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July 15, 2005
The Relaunch of Global Voices Online
With all the running around I've been doing the last week setting up video blogs for elementary school teachers and getting ready for my Ghana trip this weekend, I almost neglected to mention the relaunch of a website that everyone should visit. It's called Global Voices Online, and it's a project involving Rebecca MacKinnon, Ethan Zuckerman, Joi Ito and an equally amazing group of bloggers from around the world.
Global Voices wants to harness the power of the international blogosphere. When you look around much of the Internet, what you often find is a bunch of blogs run by white, well-educated and relatively well-off people. Sure, there's diversity out there, but it's often ignored or not given the credit it deserves. Global Voices forces you to take note about what's going on in the rest of the world, thanks to the tireless work of bloggers in every corner of the globe. From South Africa to Iran to Uzbekistan to China, Global Voices is a network of articulate, passionate people trying to make a difference at home and abroad.
I've been modestly involved in the project, but I hope to do more. And if you know any good bloggers in far-flung places, be sure to let Global Voices know about it.... -andy
Posted by acarvin at July 15, 2005 1:59 PM
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