#citizenmedia

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[globalvoices]

"The goal of this competition is to amplify the voices and perspectives of our community, to help show the world the effects of policy. We aim to honor outstanding writing and thinking with an honorarium and recognition at the Global Voices 2015 Summit. Winners will be awarded USD $1000 (1st prize), $500 (2nd prize) and $250 (3rd prize)."

- Global Voices Essay Competition: How Do Internet Policies Affect Your Community?

[gvwritingtips]

The story–from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace–is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

Ursula K. Le Guin

[gvwritingtips]

Beware the View from Nowhere

It's important that we are fair in our writing, but we also want to avoid adopting "the view from nowhere". What is it? This concept refers to supposedly unbiased or neutral reporting that offers two sides of a story without forming a judgment. 

This sounds all well and good, but if one of those sides lacks factual evidence to back up their claims or is simply wrong, it does readers a disservice to present those views without challenging them. 

We never want to unfairly malign anyone, but we also don't want to mislead readers. We should try to strike a balance between fairness and truth. 

[globalvoices]

How about a Global Voices t-shirt for someone you love?