The Week in Civic Media: Truth Goggles
Andrew conducts the communications efforts for the MIT Comparative Media Studies program (websites, press relations, and project and event publicity), including those of the Center for Civic Media and the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. A native of Washington, D.C., he holds a B.A. in communication from Wake Forest University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. His marketing and P.R. skills were honed first at Houghton Mifflin and later at Tufts University. He was also the long-time fiction editor for Identity Theory.
The Week in Civic Media: Truth Goggles
Enjoy the latest civic media news...
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From the Center
Truth Goggles
- Dan Schultz: "Trust Me: Credibility is the Future of Journalism"
Bulk-Analyzing Front Pages
- Pablo Rey unveils amazing "Newspapers’ Front Page" analysis tool
Jobs
Video
Photos
Russian Protests
- Video of alleged Russian electoral fraud
- KGB vs. billionaire vs. people
- Ethan Zuckerman: Russian bots can render protest-related hashtags "totally useless"
- New York Times reports those who benefited from Putin's rule are now leading protests calling for his ouster
Arab Spring, continued
- Audio of Ethan Zuckerman, "Cute Cats and The Arab Spring: The 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture"
Civic Media Development in Africa
- Africa-focused journalism grants, modeled on Knight Foundation's News Challenge
Public Radio Exchange
- Public Radio Exchange to launch Public Media Accelerator with $2.5 million investment from Knight Foundation
MIT Tech Review
Have a great week. Events are largely done for the semester, but keep an eye out for civic-related MIT Independent Activities Period offerings at civic.mit.edu/events.
