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DisinfoHacksUnmasking Disinfo Hacks project, the journey concludesParticipants:Betty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceNikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalVasilis Tsoulis, Co-founder and CEO of YET NGOJelina Makrantonaki, JournalistKaterina Beli, Political Communication StrategistModerator:Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:Betty : “The core idea behind our project was that disinformation is a mult...2024-01-1933 minDisinfoHacksDisinfo Hacks and Security,Navigating the shifting LandscapeParticipants:Christos Smilianis, Public Affairs Officer and training manager in the Greek army.Katerina Beli, Political Communication StrategistModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:Christos :“Communication and journalism are two very important aspects on how to safeguard our societies and communities against state actors and non-state actors who want to harm them.” “Disinformation is not something new. What changed is the scale of it because of the rise of the digital media of actors that want to take advantage of vulnerab...2024-01-1731 minDisinfoHacksDisinformation and religion: exploring the two sides of their complex relationshipParticipants:Nikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalModerator:Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:Nikos:“In the present, [disinformation] has been used as a way to promote hate speech, hate crimes and to mobilize people against other people based on their religious beliefs.”“People can become really fanatic on this issue, as they feel that a part of their identity has been insulted. So, any attack against...2024-01-1523 minDisinfoHacksEmpowering the next generation, media literacy and children in the digital ageParticipants:Sherri Hope Culver: Founder/Director Center for Media & Information Literacy. Professor. Creator/Host Kids Talk Media podcast. Consultant media & children, media literacy.Nikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalDiana Filimon, Journalist & Member of DCN GlobalModerator:Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:Sherri:“I think the children are very concerned about their surroundings and the world and the best way to approach them is...2023-12-1420 minDisinfoHacksBuilding Trust in Journalism, a fruitful conversation with Aphrodite SalasParticipants:Aphrodite Salas, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism at Concordia UniversityModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:Aphrodite:“I think it’s more in the way that we do our jobs and that that’s kind of where my area of focus is. It’s in the execution of the journalism, the methodology, how you’re going about doing the interviews, sharing the stories, framing the stories and always in consultation with the community.”“Stories fall to the cracks because we receive a huge amount o...2023-12-1132 minDisinfoHacksDisinfo and cybersecurity,navigating the Nexus of disinformation and cybersecurityParticipants:Alicia Fawcett, Visiting Professor, NYU Cyber Fellow, Cybersecurity & International Affairs,McKinsey & Co AffairsBetty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceKaterina Beli, Political Communication StrategistJelina Makrantonaki, JournalistModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes Alicia:“Disinformation and cybersecurity are one and the same cyber security threats create disinformation and disinformation also creates cybersecurity threats they are very linked with each other.” “ A l...2023-12-0637 minDisinfoHacks‘The room where it happens’: Hacking disinfo through encrypted messaging appsParticipants:Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor in Mass Communication, Centre for Journalism & Mass Communication, Visva-BharatiMarianna Tanagia, Communications Director at DCN GlobalDiana Filimon, Journalist & Member of DCN GlobalBetty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:“The big casualty of disinformation is trust. It is difficult now for people to believe in something, which was not the case earlier. Now, because of these wor...2023-11-2625 minDisinfoHacksFactchecking 101: Searching trust and truth using tech toolsParticipants:Betty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceNikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalAaron Sharockman, Executive Director at PolitiFactModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:“Here's the problem as I see it today. Today, we now know that we cannot trust everything we read on the internet. But we haven’t done a good...2023-11-2528 minDisinfoHacks‘Adding more cheese to the broccoli’: Youth taking-over tackling disinformation!Participants:Katerina Beli, Political communication strategistMarianna Tanagia, Communications Director at DCN GlobalJelina Makrantonaki, JournalistBetty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceNikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:“It could be effective if we add media literacy and media education curricula into primary sch...2023-11-2427 minDisinfoHacksThe impact of disinformation about the Ukrainian war in Romania and MoldovaParticipants:Diana Filimon, Journalist & Member of DCN GlobalBetty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of ADandPRLAB at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, GreeceNikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & President of DCN GlobalJelina Makrantonaki, JournalistModerator: Aurra Kawanzaruwa, Manager of DCN AFRICA Outstanding quotes:“In both countries, there is a very strong migration from old media to new media and social media, which makes it very har...2023-11-2335 min
Planescape: Torment - The Unofficial Audio SeriesEpisode 024 - Stories for CoinCast:Aurra KawanzaruwaBenjamin ChandlerContent warnings: Themes of death, poverty, murder and descriptions of violence and bodily functions.#planescape #planescapetorment #dnd #audiodrama #podcast #opendndThe Nameless One aims to complete Mebbeth's task, but is met by a strange raconteur.Listen along to the story of the Nameless One and his companions in this audio drama/podcast style re-telling of this classic game.To support this show, please consider joining our Patreon at: patreon.com/revocergmOr donating on our...2023-07-1517 min
DCN Podcasts#HumansForUkraine Vol 1To launch #HumansForUkraine initiative, we organized a Twitter Spaces Discussion. The hosts, Diana Filimon and Aurra Kawanzaruwa talked to Ukrainian civil society activists, Yulia Reshitko, Tetiana Yakubovych and Melania Podolyak, currently living in Lviv, about the situation on the ground, how the resistance against the invaders is holding up and how can people help them. They shared both inspiring stories and heartbreaking ones and spread the word about the situation of people in Ukraine, under attack.
DCN Global launched the #HumansForUkraine campaign of user-generated multimedia stories, depicting the way Ukrainians live through the tragic...2022-03-0655 min
RareBirds Emerging Markets Podcast#181 The 4th Industrial Revolution & Blockchain Education + Adoption-Blockchain in AfricaGreetings Rare Ones🎉,Welcome back to series 9 Education + Adoption: Blockchain in Africa. Are you new here? Welcome to the family of Rare Ones. This is the Rare Birds Emerging Market Podcast Newsletter. Each week I send out this long-form newsletter to our community of Rare Ones as I have unique conversations with early stage startup founders, ecosystem builders, and angel investors from across emerging markets. This long-form newsletter is a deep dive based on themes explored in the podcast conversation.The Rare Birds Emerging Market Podcast Newsletter is written for Emerging Market early-stage startup founders, ecosystem builders, angel...2021-07-1936 min
RareBirds Emerging Markets PodcastSeries 9: Education + Adoption- Blockchain in Africa Episode 181: The 4th Industrial Revolution and Blockchain with Aurra Kawanzaruwa in ZimbabweAurra is a multi-potentialite with a very broad portfolio. She is currently the Headmistress ofSt. Anne’s Primary School (est. 1947), Executive Director & Co-Founder of Africa Is Digital and Chairman of Aurra Nicole Group. She is the 2019 Africa Science Week (Next Einstein Forum & Purple Futures Trust) – Appreciation Award recipient. She received this recognition for her outstanding work and with sincere appreciation for her tireless efforts in using science and technology for the betterment of society. In 2018 she was the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, Women in Commerce Award Winner in the Social Enterprise category for Little Entrepreneurs.2021-07-1436 min
Teachers on Fire181 - Building a new WELLNESS HABIT: The 10,000 Push-Up ChallengeOn January 1, 2021, host Tim Cavey tweeted “All right, educators. Who’s up for the 10,000 push-up challenge this year? We’ll need to average 28 per day and track our progress together.”At the time, he hoped that maybe a few educators might join him. To his surprise, the tweet was liked hundreds of times, and over 170 educators joined him in a Google Sheet to track their push-up progress together. By January 16, 2021, challenge participants had combined for 66,357 recorded push-ups!As fun as that is, the challenge isn’t actually about the numbers. It’s about lifestyle change. It’s about gradually buil...2021-01-1734 min
Teachers on Fire181 - Building a new WELLNESS HABIT: The 10,000 Push-Up ChallengeOn January 1, 2021, host Tim Cavey tweeted “All right, educators. Who’s up for the 10,000 push-up challenge this year? We’ll need to average 28 per day and track our progress together.”At the time, he hoped that maybe a few educators might join him. To his surprise, the tweet was liked hundreds of times, and over 170 educators joined him in a Google Sheet to track their push-up progress together. By January 16, 2021, challenge participants had combined for 66,357 recorded push-ups!As fun as that is, the challenge isn’t actually about the numbers. It’s about lifestyle change. It’s about g...2021-01-1734 min
RareBirds Emerging Markets PodcastEpisode 142 Finding Happiness in the Not So Ordinary with Zimbabwean-Zambian Aurra Kawanzaruwa Part I. (Bonus Episode)EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSGet to Know Aurra, former poet, actress and dancerZimbabwe’s Hyper Inflation OccursSpeaking Greek FluentlyFinding a Fascination with TechBecoming Homeless in HarareFinding Refuge and RebuildingBuilding Her First BusinessA Thought Leader of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in AfricaThe Beginnings of the Aurra Nicole GroupAccepting the New Challenge: Headmistress of a Primary SchoolThe Fortunateness and Unfortunateness of ZimbabweChoosing Not to MigrateLessons Learned: Li...2020-09-211h 03RareBirds Emerging Markets PodcastEpisode 142 Finding Happiness in the Not So Ordinary with Zimbabwean-Zambian Aurra Kawanzaruwa Part IAurra is a multi-potentialite with a very broad portfolio. She is currently the Headmistress ofSt. Anne's Primary School (est. 1947), Executive Director & Co-Founder of Africa Is Digital and Chairman of Aurra Nicole Group. She is the 2019 Africa Science Week (Next Einstein Forum & Purple Futures Trust) - Appreciation Award recipient. She received this recognition for her outstanding work and with sincere appreciation for her tireless efforts in using science and technology for the betterment of society. In 2018 she was the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, Women in Commerce Award Winner in the Social Enterprise category for Little Entrepreneurs.2020-09-211h 03