Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication
New Media in the Former Soviet Union: Civil Society, New Media, and the Future of Development
Sponsored by the International Development Forum
in partnership with the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Commuinication, the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Institute for Development Studies, and Internews
Friday, October 22, 2010
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Mobilizing New Media in Crisis Environments
Moldova: New communications technology in political crisis
Caucasus: Citizen/new media journalism in conflict regions
Russian wildfires: Crowdsourcing and Ushahidi in emergency situations
Kyrgyzstan: The blogosphere as a source of information in a situation of conflict
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: The Convergent Newsroom in the Former Soviet Union
Convergent Newsroom in Tajikistan "Leapfrogging" and other solutions for a low-tech, and low-resource media environment.
Convergent Newsroom in Russia: Activating civil society and user generated content in traditional media
Convergent newsroom development: Small markets and the recession
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