Hard Problems, Elegant Solutions, Big Impact
Hard Problems, Elegant Solutions, Big Impact
How we choose the "10 Emerging Technologies."
CIS Audit: Gay rights in Africa
Jackee Budesta Batanda: Cutting aid to Africa won't help gay rights
Jackee Budesta Batanda "Audits the Conventional Wisdom" of Washington's response to the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda.
Jen's Kungpao Chicken - Knight Science Journalism at MIT
Jen's Kungpao Chicken - Knight Science Journalism at MIT
Produced by Craig Simons, Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. Simons is one of 12 fellows at KSJ. They spend nine months auditing courses in science, health, technology and new media. Watch Jen Lin-Lui, Simons' wife, make authentic Kungpao Chicken. Lin-Lui is the ...
Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall
Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall
Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Director, Museum of Paleontology, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley"Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011
Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall
Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall
Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley: "Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011
Leading through Adversity
Leading through Adversity
02/18/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumPaul Sagan, President & CEO, Akamai TechnologiesDescription: Few companies have endured such hardship, or risen to such heights in a brief span of time as Akamai Technologies. Paul Sagantells how he became the CEO of this young firm, and helped it survive ...
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
Life is Not Virtual
Life is Not Virtual
04/02/2008 3:30 PM Kirsch 32"123Tom BrokawDescription: In this heartfelt address, Tom Brokaw characterizes the transformation of the world by digital technology as a second "Big Bang," a time of great possibility, but also of danger. This revolution is being advanced not by "a small ...
Local News in the Digital Age
Local News in the Digital Age
This Communication Forum event was held on September 22, 2011, in Bartos Theater at the MIT Media Lab Is local news a casualty of the digital age? A recent report from the Federal Communications Commission suggests that although the broad media landscape is more vibrant than ever, many state ...
Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off
Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off
From manual to semi-automatic to fully automatic, watch what methods you can use for some simple manufacturing tasks such as cutting and drilling.
Marcus Kronforst's Life With Butterflies
Marcus Kronforst's Life With Butterflies
Produced by Susan Moran, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 2010-11
Jenkins' Farewell: Reflections on a Career at MIT
MIT Commnuications Forum: Jenkins' Farewell — Reflections on a Career at ...
04/22/2010 5:00 PM Bartos theaterHenry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; William Uricchio, Professor of Comparative Media StudiesDescription: In conversation with William Uricchio, ...
The Culture Beat and New Media
MIT Communiations Forum: The Culture Beat and New Media
Celebrity culture and the brutal economics of print journalism have conspired to kill arts criticism, but it has begun migrating to the web, where it just may survive and even thrive.
A Report Card on Media Coverage of the Presidential Election
MIT Communications Forum: A Report Card on Media Coverage of the ...
There's anxiety, outrage, and some wistfulness in this panel devoted to weighing the strengths and weaknesses of political reporting during the current campaign season.
Civics in Difficult Places
MIT 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.
Global Media
MIT Communications Forum: Global Media
Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel.
MIT Communications Forum: News or Entertainment – Press ...
MIT Communications Forum: News or Entertainment – Press and Modern ...
Opening Remarks: Noel JacksonModerator: Seth MnookinPanelists: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Mark MckinnonRecorded April 11, 2013
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.
The Future of the Post Office
MIT Communications Forum: The Future of the Post Office
The American postal service has an impressive history, but an uncertain future. What are its prospects in the digital age?