We are excited to be pilot testing a neighborhood installation of our Lost In Boston Realtime digital signage system with partners locally in Union Square, Somerville! Our main goal with these signs is to increase awareness of and engagement in community services by showcasing transit data and a community calendar […]
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Ethan Zuckerman — scholar of the global blogosphere, free expression, and social translation — will be introduced today as the new director of MIT’s Center for Civic Media. He will lead an influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic […]
From the Center Prep for bean spillage: new website, News Challenge announcement, new everything http://cot.ag/kyeIAw The Future of News May Be Too Fast Slow down and smell the facts: In rush, national media reports local media’s gory but 100% untrue story http://cot.ag/lBmeG6 Censorship and Transparency MT @jayrosen_nyu: Turns out the […]
On June 22, a lot happens. Don’t freak out. By then, we’ll have a new website launched — courtesy of our fantastic Drupal design team at Civic Actions — and at 2:30pm that day, Knight Foundation will unveil its 2011 Knight News Challenge winners at our annual MIT-Knight Civic Media […]
From the Center Mitch Resnick named one of @fastcompany’s 100 Most Creative People http://cot.ag/kyLrqe Jeffrey Yoo Warren Grapples With the Enormity of Gulf Spill http://cot.ag/ky7kMY @grassrootsmapping Congrats to our colleagues @amerigo, Ryan O’Toole, Jeff Warren, and @jlev on MIT Commencement Center Events: VoIP Drupal workshop Wednesday Make and receive phone […]