative capacity by developing
networks, material resources, and knowledge resources for
citizen media in the developing world
Supporting online freedom of speech through network
development, information, strategic advocacy campaigns, skills
training, and policy
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4. RuNet
Newsroom
23 editors; 200+ volunteer
GV Advocacy
contributors 35 volunteer contributors
GV Lingua Rising Voices
18 active languages; 20 3 editors; 22 grantee initiatives
editors; 200+ volunteer
contributors
Translation
The
Rising Voices
Exchange
network
1,000-plus
Global Voices
Community
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6. Our Board
Rebecca Ethan Zuckerman Rosental Alves Akwe Amosu
MacKinnon Co-founder Director, Knight Center for
Journalism in the Americas
Journalist & Africa Advocacy
Director, Open Society Institute
Co-founder
Joichi Ito Deborah Ann Amira
Venture capitalist & CEO, Dilley Al-Hussaini
Creative Commons Volunteer representative Staff representative
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7. Leadership Team
Ivan Sigal Georgia Solana Larsen Sami
Executive Director
Media development Popplewell Managing Editor
Writer/editor/digital Ben Gharbia
expert/editor/writer/ Managing Director media activist Director, GV Advocacy
photographer Writer/editor/media Freedom of expression
producer activist
David Sasaki Leonard Chien Marc Herman Jeremy Clarke
Director, Rising Voices Director, GV Lingua Coordinator, Global Voices Technical Director
Media Translator/interpreter/ Translation Exchange Coder and designer
development expert/ blogger Writer/editor
blogger
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8. Why Global Voices?
sorting blogs and other
citizen media is
difficult
context is often lacking
multilingual content is
a barrier
credibility is an issue
Global Voices Newsroom
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9. Why Global Voices?
information is
accessible to many
more people if it’s
translated into other
languages
Global Voices Lingua
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10. Why Global Voices?
some
governments are
suppressing free
speech online
people speaking
out online under
repressive
regimes need to
learn to protect
themselves
Global Voices
Advocacy
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11. Why Global Voices?
there are numerous
barriers to online
participation and
production
many voices remain
unheard and many
communities
underrepresented
Rising Voices
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12. We’ve been written about/talked about/interviewed by
and more....
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15. Others working in the space
Newsroom GV Advocacy Rising Voices Lingua
Breaking Tweets Committee to Other grantmaking Machine
Regional blog Protect Journalists organizations translation
aggregators Reporters Without MobileActive engines
Regional/topical Borders Civicus
news sites Human Rights The
Major media Watch Communication
blog analysis Tactical Tech Initiative
Allvoices IJnet
NowPublic
GroundReport
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17. Future plans
Drive innovation and build organization scale
Leverage value and reach of our content
through new initiatives and partnerships
Strengthen expanding community, build user
engagement
Develop network to foster maturing citizen
media communities and initiatives
Produce original content in multiple
languages
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18. In the works (pilot projects)
First participatory research project and entry
Networked mapping of transparency,
into transparency/governance arena; leads
accountability and civic engagement to next phase of Rising Voices
technology projects (Donor’s group
on Transparency)
) Exploratory project building upon Global
Translation Exchange research (Ford
Voices’ pioneering translation model,
Foundation) analyzing marketplace needs and potential
uses projects testing viability and market for
Pilot for translated content
Commissioned content for UNFPA commissioning model
and IDRC*
RuNet Echo Russian-language First in-depth blogosphere study and
Internet (OSI) coverage
MS ActionAid Denmark citizen media First project leveraging Global Voices’
mentoring* collective expertise in citizen media
*potential revenue source
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19. Future innovation
Fundamental site architecture restructure, resulting in
Restructure/redesign of Global Voices
improved user experience and easier access to
web site content in multiple languages
Launch of Global Voices’ multilingual newsroom with
Original content in other languages mirror sites on other regional platforms
Introduction of original analysis, reporting and
Media production laboratory* research with co-production partners
Blog index positioning GV as a global evaluator of
Blog Influence Index* online influence; supported by commercial partner
Translation Exchange and tip sheet service to move
Translation Exchange* large quantities of multilingual content
RV shift from pilot support for individual blogging
Rising Voices 2.0 initiatives to sustained, expanded network that fosters
maturing citizen media communities and initiatives
Entry into mentoring and educational sector to
Education and mentoring section* engage institutions and facilitate mentoring in
different contexts and languages
Creation of open-source platform to facilitate
Threatened Voices platform advocacy, networking and participatory content
sharing
User community drives Global Voices’ work, offers
Membership* feedback, drives growth of donation revenue
*potential revenue source
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20. How we achieve goals
Key
Community
Organization scale partnership Rising Voices Lingua
development
growth
• Establish GV as • Leverage value • Support cohesion of • Support • Move from
institution supporting of GV content growing community engagement with experimental translation
citizen media innovation and expertise underrepresented community to original
through new • Explore creation of user communities content in French and
• Create stable, efficient initiatives and community Spanish
administrative and partnerships with • Shift Rising Voices
financial management media and • Organize donation drives, from pilot project • Create new models of
NGOs educational outreach supporter to translation collaboration
• Redesign site to network fostering and exchange
facilitate access to non- maturing citizen
English content media
Facilitates innovation Increases reach Supports engagement by Strengthens Develops Global Voices
through by engagement by translation section by
• creating user benefits,
• revenue-earning • expanding re- opportunities for local • building network • expanding reach of
activities e.g. Translation publication of promotion of GV of citizen media translation sites
Exchange, Blog content and initiatives and best
Influence Index, original collaboration • building initiatives around practices in the • producing original
production projects with partners education and mentoring developing world content in multiple
languages
• increasing quality and
frequency of community • designing and building
interactions translation exchange
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21. Visits to all sites: Feb 2006-Nov 2009 (Google Analytics)
Mumbai bombings, US election
Gaza, Madagascar
Olympics, South Ossetia Iran
Sichuan earthquake
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22. Risks
atomization/shift in citizen media space due to
rapid changes in technology
inability to manage/scale growing volunteer
community
increase in competition, notably from MSM
over-reliance on nonprofit funding sources
MSM partnerships difficult
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Notes de l'éditeur
some governments are suppressing free speech online
people speaking out online under repressive regimes need to learn to protect themselves