About Us

Our mission is simple:

Innovative Communication for Advancing Social Justice

Global Wire Associates is an international consulting organization of writers, artists, journalists and activists working together to help other individuals and organizations see what potentials new media can add to further promote their causes. Founded by journalist and social activist Talia Whyte in 2005, the idea of Global Wire was born out of a need to address issues that often get sidelined due to media consolidation and globalization. New media has given an unprecedented opportunity for those once marginalized to now have a spotlight. From Beijing, China to Jena, Louisiana, the revolution will not be televised, it will be digitized.

For consult information, please email info (at) globalwireonline (dot) org.

Staff

Talia Whyte
Principal

Talia Whyte is a freelance journalist who has been reporting about issues related to social justice, media and technology for over ten years.  Some of her work can be found in the Houston Chronicle, Real Clear Politics, The Progressive, Boston Globe, theGrio, MSNBC.com, PBS, Independent Media Center, New Internationalist, among many others.   She is a contributor to the book “Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change,” which will be published June 2010. She writes regularly for the companion blog, Global Wire.

Marjane Nakello
Managing Principal

Marjane Nakello oversees operational and financial programming for Global Wire Associates.  Nakello specializes in business information technology, women’s issues and public health in Africa and the Middle East. Please contact her about speaking engagements and media inquiries for Talia Whyte.

Languages: English, Kiswahili, Farsi, Arabic
mnakello (at) globalwireonline (dot) org

Philip Lee
Web Editor

Philip Lee is our new media evangelist.  He is mainly in charge of discovering and testing new communication tools for Global Wire Associates. A native of Hong Kong, Lee specializes in Asian economic systems, international trade policy and postcolonial politics and literature.

Languages: English, Mandarin
plee (at) globalwireonline (dot) org

Maria Ferrara
Research Director

Maria Ferrara develops studies that look at best and worst practices of new media for social activism. A Mexican national, Ferrara grew up in Los Angeles and has been involved in digital activism around recent debates about immigrant rights. She specializes in racial/ethnic disparities and leftist Latin American activism.

Languages: English, Spanish, French
mferrara (at) globalwireonline (dot) org