Max Ogden of Code for America discusses taking “treasure troves” of government datasets to bring citizens and friends together.
Video: Nick Grossman, from Cities, Code, and Civics, “Customizing tools from city to city?”
Nick Grossman of OpenPlans on how civic tools do (or need to) vary from city to city.
Video: Civic Media Session, “Bustling with Information: Cities, Code, and Civics”
How can information systems rewrite civics, governance, and communication, to solve old problems and create new opportunities in our communities?
GAMBIT Game of the Week teaser…Phil Collins edition
If you haven’t already experienced the thousand reasons why it’s great to be a part of Comparative Media Studies, here’s the latest, courtesy of Abe Stein.
Video: Rosalind Williams: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”
MIT historian Rosalind Williams on how some crises are complex, difficult to warn of, and don’t cleanly fit traditional media frames.
Video: Abrahm Lustgarten: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”
Abrahm Lustgarten is an investigative reporter for ProPublica—his recent work has focused on oil and gas industry practices.
Video: Andrea Pitzer: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”
Andrea Pitzer is editor of Nieman Storyboard, a project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
