WITNESS Press Releases

  • Youth Fight Effort to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit on Climate Change

    May 11, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS WORKS WITH SYRIAN ACTIVISTS TO USE VIDEO AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION

    May 10, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS RECEIVES TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARD FOR REVOLUTIONARY USE OF VIDEO THAT BROUGHT A WARLORD TO JUSTICE

    April 27, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS RECEIVES TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARD ON APRIL 27

    April 24, 2012 - More »

  • CAMBODIAN BUDDHIST MONK – NOMINATED BY WITNESS, FREEDOM HOUSE AND CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS – IS A FINALIST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARD

    April 23, 2012 - More »

  • BUKENI WARUZI OF WITNESS RESPONDS TO GUILTY VERDICT OF FORMER REBEL LEADER THOMAS LUBANGA AT THE ICC

    March 14, 2012 - More »

  • BUKENI WARUZI OF WITNESS TO ATTEND VERDICT OF FORMER REBEL LEADER THOMAS LUBANGA AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON MARCH 14

    March 9, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS ATTENDS SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE TO DEMO LATEST VISUAL PRIVACY MOBILE APPLICATION

    March 8, 2012 - More »

  • Letter To Prime Minister Of Cambodia On The Borei Keila Forced Eviction

    January 24, 2012 - More »

  • New Video Launches About the Lack of Adequate Child Sex Trafficking Laws in the U.S.

    January 11, 2012 - More »

  • PETER GABRIEL, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, DAVID CROSBY AND GRAHAM NASH ROCK ROSELAND AT THE WITNESS GALA CELEBRATING THE VIDEO-FOR-CHANGE REVOLUTION

    November 17, 2011 - More »

  • Youth Send Video Message: U.S. Government Is Risking OUR Future by Failing to Put a Stop to Climate Change

    September 26, 2011 - More »

  • Cameras Everywhere Report 2011 - Press Release

    September 6, 2011 - More »

  • Columbia University’s SIPA Honors WITNESS as Guardians of Human Rights

    April 23, 2011 - More »

  • 6th Annual Focus for Change benefit dinner and concert for WITNESS

    November 11, 2010 - More »

  • National Broadcast of Elder Abuse Film Announced for International Day of Older Persons

    September 28, 2010 - More »

  • WITNESS, Maggie Gyllenhaal announce campaign to use video to end violence against women and girls in conflict zones

    September 21, 2010 - More »

  • Elder Justice Now Wins 2010 National Mature Media Award

    August 11, 2010 - More »

Press Releases

  • Youth Fight Effort to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit on Climate Change

    May 11, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS WORKS WITH SYRIAN ACTIVISTS TO USE VIDEO AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION

    May 10, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS RECEIVES TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARD FOR REVOLUTIONARY USE OF VIDEO THAT BROUGHT A WARLORD TO JUSTICE

    April 27, 2012 - More »

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Announcements

  • Sam Gregory Speaks at TEDxEast

    May 11, 2012 -

  • Media, Human Rights, Mental Health and Well-Being Panel Featuring Raja Althaibani

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  • Honoring the Pledge of Never Again: Modern Tools for an Ongoing Challenge

    April 30, 2012 -

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ObscuraCam Covered in The New York Times

May 2, 2012 - The New York Times "ArtsBeat" Blog

The "ArtsBeat" blog details activities by the collective Activist Archivists to build capacity in the Occupy Wall Street movement and train activists to use ObscuraCam.

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Judge Deliberates on Whether to Save Earth's Atmosphere

May 11, 2012 - OpEdNews.com

Olson’s co-counsel Philip Gregory brought to Friday’s hearing something that was otherwise missing in hours of technical debate: honest passion. Gregory made a moral as much as a legal case on behalf of the rights of the plaintiffs, a row of several teenagers seated in the front row of the courtroom.

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U.S. Government Not Doing Enough to Curb Climate Change

May 11, 2012 - ethnoblog.newamericamedia.org

The author, Zoe Johnson, is an 11th grader at The Urban School of San Francisco. She is a member of the iMatter movement and a Plaintiff in Alec v. Jackson, which advocates have dubbed the “Atmospheric Trust Litigation.”

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Press Releases

  • Youth Fight Effort to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit on Climate Change

    May 11, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS WORKS WITH SYRIAN ACTIVISTS TO USE VIDEO AS A TOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION

    May 10, 2012 - More »

  • WITNESS RECEIVES TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARD FOR REVOLUTIONARY USE OF VIDEO THAT BROUGHT A WARLORD TO JUSTICE

    April 27, 2012 - More »

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Awards

2011 Banff World Media Award for Excellence for Socially-Responsible Media

WITNESS attended the 2011 Rockies Gala to receive the first-ever Award of Excellence for Socially-Responsible Media at the Banff World Media Festival.

2011 SIPA Global Leadership Award

 
SIPA’s Global Leadership Award recognizes WITNESS for its work of empowering citizens to publicize and end human rights abuses through video.
 

 

2004 - 2008 Social Capitalist Award

 
Fast Company named WITNESS one of 45 recipients of a Social Capitalist Award for five straight years.
 

2004 - 2008 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

 
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship supported WITNESS’s work in documenting human rights abuses on an international scale.
 

2007 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Award

 
The New York Times recognized WITNESS with its Excellence in Communication Award for its use of open source technology, transparent communication among partners and its Performance Dashboard, which uses metrics to measure the organization’s results and features reviews of its key activities.
 
New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards

2007 National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Humanitarian Award

 
The National Television Academy awarded its first-ever Humanitarian Award to WITNESS for its use of video and online technologies to document and expose human-rights violations around the world. The award honors television professionals and non-profit organizations for programming that advances the common good.
 
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Humanitarian Award

2007 One World Media Award

 
The One World Broadcasting Trust recognized WITNESS with a New Media award for its work in launching The Hub. The Trust called the site a “benchmark” for all organizations seeking to bring social change through media and technology. 
 
OneWorld Media Award for New Media

2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

 
The American Express Building Leadership Award seeks non-profit organizations that place emphasis on the cultivation of internal staff, board and volunteer leadership. WITNESS received the 11th Building Leadership Award for its excellence in these areas, as well as its mission to provide hands-on video training for grassroots organizations in pursuit of basic human rights around the world.
 
2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

2006 Webby Award Official Honoree

 
Established in 1997, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences recognized WITNESS as a Webby honoree in for utilizing the web and visual media to create a lasting social impact.
 
The Webby Awards

2005 Schwab Social Entrepreneur

 
The Schwab Foundation searches for leading social entrepreneurs around the world. In 2005, Schwab named Gillian Caldwell, who served as WITNESS’ Executive Director for ten years, one of 40 Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs.
 
Schwab Entrepreneur

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Awards

2011 Banff World Media Award for Excellence for Socially-Responsible Media

WITNESS attended the 2011 Rockies Gala to receive the first-ever Award of Excellence for Socially-Responsible Media at the Banff World Media Festival.

2011 SIPA Global Leadership Award

 
SIPA’s Global Leadership Award recognizes WITNESS for its work of empowering citizens to publicize and end human rights abuses through video.
 

 

2004 - 2008 Social Capitalist Award

 
Fast Company named WITNESS one of 45 recipients of a Social Capitalist Award for five straight years.
 

2004 - 2008 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

 
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship supported WITNESS’s work in documenting human rights abuses on an international scale.
 

2007 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Award

 
The New York Times recognized WITNESS with its Excellence in Communication Award for its use of open source technology, transparent communication among partners and its Performance Dashboard, which uses metrics to measure the organization’s results and features reviews of its key activities.
 
New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards

2007 National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Humanitarian Award

 
The National Television Academy awarded its first-ever Humanitarian Award to WITNESS for its use of video and online technologies to document and expose human-rights violations around the world. The award honors television professionals and non-profit organizations for programming that advances the common good.
 
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Humanitarian Award

2007 One World Media Award

 
The One World Broadcasting Trust recognized WITNESS with a New Media award for its work in launching The Hub. The Trust called the site a “benchmark” for all organizations seeking to bring social change through media and technology. 
 
OneWorld Media Award for New Media

2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

 
The American Express Building Leadership Award seeks non-profit organizations that place emphasis on the cultivation of internal staff, board and volunteer leadership. WITNESS received the 11th Building Leadership Award for its excellence in these areas, as well as its mission to provide hands-on video training for grassroots organizations in pursuit of basic human rights around the world.
 
2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

2006 Webby Award Official Honoree

 
Established in 1997, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences recognized WITNESS as a Webby honoree in for utilizing the web and visual media to create a lasting social impact.
 
The Webby Awards

2005 Schwab Social Entrepreneur

 
The Schwab Foundation searches for leading social entrepreneurs around the world. In 2005, Schwab named Gillian Caldwell, who served as WITNESS’ Executive Director for ten years, one of 40 Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs.
 
Schwab Entrepreneur

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