Susannah Vila
Writing
I write with some frequency on technology, advocacy and online organizing. I’m a blogger for Mashable, The Huffington Post, PBS MediaShift and Global Voices Online.
Egypt’s April 6 Movement in Post-Mubarak Egypt is an initial analysis of the more than 30 in-depth, qualitative interviews of coordinators of the Egyptian revolution.
The NATO Review asked me to write this essay on revolutions and the internet as part of their series, “Social Media: Power to the People?”
In response to an essay written by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker which argued that activism and social movements are hindered by new technology, I wrote: “The Wrong Debate: Why we Should Stop Debating Technology’s Relevance and Start Figuring Out How to Effectively Leverage It”
At PBS MediaShift, “NGOs Must Harness Social Media Beyond Disaster Relief,” discusses the need for humanitarians and digital activists to more effectively harness new technologies for collaboration.
At Alternet back in 2008, I wrote about the ‘08 Obama campaign’s innovative use of volunteers.
Susannah works at the intersection of social change and new technologies.
