A quiet week in the aggregate for civic media news, but a few major stories popped up. Social media played a remarkably effective role during greater Boston’s boil-water order http://cot.ag/ap35Zu. Here at MIT, the MIT News Office won a well-deserved People’s Voice Webby. And in a case with wide-ranging implications, in an obscenity-filled opinion the U.S. Supreme Court upheld freedom of speech http://onion.com/bpiX3U.

Most importantly, though, our congratulations to the Center’s outreach coordinator Christina Xu on helping run a crazy-successful ROFLCon, including the fact that the local Toscanini’s, in honor of the conference, made an ice cream flavor named The Internet:

From our Friends

Our thanks to Community Foundation of South Wood County (Wisc.) for sending us unprecedentedly delicious local cranberries. We look forward to more work with them www.cfswc.org

Government/Censorship

China Tightens Media Control at Shanghai Expo http://cot.ag/bMxZBF via @pbsmediashift
@colinrhinesmith: FCC chair to go for net neutrality, assert authority over ISPs: http://bit.ly/bxQYay (via @ceciliakang)

Community Media

Cambridge Community TV Shows How Public Access TV Can Transition to Digital http://cot.ag/cbgTvh feat. @colinrhinesmith

Grudging Admiration for One Small Sliver of their Actions

BP provides social media template for dealing with a p.r. disaster http://cot.ag/aq8Hp5 via @pepperdigital