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The Future of News and Civic Media Conference @ MIT, June 17-19 2009

Liveblog: Al Jazeera on Liveblogging

Submitted by mstem on November 5, 2011 - 9:46am

I liveblogged a session on liveblogging, and the universe didn't implode! Giant disclaimer that the audio in the room wasn't great, so some of these thoughts and many of the words are my own, trying to capture Bilal's talk. I wouldn't quote him on any of this.

Thanks to Bilal Randeree for sharing with us. You can find him on Twitter @bilalr.

It's been a big year for liveblog-worthy news, which you can quickly see in a run-down of Al Jazeera's Live Blogs:

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Zeega: an interactive documentary platform

Submitted by audubon on July 27, 2011 - 8:54am

I had the opportunity recently to speak with Jesse Shapins of MetaLAB at Harvard, co-founder of Zeega, a new platform for creating interactive documentaries and inventing new forms of storytelling. As the Zeega team have just been named a Knight News Challenge winner, I thought it would be nice to get a better sense of their innovative platform and what they're planning for the fall.

The Importance of Stakeholders as Designers

Submitted by cfd on June 23, 2011 - 3:03pm

Something that has been echoed by many of the speakers at today's Knight Civic Media Conference is the importance of considering who participates in the design of a technology. Sasha Constanza-Chock spoke about the importance of using open technologies and open data when developing tools for communities. Chris Csikszentmihalyi spoke about how those with power producing technology tend to make technologies that reinforce their power. The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, one of this year's grant winners, emphasized the importance of community participation and ownership in the collection of scientific data. But why is this important? Don't closed systems like Twitter or Facebook have the potential for great social good?

FNCM conference plenary videos now available

Submitted by Andrew on June 25, 2010 - 2:21pm

Please to enjoy the visual fruits of last week's Future of News and Civic Media conference plenaries. Below--available for viewing, downloading, and reusing--are the three plenary videos...

Announcement of the 2010 Knight News Challenge winners

Available for download at MIT TechTV.

Front Porch Forum

Americans move more often, live alone more, work more hours, solo car-commute more, and spend more time with electronic devices than ever before. And the toll is evident in our local communities and on the empty residential sidewalks of many of our towns. Where are the people? Where are the neighbors?

http://frontporchforum.com
Michael Wood-Lewis
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Stroome

Stroome is a browser-based video editing studio that lets people work together without using expensive satellite technology. Users upload and share content, edit in the browser, remix with friends and colleagues, then promote their collaborations.

http://www.stroome.com
Tom Grasty
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social networks
education
technology solutions
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LabCAST #40: The Future of News

Submitted by Andrew on August 14, 2009 - 8:42am

Courtesy of the Media Lab's great production crew comes a great set of quick interviews with attendees of our Future of News and Civic Media conference.

Available for download as well: http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=90

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