Today’s Comparative Media Studies colloquium features one of our own, Assistant Professor of Civic Media, Sasha Costanza-Chock. His new book, “Out of the Shadows, Into… Read More »Sasha Costanza Chock on Immigrant Rights and Transmedia Organizing
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It’s not obvious from looking at me, but while I’m American, I’m deeply partisan towards the nation of Ghana. I moved to Accra, Ghana in… Read More »Promise Tracker and Monitorial Citizenship
As I’ve mentioned in years past, Microsoft Research’s Social Computing Symposium is my favorite conference to attend, mostly because it’s a chance to catch up… Read More »Data and its Discontents – notes and reflections from a panel at Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium
The other day, I had coffee with a friend who works for the New York Times. Early in the conversation, I admitted to him that… Read More »Members, fans and complementary revenue models for the New York Times
It’s the 75th anniversary of the Nieman Foundation, and the Harvard-based program is bringing back generations of its fellows, mid-career journalists brought to Cambridge to… Read More »Saving the News with Advocacy Journalism: ten minutes with the Nieman Foundation