In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority. Moderator Ethan Zuckerman wonders if these new digital forms are fundamentally liberating, providing users access to public spaces they […]
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From the Center A tease-peak: attendees for this year’s Future of News and Civic Media conference http://cot.ag/amkL35 (A tease b/c it’s invite-only) @mizzdmartin: @c4fcm @MITCoLab: Wanna Come Out and Play? Community Engagement & Tech Development http://cot.ag/950iSC or @MITNews @PBSIdeaLab: Nice post from @akwhitacre: Balloon Mapping the Oil Spill Proves Responsive, […]
From the Center Citizens map the Gulf oil slick with balloons and kites http://cot.ag/9S2aKk @c4fcm’s Jeff Warren reports Some coverage of our Josh Levinger’s boy.co.tt platform, an internet toolkit for collective financial action http://cot.ag/cv0iss FrontlineSMS gets $350k from Omidyar @FrontlineSMS: Omidyar Network announces $350,000 funding to help us take FrontlineSMS […]
A quiet week in the aggregate for civic media news, but a few major stories popped up. Social media played a remarkably effective role during greater Boston’s boil-water order http://cot.ag/ap35Zu. Here at MIT, the MIT News Office won a well-deserved People’s Voice Webby. And in a case with wide-ranging implications, […]
MIT News Yo! Vote up the MIT News Office for a Webby Award for best university website http://cot.ag/9XmCcT (It’s already in the lead!) From friends of the Center Great vid from MIT’s Marianna Leavy-Sperounis about Lawrence, Mass., job creation, and urban recovery http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/6665 EveryBlock reported to establish partnership with SeeClickFix […]