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Jul 25

screenshot of global voices internet siteGlobal Voices was born in 2004 during a conference of bloggers that took place at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School, from an idea of Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Tripod, Rebecca MacKinnon, former CNN correspondent in China .

“Giving voice to those who have no voice”, this is the motto of the citizen journalism project which has promoted Global Voices since 2004. Their slogan alone is enough to portray how serious the commitment of the team of bloggers and translators is against global society, it is a complex endeavor  and to try to practice it  every day is a continuing challenge.

Global Voices is one of the most interesting 

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Jul 10

Qbr Magazine: 15 thousand visits in one day

2008 at 14,08 autore published by ciaopeople

Time may be your best friend if you work for an online magazine and you are the first to get the news . It so happened yesterday at Qbr Magazine: after the publication of “Naples boos Gigi d’Alessio” written by Luca Morieri immediately after the Pino Daniele concert on  July 8 in Plebiscito Square in Naples.

The news of the explosion of boos that the “new-melodic” singer received by the public in his hometown has had a national resonance, also thanks to the news channel Rai whose direct news coverage of the event did not report on the boos but jumped to an different coverage.

Qbr was the first to report the event

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May 20

How do you conquer the 2.0 generation? This is the challenge that the team of editors of Qbr magazine face daily with appealing new objectives and proposals. Understanding  how to reach the  2.0 generation, how to interact with them and get their  interest is not an easy task, because their world is always suspended between the virtual and reality, varied and therefore complicated.

The great challenge that my colleagues and I tackle continuously, is to get  the community  involved with the contents of the Qbr magazine. The so called 2.0 generation is a target  of 15-30 year olds who live on the edge of both reality and the virtual world, and therefore represent a 

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Oct 19

On Qbr casting secrets, with ilCandidato.tv

2007 at 11,46 autore published by ciaopeople

New partnership for Qbr.it: this time we enter in the world of tv and movie casting with ilCandidato.tv. Inside Qbr magazine, under the Cinema Tv section, a new sub-channel will inform the community on tv and movie news and casting.

Aspiring actors, singers, contenders, TV viewers can keep up to date on the glossy world of their dreams.

ilCandidato.tv is the first Italian social network dedicated to casting. Created by Endemol and developed in cooperation with YAM112003 (in partnership with Digital Multimedia, Nascar and Open Mark), it was launched in January 2007 on the Qbr platform community. It also includes a media center in flash (where you can find community users audiences and

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