News from the Center
- Between the Bars back online! http://civic.mit.edu/blog/cfd/between-the-bars-back-online
- Media Lab offers dire warning to other elephants in the room: http://flic.kr/p/9uZAFc
- After 700+ reports of everyday heroism in Juarez, @ReganStP blogs about fostering civic pride using Crónicas de Héroes http://cot.ag/hAnEHy
- Civic Tools Video: Highlight heroes in your neighborhood with “Hero Reports / Crónicas de Héroes” http://cot.ag/e625jp
- “VIDEO INTERVIEW: Leonardo Bonanni Talks About Sourcemap.org” http://cot.ag/fYt80H (Thanks, @inhabitat!)
Events This Week
- Tuesday: Civic Media Session: “Cultural Resistance” with Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble http://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-session-cultural-resistance
- Wednesday and Thursday: Beyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy and America’s Libraries http://civic.mit.edu/event/beyond-books-news-literacy-democracy-and-amer…
- Friday through Sunday (We’ll be exhibiting): National Conference for Media Reform http://civic.mit.edu/event/national-conference-for-media-reform
Knight News Challenge
- Knight News Challenge update: http://www.knightblog.org/knight-news-challenge-update
Transparency
- Ask Congress to protect funding for the Electronic Government Fund sunlightfoundation.com/savethedata/ via @sunfoundation
Future of Journalism
- @lisawilliams: “Journalism will be smaller and smaller organizations making a bigger and bigger impact.” http://cot.ag/hG1nwy
- Unintended p.r. of non-profit success: Praising @ProPublica’s model, op-ed says it’s proof NPR doesn’t need public funding http://cot.ag/f2ZMnh
Natural gas
- @NiemanLab: The thematic network: How the Post-Gazette covers natural gas http://nie.mn/gOq5ZE #extract
- PA directive guts independent oversight of drilling violations in Marcellus Shale http://cot.ag/i9wP6l
Union battles
- @WISN12News: Budget Would Balance Without Collective Bargaining Law http://bit.ly/h2cpi4 via @SprawledOut
- Mt. Holyoke prez protests to Maine gov (and Holyoke alumna) over removal of “pro-union” mural http://cot.ag/gS2Xkd
Elsewhere
- “Audio: Digital Media and Popular Uprisings Panel at Lesley University” http://cot.ag/fMSDUZ with @ethanz @jilliancyork
- Disney and Angry Birds Explain Three Arab League Revolts in One Amazing Cartoon http://cot.ag/gVNAyk
- Lessons From Phase 1 of the Ushahidi Evaluation in Kenya http://cot.ag/fc6GEj via @pbsmediashift
- Urban Narratives: Civic Design through Media Technology http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=13576249
- MIT pays $33 million in taxes a year, 6x that of Harvard, representing 12% of Cambridge’s tax revenue http://cot.ag/hlfpq8