Thank you, GVers, for all your contributions in March 2022! Here are some of the month's highlights:
Staff changes: Stepping down from their GV staff roles in March were Tanya Lokot, who relinquished to Central Europe Editor position to focus on Advox research; Greater Central Asia editor Paolo Sorbello; and our Project and Development Manager Alex Esenler, who has joined OpenArchive as their Director of Programs and Operations. Replacing Alex as Civic Media Observatory lead is Giovana Fleck.
In March we also welcomed Sindhuri Nandhakumar in the role of research manager for Advox and coordinating editor on the Civic Media Observatory; and Zhar Zardykhan, who replaces Paolo as Greater Central Asia Editor.
Welcome to the following contributors who published their first GV story or translation in March 2022:
Alaa Siddique, Amal Anwar, Ameya Nagarajan, Ana Clara Borone, Andrea Nunes, Dana Santander, Danae Flores, Dima Samaro, Dounia Latorre, Elizabeth Francisca Alfandi Silva, Ghaith Mahfoud, Giannis Tsiougkos, Giorgos Kassiteridis, Ioana Dobre, Kanav Narayan Sahgal, Laís Martins, Latisha Harry, Marcel Talafa, Maria Kouziou, Mariela Fredes Perez, Marwa Hussein Ali ElSayed, Mohamad Shehab, Mohamed Ghareeb Kord, Natalie Van Hoozer, Noa Beau Rijkers, Oguljamal Yazliyeva, Olga Solovyeva, Pavel Kutsev, Reyhan Topal, Rocío González, Shirin Rahman, Sophie Vandenberghe, Stéphanie Zeukeu, Tabatha Auguste, Triantafyllos Zacharakis, Upasana Rana, Zahraa Haj Najeeb.
Media and conference appearances and other achievements by GVers:
Advox director Nanjala Nyabola was one of 12 “eminent persons” named in March to the United Nations newly established high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism. The board will be co-chaired by former president of Liberia, Ellen Johson Sirleaf and former prime minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven.
February 22: Southeast Asia editor Mong Palatino participated in a discussion on the internet and freedom of expression with Picture People.
March 15: Managing editor Filip Noubel participated in a focus group discussion on disinformation in Asia hosted by Luminate.
March 17: Filip Noubel delivered a talk on Russia, Ukraine and China as part of Metamorphosis Foundation‘s “Anti-Disinformation Hub” project.
March 25: Filip Noubel delivered a talk to students at New York University on GV’s coverage of Ukraine.
March 27: Younguang Mro, a writer and researcher from Bangladesh's Mro community whose pioneering Mro language grammar book was the subject of a GV story, was interviewed on Australia's ABC radio. Our South Asia editor Rezwan appeared on the broadcast as interpreter.
March 31-April 3: A Q&A with Global Voices in Italiano translation manager Marisa Petricca about her experiences managing and participating in a GV translation community was the basis of a research paper presented by University of Bologna student Marina Manfredi at the Atisa X Conference hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Number of stories published on GV in English in March 2022: 117 (up from 88 in February)
Number of translations and original stories published on Lingua sites in March 2022: 490 (up from 434 in February)
The 10 most active Lingua sites in March 2022:
Total pageviews (all sites) in March 2022: 592,651 5 (up from 558,328 in February)
Top 10 posts by pageviews in March 2022 (includes only recent posts):
Top 15 countries from which people visited GV sites in March 2022: