After I sleep for 50 hours in a row, I’m going to have lots and lots to say about all of the fascinating conversations that have taken place here at the Global Voices Summit in Budapest. For now, however, I leave you with a ten minute video that tries to encompass much of what the [...]

Originally published on the Global Voices Summit blog.
While the first session of the 2008 Global Voices Summit focused on how internet censorship works in Belarus, Japan, Egypt, and Pakistan, and how activists have responded to those limitations, the second session was specifically focused on how censorship affects bloggers and citizen media. It was liveblogged by [...]

Today I find myself in Bogotá, a metropolis which, with its high elevation, bohemian vagabonds, and surrounding green hills, reminds me quite a bit of Mexico City. Last time I was here I barely got out of La Candelaria and embassy row. This time I’m in Barrio Chico staying at a quaint little hotel with [...]

ConVerGentes, the San Javier La Loma-based group of young journalists who form part of HiperBarrio, have started a podcast. (Subscribe with iTunes.)

Their first episode, in Spanish, features the following topics:
1.) Introduction to ConVerGentes and HiperBarrio by Diego Ospina.
2.) The names and blog URLs of all of the podcasters.
3.) Project leader Gabriel Montoya gives an [...]

It’s funny to read through the other reviews and see how upset McSweeney’s readers get when they have to suffer through something non-literary. Issue number 26 of McSweeney’s is split up into three different books - two 4 X 6 paperback collections of short stories and one 8 X 6 hardcover fictionalized dossier based on [...]

There is just no way around it, the very first step to becoming a global citizen is learning another language. Not only does monolingualism prevent you from communicating with the vast majority of the world’s population; it also prevents you from truly understanding other cultures. Our cultures are deeply embedded in our languages and dialects [...]

Words Without Borders: The world through the eyes of writers is less a collection of short stories and more a marvelous and inspirational entryway into the universe of global literature. The name, however, is somewhat (and I assume unintentionally) ironic as so many of the stories are grounded in nationalism - either with pride or [...]

Every two weeks we feature four to five posts by Rising Voices participants as a way of showcasing some of the finest content from new voices that are typically ignored by both traditional and new media.
In order to make new voices heard, however, we must be willing to hear them. Please take twenty minutes out [...]

Lately I’ve been talking to myself a lot. OK, so in my head, but you know, still talking. This is what I say: I say, you know Os’ you should really write a short story about that.
Every day, a new short story idea. I’ve been so busy writing down ideas for short stories that I’m [...]