A quick note pecked on my phone from the ONA conference in San Francisco… At the end of this morning’s “Business of Collaboration” session, I had the chance to ask a panel of editors, “Why have you only talked about how you collaborate with other news outlets? Are there particular […]
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What if residents could allocate their town’s spending like some people do their 401(k)’s? I’ve been a homeowner for a little over a year, so for the first time I’m tracking town expenditures and, as important, listening to other residents’ town-solvable needs and frustrations. Arlington’s issues can feel piddly. (The […]
PREVIOUSLY, ON CMS.360… Last week, the Intro to Civic Media class tackled the issue of digital inequality, first by looking at how the discourse around universal access has evolved over time. In the 90s, the dominant narrative was that of “the digital divide”—a binary classification that separates the haves from […]
“Join us, tell us your story” is the prompt given by the Kitchen Sisters for their most recent project, “The Hidden World of Girls.” This is one of 3 storytelling projects I’ve been enjoying lately that center women as storytellers about their lives and histories. The Hidden World of GirlsThe […]
I visited Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) today to do a Vojo workshop with CCTV staff and Neighbormedia reporters. We practiced posting stories, created accounts, and discussed how Neighbormedia will use Vojo on Friday’s PARK(ing) Day to collect stories from the CCTV parking space about Central Square. To see some of […]