Overcoming the Digital Divide and Using New Media to Improve Health

Understanding and using new media tools are critical skills for today’s health leaders. At a recent event, Tessie Guillermo, ZeroDivide President and CEO, was the keynote speaker and discussed Overcoming the Digital Divide and Using New Media to Improve Health for All. New media and health communication tools, including social media, blogs, digital storytelling, video, virtual communities, Twitter, mobile phones and more, provide powerful new ways for leaders to engage with each other, their constituencies and with communities worldwide.
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eBay Founder Starts Subscriber-based Online News Service in Hawaii -- Will it Work?

By Laura Efurd on 24 April 2010 - 2:02pm

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is starting an online news service in Hawaii.  Subscribers will pay $19.99 a month to gain access to Civilbeat.com which launched on Wednesday.  At a time when traditional and new media organizations are struggling to find a business model for online news, will Omidyar's model work? What do you think?

 

New Media Literacies

Members of project New Media Literacies talk about the social skills and cultural competencies needed to engage in today's participatory culture

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Apply for BAVC's Nonprofit Institute for New Media Apps!

By Jocelyn Yin on 29 February 2008 - 8:26pm

Last year, with the help of the MacArthur Foundation, the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) launched the Producers Institute, an exciting

Interview with Marc Fest of Knight Foundation News Challenge

By Eugene Chan on 20 August 2007 - 4:23pm

Earlier this year, I wrote about the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge’s award winners and the significance of this new model of grantmaking.

How Technology and New Media Can Affect Philanthropy

By Jocelyn Yin on 1 May 2007 - 3:58am

This week, the largest gathering of foundations in the US is happening in Seattle, where the annual meeting of the Council on Foundations takes place this year.

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