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Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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Groundviews Mobile - Citizen Journalism from Sri Lanka on the Go

January 25, 2008 | yajitha

file under:
citizen journalism, citizen media, Groundviews, mobile democracy, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Sri Lanka

Groundviews is now featuring its latest content on mobile devices. Go to http://groundviews.mofuse.mobi/ to access articles from the award-winning Sri Lanka citizen journalism site on a mobile phone. Groundviews mobile works with Blackberry’s, the iPhone and all recent Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Samsung and other mobile phones capable of and set up for Internet access. Our site does not require 3G or high speed connectivity and is not tied to any mobile operator or service.

Citizen Journalism Update: Mobile Journalism in Sri Lanka

October 29, 2007 | CorinneRamey

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citizen journalism, nokia, Sri Lanka

Sanjana Hattotuwa, on the ICT4Peace blog, mentions our recent article on the Reuters/Nokia collaboration in the context of his work in Sri Lanka. Hattotuwa writes:

Reading Reuters/Nokia Collaboration Has Potential for Citizen Journalists on MobileActive echoed what I’m currently facilitating in Sri Lanka with the help of the CPA Media Unit.

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Centre for Policy Alternatives

file under:
citizen journalism, Computers and Technology, CPA, Groundviews, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, ICT4Peace, Media and Journalism, Peace, War, and Conflict Resolution, Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Sri Lanka, Vikalpa, VOR Radio, Voting, Democracy, and Civic Engagement

operates in:
Sri Lanka

contact:

Sanjana Hattotuwa

http://ict4peace.wordpress.com

We are using a Nokia N93i phone to capture content that is feeding into Sri Lanka’s first citizen journalism YouTube channel, the Vikalpa YouTube Video Channel. The channel will be formally launched in the near future with more content added online.

References / Past Projects

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was formed in the firm belief that there is an urgent need to strengthen institution- and capacity-building for good governance and conflict transformation in Sri Lanka and that non-partisan civil society groups have an important and constructive contribution to make to this process.

The primary role envisaged for the Centre in the field of public policy is a pro-active and interventionary one, aimed at the dissemination and advocacy of policy alternatives for non-violent conflict resolution and democratic governance. Accordingly, the work of the Centre involves a major research component through which the policy alternatives advocated are identified and developed.