This June’s Civic Media Conference was described in glowing terms by so many of you who attended, but no term was as oft-repeated — and to me, as heartwarming and frustrating — as the word “reunion”. Why would a reunion be heartwarming and frustrating, assuming you’re not meeting your high […]
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As many of you heard at the Knight conference last month, Yesica Guerra has had tremendous success running CRÓNICAS DE HÉROES in Juarez, MX. The site, which is approaching nearly 1,000 reports, is influencing the news that is coming out of Juarez and increasing civic pride in the city. Next […]
(Edited to add Max Ogden’s recommendation of ScraperWiki to help deal with PDF datasets.) Courtesy of a recommendation by John Wonderlich at the Sunlight Foundation, here’s a faceted browser/catalog of state- and other-level datasets to explore: http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/ And while the tool itself is indespensible, it highlights the bane of our […]
New Name, New Funds, New Leader, New Site A kick in the future. @c4fcm is now @civicMIT, reflecting our new moniker @knightfdn announces new round of funding for us: $3.76m over three years Ethan Zuckerman to lead MIT Center for Civic Media http://cot.ag/m8yasp @ethanz #civicmedia #Civicmedia rule number 1: It’s […]
Rick Borovoy, Susan (our new UROP), and I had a productive two days in Wisconsin Rapids last week rolling out the first phase of Sameboat. In partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County (CFGSWC), a Knight Foundation two time Community Information Challenge grantee, we’re piloting solutions to […]