In May 2007, MIT had emerged as the top winner in the first Knight News Challenge, with CMS and the Media Lab together receiving $5 million to fund a Center for Future Civic Media.
Podcast and video: “What Is Civic Media?”
A collaboration between the MIT Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies (CMS) program and is the first in a series of events designed to focus attention on the relationship between emerging media and civic engagement.
CMS, Media Lab Take Top Prize in Knight News Challenge
CMS and the MIT Media Lab were awarded a $5 million Knight News Challenge Grant to fund a Center for Future Civic Media, where researchers will experiment with new technologies to empower community news. Read the Boston Globe story.
