Online News: Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?
Online News: Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?
The digital age has been heralded but also pilloried for its impact on journalism. As newspapers continue their mutation into digital formats and as news and information are available from a seeming infinity of websites, what do we actually know about the dynamics of ...
Online News — Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?
MIT Communications Forum: Online News — Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?
Two panelists debate whether journalism in a digital age amounts to feast or famine, and differ on even basic questions.
Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice ...
Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality ...
02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Roland S. Martin, CNN contributorDescription: Exploring the past opens up new perspectives on the present and offers ways of navigating a challenging future, these speakers suggest, in a call to ...
Underwater Photography
"Underwater Photography" (1964) - Science Reporter
This black-and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the MIT Science Reporter.
Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
2009-2010 Fellow Marcin Jamkowski produced this story while learning to shoot and edit video at KSJ. Since then, he's revamped the film and sent it to us from Poland! Enjoy.
The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American ...
The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American Political Economy: A ...
11/09/2010 4:00 PM 54"100Charles H. Ferguson, Ph.D. '89, FilmmakerDescription: Charles Ferguson shows how useful a varied background in math, political science and business can be, as he dissects the complexities and recent crisis of the U.S. financial system. In a ...
Civic Media and the Law
Civic Media and the Law
11/04/2010 5:00 PM E14-633Micah Sifry, Founder, Editor, Personal Democracy Forum; Daniel Schuman, Policy Counsel, Sunlight Foundation; David Ardia, Fellow, Berkman CenterDescription: While these panelists diverge on the precise metaphor -- 'picking through a minefield,' 'hacking through the ...
Peace Meals
Peace Meals
10/19/2010 4:30 PM 66"110Anna Badkhen, Author, "Peace Meals"; Fotini Christia, Assistant Professor in Political ScienceDescription: While breaking bread around the world with friends and families suffering through war and deprivation, Anna Badkhen managed to compile not just a vivid chronicle ...
Starr Forum: Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
Starr Forum: Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
The bottom-line mentality that swept American life in the last few decades, often overriding considerations of principle and professionalism in business, politics, the arts, higher education, journalism and other spheres, left its mark on philanthropy and the ...
A New Language for Mental Illness
A New Language for Mental Illness
10/14/2010 5:00 PM 46Jane Pauley, TV host, authorDescription: Mental illness needs a "new narrative," say Jane Pauley. Just as cancer has moved from the shadows to pink ribbons and races for the cure, mental illness must shed its public aura of fear and shame. "Shrewd move; let's do that," ...
The Art of Science Communication
The Art of Science Communication
10/14/2010 5:30 PM 46Alan Alda, Actor and WriterDescription: You wouldn't know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: "I ...
Online Migration of Newspapers
MIT Communucations Forum: Online Migration of Newspapers
Two seasoned media observers map out shifting terrain in the news industry, as digital forces shake up print journalism.
Leading through Change
Leading through Change
Tom Glocer says the financial information company Thomson Reuters has been determined to deploy the latest technology in the service of information-hungry customers
Communications Forum: Civics in Difficult Places
Communications Forum: Civics in Difficult Places
In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority. Moderator Ethan Zuckerman wonders if these ...
Eugenie's Bike Trip
Eugenie's Bike Trip
Produced by Eugenie Reich, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 2009-2010
Driving Miss Beijing From Harvard to MIT
Driving Miss Beijing From Harvard to MIT
Produced by Marcin Jamkowski, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 2009-2010
Xiaojian Rides the T to MIT
Xiaojian Rides the T to MIT
Produced by Michael Barnes, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 2009-10
The Last Battle of the Vietnam War
The Last Battle of the Vietnam War
Produced by Marcin Jamkowski and Michael Barnes, Knight Science Journalism Fellows, 2009-10
Winter is My Favorite Season
Winter is My Favorite Season
Produced by Marzena Hmielewicz. Knight Science Journalism, 2009-10