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Update #12: The broken link...Here is the alpha interface...
Sorry--a technical breakdown at Newsmotion...
Here is the alpha interface preview:
It should work.
And don't miss War Songs: Youth Rappers in Congo by Agata Pietron, and Iraqi Women in Public and Private by Kael Alford. (And more stories coming soon.)
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Update #11: Youth Rappers in Congo, and Sneak Peak at Interface
We are happy to present new work on youth rappers in Congo on Newsmotion -- and share with you an alpha version of our interface, which sorts information by source: Official, Unofficial and Citizen.
First, we are proud to be the first to publish War Songs by award-winning Polish filmmaker and photojournalist Agata Pietron. This multi-format story from Nord Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, includes a short documentary by Agata; a slideshow of her photos; an exclusive recording by one of the youth bands; and a text by Agata. This story goes beyond the headlines and into the lives of young people and their hopes and fears in the aftermath of the Second Congo War (the deadliest conflict in African history) and the current violence that has broken out in the last few weeks.
We hope you take a look, and post comments or share it if you’d like. We hope to reach new audiences with our work. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.
And please also look out for a review essay about a topic we are very interested in: citizen journalism in China, a story and review by Celia Farber of the award-winning new documentary High Tech, Low Life.
Right now, the test links you see are just for demo purposes. We are working on our database, so that we can offer the most interesting links to see what different sources are saying about the same topic. You will be able to put in any search term and discover information delineated by the type of source, and the specific source. And you will be able to sync our stories with the feeds. There are design elements that are not finished, and things we’re still working on. But if you’d like to give it a try, you can go here:
We hope this will be a valuable and easy-to-use resource for finding and comparing information.
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Mary Jo Aagerstoun on May 17
I tried accessing the interface but could not get it to come up. MJ Aagerstoun
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Update #10: New work from Iraq on Newsmotion.org
Hello all,
Newsmotion began with a philosophy of empowering quality independent content and independent voices, and placing them in context. In the next couple weeks, we’ll be sharing an alpha version of our 3-column interface that streams and sorts content by source: “Official,” “Unofficial/independent media” and “Citizen”. We will send an update with that soon.
Today we are proud to present an original text and photo essay from photojournalist Kael Alford, who recently returned to Iraq, where she has worked on and off since the U.S. invasion in 2003. In this piece for Newsmotion, The Price of Work: Iraqi Women in Public and Private, Kael’s beautiful and intimate photos (see below) illustrate the public and private lives and struggles of working women in Iraq, and explores the role religion is playing since the American occupation ended.
We would also like to thank the Knight Luce fellowship on Media and Religion for its support of this important independent work.
We also encourage you to look at Unembedded, the photo book Kael produced in Iraq with three other photographers, all of whom worked independently to cover the conflict through the eyes of Iraqis. Kael’s new book, Bottom of da Boot, about communities threatened by erosion on the coast of Louisiana, will be released by Fall Line Press in June, 2012, alongside an exhibition of that same work at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on June 9th, 2012 as part of their “Picturing the South” commission series.
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From: The Price of Work: Iraqi Women in Public and Private, at Newsmotion.org
Update #9: Happy New Year
We look forward to empowering and innovating independent media in 2012, and helping find new ways to build a more just future.
For those who weren't able to attend the gumbo party in New York on the 27th, here's the address that nonviolent resistance leader Srdja Popovic recorded for us from Belgrade, about 2011, new media and the importance of Newsmotion.
Best wishes for a safe and happy New Year from People's Production House and Newsmotion!
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Christine Kiebert-Boss on January 1
Congratulations and Thank-you. You are a brave bunch and the world is watching.
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Update #8: Gumbo Party News + Final 24 Hour Push!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Gumbo Party last night, and for making it such a success! And thanks to those of you who supported us in solidarity from afar. Your participation has brought us so close to our goal. Nearly 500 people have contributed and now we have just over 24 hours to go to raise the final $3,000!! We’re continuing to count on you to help us get there. Please share the link (http://kck.st/sYiUUd) to this project with those you think might be interested, and let them know why you believe a new model for civic media, public art and documentary reportage like Newsmotion is worth backing. Hope to report the good news of our Kickstarter success with you tomorrow night!
“Introducing Newsmotion” on the PEN American Center blog: http://bit.ly/sDrlqq
More Gumbo Party photos on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/smc0Qr
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Valerie Sloane on December 29
I'm so happy you made your goal, and excited to be a part of helping to make that happen! Thank you so much for envisioning this!
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bart on December 30
Haven't seen a project this important in some time. Long live journalists. Our world is indebted to their steadfast action.
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