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March 21, 2019

Embedding Tweets on GV: Tutorial video and updated guidelines to stop making translators sad!

Embedding tweets can be confusing but I've created a video tutorial and updated the official Twitter guidelines in the WordPress Posting Guide to make sure it's clear!

February 28, 2019

New Feature: Post Validation Checklist!

Written by Jer Clarke · Announcements

This is a quick post to introduce a new feature being added to the GV WordPress sites: Post validation! Learn how the new system ensures consistent post settings.

January 29, 2019

Global Voices and the #10YearsChallenge

Written by Eddie Avila ·

How did Global Voices look ten years ago? Find out with the #10YearsChallenge.

September 21, 2018

Using Personas to Gain Understanding and Focus

Written by Tori Egherman · Community Council

Global Voices is asking its community to engage in defining its future path. Are we a community? Are we news? Are we media? All of the three? Something we have...

March 2, 2018

GV is Preserving the Web in Amber and Why That's Great News

Written by Jer Clarke · Announcements

TL;DR: Amber will make sure that when we link to something on GV, it will be available for readers in the future via. Archive.org, even if the original URL stops...

August 8, 2017

New GV Feature: Contributor Achievements!

Written by Jer Clarke · GV Guides

Hi GV Community, we're launching a small new feature on the GV sites and I wanted to send out a warning because the feature will be sending you email and...

August 3, 2017

Facebook Sharing Woes: Using the URL Debugger to fix post metadata

Written by Jer Clarke · Guidelines

When a post looks wrong when shared on Facebook or Twitter, use the Facebook Sharing Debugger and Twitter Card Validator to reset the metadata to fix the display!

July 18, 2017

Instagram Embeds on GV: Updated Guides

Written by Jer Clarke · Guidelines

Hi all, quick post to point out that I've reviewed and updated the Instagram embedding guidelines for GV sites. It's nothing too wild, but there has been some confusion and...

March 16, 2017

GV Has Taglines On Posts Now?

Written by Jer Clarke · Guidelines

Here at Global Voices Tech HQ (my apartment) we try to avoid overloading the editing process for GV posts with a million steps and processes because we don't want you to...

February 24, 2017

Facebook Instant Articles Are Live on GV: What you need to know

Written by Jer Clarke · Announcements

Greetings Earthling Voices! As we promised in our format test post Facebook Instant Articles, the nebulous publishing tool that makes our posts ultra fast for mobile Facebook visitors, is now...