MIT Tech TV Alberto Ibarguen, Eric Klinenberg, and Henry Jenkins The current crisis in American journalism threatens the very survival of local newspapers, even as we’ve already seen a sharp decline in local radio and television content. More and more of us find community through social networks which are largely […]
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One of the little gems that the Knight Foundation introduced at the Future of News and Civic Media conference last week was to award five grand to the best collaborative projects created at the conference. We thought it might be a tall order, what with everything else the attendees were […]
“The pictures told the story of all of them, from different planets, representing different ethics, united by a common bond – the galactic Co-operation.” “Once you find your place in the galactic Co-operation – and I assure you that it is an important place – your fighting will stop. Why […]
We’ve had to remain largely mum on the Future of News and Civic Media Conference, just held this week here at MIT–such is the reality of a popular-but-invitation-only conference and one whose big news, the announcement of the 2009 Knight News Challenge winners, was embargoed until the last minute. But […]
Spent the weekend at a the CrisisCamp “unconference” at GWU in DC, a meeting of technologists, public policy experts, and a few grungy students around the area of mapping, disaster preparedness and response. Met some people I had previously only known via email, and made new connections for future projects. […]