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New Media Communications 2010 is a website developed for Professor Anne Nelson's renowned class at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
New Media in Development Communication is an inter-disciplinary course that introduces students to advanced concepts in new media skills and policy, with an emphasis on applicability in developing countries.
The world is in the midst of simultaneous revolutions in communications technologies and the attitudinal changes brought about by the forces of globalization. The media plays an increasingly crucial part in international affairs, both in affecting and recording change.
The course gives students hands-on experience with new technologies, combined with the opportunity to create strategies for researching, planning and executing complex projects to meet development goals.
Class Profiles
Professor Anne Nelson
Anne Nelson created "New Media and Development Communication" at Columbia in 2007 as a response to the global impact of new media and the urgent need to harness it for the benefit of society. Since then nearly 100 of its students have assumed media positions spanning the fields of government, philanthropy, journalism, and NGOs. She's a native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, a Yale graduate, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She teaches, writes, and consults for foundations on media issues. She won a 2005 Guggenheim fellowship for her most recent book, "The Red Orchestra," about media and resistance in Nazi Germany. She blogs for PBS MediaShift and tweets as anelsona.
Class Photo
This year's class included students from SIPA, Teachers College and the Journalism School, hailing from a dozen countries (China, Ghana, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Palestine, France/Algeria, Greece, Colombia, Scotland, Canada and the USA), conducting Internet research in even more languages.
Students
Rajiv Joshi
2nd Year MPA
Rajiv is a Columbia University MPA student originally from Scotland, concentrating in International Economic Policy and specialising in International Media Advocacy and Communications. Rajiv is also a Trustee of Oxfam and a Director of the Centre for Scottish Public Policy. He is a member of the 'GCAP' project group for this class.
Zach Hongola
2nd Year MIA
Zach Hongola is a graduate student at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and is originally from California. He is studying Economic and Political Development and International Media, Advocacy and Communications. He studied abroad for a year in Barcelona, Spain and taught English in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to attending SIPA, he worked for an adventure travel company in San Francisco, California.
Julieta Meja Ibanez
2nd Year MPA-MPP
Julieta Mejía is currently pursuing a Dual Degree Master’s program in Public Policy and Public Administration at Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York. She is concentrating in Urban and Social Policy and specializing in International Media, Advocacy and Communications. Julieta holds a Masters of Political and Corporate Communications from the George Washington University and the Universidad de Navarra in Spain. She is originally from Nayarit, Mexico and earned a BA in International Relations from Universidad Iberoamericana.
JACQUELINE FRANK
SIPA graduate in human rights, graduated 2005, audited the class with the kind permission of Prof. Anne Nelson. Jacqueline recently returned from 18 months in Baghdad, serving as Country Director for IREX, implementing a US State Department funded media development program. Jacqueline had a long and successful career in movies and television, specializing in international production, before going to SIPA mid-career to transition into working in international development.
Emma Gardner2nd Year MIAOriginally from Atlanta, Emma is a 2011 MIA candidate with a focus in Human Rights and International, Media, Advocacy and Communications. Before coming SIPA, she worked for three years as an Associate Producer at an educational documentary filmcompany. After graduating, she hopes to find a job that combines her love for human rights with innovative mediaprojects. Emma is a 2006 graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in history.
Katerina Koinis2nd Year MIA Katerina is a 2nd year MIA candidate at the School of International and Public Affairs. She is concentrating in International Security Policy and Conflict Resolution and has a distinct interest in New Technologies and their implementation in developing countries. She has lived in Athens, Greece - where she is originally from - and Dubai, UAE. You will usually find her binge-tweeting stuff she thinks are smart.
Mónica AdameMIA 2nd YearMónica is a graduate student at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs concentrating in Human Rights and International Media, Advocacy and Communications. Prior to attending SIPA, she worked at the Consulates Generals of Mexico in San Diego, California and New York City, and at Warner Bros. in Miami, Florida. Mónica is originally from Mexico City and holds a B.A. from the Iberoamericana University.
Sarina Virk1st Year MIA
Sarina Virk is a Master of International Affairs degree candidate at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a communications intern for the Center for Global Health and Economic Development at The Earth Institute. Previously, Sarina served as the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign assistant at Center for American Progress’ Enough Project where she helped build, from the ground-up, the organization’s first grassroots campaign. She holds a B.A. in International Studies from the University of California, Irvine.
Emily Donnan2nd Year MIAEmily is a 2011 MIA candidate at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs with a concentration in Human Rights, and a focus in International Media, Advocacy, and Communications. Prior to attending SIPA, Emily worked on the renewable energy team at a firm in Boston, MA for three years where she helped develop the business strategy for an innovative energy product. Emily also spent eight weeks in Malawi where she helped educate rural Malawian youth and teachers about HIV/AIDS and deforestation and after graduation, she hopes to work in the corporate social responsibility sector. Emily is a 2005 graduate of Middlebury College where she majored in Economics.
Ioannis Vasileiou
Ioannis is a Master of International Affairs candidate at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. In the past, Ioannis has worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games “Athens 2004”. Ioannis fell in love with new media in a development context, after attending the first two lectures by Anne Nelson at Columbia. In summer, he worked enthusiastically for the “Connect To Learn”, a partnership between Ericsson, Millennium Promise, and Madonna! He got most recently excited after helping in the UN Global Pulse Camp 1, and meeting there some great devotees to development. He hopes he will once become a good horse rider, and loves India (apart from Greece). He is sitting in the car on the right, during some field work in North India.
Natalia Oviedo1st Year MIA
Natalia is a Master of International Affairs Candidate from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She has an undergraduate degree in economics from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. Her prior experience is related with foreign governments, national NGOs and the Colombian Government, mainly with peacebuilding issues on developing countries.
Susmita De
1st Year MDP
Susmita is currently pursuing her Master's in Development Practice at Columbia University. After completing her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, she started her career in management and technology consulting. She now hopes to bridge her private sector consulting skills with her current studies, specifically looking at how technology can be used for innovation in sustainable development.
2nd Year MIA
Manli Zhao 2nd Year MIA
Prior to Columbia University, Manli has had a variety of career experiences as a journalist, translator, language teacher, editor, DJ, actress, voice talent, print model, and TV program host. All these jobs share the common ground of media. She firmly believes the media to be the modern era's most powerful and influential tool for the shaping of ideas.
Allison Biggs
2nd Year MPA
Allison currently is a pursuing a Master of Public Administration in International Security Policy and Management. She has a B.A. in government from the College of William and Mary and previously worked in strategic communications and international public relations.
Susan Aryeetey
2010 Human Rights Advocate
Susan is a Human rights Advocate with the Institute of the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University as a visiting scholar from Ghana. She works with a non profit organisation known as the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana) as the Resource Mobilisation and Communications Manager.The organization she works for uses the law to promote and protect the rights of women and children. As the Resource Mobilization and Communications Manager, Susan enhances the operations of FIDA-Ghana by fundraising, reporting and utilising social media in its advocacy programs.
Susan has a passion to see young boys and girls utilize new media and technology to find solutions to social challenges. To her, embracing digital technology will be a great way to provide opportunities for both young Ghanaian women and men.
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