Creating Technology for Social Change

This Week in Civic Media 07.16.10: Center job opening, @digidave becomes a Reynolds Fellow

See it as it happens: follow the Center on Twitter, @c4fcm.

From the Center

  • “My job, let me show you it”: @chrysaora tells you why you should apply for our Outreach Coordinator position http://cot.ag/9N2pcV

Friends of the Center

Future of Newspapers

  • Mass. newspaper combating offensive commenters with one-time $0.99 charge and use of real names http://cot.ag/bNnbaB
  • @Poynter: Gannett papers to add jobs for hubs. // Charles Apple says there are smart aspects to Gannett’s plan. http://journ.us/cukqJ4
  • Best of luck to Khoi Vinh, who’s announced he’s leaving his design director position at nytimes.com http://cot.ag/awvX43

Past of Newspapers

  • Columbia U.’s Bollinger makes compelling ethical (if not technical) case for public funding of old-school journalism http://cot.ag/bVIuUo

Oil and Gas

  • “For Gas-Drilling Data, There’s a New Place to Dig” http://cot.ag/cKl2p9 @propublica touts FracTracker
  • Superb @pbsmediashift post from Ian Capstick: “5 Digital PR Lessons from BP’s Oil Spill Response” http://cot.ag/cpv3kd
  • If you missed it last week: Coast Guard assisting B.P. in keeping reporters away from affected areas http://cot.ag/cMBL2z
  • @gaslandmovie: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (&RT) : Josh Fox responds word by word to claims in “DEBUNKING GASLAND” http://ow.ly/2ac9pvia

Data, Data Viz

  • “Sunlight’s Contextual Content & Data Stream” feature is pretty much all sorts of awesome http://cot.ag/arg4yf @EllnMllr
  • Funding data indicates that, despite progressive stances on many issues, Barney Frank is captive to Wall Street http://cot.ag/cmQoOl

Elsewhere

  • Great stuff: “Where Did We Go Right? How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur”. CJ Connell via @PBSMediaShift http://cot.ag/9mKbhQ
  • @mediatwit: Holy moly! Just got the nearly 500-page “Yahoo Style Guide” to online writing. Congrats to @chrisbarr http://bit.ly/9aCqBF
  • Knight Foundation funds Lex Mundi to provide free legal support to social entrepreneurs http://cot.ag/cuY6Up
  • MIT’s Abelson helps Google bring apps-making to non-techies http://cot.ag/9YQHqA