Comments on: Winning Democracy Through New Media Contests http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/10/07/winning-democracy-through-new-media-contests/ Supporting free media worldwide Tue, 04 May 2010 13:19:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tedlipien http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/10/07/winning-democracy-through-new-media-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-217 tedlipien Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:09:16 +0000 http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=105#comment-217 This post from the U.S. State Department official Blog explains further Under Secretary Glassman's role and the thinking among some of his public diplomacy staff behind the video initiative: State Department to World: ‘Tell Me a Story’ Posted by Bridget Hunter on Oct 06, 2008 - 12:27 PM <a href="http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/tell_me_story/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/tell_me_story/</a> About the Author: Bridget Hunter works in the Bureau of International Information Programs. In a new kind of public-private partnership, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman launched the State Department’s Democracy Video Challenge on September 15 at U.N. headquarters. The launch was timed to coincide with United Nations’ first International Day of Democracy. Partners for the online video contest include the State Department, democracy and youth organizations, academia, and the news, film and entertainment industries. The contest, which asks aspiring filmmakers to complete the phrase “Democracy is …,” seeks to engage the world in sharing ideas about how democratic principles work -- or could work -- around the world. An independent panel of experts will identify finalists and the global audience will determine which entrants win a trip to the United States for gala screenings of their films and meetings with film industry professionals. “We are creating opportunities for using emerging technology to engage in a discussion of democracy,” said Jonathan Margolis, deputy coordinator of the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs, told the New York Times. The competition represents another public diplomacy foray into the wired world. This post from the U.S. State Department official Blog explains further Under Secretary Glassman’s role and the thinking among some of his public diplomacy staff behind the video initiative:

State Department to World: ‘Tell Me a Story’
Posted by Bridget Hunter on Oct 06, 2008 – 12:27 PM
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/tell_me_story/

About the Author: Bridget Hunter works in the Bureau of International Information Programs.

In a new kind of public-private partnership, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman launched the State Department’s Democracy Video Challenge on September 15 at U.N. headquarters. The launch was timed to coincide with United Nations’ first International Day of Democracy. Partners for the online video contest include the State Department, democracy and youth organizations, academia, and the news, film and entertainment industries.

The contest, which asks aspiring filmmakers to complete the phrase “Democracy is …,” seeks to engage the world in sharing ideas about how democratic principles work — or could work — around the world. An independent panel of experts will identify finalists and the global audience will determine which entrants win a trip to the United States for gala screenings of their films and meetings with film industry professionals.

“We are creating opportunities for using emerging technology to engage in a discussion of democracy,” said Jonathan Margolis, deputy coordinator of the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs, told the New York Times.

The competition represents another public diplomacy foray into the wired world.

]]> By: Jim http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/10/07/winning-democracy-through-new-media-contests/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Jim Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:06:12 +0000 http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=105#comment-201 Thanks for the post. One thought though, does it really make much sense for the US government to invest money in strictly journalistic enterprises like VOA when there are ample other sources of news now-a-days that do a good job (BBC, NYTimes) or an even a passable job (Al Jazerra English, certainly, at least as compared to Al Hurra)? Thanks for the post. One thought though, does it really make much sense for the US government to invest money in strictly journalistic enterprises like VOA when there are ample other sources of news now-a-days that do a good job (BBC, NYTimes) or an even a passable job (Al Jazerra English, certainly, at least as compared to Al Hurra)?

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