Thursday 3 April 2014

New and digital media; stories#21 - mr halsey

Tittle: No-makeup selfies raise £8m for Cancer Research UK in six days

Link: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/25/no-makeup-selfies-cancer-charity

no make up

- Women posting bare-faced selfies online have helped a leading cancer charity raise more than £8m in six days – despite thousands of pounds being donated to Unicef by mistake.
Cancer Research UK, which did not start the campaign, said the #nomakeupselfie trend had resulted in an unprecedented increase in donations.
Mike Flynn, director of individual giving at Unicef UK, said there had been a "genuine mixup" and it was working with Cancer Research UK to transfer £18,625 that was donated by mistake.
"It has been an exciting week, and we would just like to thank everyone again for their support."

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