28 Oct WITNESS Launches New Activists’ Guide to Archiving Site and Video
Archiving Human Rights | Jackie ZammutoOur new video “Archive!”, shows you how you can preserve and archive video evidence that can help expose and verify human rights abuses.
Archiving Human Rights
11 Jul Four Ways to Save Live Video Broadcasts
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgYou shouldn’t necessarily rely on the platforms and apps you are using to live video stream to save your content, whether you’re broadcasting from Facebook or Periscope. We share tips for alternative saving methods.
30 Mar Digitizing WITNESS Videotapes Through a Community Partnership
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgDigitizing videotape collections can be a lot of work, but it can be made more manageable by selecting and prioritizing, doing what you can in-house, and collaborating and sharing resources within a community.
18 Nov Ethical Wednesdays: Archives and Our Ethical Guidelines for Using Eyewitness Videos
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgAs archives start to collect, provide access to, and present social media collections, many ethical issues arise that need to be addressed.
02 Sep Community-Based Approaches to Archives From the Black Lives Matter Movement
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgArchivist Yvonne Ng discusses new initiatives out of Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland to collect and preserve records of police abuse and protest movements.
06 Aug The (Unexpected) Emotional Impact of Archiving
Archiving Human Rights | WITNESSShould more be done to prepare archivists for the unexpected emotional impact of working with human rights media?
14 Jul WITNESS Talks to Patrick Otim of the Refugee Law Project about Video Archiving
Archiving Human Rights | WITNESSThe Refugee Law Project (RLP) is a human rights organization in Uganda that recently undertook a video archiving project with the help of the Activist’s Guide to Archiving Video. Patrick Otim talks to WITNESS about RLP’s experience with archiving, the difficulties RLP faced, and why it is such an important project.
27 Oct What is Video Metadata? Our New Video Explains
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgA new video from WITNESS explains the basics — how video metadata is created, why it’s valuable, and what risks and benefits activists might need to balance.
15 Oct Format, Frame Size and More: Digital Video Basics for Activists
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgWe’re launching a new video in our series for activists on video archiving and preservation, which covers digital video basics including file formats, encoding, and more.
01 Oct What Activists Need to Know About Video Archiving and Preservation
Archiving Human Rights | Yvonne NgAdvocacy campaigns can take time to achieve results, so it’s important that your videos remain available after they are filmed. A new video series from WITNESS shares tips with activists about video archiving and preservation.
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