From the Center: “Cronicas de Heroes”
- Cronicas de Heroes in Juarez just received its 1,000th report of civic heroism! http://juarez.cronicasdeheroes.mx/
- Online stories of courage draw our Juarez residents http://cot.ag/qFOe9x via @knightfdn
- Following explosive growth in usership, Cronicas de Heroes launches Spot.us pitch. Help it reach its $ goal today http://cot.ag/peVDFj
- “Director of crowdsourced website in Mexico: go offline to build participation” http://cot.ag/qDsBJ7
More from the Center
- Permanent reunion: How can the civic media community collaborate throughout the year? http://cot.ag/rhSvNF
- Kidding Around: Google’s Computing and Programming Experience program comes to our office http://cot.ag/nhC4BX
- So very awesome RT @GonzoEarth: just finished MIT campus map from #CivicMedia Conference. Cambridge, MA http://publiclaboratory.org/map/knight-civic-media-conference-mit-cambri…
- Ian Condry on #Miku Hatsune: A “Live” Virtual Idol and Civic Media http://cot.ag/rdhikc
Civic Media Conference videos
- “Crowdsourcing Crisis”, with @ethanz, @joi, and @mohamed http://cot.ag/k2yUCx
- Michael Maness announces the collaboration contest winners http://cot.ag/pfA92T
News of the World phone hacking scandal
- News of the World whistleblower found dead, police — whose work is questioned by the scandal — say circumstances are “not suspicious” http://cot.ag/mUr7LP
- Over the years, News Corp’s marketing arm has paid $655m to make espionage and other charges go away http://cot.ag/pOfGIa
- If you think frenzied U.S. media keeps sane people from running for public office, try the U.K.: http://cot.ag/qJr45E
Elsewhere
- Inspired by @juggernautco, @dansinker submits his own concept for a civic data product, the Civic Navigator: http://sinker.tumblr.com/post/7643652459/open-data-idea
- Voices from Hyperpublic: 12 short video interviews with participants of the symposium http://cot.ag/oKfKN7 by @@vVvA
- @Poynter: @NYTimes redesigns corrections page, listing 7 days of fixes and noting recently corrected stories. http://journ.us/pIjdx7
- Public Radio Exchange sets sales record in Q2, to send out $70,000 in royalties to stations and producers http://cot.ag/nGYgiJ
- “Inside the ‘Arab Spring'” with Sami ben Garbia (@ifikra) http://cot.ag/oZ4vmJ via @ajenglish