wonderful news! Congratulations, Sue! Oona
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Jay Walsh wrote: > >Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are > >releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, > >https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160 > > > >[...] > > > >SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy > >to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors > >at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 > >authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that > >publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on > >voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media. > > > >“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to > >sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.” > >said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The > >Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values, > >and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of > >expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet > >users’ right to express themselves and to access information without > >impediment.” > > Congrats, Sue! :-) Global Voices is lucky to have you. > > Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I was a > little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration > between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to > explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head around > what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two seemed > like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.) > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l