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Lisa Vives
Verified
Contributor, Freelance
New York
Beats
Biography
As the Executive Director of Global Information Network (GIN), a nonprofit media company, I write and distribute Africa News in Brief, a weekly selection of major news developments for U.S. minority media readers of the Amsterdam News, Frost Illustrated, Carolina Peacemaker, Seattle Medium, Wilmington Journal), and for wire services InDepthNews.net, and TriceEdneyWire.com. I edit Africa Renewal (U.N. pub) following a stint at the U.N. office of Inter Press Service (IPS), a prize-winning developing world news service. My career in journalism was launched in Hudson County, NJ, where I was a general assignment reporter at the Jersey Journal responsible for coverage of the burgeoning Latino community being displaced by gentrification. From there, I took up an assignment with the Teamsters Union, Local 560, Union City, NJ, to start up a serious labor newspaper with coverage of the government-run trusteeship that addressed organized crime in the union's largest local. The paper was named the 560 Free Press. After several stints with labor publications, I began to curate news from Africa for the African-American media, leading to the launch of an African media center where I organized with African journalists an Africa Roundtable series - a public event with invited guests from the continent on current affairs. This developed into a collaboration with Sahara Reporters, a highly regarded Nigerian anti-corruption online news site. In addition to text for print media, I created an Africa radio feed for the Columbia University WKCR Africa Show which continues today. Prior to Africa, my focus was on human rights in Guatemala for which I created the Update on Guatemala on the extensive human rights violations in that country.
culture human rightsAfrican politics development issues
Entertainment gossip, sports, police beat,
Content
By Lisa Vives Verified, Rwanda's President Kagame, Rwanda’s President Kagame, Chido Nwangwu| USAfrica@ A battery of threats, arbitrary detention, prosecution on trumped-up charges, killings and enforced disappearances were deployed by the Rwandese President Paul Kagame in the recent presidential election that offered no surprises. In the ballots counted so far, Kagame and his ruling Rwandese Patriotic Front won 99% of the 79% of ballots counted so far. The president won by a similar amount in 2017.
By Lisa Vives Verified| PressNewsAgency@ Photo: Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim. Source: Mo Ibrahim Foundation – Photo: 2024By Lisa Vives, Global Information NetworkNEW YORK | 9 July 2024 (IDN) — “Don’t take Africa for granted.” Those are the words of Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim, head of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation that provides an African voice on current global challenges.
By Lisa Vives Verified| PressNewsAgency@ Source: Global Information Network. – Photo: 2024By Lisa Vives, Global Information NetworkNEW YORK | 21 May 2024 (IDN) — South African students at the University of Cape Town are setting up encampments in solidarity with the people of Palestine, joining a global movement led by students around the world and joined by academic and other staff. They’re calling for their institutions to be transparent about their links to Israel and to divest and cut ties with Israel or Israeli-linked institutions.
Company Info
Freelance
Freelancer.com is the largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace in the world, connecting over 81 million employers and freelancers across more than 247 countries. Founded in 2009 and based in Sydney, Australia, the platform allows employers to post jobs while freelancers can bid on these projects. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN. The platform supports a variety of work categories, including software development, writing, design, and marketing. Freelancer.com also offers contests for creative work, where employers can award prize money to winning entries. Users can choose from different membership plans, including free and paid subscriptions, which provide various benefits. The mobile app enhances project management and communication for users on the go. With a diverse customer base that includes individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises, Freelancer.com plays a significant role in the global online economy.
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