Tag: citizen engagement

Citizen engagement and Social Media Policy Town Hall

February 23, 2017

While I agree with the principle of social media accreditation, what matters most is citizen engagement, a “two-way interaction between citizens and governments that give...

Citizen Engagement: A Mission Possible?

September 13, 2016

The participative role of citizens in governance is still quite new for a lot of Filipinos. We have long left governance to our elected officials...

Social Media deserves a larger role in disaster work

July 12, 2015

If the number of enrollees in the first World Bank-organized Coursera course on Citizen Engagement is any indication, the world is rapidly moving into one with...

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BlogWatch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.