Posts about First Post from October, 2014
2014 and GV
I am a simple human being living in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in a popular area of Merida. Global Voices I met in 2014 through a community activist living in Yucatan. It was they who shared my page, the call and who led us to postulate a proposal. What has...
A Year at Global Voices: A Hyperlinked Thank You
In lieu of a “first post” reminiscence, I've decided to republish an October 2006 post from my now-defunct blog, Caribbean Free Radio, marking my first year at GV. It mentions several people who are no longer active members of the community, and reading it will probably give you a sense of how...
10 Years Ago Today, Global Voices’ First Post Appeared…
10 years ago today, the first post appeared on the Global Voices site. Join us as we kick off celebrations building up to our official 10th birthday on December 11!
An opportunity for others and myself
I wanted to write and express myself through others. I found GV searching in google. I knew I lacked journalism knowledge and I need it and still need a lot to learn. So I decided to contact Global Voices and see If I had any chance. I was surprise when...
Telling stories, humanizing people
My story with Global Voices started with Lingua, translating posts from English to Spanish with the help of Juan, the editor in charge for translations in Spanish. I remember choosing posts from countries I’d always had an attraction to, and then reading and visiting blogs from all over, clicking and...
Becoming integrated into the global society
In 2004, Taiwan suffered from its most distressed election since we started to elect our president directly in 1996. At that time, I studied in Boston. Struck by the information on Internet, I asked my friend how I can help. My friend told me to contact Portnoy, and he may...
Transformation From A Corporate Employee To A Citizen Journalist
My foray into the world of blogs and social media was kind of accidental. In 2003 I was working for a multinational company in Dhaka, Bangladesh and was in charge of international reporting. Matching time with the regional and global headquarters of the organization I used to work late and...
From Local to Global
In April 2008 I was very surprised to receive an email from a stranger asking me to contribute to Voices Without Votes, a Global Voices project for the U.S. presidential that year. I still don’t know how Amira Al Hussaini found me but six years later her resourcefulness and tenacity...
Share the Magic
The generosity of a feminist blogger – and a fortunate stroke of serendipity – got me into Global Voices in the Autumn of 2008. I had just settled back home in Porto, living alone for the first time after half a year teaching in Timor-Leste. The experience in the antipodes...
Elections and Culture
My first post for Global Voices was technically not my first post. I had written on my blog, medeamaterial, a post about a music festival in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, and David Sasaki, who was then the Latin America Editor, contacted me about reposting my article. I was interested...
