The Boston Globe in the Digital Age

Civic Media Lunch: "ZUMIX"

ZUMIX is an East Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building our community through music and the arts. A core belief is that music is the most powerful means of developing adolescent self-identity. Our award-winning music and creative technology programming is designed to equip ...

Civic Media Session: "Effective Citizenship in a Connected Society"

In this age of streaming data and 24/7 connectivity, the options for civic engagement are many. But what does it really mean to be an effective citizen? Is there an app? Tom Steinberg is founder of mySociety.org, a UK-based consultancy that's become one of the ...

Schuyler Towne, "Lost In Space"

Civic Media Lunch - Schuyler Towne, "Lost in Space"Everyone has a strong physical and emotional connection to the divisions of private and public space, though few ever have the chance to explore the consequences of crossing those lines. This talk will reveal the whispered conversation ...

"Adapting Journalism to the Web" with Jay Rosen and Ethan Zuckerman

How can professional reporters and editors help to assure that quality journalism will be recognized and valued in our brave new digital world?

Caroline Woolard, "SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School"

April 5, 2012 - Civic Media LunchCaroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to ...

Leo Bonanni, "Sourcemap and Supply Chain Transparency"

Supply chains are the backbone of globalization and understanding them is the key to social and environmental justice. Leonardo Bonanni will talk about Sourcemap -- the first platform for supply chain transparency -- which started as his Ph.D. thesis project at the ...

Question Bridge: Black Males

Question Bridge: Black Males opens a window onto the complex and often unspoken dialogue among black men, creating an intimate and essentially genuine experience for viewers and subjects, while providing new opportunities for understanding and healing. This project brings the full spectrum of ...

VoIP Drupal webinar: Building sites that make and receive phone calls

As part of this webinar, you will learn about VoIP Drupal, a new open source framework that makes it easy to build websites that almost literally pick-up the phone.

Civic Media Session: "What's Your Information Diet?"

If we are what we eat, does it hold that we are also what we read and watch? You've made a New Year's Resolution to eat healthy, but do you ever consider what you feed your brain?

ELED Last Day

Civic Media Session: "Civic Games"

This session brings together innovative game designers, theorists, and activists in a conversation about the possibilities of and challenges for civic games.

Introduction (Day 1)

William Uricchio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Ilya Vedrashko (Hill Holliday)

Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 15: Ethan Zuckerman

Civic Media and Networks — Understanding Media as an Ecosystem: Ethan Zuckerman

MIT Communications Forum: Youth and Civic Engagement

With the right tools and backing, children of the 21st century are set to make their mark on the world.