This post was originally published by Still Life Projects, a film production company in Washington, D.C. that creates “new media for social good.” Its team of award-winning filmmakers is working on a piece right now that focuses on a community garden being built in the city’s Ward 5. “It’s going to be a touching piece about building [...]
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Positive Pictures: Germaine Watkins and the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
As a photography instructor at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Germaine Watkins explains why it’s essential to connect with his students. “It’s important, because that’s what was done with me when I was a student, and I’m trying to replicate that from my experience,” he said. “It helps them out to see that other people [...]
ListenIn Pictures: Who Gets to Tell the Stories?
Annie Escobar, co-founder of ListenIn Pictures, recently traveled to the West Bank for a month to lead a video storytelling training for activists. Here are her reflections from the trip, concerning the politics of representation and what she and her colleagues learned about participatory video. This post was originally published on ListenIn Pictures. It is the first in a [...]
Jobs of the Week: Communicate for the Kids!
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which works for the survival of children around the world through fundraising, education and advocacy, is hiring several communications and marketing roles: Senior Officer, Social Media, to serve as the community manager for UNICEF USA social media properties; Deputy to the Senior VP of Marketing & Communications, to develop, implement and lead brand-building strategies [...]
The Benevolent Guide to South by Southwest (#SXSW)
The annual South by Southwest (“SXSW”) festival kicked off in Austin, Tex. on Friday, March 9. We perused the online schedule to look for sessions that have to do with storytelling or design for social and environmental good. If you’re in town and interested in blogging about one of the events, contact Editor-in-Chief Erica Schlaikjer: erica [...]
International Women’s Day: Making Herstory!
In honor of International Women’s Day, we bring you a round-up of conversations, projects, profiles and news of women and girls who are shaking up the world of benevolent media. Good timing: Apply by midnight tonight for the chance to win $20,000 to fund your news startup, thanks to the Women Entrepreneurs in the [...]
Q&A with Ryan Hill: New Media for Social Good
Ryan Hill is the co-founder of Still Life Projects, a film production company in Washington, D.C. that creates “new media for social good.” His growing team of cinematographers, photographers, producers and editors has produced work for clients like National Geographic, HBO and The New York Times. Hill said he got the idea to start his [...]
Inspired Poetry: Ode to Louder Than a Bomb
On Friday, February 24, Benevolent Media presented Louder Than a Bomb, a fundraiser party to benefit Split This Rock and the DC Youth Slam Team in Washington, D.C. Friends and fans joined us at The Dunes for a special evening featuring live performances by D.C.’s best and brightest youth poets, plus excerpts from Louder Than a Bomb, an award-winning documentary about the [...]
Capital Canvases for a Cause: “Dream Windows” for Loving Me Girls’ Conference
Capital Canvases for a Cause is a monthly event in Washington, D.C., organized by Long & Foster on Capitol Hill, that supports local artists and community-based organizations with wine, hors d’oeuvres and networking. Art sales are split evenly between the featured artists and the nonprofit. The monthly “Capital Canvases” event, held on Friday, February [...]
#SMW12: The Secret Sauce to Social Media Fundraising by #Give2Max
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). Is it time to nix your annual appeal and just send out a tweet? Not necessarily. Geoff Livingston of [...]
#SMW12: Who Was Really Behind Internet Blackout Day?
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). Audience member Yiming Roberts said she had hoped to hear more about the “backstory” and a “nuts and bolts” account at [...]
#SMW12: Twitter and Democracy
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). A few floors beneath an original, sepia and yellow copy of the U.S. Constitution, panelists from the left and [...]
#SMW12: Quotables from #SocialMediaProblems
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). At Blue State Digital‘s inaugural Social Media Week event, “#socialmediaproblems: Digital Challenges and Opportunities for Real World Movements,” NYU [...]
#SMW12: How One Microgiving Campaign Produced Macro Results
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). It all started with a fun bet. Alli Houseworth, a social media strategist and the former communications and new media [...]
Media That Matters: Meredith Blake on “This Emotional Life” Documentary Series
Benevolent Media was a proud partner of Media That Matters 2012: Change for Good. Follow the conversation on Twitter: #MTMDC. This year’s Media That Matters conference, “Change for Good,” hosted by American University’s Center for Social Media, featured conversations about how independent social change filmmakers can execute integrated campaigns that are strategic, action-oriented, and have [...]
