Creating Technology for Social Change

The Week in Civic Media 01.28.11: Civic media podcasts, National Conference for Media Reform

From the Center/MIT

North Africa protests

  • @Rosental: Amazing coverage of Egyptian protests at @globalvoices: tweets and blog posts from the front lines http://bit.ly/gPIOEF

The Future of (Sometimes Money-Making) News

  • MinnPost runs surplus for 2010, with 18% revenue growth http://cot.ag/f0w1TP
  • @jayrosen_nyu: News! Australian Broadcasting Corp to join NYU and @ProPublica in Building a Better Explainer project: http://jr.ly/ukxw

State of the Union

Elsewhere

  • @bostinnovation: Startup Salary Hotspots: How Does Boston Compare? http://cot.ag/eHnwDj
  • Swedish ISP to force its users to anonymize data. Opting out to cost $8/month http://cot.ag/hPwXnO
  • Jack Donaghy gets way, Keith Olberman to leave Kabletown http://t.co/ZJkBJDm via @washingtonpost
  • @Qantara: Interview with Rebecca Chiao: Breaking Women’s Isolation with “Harassmap” http://bit.ly/fzZq3P
  • LittleSis to scrutinize membership of “The Committee to Save New York” http://cot.ag/dFPxEA
  • @GlobeMattC: Hear about Google’s cool new tool, Ngram. Hacks/Hackers Boston, Feb 9. http://bit.ly/eCaDi8