This Week in Civic Media: MyDotTour highlights youth leadership in Dorchester
Andrew Whitacre
Communications Director
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.
This Week in Civic Media: MyDotTour highlights youth leadership in Dorchester
Submitted by Andrew on August 8, 2011 - 9:34am
From the Center
My Dot Tour
- @ReganStP: My Dot Tour kicks off today in Fields Corner - add your voice! timenesia.org @deptofplay @civicMIT @DotNews @DorchesterNews
- Dorchester walking tour strengthening youth leadership skills http://mydottour.org/?page_id=2
AAGO
- AAGO: an iPod app for engaged youth http://cot.ag/pHPRfL
Hero Reports
- Cronicas de Heroes moving toward bi-national rollout, creating hero reports along the U.S.-Mexican border http://cot.ag/plXgzP
- "Heroes in Juarez: Citizens Challenge a City’s Reputation" http://cot.ag/nJXjmA
- @ernestopriego: Sobre Juárez, Hero Reports y @civicMIT: http://wp.me/pXF0u-hD #vocesmx #SinLugar
Digital Signage in Union Square, Somerville
- @ReganStP: Heading to the Union Square Farmers Market to promote the fruits of our digital signage network- stop by! @civicMIT http://unionsquaremain.org/2011/05/installation-of-digital-signs-by-mit-...
Zeega
- @pazonada interview with Zeega platform co-founder: using media via many to give voice to many others http://cot.ag/pqFl40
Data viz
- Resources for dealing with and visualizing data http://civic.mit.edu/blog/rahul-bhargava/data-therapy-workshop-followup
Chicago
- The Center for Neighborhood Technology Wants Your Photos of Transit-Oriented Places in the Suburbs: http://www.chicagotalks.org/2011/08/02/the-center-for-neighborhood-techn...
- #1 reason Chicago has one of the best civic media environments: hot dog joints. http://cot.ag/qJ1Nv9
Awesome Foundation
- @awesomebos: Announcing 2 new @awesomebos members (@danger_awesome @jacobbarssbailey) 1 open seat left. Apply! http://bit.ly/pnC6Dp
Elsewhere
- "Prices may be higher in Hawaii." @MITCoLab on what is means to ‘buy local’ in Hawai’i? http://cot.ag/olAfW8
- First step in having a positive impact on the environment? Think critically: http://cot.ag/o9C892
- 29 universities push broadband into their local communities. But companies say they've moved on to mobile http://cot.ag/qYwxDz
