(Cross-posted at MediaShift Idea Lab) With a redoubled focus on the community in the civic media community, the Center for Future Civic Media has launched a new speaker series. These relaxed, informal conversations about civic media featured ground-level practitioners, activists, hackers, and local leaders. The first session, “Bustling with Information: […]
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Max Ogden of Code for America discusses taking “treasure troves” of government datasets to bring citizens and friends together. From “Cities, Code, and Civics”, a Civic Media Session of the MIT Center for Future Civic Media. Download! break MIT Tech TV
Nick Grossman of OpenPlans, Nigel Jacob of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, and Max Ogden of Code for America respond to questions about how civic tools do (or need to) vary from city to city. From “Cities, Code, and Civics”, a Civic Media Session of […]
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 […]
An exciting announcement just via MIT Comparative Media Studies director Jim Paradis. Costanza-Chock will work closely with the Center starting with his arrival this fall: Comparative Media Studies at MIT is pleased to announce that Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Civic Media and will begin […]