(this announcement is also posted online at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_joins_Global_...)
Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Global Voices works at the intersections of citizen media, information production, and volunteer communities. It was founded in 2005 by anti-censorship advocate and former journalist Rebecca MacKinnon and technologist and Africa expert Ethan Zuckerman, while they were both fellows at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
“Sue brings to Global Voices a unique combination of knowledge and experience that is particularly beneficial to the organisation. We're really happy to be working with Sue, learning from her experience at the Wikimedia Foundation,” said Ivan Sigal, Executive Director of Global Voices. “We're also looking forward to having her presence and creative thinking enlivening our board conversations.”
The Global Voices nine-member board meets four times per year, and has been an active, engaged and vital part of their community since its inception. The board is composed of its two founders, three community representatives and four external members.
About Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/ http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/board-of-directors/
Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media outlets often ignore. Our international team of volunteer authors, regional editors and translators are guides to global citizen media. Every day, they provide dozens of links to interesting blog posts, social networks, podcasts, photographs and videos from their regions, and translate, analyze, and explain what’s happening around the world in citizen media.
Press contact Ivan Sigal Executive Director ivan@globalvoicesonline.org Tel: +1 202 361 2712
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
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Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/16/wikimedia-foundation-executive-directo...
And on Global Voices http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/16/wikimedias-sue-gardner-joins-global...
(this announcement is also posted online at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_joins_Global_...)
Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Global Voices works at the intersections of citizen media, information production, and volunteer communities. It was founded in 2005 by anti-censorship advocate and former journalist Rebecca MacKinnon and technologist and Africa expert Ethan Zuckerman, while they were both fellows at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
“Sue brings to Global Voices a unique combination of knowledge and experience that is particularly beneficial to the organisation. We're really happy to be working with Sue, learning from her experience at the Wikimedia Foundation,” said Ivan Sigal, Executive Director of Global Voices. “We're also looking forward to having her presence and creative thinking enlivening our board conversations.”
The Global Voices nine-member board meets four times per year, and has been an active, engaged and vital part of their community since its inception. The board is composed of its two founders, three community representatives and four external members.
About Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/ http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/board-of-directors/
Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media outlets often ignore. Our international team of volunteer authors, regional editors and translators are guides to global citizen media. Every day, they provide dozens of links to interesting blog posts, social networks, podcasts, photographs and videos from their regions, and translate, analyze, and explain what’s happening around the world in citizen media.
Press contact Ivan Sigal Executive Director ivan@globalvoicesonline.org Tel: +1 202 361 2712
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
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Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/16/wikimedia-foundation-executive-directo...
And on Global Voices http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/16/wikimedias-sue-gardner-joins-global...
(this announcement is also posted online at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_joins_Global_... )
Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Global Voices works at the intersections of citizen media, information production, and volunteer communities. It was founded in 2005 by anti-censorship advocate and former journalist Rebecca MacKinnon and technologist and Africa expert Ethan Zuckerman, while they were both fellows at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
“Sue brings to Global Voices a unique combination of knowledge and experience that is particularly beneficial to the organisation. We're really happy to be working with Sue, learning from her experience at the Wikimedia Foundation,” said Ivan Sigal, Executive Director of Global Voices. “We're also looking forward to having her presence and creative thinking enlivening our board conversations.”
The Global Voices nine-member board meets four times per year, and has been an active, engaged and vital part of their community since its inception. The board is composed of its two founders, three community representatives and four external members.
About Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/ http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/board-of-directors/
Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media outlets often ignore. Our international team of volunteer authors, regional editors and translators are guides to global citizen media. Every day, they provide dozens of links to interesting blog posts, social networks, podcasts, photographs and videos from their regions, and translate, analyze, and explain what’s happening around the world in citizen media.
Press contact Ivan Sigal Executive Director ivan@globalvoicesonline.org Tel: +1 202 361 2712
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
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Jay Walsh wrote:
Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160
[...]
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Congrats, Sue! :-) Global Voices is lucky to have you.
Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I was a little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head around what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two seemed like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.)
MZMcBride
wonderful news! Congratulations, Sue!
Oona
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Jay Walsh wrote:
Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160
[...]
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Congrats, Sue! :-) Global Voices is lucky to have you.
Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I was a little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head around what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two seemed like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.)
MZMcBride
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good news! congratulations Sue..
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Oona Castro ocastro@wikimedia.org wrote:
wonderful news! Congratulations, Sue!
Oona
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Jay Walsh wrote:
Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160
[...]
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Congrats, Sue! :-) Global Voices is lucky to have you.
Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I was a little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head
around
what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two seemed like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.)
MZMcBride
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Congratulations Sue:) It's a wonderful news!
Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh
"ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive nh@nhasive.comwrote:
good news! congratulations Sue..
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Oona Castro ocastro@wikimedia.org wrote:
wonderful news! Congratulations, Sue!
Oona
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Jay Walsh wrote:
Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160
[...]
SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users’ right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.”
Congrats, Sue! :-) Global Voices is lucky to have you.
Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I
was a
little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head
around
what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two
seemed
like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.)
MZMcBride
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