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8/28
STRIKING A KEY NOTE...
...in UK will be Karen Brennan.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20012
...who also was subject of a J.D. Lasica video interview
http://www.socialmedia.biz/2008/08/an-experiment-i.html
jack driscoll
6/25
Alyssa's Hero Reports were featured on John Hockenberry's The Takeaway. For those of you who didn't manage to catch the 6:00am (!!) broadcast on WGBH 89.7, there are archived podcasts at http://www.thetakeaway.org/
6/17
Big congrats to Clay Ward, Lucy Mendel, and everyone else involved. This article on their project ran in the Sunday Boston Globe.
Money where your mouth is: Website to rate product on social responsibility
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/15/money_where_your_mo...
-- from Geeta Dayal
3/21
Vermont judge absolves iBrattleboro co-founders.
http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2008/03/ibrattleboro-victorious-court.html
jack d.
3/17/08
This annual report on the state of the American news media, done by the Project on Excellence in Journalism, was just released. There are a lot of interesting stats (and good summaries, so you don't have to read all 700 pages):
http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/
AP wire story about the report: http://tinyurl.com/2nexqe
-Geeta
.. and more on that report from Ellen
State of the Media 2008: Decoupling Blues, in Poynter
An introduction on MediaChannel.org
3/14
The impact of children when 30 million US homes have no computer.
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0803/digitaldivide.html
Jenkins on implications: Digital illiteracy the hidden curriculum.
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0803/henryjenkins.html
jack d.
3/13
LIKE TRAINED SEALS
Invite the SilverStringers anywhere, and you can expect to get exposed.
jack d.
3/12
MAIS OUI...SI...JA...
Social networking said to enhance language learning
jack d.
3/11
New York Times article about a Knight News Challenge-funded project to support community video initiatives in poor neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Worth reading.
-Geeta
3/10
NOTA BENE - See what Henry Jenkins had to say:
http://blog.clickz.com/080309-150048.html
jack d.
3/9
WHEN OFF IS ON
The Samantha Power afterthought.
jack d.
3/8
RIGHT RIGHTS
Berkman's latest guides on reporting/privacy balance.
http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/newsgathering-and-privacy
jack driscoll
3/7
MODERATING OR POLICING?
Is iReport onto something or...?
http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/531124.php
SUPER DATA
A citizen project gaining relevance by the day:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Superdelegate_Transparency_Project/About
jack driscoll
3/7
BIG BROTHER/SISTER
What we are coming to?
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/campaign_ct_2008.htm
What Dan Gillmor thinks:
http://dangillmor.com/blog/
jack driscoll
3/1
OUT-PAPARAZZI-ING THE PAPARAZZI
Citizens pepper magazines, websites with celebrity photos.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120214555663941015.html?mod=blog
jack driscoll
BEWARE: CITIZEN POORHOUSE
Potential for nuisance suits hardly a trifling matter.
http://koizi.notlong.com
jack driscoll
Choosing to Participate / Facing History and Ourselves
Exhibit and events at the Boston Public Library through May 20:
http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/explore
Little Things Are Big: A Conversation about Identity, Stereotypes, and Choices
March 1st
10:00am-12:00pm Location: Changing Exhibits Room, Boston Public Library
Choices in Little Rock: Choosing to Participate featuring Dr. Terrence Roberts and Elizabeth Eckford
March 5th
6:00 pm
Location: Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library
Chasing the Flame: A Conversation with Samantha Power
March 13th
6:00 pm
Location: Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library
2/28
Sort of like blueberrying: Pick-your-own-Professor.
http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/02/26/google-u/
jack driscoll
A NEW MARSHALL PLAN
A significant accolade for a citizen journalist.
http://tinyurl.com/2vl3kq
..jack driscoll
BIG BIT PLAYERS
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3668
A significant FCC "trial" with David Reed among major witnesses. jack driscoll
2/22
CNN tries Citizen Journalism
http://brendancooper.com/2008/02/22/cnns-new-citizen-journalism-site-beta-or-blur/