FrontlineSMS at 7: Al Jazeera gives a voice to the people of Uganda via SMS
In the third of our seven blog posts celebrating the month that FrontlineSMS turns 7, Trevor Knoblich, our Media Project Manager reflects on how Al Jazeera, the media house, gave the people of Uganda a...
View ArticleFrontlineSMS case study featured in new Rockefeller Foundation report:...
The Rockefeller Foundation recently launched a new website, Capacity to Innovate.org, which examines lessons from a number of organizations including Ushahidi and Internews, and encapsulates them in...
View ArticleCan Citizen Journalism Move Beyond Crisis Reporting in Traditional Newsrooms?
This is the first in a series of three posts, originally published on the PBS Mediashift blog. The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings demonstrated yet another significant marker for citizen...
View ArticleFIRST Response Radio – Life Saving Information in Disaster
A big thank you to Mike Adams, the INTL Coordinator, for sharing his experiences with FrontlineSMS and further schooling us on how radio can facilitate in saving lives! In times of disaster radio not...
View Article7 Ways Newsrooms Can Boost Citizen Reporting
This is the second in a series of three posts, originally published on the PBS Idea Lab blog. In my previous post, I argued that established, traditional newsrooms tend to be most comfortable accepting...
View ArticleFrontlineSMS Named #1 Tech NGO in the World by the Global Journal
On the same day that the Global Journal announced us as their pick for “#1 Tech NGO in the world”, my laptop died. As my coworkers celebrated our newly-bestowed honor, I relished the irony of my...
View ArticleNews That is Node-Worthy: An Idea For Connecting Community Radio Stations in...
Editor’s note: this post was jointly written by Trevor Knoblich, Project Director at FrontlineSMS, and Harry Surjadi, Knight International Journalism Fellow and freelance journalist Radio telescope at...
View ArticleSFCG Nigeria uses FrontlineSMS to Improve Radio Dramas
ARDA recording Day Don Break SFCG Nigeria is part of Search for Common Ground, one of the first and largest conflict resolution focused NGOs. To support the reconciliation and reintegration of...
View ArticleFrontlineSMS transforms Community Radio in Malawi
Thank you to John Kisewe Mpakani for writing this post about his experience using FrontlineSMS as a producer and presenter at the Nkhotakota Community Radio Station in Malawi. Background Information...
View ArticleSFCG Nigeria uses FrontlineSMS to create a conflict Early Warning System
After successfully using FrontlineSMS in the Tomorrow is a New Day (TND) project to monitor and improve radio dramas in the Niger Delta, SFCG Nigeria chose to use the platform in a completely different...
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