Some of the most insightful and moving writing about Africa comes from correspondents just as they’re leaving the continent. Africa correspondents are generally absurdly overworked.… Read More »Finding hope, even in the hardest stories
There’s lots of business and economics news to be angry about, if you choose to be angry. But one story in particular has my attention,… Read More »Bribery is a two-way street
I realize that, at the end of a year when nearly everyone has faced economic hard times, all sorts of worthy organizations are asking for… Read More »If you can, please help us out
AIR TRAFFIC Utterly wonderful visualization of air traffic above Zurich using real-time transponder data, overlaid on a Google map. Wow (tags: maps web2.0 mashup airplane… Read More »links for 2008-12-19
The last two major projects I’ve worked on – Geekcorps and Global Voices – share an interesting trait. Both ended up becoming research projects for… Read More »Chris Salzberg on Global Voices, and the challenges and potential of community translation
My friend Persephone Miel came to the Berkman Center more than a year ago to take on a challenging question: What’s the future of journalism… Read More »Media Re:public – the future of news in a digital age