EngageMedia is a non-profit media, technology and culture organisation. We use the power of video, the internet and free software technologies to create social and environmental change. We believe independent media and free and open technologies are fundamental to building the movements needed to challenge social injustice and environmental damage, as well as to provide and present solutions.

EngageMedia works with independent filmmakers, video activists, technologists, and campaigners to generate wider audiences, demystify new video distribution technologies, and create an online archive of independent video productions using open content licenses.

Our work comprises the following key elements:

• EngageMedia.org: an online video sharing site focused on social justice and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific. Get uploading!
• Plumi: a free and open source video sharing platform for building your own online video community.
• Transmission: a global network of video and free software activists developing online video distribution tools and tactics for social justice and media democracy.
• Skills building: we undertake a wide variety of training and skill-sharing programs to build the capacities of video makers and activists to use video distribution tools most effectively.

Organisational Aims

The core aims of EngageMedia are to:

• assist individuals and groups, producing thought-provoking and informative media focussed on social and environmental issues, to distribute their work;
• develop the digital media and Internet skills of independent multi-media producers and marginalised communities;
• foster a regional network of producers, to assist each other in producing and distributing their work in the Asia-Pacific region;
• and produce an online media delivery platform under a free software license that others are free to use and modify for their own media projects.
  
  

The EngageMedia Team

The EngageMedia team is based in both Indonesia and Australia with technical support in various international locations. Our core team are Andrew Lowenthal, Andrew Garton, Enrico Aditjondro, Alexandra Crosby, Yerry Nikholas, Diah Sekarwidhi, Cheekay Cinco and Maxim Solovyev. Check out our team page where you will find out just who these fine people are.

Yerry and Enrico hosting a workshop at Camp Sambel, Indonesia, June 2010.

Partners

We are also fortunate to have established several key partnerships through out various projects. For a list of our project partners please see our partners page.

Working at EngageMedia

If you are interested in working or volunteering with us please check our jobs page.

Projects

EngageMedia is multifaceted! We engage in a number of different projects from social and technology research, content distribution, networking and skill-sharing events, training programs, software development and more.

Take a look at our projects page for just some of the initiatives we are responsible for.

The EngageMedia Committee of Management (Board)

Our Committee of Management:

• Rachel Maher - Freelance Journalist
• Dr Ellie Rennie - Swinburne University of Technology
• Matt Abud - Internews
• Merlyna Lim - Assistant Professor, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University.
• Andrew Lowenthal - EngageMedia

Full bios of our Committee of Management are available here.

Consulting, Web Development and Training

We consult on technology and social change projects, run trainings on request and execute web development projects. We've done work for the University of Southern California, Open Channel, iCommons and the Media Resource Centre among others. Please contact us if you are interested in any consulting work.

Support

EngageMedia is a non-profit organisation and is supported by donations, external consulting work and a range of funding bodies. Our past and present funders include the Open Society Institute, Hivos, the Ford Foundation, the Donkey Wheel Foundation and The Mercy Foundation. Please contact us or donate online if you are able to support us. If you have comments or questions, please contact us and don't forget to sign up to the announcement list!

Annual Reports

The EngageMedia Collective Inc. is an incorporated association under the Victorian Associations Incorporation Act (1981), Australia.

Reg No. A0048171P
ABN. 77919614410

You may view or download our Annual Reports here.