We’re here at the MIT Knight Civic Media Conference, where Alberto Ibarguen and John Bracken have just announced the winners of the latest news challenge, which asked the question “How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?” Sands Fish and I were there to liveblog the presentation […]
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We’re here at the MIT Knight Civic Media Conference, where Alberto Ibarguen and John Bracken have just announced the winners of the latest news challenge, which asked the question “How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?” Sands Fish and I were there to liveblog the presentation […]
Is it possible to focus on high quality reporting about geographically diverse communities while also reaching global audiences? That’s the question asked today at the Berkman Center by Ivan Sigal, executive director of Global Voices. Originally founded at the Berkman Center, Global Voices is an online citizen media network that […]
Judith Donath has been doing social media, interaction design, and data visualization long before social media existed, as the principal investigator at the MIT Media Lab’s Sociable Media Group. Today, she launched her new book, The Social Machine. Erhardt and I were there to blog it. As more people socialize, […]
A few years ago, a close friend (not at MIT) asked for my advice. Work colleagues had been sexually harassed, and this friend didn’t know what to do: the offender was prominent, respected, and considered indispensable by his organisation. This friend took the courageous move of reporting the issue, starting […]