Witness: the stories behind the story
The art of storytelling (aka journalism/media), whether it’s told through print, photography, film, or any other medium, has the chance to capture history, propel ideas, highlight innovation, and bring facts into the limelight. Sometimes the story behind the story is the first to hit the cutting room floor, but then there are times when those […]
Protesting beyond the streets and into the sky
Hoping to reach out to the North Korean population, South Korean activists soldiered past a government ban and successfully sent thousands of leaflets and CDs denouncing Pyongyang into North Korea—via balloons. Similar protests in the past were met with hostility from the North but after they recently threatened to retaliate with military force, the South closed off areas […]
New negotiations between North and South Korea
After years of tension between North and South Korea, the governments will resume dialogue to discuss South Korea’s plan to provide humanitarian aid to the North. Brought on after flooding and typhoons severly damaged regions of North Korea, the South Korean Red Cross Society first offered aid last week. For the first time in two years, North Korea has decided to accept aid from the […]
Click, connect, change
Standing for something is one thing but acting on it is a whole different challenge. I’m not one to argue that technology and social media have created a media overload, but with the same power it has to clutter our computer screens, it can easily be used to generate ideas. For instance, prior to Mexico’s […]