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WITNESS Media Lab

@WITNESS_Lab

A @witnessorg program addressing the challenges of sourcing, verifying, and contextualizing eyewitness video for #humanrights.

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Whatever your advocacy goal is for U.S. immigrants, storytelling can probably help you get there. Read our blog to inform your advocacy strategies and learn more from videos made by @ACLUSoCal @BklynDefender @RAICESTEXAS @DefineAmerican @UNITEDWEDREAM: lab.witness.org/storytelling…
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Our new Legal Video Advocacy project supports lawyers, advocates & incarcerated individuals to use video for sentencing mitigation, clemency & parole. Video can help show the full humanity of a person in ways written documentation falls short. Read more: wit.to/LegalVideoAdvocacy
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NEW POST: What Journalists Should Know Before Reporting On Border Communities lab.witness.org/what-journal…
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Without videos filmed and shared by @GritoSunsetPark, the world may have never known the police abuse residents often face. Learn how we collected & analyzed over a decade of footage to explore new ways of telling the story of police violence @ elgrito.witness.org
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How are #drones being used as tools for resistance? See our new report for tips & reflections from the drone operators of #StandingRock #humanrights bit.ly/StandingRockDrones
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Our #EyesOnICE series will be rolling out resources, case studies, videos & more on how to document immigration abuses for evidentiary and advocacy purposes. Sign up for our U.S. email list for updates on this series and our other work across the country eepurl.com/c94fO9
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Join @witnessorg at A Night for Change this Thursday at @NationalSawdust in Brooklyn! Learn more/buy tix here: buff.ly/2yES5lY
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We are sharing learnings from innovative citizen media curators. Check out our #curate4justice series: blog.witness.org/2017/09/cur…
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Mapping the Dead tracks the brutal govt response to protesters in #Ethiopia The 2nd in our #curate4justice series: blog.witness.org/2017/10/map…
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AI is Changing These Newsrooms: What It Means for Digital Publishing goo.gl/5o6FVW
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The ban on #trans people from military service = HATE. Doubt it? Read this: bit.ly/CapturingHate #transisbeautiful #transmilitaryban
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Terrific @onbeing piece with our #CapturingHate advisor danah boyd @zephoria goo.gl/XQYUTQ #CyberBullying
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#Pride2017 Reflections: Thx @vimeo for featuring our #CapturingHate work. So much more work to be done. goo.gl/Jo8xGp #transrights
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Congrats to our #CapturingHate co-author @kylarbroadus on his Legal Excellence Award from BK's Acting DA @EricGonzalez4DA #transrights
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New Guide Offers Dialogue and Guidance on Vicarious Trauma goo.gl/yWFdno @firstdraftnews #eyewitnessmedia
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Thx for the shout out @monicabay: FutureLaw Exhibitors: Measures For Justice law.stanford.edu/2017/04/04/… @StanfordLaw @CodeXStanford
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