Archive for 'Politics'
Aggregation is Creation – Adrian Holovaty
Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by David Cohn.
Last week I had the unique pleasure of spending some time at the Poynter Institute to discuss the future of journalism. I also had the chance to catch up with Adrian Holovaty who, for many, needs no introduction. He is most known for pioneering Django, a model/view/controller framework to deploy web applications and then using […]
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Rob Neppell – N.Z. Bear
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. In 2002, I created the first blog ranking system, The TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem, and have been active in blogs and new media ever since. I am the co-founder with Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds of Porkbusters, and spearheaded the “Secret Hold” effort which resulted in the passage of the historic Federal Funding […]
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Amanda Michael – OffTheBus.Net
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I currently work as the Project Director for OffTheBus, a new media collaboration between the Huffington Post and NewAssignment.Net. Previously I worked on Assignment Zero, and before that on political campaigns (Dean and Kerry) as well as at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. To the project I bring […]
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James Kotecki – Video Blogger, The Politico
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I started in January 2007 making YouTube videos in my Georgetown dorm room with a $60 webcam and an aging Dell laptop. I rose to quasi-prominence by critiquing how the 2008 Presidential candidates were using YouTube. After getting a lot of mainstream coverage for this, I’ve since graduated, interviewed seven […]
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Bill Allison – Sunlight Foundation
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism: At the risk of adding to the nomenclature, we like to think of our projects as being “distributed research.” While the goal is to dig out information or link relevant information, much of which can be used to tell stories, we often leave the telling of stories to others. Sunlight […]
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Danny Glover – Air Congress
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. My main contribution to citizen journalism thus far has been through AirCongress LLC, the publishing company I founded in November 2006. My Web site, AirCongress.com, serves as a portal to user-generated audio and video content of, by and about Congress. The goal is to give people interested primarily in federal […]
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Howard Weaver – McClatchy
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: Howard Weaver has been involved with the interactive efforts of newspapers for his entire adult life – the editorial pages. “Even in the old analog world there was a kind of interactivity, I think it’s natural to come to this stage where we have better tools to try and extend that umbrella,” […]
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Micah Sifry – Personal Democracy Forum
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: Personal Democracy Forum is an annual conference and ongoing weblog that focuses on how technology is changing politics. Personal Democracy Forum was founded by Andrew Rasiej, who has a background in music, education nonprofits and advising politicians. Micah Sifry worked on the first conference and was soon taken on as a partner. […]
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Derek Willis – Database Journalism at Washingtonpost.com
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: It was in graduate school at the University of Florida, studying journalism, when Willis found his passion with database journalism. He was taking a class of survey research, analyzing the results, which showed him how much information is already in a database or what could be construed as a database. What finally […]
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Rachel Sterne – GroundReport
Posted on 01. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: GroundReport started as a side project for Rachel Sterne after reporting on the United Nations Security Council on events taking place in Darfur. Sterne, who worked for LimeWire at the time, was concerned and agitated by the lack of public awareness about these events. About one year ago GroundReport, a network of […]
