From the Center 2.0
- Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock, civic media specialist, joins MIT faculty http://cot.ag/gmsDEo
- Medill and McCormick launch a news innovation lab with $4.2 million in Knight funding http://cot.ag/glUYjy via @niemanlab
Egypt+
- “In Egypt, should Internet access be an inalienable right?” @c4fcm weighs in http://wapo.st/eUAF0a via @washingtonpost
- @washingtonpost: Syrians use Facebook, Twitter to call for protests on #Feb4 and #Feb5 http://wapo.st/iknZxT #Syria #Egypt #Jordan
- John Palfrey op-ed on Egypt protests and the Global Network Initiative: http://cot.ag/eaqI86
Crisis Mapping
- Ushahidi rolls out feature for users to define reports within drawn shapes, rather that just points http://cot.ag/f4J8Va
- Crisis Mapping Sudan: Protest Map of Khartoum http://cot.ag/fQihZ2 via Ushahidi
Rigor mortis, sans rigor
- @ProPublica’s look into the sorry state of death investigation http://cot.ag/fn8ZiR
Elsewhere
- @DesignObserver: Local Projects invites urban citizens to organize to improve their blocks, stoops, & playgrounds. http://bit.ly/e4xr7I
- Forget #nextbus: Lima bus drivers use self-employed “data guys” to tell them if they’re on schedule http://colabradio.mit.edu/?p=9109
- Sudan election shows how to integrate text messaging with radio broadcasts http://cot.ag/fTCrWV via @PBSIdeaLab