Video4Change Network Blog

Lena Hendry, our colleague and a staff of KOMAS, is currently undergoing trial in the criminal court for allegedly breaking the law by screening NO FIRE ZONE: THE KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA, a human rights documentary film about war crimes committed during the civil...

Social media surrounding instances of human rights abuse can come from all sides and perspectives. How can we contextualize, describe, and present this in an ethical way? How do we deal with dehumanizing and abusive content, such as perpetrator footage? What is the...

Leading up to the launch of the Video4Change Impact Toolkit, we would like to highlight and introduce some of the issues discussed in it. Today we start with power. Why power? Because power is everywhere. Above: Leftists at a demonstration at the French Ministry of...

Ethics in journalism, and media creation is something we at Small World News think a lot about. Good journalism is about serving the community, and ethics are fundamental to putting the community first. By Brian Conley, Small World NewsEthics in journalism, and media...

In July 2015, over 30 practitioners from 17 different organizations met in Mexico for the second convening of the Video4Change (V4C) Network. Here is a video summary of the event by network partners SocialTIC. In July 2015, over 30 practitioners from 17 different...

Does sharing videos by extremist organizations aid their goals of provoking fear and glamorizing violence, or is it a necessary part of reporting? Should eyewitnesses be asked permission before their videos are broadcast by news media, or would that hinder the...

“Unseen, Untold, Unheard” was the theme of PUSAT KOMAS’ Freedom Film Festival 2015 held in PJ Live Arts, Petaling Jaya, Selangor from Sept 11th – 20th, 2015. Over 2,000 people participated in the film screenings, master classes, video activism workshop and award...

Last week we had the opportunity, for the first time, to sit down with a functioning, experienced newsroom to talk about how the StoryMaker app might help them. By Brian Conley, Small World NewsLast week we had the opportunity, for the first time, to sit down with a...

By Priscila Néri, WITNESS Imagine for a moment that your loved one was murdered. Perhaps a son as he played with friends on your street, or a nephew who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Now imagine the perpetrator was a police officer and,...

In July 2015 more than thirty leaders in the Video for Change field gathered in Tepoztlán, Mexico, for the second global meeting of the Video4Change Network. The event convened organisations from India, Argentina, Kenya, Malaysia, the US, Guatemala and more for a week...