February 27, 2007

• Groups offer ringtones with a statement, USA Today: Environmental activists, among others, are using their cell phones for education and inspiration - via ringtones. And there's still a lot of room for experimentation in using cell phones for advocacy, says Katrin Verclas, executive director of NTEN and coordinator of MobileActive.og. Read the article. Also featured on MSNBC.com and in the Jackson News Tribune.

July 27, 2006

• Women in Mobile 15 - Katrin Verclas, m-trends.org. In this edition of his series, Rudy De Waele interviews NTEN executive director Katrin Verclas about her work, passion for mobile technology, and her views on how mobile phones will impact the future and help make the world a better, more just, and more equitable place. Read the article.

May 30, 2006

• Radio Free Europe broadcast on political ringtones; interviews with MobileActive Katrin Verclas

March 18, 2006

• UK Times article about ringtones (yep, again); quotes and interviews with MobileActives in the US and Phillippines. 

December 8, 2005:

• German Radio (Bayrischer Rundfunk) broadcast on political ringtones; interviews with MobileActives from txtpower.org and riotones.

October 21, 2006

• Washington Post picks up CNET's story on ringtones by Dan Froomkin

October 20, 2006

• CNET/News.com article on political ringtones; and MobileActive Eric Gunderson of Development Seed

October 19, 2006:

• CNET/News.com article on Mobile Voter, a voter education and get-out-the-vote project in the MobileActive network 

September 29, 2006:

• Pambazuka News article on MobileActive; stories from the field and the MobileActive network 

September 28, 2005: 

• On Personal Democracy, MobileActive: Going Beyond the Mobile Buzz

Other:

• MobileActive 2005 press release 

Contact:

Katrin Verclas, MobileActive

katrin [at] mobileactive.org

+1 413 687 9877