Happy Commencement to MIT’ers! But despite the chaos on campus, This Week in Civic Media goes on…
From the Center and Friends
- “Finding a better way to bridge the digital divide” from the Christian Science Monitor, quoting our director @csik http://cot.ag/azeWVe
- Oakland Local covers high-profile trial with @Placeblogger Angel Fund support http://cot.ag/cVLZKP
- “New Media Should Dig into Issues Around Cyber-Security”: Aaron Presnall at @pbsmediashift http://cot.ag/aZVpE8
- The Mediavore’s Dilemma: Making Sustainable Media Choices http://cot.ag/9d5pkE via @pbsmediashift
- “Hacks and Hackers: The Time Was Right”: Rich Gordon at @pbsmediashift http://cot.ag/9UkXuH
- Record, edit, and publish audio stories with your iPhone http://cot.ag/9YClde via @mobileactive
“The B.P. Oil Spill”
- Telling: White House’s official name for the Gulf disaster is “The BP Oil Spill” http://cot.ag/bUteW3
- Support citizen mappers of the Gulf Oil Spill http://kck.st/cj3Anh
Future of News (scary version)
- “A great time to do journalism. Not so great a time to make your living as a journalist.” http://cot.ag/aV1h8i
- @Digidave: I love journalism but if you’re a new media startup your value proposition is NOT “saving journalism”
- Xinhua Official Shares Details of China’s News Cleanups http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/asia/04china.html
Around MIT
- @MITCoLab: Congrats John Arroyo for winning best MIT urban planning thesis on RE-IMAGING THE LA RIVER AS CIVIC SPACE http://bit.ly/bV86LI
Elsewhere
- “Think critically when looking at statistics (A valuable lesson, now with porn!)” http://cot.ag/cPd24n via @boingboing
- @ryansholin: WikiLeaks and Tor, moral use of an amoral system? Open questions for @ethanz, @eff, @fonchik, and anyone else interested.
- @sunfoundation announces _amazing_ Design for America winners http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/design-america-winners/