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Iranian Press TV: Cross-Cultural Understanding through Virtual Worlds

2009-06-18T17:06:46.026Z

In an interview for "The Autograph," a program on Iran's PressTV hosted by Susan Modaress, Council Senior Fellows Joshua Fouts and Rita J. King discuss the potential of virtual worlds for cultural dialogue; better communication between the West and Islamic communities worldwide; and more.

Virtual Journalism: The CDC Discusses Swine Flu

2009-06-05T00:44:49.905Z

This machinima video was co-created by Rita J. King and Joshua Fouts of Dancing Ink Productions and Lawrence Pintak of the American University in Cairo. Broadcast quality machinima created by Ill Clan Animation Studios. The video was filmed in AUC's virtual newsroom in Second Life and came out of a summit that brought together bloggers and online journalists from the Arab world, Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Funded by the USAID, the goal was allow Arab participants to learn from the experiences of those working in a wide variety of countries that recently emerged from or are emerging from controlled media environments. One story that the whole world is dealing with these days is swine flu. In Cairo, the government has ordered that every single pig be killed. For that, we turned to Jay Bernhardt and Glenn Nowak of the CDC -- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who joined us in the AUC virtual newsroom.

Virtual Journalism: Inside the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo

2009-04-20T19:36:15.157Z

(You can find more background about this project here: http://eurekadejavu.blogspot.com/2009/04/launch-of-journalistic-experiment.html ) This documentary explores the evolving face of journalism and how virtual worlds are a part of that transformation. In January 2009 a group of eight Egyptian political bloggers including the well-known Wael Abbas, met with James K. Glassman then the US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, in the virtual newsroom of the American University in Cairo in Second Life. The documentary is part of a broader collaborative project between Dancing Ink Productions and the American University in Cairo exploring how virtual worlds can be used to augment journalistic goals globally, cut costs and enhance and deepen the interview process by providing access to often hard-to-reach subjects. The project is directed by veteran American journalist and long-time Middle East correspondent Lawrence Pintak, head of the Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Research and Training at the American University in Cairo, and produced in collaboration with Dancing Ink Productions and Ill Clan Animation Studios with funding from USAID. For more information, please visit the project webpage for a complete archive of the project: http://dancinginkproductions.com/?page_id=318

Rita J. King on Non-Violence in Virtual Worlds

2009-03-11T01:00:21.494Z

Rita J. King via her avatar Eureka Dejavu speaks on the potential value of virtual worlds for conflict resolution and alternatives to physical violence. This video was recorded in the virtual world of Second Life. For more information see: www.dancinginkproductions.com and www.eurekadejavu.com

Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy James Glassman in the AUC Virtual Newsroom

2009-03-11T00:53:33.492Z

On January 12, 2009, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy James K. Glassman joined a group of Egyptian political bloggers from the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo. The project is directed by Lawrence Pintak, head of the Adham Center at AUC and was produced by Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts of Dancing Ink Productions in collaboration with the US State Department. A complete video of the event can be found here: http://eurekadejavu.blogspot.com/2009/01/video-of-inaugural-broadcast-from-auc.html