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Source Verification: Notes for Activists Using Photo and Video in Protests

Source verification of digital information has risen to prominence with the Iranian election protests that have been ongoing since Saturday, 13 June, 2009. This does not just apply to alleged information distributed through social media, of course, as it also applies to mainstream media who, like the BBC, have been found to use doctored photos […]

“Citizen journalism”: A Malaysian interviews protesters in Athens

Premesh Chandran, a Malaysian citizen who is the CEO of Malaysiakini and was attending the Global Forum on Media Development, in Athens, Greece, ventured into the streets and interviewed some non-anarchist protesters. We might call this one “video notes from the streets of cosmopolitanism.” Before I forget, I owe some thanks: Thank you, Greece, for […]