A selection of 200+ media mentions, interviews and/or references to projects that I’ve spearheaded and/or to joint efforts that I’ve been directly involved in over the years. These include coverage from:
Note: This page is currently being updated to include recent media coverage.
The New Humanitarian: on digital tools and power imbalance
Devex: on emerging technology and shifting the power
Smithsonian Magazine: on using drones to reduce airborne diseases
CNN: on using drones for locally-led medical deliveries
BBC: on using drones to reduce mosquito-borne diseases
NPR: on using drones for disaster response
ABC: on the use of drones in humanitarian disasters
BBC: on locally-led drone applications for social good
WIRED: on the use of drones for reforestation
PBS: on ethics and the use of drones in disaster response
EPFL: on the use of drones to improve city mobility
SwissInfo: on the use of drones in humanitarian aid
Devex: on the role of donors in medical drone deliveries
NBC: on the use of drones to reduce mosquito-borne diseases
TheNextWeb: on the use of drones for reforestation
Reuters: on the use of drones to reduce mosquito-borne diseases
Reuters: on the use of locally-led drones for medical deliveries
SciDevNet: on the code of conduct for humanitarian drones
ABC News: on the use of robotics in humanitarian crises
The Economist: on big data for disaster response
Fast Company: on digital humanitarians
Forbes: on using AI to analyze aerial imagery for crisis response
Newsweek: on the use of drones to save lives
WEF: on how Big Data is changing humanitarian action
NBC: on using drones to reduce mosquito-borne illnesses
BBC: on using drones to reduce mosquito-borne illnesses
PRI: on using drones to educe mosquito-borne illnesses
CNBC: on cargo delivery drones in Amazon Rainforest
Forbes: on Facebook crisis maps for disaster response
Mashable: on Facebook crisis maps for disaster response
Fast Company: on Facebook crisis maps for disaster response
TechCrunch: on Facebook crisis maps for disaster response
CNET: on Facebook crisis maps for disaster response
National Geographic Magazine: on aerial robotics for good
BBC: on using emerging technologies to improve disaster response
SciDev: on use of microtasking for disaster response
NPR: on using cargo drones for aid delivery
CNET: on using cargo drones for aid delivery
UK Guardian: on using UAVs for aid delivery in conflict zones
Radio New Zealand: on mapping crises with UAVs
ABC: on role of drones (aerial robotics) for disaster response
WIRED: on the role of Facebook in disaster response
Foreign Policy: on use of social media by repressive regimes
PBS: on use of drones (aerial robotics) for disaster response
WIRED: on the role of the share economy in disaster response
NPR: on crisis mapping and humanitarian robotics
Nature: on crowdsourcing satellite imagery for disaster response
Al Jazeera: on aerial robotics for search and rescue
New Scientist: on artificial intelligence for public health projects
Le Temps: on humanitarian applications of aerial robotics
The Economist: on Social Media and Disaster Response
BBC World Service: on use of robotics for aid
AAM Radio: on use of UAVs for disaster response
Forbes: on use of UAVs for disaster response
Washington Post: on humanitarian UAV missions
PBS: on humanitarian technology and digital activism
WNWY-TV: Xploration Earth 2050 – Drones
HuffPost Live: on humanitarian UAV missions
Gulf News: on using social media for emergency management
New Scientist: on artificial intelligence and UAVs
Consumer Electronics: on humanitarian UAVs
TIME Magazine: on humanitarian UAVs
UK Guardian: on humanitarian UAVs
Neue Züricher Zeitung: on digital humanitarians
SciDev: on next generation humanitarian tech in Nepal
Quartz: on UAVs and regulations
Wall Street Journal: on crowdsourcing and UAVs in Nepal quake
MIT Tech Review: on crowdsourced verification during disasters
CNN International: on use of UAVs in Nepal Earthquake response
IRIN News: on challenges of using UAVs for disaster response
Huffington Post: on crisis mapping the Nepal Earthquake
NPR: on crowdsourcing crisis information on social media
BBC Click: on digital humanitarian response to Nepal earthquake
Slate: on humanitarian UAV response to Nepal earthquake
BBC News: on digital humanitarian response to Nepal earthquake
Discovery News: on digital mapping response to Nepal earthquake
IRIN News: on crisis mapping and humanitarian UAVs
Washington Post: on humanitarian UAVs in action
National Geographic: on humanitarian UAVs missions
The Conversation: on digital humanitarian action
France 24: on use of UAVs in peacekeeping operations
TIME Magazine: on digital technologies and humanitarians
Mashable: on digital humanitarians and humanitarian tech
Fast Company: on UAVs for humanitarian action
UK Guardian: on the Humanitarian UAV network
Gizmodo: on the Humanitarian UAV Network
Memeburn: on digital humanitarians and technology
IRIN News: on drones for good and humanitarian applications
National Geographic: on mapping data for disaster response
UN Dispatch: on crisis mapping and digital humanitarians
German TV (DW): on life-saving crisis maps for crisis response
TechCrunch: on crowdsouring real time disaster relief
UK Guardian: on crowdsourced response to Typhoon Ruby
Popular Science: on humanitarian UAVs/drones
Al-Jazeera: on advanced computing for disaster response
NewBeatSocial: on disaster response to Typhoon Ruby
Wired: on how tech will affect future of disaster response
Nature: on advanced computing for disaster response
Le Monde: on humanitarians UAVs for disaster response
Global Post: on humanitarian UAVs for crisis mapping
Bloomberg Business Week: on humanitarian UAVs
National Geographic (NL): on UAVs and social innovation
Swiss Radio (French): on Big Data and disaster response
CNN: on crowdsourcing analysis of UAV/aerial imagery
Virgin: on the use of UAVs for humanitarian response
Yahoo News: on crowdsourcing UAV/aerial imagery analysis
Popular Science: on using social media for disaster response
Emergency Management: on digital humanitarians
Reuters: on crowdsourcing open data for disaster response
LA Times: on crisis map of UAV/aerial videos of disaster areas
Foreign Affairs: on using new technologies for digital activism
SciDevNet: on using UAVs for humanitarian response
UK Guardian: on how UAVs being used for disaster response
Washington Post: on auto-verifying credible tweets during crises
The New Yorker: on auto-verifying credible tweets during disasters
The Daily Dot: on auto-verifying credible tweets during disasters
Doha News: on auto-verifying rumors on Twitter during disasters
TechPresident: on automatically verifying credibility of tweets
FastCompany: on making sense of social media during disasters
PBS NewsHour: on crowdsourcing search for Malaysia Flight
DIYDrones: on use of UAVs for humanitarian response
3DRobotics: on importance of UAVs for humanitarian response
Deutsche Welle: on technologies used to search for Flight 370
Berliner Gazette: on crowdsourcing search for Malaysia Flight
CTV: on crowdsourcing search for Malaysia flight 370
NC Radio: on crowdsourcing search for Malaysia flight 370
Al Jazeera America: on UAVs for disaster communications
Qatar Today: on using technology to support humanitarian relief
BBC Radio 4: on digital humanitarian response
CBC: on crisis mapping response to Typhoon Yolanda
ReliefWeb: on digital humanitarians
Storyful: on digital humanitarian response
Wall Street Journal: on response to Typhoon Yolanda
Bloomberg: on digital humanitarian response to Typhoon
NBC News: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
Nature: on crowdsourced response to Typhoon Yolanda
TIME Magazine: on digital response to Typhoon Yolanda
Forbes: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon Yolanda
BBC World: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
FastCompany: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
IRIN News: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
NewScientist: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
Slate.fr: on digital humanitarian response to Typhoon
WSJ TV: on use of social media in response to Typhoon
Reuters (TRF): on data mining news for crisis response
GlobalPost: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon
National Geographic: on response to Typhoon Yolanda
Al-Jazeera: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon Yolanda
Swiss Radio SRF: on digital response to Typhoon Yolanda
Heute.de: on micro-mapping response to Typhoon Yolanda
Digital Trends: on digital response to Typhoon Yolanda
TechPresident: on digital humanitarian response to Typhoon
CTV Canada: on digital humanitarian response to Typhoon
UK Guardian: on microtasking for disaster response
ABC: on online gaming to support humanitarian response
UN Dispatch: on microtasking for disaster relief
The Hindu: on role of social media in crises
Wired: on next generation humanitarian technologies
TechPresident: on microtasking for disaster response
Slate: on Facebook and repressive regimes
Die Zeit: improving disaster response with online gaming
IRIN News: on challenges of verification in disaster response
Fast Company: on humanitarian gamers for disaster response
New Scientist: on crowdsourcing crisis info using online games
Slashdot: on using online games for disaster response
Slate: on harnessing online games for humanitarian response
Al Jazeera: on Internet.org and humanitarian response
Computer World: on online gaming for disaster response
Metro UK: on an online game changer for disaster response
Fast Company: on analysis of hashtags for disaster response
Foreign Policy: on analysis of hashtags for political polarization
New York Times: on analyzing crisis hashtags
Berliner Gazette: on tourism, smartphones and social good
Business Insider: on microtasking disaster response
QF Telegraph: on crisis computing and humanitarian tech
World Bank: on connectivity for disaster response
Forbes: on harnessing Big Data for humanitarian response
Voice of America: on Big Data for disaster response
Foreign Policy: on verifying social media during crises
The Foundation: on next generation humanitarian technology
Chicago Policy Review: on improving humanitarian technology
FabrikZeitung: on information forensics for crisis response
OpenIDEO: on technology for atrocity prevention
MIT Technology Review: on verifying social media during crises
New Scientist: on crowdsourcing verification during crises
Fast Company: on a Match.com for disaster response
Mashable: on Big Data for conflict prevention
Emergency Management: on GeoFeedia for disaster response
The National: on Twitter for conflict & disaster response
Nebo Company: on emergent leadership
Berliner Gazette: on humanitarian technology use in Japan
World Bank: on data mining to create Open Data
World Bank: on Big Data for development
Corriere Della Sera: on verifying crowdsourced information
ACM: on crowdsourcing crisis information
World Bank: on using Twitter during disasters
Fast Company: on microtasking for disaster response
Council on Foreign Relations: on social media and conflict
World Bank: on advanced computing & disaster response
National Geographic: on risks of crisis mapping
TechPresident: on digital maps and global activism
Scientific American: on detecting credibility on Twitter
Huffington Post: on monitoring Syria’s crimes
Slate: on verifying Twitter content for disaster response
NY Times Blog: on using Twitter for disaster response
Berliner Gazette: on verifying crowdsourced information
QF Telegraph: on computing for humanity
LA Times: on crowdsourcing crisis response
TechPresident: on SMS for violence prevention
CNN: on social media & conflict in Africa
Weather.com: on volunteer based crisis mapping
TechPresident: on mapping for social change
Red Cross Magazine: on humanitarian action 2.0
TechPresident: on civil resistance
Le Monde Diplomatique: on crisis mapping
PopSci: on Syria crisis mapping
NewScientist: on Syria crisis mapping
Christian Science Monitor: on LRA crisis mapping
Foreign Policy: on conflict data analysis
CfR: on crowdsourced data
TechPresident: on Google & open source data
El Tiempo: on Ushahidi & crisis mapping
Slate Afrique: on crisis mapping Somalia
UK Guardian: on crisis mapping Syria
Brian Lehrer TV: on crisis mapping Syria
Technology Review: crisis maps & political unrest
The Economist: online crisis management
UK Guardian: on digital activism
TechPresident: on digital maptivism
PBS: on crisis mapping for disaster response
Al-Jazeera: on digital repression
AlertNet: on crisis mapping Libya
VoA: crisis mapping Arab Spring
UN Chronicle: on disaster relief 2.0
New York Times: on humanitarian technology
CNN: on crisis mapping Japan earthquake
NPR: on crisis mapping Japan earthquake
FastCompany: on crisis mapping Libya
RadioFreeEurope: on satellite imagery & human rights
CNN: on crowdsourced crisis mapping
Newsweek: on digital activism
CNN: on crisis mapping environmental disasters
Boston Globe: on crisis mapping Haiti
New York Times: on crowdsourcing & crisis mapping
Washington Post: on crisis mapping Haiti
BBC News: on crisis mapping Haiti
TED Blog: on crisis mapping Haiti
Al-Jazeera: on crisis mapping Haiti
AlertNet: on crisis mapping for humanitarian response
AFP: on civil resistance
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