Today, during a heated discussion on the sequester, a frustrated President Barack Obama made the following statement to the press corps as they challenged him to show more leadership in negotiations: “I’m presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, […]
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Last night the statistician and political polling analyst Nate Silver came to the Communications Forum at Comparative Media Studies to discuss his career — from student journalist to baseball prognosticator to the creator of FiveThirtyEight.com, one of the world’s most influential political blogs. He was in conversation with Seth Mnookin, […]
Since launching LazyTruth, I’ve been enmeshed in fact-checking, rumor correction, and studying how misinformation moves online and across society. And, as part of my thesis, I’ve been collecting examples of how average people are helping out with causes and crises using the internet. One of the promising examples of Things […]
On Friday, February 22nd, 2013, the White House held its first ever hackathon. Twenty-one coders, data scientists, and user experience designers from around the country joined seven members of the White House’s development team to work on the first We the People API. I had the great privilege of participating […]
How do you find fresh food in Boston if you’re in a hurry? For many people in the city, it’s not that easy. Over the next few months I’m working on a project with the Mayor’s office of New Urban Mechanics and the Mayor’s Youth Council to figure out how […]