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10 Sep Police Body Cameras Won’t Solve Our Problems

Right to Record, United States | Jackie Zammuto

Following the police killings of Michael Brown Jr. and Eric Garner in 2014, many people advocated for the widespread adoption of police body cameras as a solution to ending systemic police abuse and increasing transparency. Yet, they haven’t been effective. Now, more than five years later, we look back at our initial predictions, take stock in what we’ve learned and offer recommendations for moving forward.

11 Jul How You Can Help the Humanitarian Crisis at the US-Mexico Border…And Beyond

ICE | Jackie Zammuto

When images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, Valeria were published recently, we were outraged. We were heartbroken. The situation at the US-Mexico border is a crisis: a humanitarian crisis. Because of the government’s stronghold on the narrative — coupled with a militarized lack of

25 Jun Juan’s Story Part 2: Using Video as Evidence in Immigration Proceedings

ICE | WITNESS

Gathering Surveillance Video Footage of an Encounter with Immigration Enforcement and Converting it into Supporting Evidence for a Proceeding

24 Apr Storytelling in livestreamings: the Favela da Skol case in Brazil

MEU | eric Mobil-Eyes Us is a project of WITNESS and the WITNESS Media Lab to explore potential new approaches to livestream storytelling for action. We look at technologies, tactics and storytelling strategies to use live video to connect viewers to frontline experiences of human rights issues they

02 Apr Promoting and Defending the Right to Record

Right to Record | diak

The Right to Record is not always protected. In many places it’s outright denied. Our new project explores how this right is being promoted and defended by people, laws and institutions around the world.

01 Apr How Could States’ Wiretapping Laws Affect Your Right to Film Law Enforcement?

Right to Record, United States, Update | eric

Wiretapping laws were intended to protect people’s privacy in the United States, but in some cases they’ve been used to challenge the right to record the police.

22 Feb Rio goes live: video activism and human rights in Brazil

MEU | eric Image: Brazilian politicians livestreaming while campaigning and breaking a Marielle Franco sign. Current Rio governor on the right and a now-elected deputy breaking the sign. By Adriano Belisário As mobile phone access and Internet bandwidth increased in this decade, video streamings became an important part

21 Feb What Journalists Should Know Before Reporting on Border Communities

ICE | palika

Michelle Serrano, Texas-native and Comms Strategist for the Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network, shares tips for journalists reporting on immigration issues and how they impact communities on the US-Mexico border.

01 Feb Call-outs in live streamings: learnings and practices

06 Nov Introduction to Mobil-Eyes Us

MEU | eric

Mobil-Eyes Us is a project of WITNESS and the WITNESS Media Lab to explore potential new approaches to livestream storytelling for action. We look at technologies, tactics and storytelling strategies to use live video to connect viewers to frontline experiences of human rights issues they

10 Sep Police Body Cameras Won’t Solve Our Problems

11 Jul How You Can Help the Humanitarian Crisis at the US-Mexico Border…And Beyond

25 Jun Juan’s Story Part 2: Using Video as Evidence in Immigration Proceedings

24 Apr Storytelling in livestreamings: the Favela da Skol case in Brazil

02 Apr Promoting and Defending the Right to Record

01 Apr How Could States’ Wiretapping Laws Affect Your Right to Film Law Enforcement?

22 Feb Rio goes live: video activism and human rights in Brazil

21 Feb What Journalists Should Know Before Reporting on Border Communities

01 Feb Call-outs in live streamings: learnings and practices

06 Nov Introduction to Mobil-Eyes Us

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