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29 March 2013

VOA Launches Experimental Digital Broadcasts via Shortwave

Written by Laura Morris · Audio, Feature, Media

VOA Radiogram is sending digital messages across traditional shortwave frequencies. With a broadcast originating from North Carolina (USA), the transmission last week reached as far as Australia. This technology - simple and inexpensive - could be especially useful in times when the internet is not available, such as emergencies or under repressive regimes.

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23 January 2013

Resources: A Course Sprint for Open Video

Written by Laura Morris · Feature, Media, Tools

As part of its School of Open, P2PU (Peer to Peer University) published a free and online course on creating Open Video, teaching how to understand video files, coding, subtitling, encoding, and metadata. They created the course in just one weekend using a process they call “course sprint.”

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Some of our Grantees

Xela Civic Libraries

Three rural libraries in the Guatemalan villages of Huitán, San Carlos Sija, Cabricán in the Quetzaltenango or "Xela" Department will explore ways that they can open their doors through citizen media for local residents to participate more actively in society.

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Friends of Januária

In the Brazilian town of Januária, a local organization called the Friends of Januária, has been a champion of transparency and accountability within the local municipal government. Now they are engaging residents of the town, especially focusing on youth, teaching them how to use citizen media tools for greater civic participation.

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