Posts from February, 2018
2018 Editorial Goals: Bringing Voices From MENA Countries Going Through Conflicts
My editorial goal is to amplify local voices from MENA region countries that are going through conflicts: Syria, Yemen, Libya, Palestine and Western Sahara
Editorial Goals 2018: Blogger Arrested! Tweep Censored! Building Templates for Standard Advox Posts
I plan to build a set of story templates that will make it easier for GVers to write stories about incidents affecting a person’s right to speak out online.
What Were Global Voices’ Readers up to Last Week?
During the week of February 19-25, 2018, our stories and translations attracted readers from the majority of the world's countries. Number 31 on the list? Macedonia. And number 191? Comoros.
2018 Goal: Injecting Some Sunlight Into the Global Voices Publication Process
What goes on during the publication process at Global Voices can be confusing for first-time authors and long-standing community members alike. As news editor, I want to change that.
2018 Editorial Goals: Is There a Way To Make Sense of How We Chose Presidents in Francophone Africa?
"Instead of waiting for the puzzling electoral results to overwhelm us, we will try to proactively examine the context of each election before to the frenzy of campaign season."
Editorial Goal 2018: We Want to Organize Writing Workshops for the Spanish-Speaking Regional Community
What's a GV story? How do we write it?... And why?
2018 Editorial Goals: Getting to Know the Why and How of Indigenous-Led Online Media
Let's learn more about how indigenous-led digital media started and continue to represent themselves online.
Are We Mentors More Than We Are Editors?
Many of the conversations at the 2017 Global Voices Staff Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, touched upon how Global Voices has organically evolved over the years into a "learning organization."
2018 Editorial Goals: Getting Lost in Translation – and Being Okay With That
Languages are full of quirks we should celebrate. Calendars are full of dates we should embrace.
