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MobileActive.org on Wired.com
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on April 12, 2011
Wired reported on State Department funding for non-profits and activism twice, and quoted MobileActive.org's Katrin Verclas both times. "Mobile Tech Activists Wary of State Department Cash" (February 23, 2011) and "Activists Want State Dept. to Control Dissent-Tech Cash" (March 14, 2011) both examine the issues around government funding.

Mobiles for Activism in The Christian Science Monitor
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on April 12, 2011
"New Apps Protect Middle East Dissidents from Government Prying," a February 11, 2011 piece in The Christian Science Monitor, investigates how mobile applications have been used during the Middle East's protests and revolutions. MobileActive is mentioned as a resource for activists.

The New York Times Covers FailFaire
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on April 12, 2011
MobileActive.org's FailFaire, a series of open discussions that promote learning from failures and setbacks, was profiled on August 16th, 2010 in The New York Times article "Nonprofits Review Technology Failures." Katrin Verclas is extensively quoted.

MobileActive.org on Mobile Donations
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on April 12, 2011
Big Mouth Media quotes Katrin Verclas in a January 19, 2010 article on post-disaster mobile giving. "Text Donations Raise Millions for Haiti" looks at how the popularity of text fundraising has grown, especially after the Haitian earthquake.

MobileActive.org in The Guardian
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

In "Mobile Phone Networks Champion Social Change in the Third World," published on June 18th, 2010, The Guardian looks at the possibilities of mobile phones for money transfer, healthcare, farming, and education. The Guardian interviewed MobileActive.org's Katrin Verclas for the article. 

Financial Times Reports on Mobiles for Disaster Management, Data Gathering, and Social Change
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

The Financial Times published "Mobile Phones are Harnessed to the Wisdom of Crowds" in April 2010. The article covers the uses of mobiles in developing countries – from disaster relief and mobile giving to health monitoring and data collection. Katrin Verclas is quoted. 

Celebrating Mobile in the TIME 100
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

Katrin Verclas wrote a profile of Matt Berg for the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2010 list. Berg heads ChildCount+, which uses mobiles to track child and maternal health in Africa via SMS. 

Mobile Phones and Security
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

An April 19, 2010 article in TIME magazine ("Without a Trace") wrote about a new mobile security tool called TigerText. Katrin Verclas was quoted on how the tool could be used for social change. 

Public Radio International Reports on Mobile Giving
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

After the Haitian Earthquake, MobileActive.org extensively covered the promises and potential pitfalls of mobile giving. On January 18, 2010, Public Radio International: The World interviewed Katrin Verclas about mobile giving during disaster relief. 

Katrin Verclas at Dan Rather Reports
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on June 29, 2010

In the Dan Rather Reports episode "Talking Text," which aired on the 5th of January, 2010, Katrin Verclas participated in a roundtable discussion about the explosion of communication over the Internet.