This Week in Civic Media: "Will I Fit In?", Post Secret via QR
Andrew Whitacre
Communications Director
Andrew conducts the communications efforts for CMS (websites, press relations, and project and event publicity) as well as those for MIT's Center for Civic Media and the MIT Game Lab.
A native of Washington, D.C., he holds a degree 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 at Houghton Mifflin and Tufts University. He was also the long-time fiction editor for Identity Theory and followed up with a literary tool website, called Readsfeed.
This Week in Civic Media: "Will I Fit In?", Post Secret via QR
Submitted by Andrew on May 16, 2011 - 12:30pm
From the Center
- Giant QR code in our building's foyer encourages people to post and read the secrets of those around them http://cot.ag/mSzqG4
- @gregoryfoster: Create a "Junkyard Jumbotron" w/ any collection of displays running a web browser: http://j.mp/igh7Wv (HT @c4fcm)
- "New MIT Media Lab Director Wondered: Will I Fit In?" http://www.wbur.org/2011/05/11/mit-media-lab
Media in Transition 7
- Podcast: "Media in Transition 7: Unstable Platforms" with @jbenton @mleccese and more http://cot.ag/ifseho #MiT7
Future of News
- "No dead ends: How news sites can keep readers engaged" http://cot.ag/jVTiLt
- With more flexibility available, Latin American newspapers see boom in print and online http://cot.ag/inrt1q
- Seven lessons for journalists from tech entrepreneurs http://cot.ag/lzqzFH via @knightfdn
- The news site donation-engagement paradox: those who give most are often the least engaged, and vice versa http://cot.ag/kS1oGd
Natural Gas
- The Fracking Song, a "musical explainer" by @jayrosen_nyu students based on ProPublica work. jr.ly/b7yp. The future is now.
MIT 150th anniversary
- Great tribute piece from @BillGates on 'Why MIT Matters' http://bo.st/kVy65G (from this Sunday's @BostonGlobe special magazine)
Jobs
- Recent grad w/ experience managing online communities? @knightfdn has a job for you http://cot.ag/mO2lQz
- MIT/CMS's ICE Lab hiring for part-time Project Developer/Web Programmer http://cot.ag/l15zZq
Elsewhere
- Sunlight Foundation's @danielschuman testifies to Congress: lift CRS restrictions, open THOMAS data http://cot.ag/lT0T35
- FCC commissioner approves merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, then leaves FCC to be lobbyist for Comcast http://cot.ag/kUo6ky
- Real-world social games are fun…but do they work? http://cot.ag/lYrjEN via @knightfdn
