Remove Generation Remove Government Remove Iraq Remove Report
article thumbnail

The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our government's public servants have been released to their jobs better. White House blogs, open government initiatives. I think of people under 30 as the new civic generation, much like the GI generation. I also want to mention Consumer Reports. Help build tools that allow us to look into government.

Interview 100
article thumbnail

Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Guest Beneblog by Anita Gohdes, Jeff Klingner, Megan Price and Patrick Ball The recent release of almost 400,000 secret US military files on the war in Iraq through Wikileaks has attracted wide media coverage. They have estimated that the SIGACTS describes 15,000 civilian deaths previously undocumented by IBC (BBC’s report is here ).

Iraq 134
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

NTEN

Blogging has seemed to be more self-centered than a reporter's approach, though some of the best blogs clearly transcend these barriers. This blogger writes with a personal flair, highlighting photos, statistics, government documents to comment on social and economic conditions there. Blogs Build Transparency.

article thumbnail

Data, Data Everywhere: But How Does It Relate to You and Your Work?

Tech Soup

It is being used and analyzed by the media, the private sector, governments, and civil society organizations to inform their decisions. And so are the ways in which governments, civil society. technology geek, statistician, and government official though civil. reporting are listed below. This post highlights some of the.

Data 60
article thumbnail

David Perlmutter Talks Blogs, Interactors, and Jon Stewart - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

I see a future where there will be small independent interactors, corporate interactors, government interactors, advocacy group interactors, and many other kinds. Its a trend in journalism schools that a vast majority of our students dont want to be reporters--they want to be opinion-offerers, shapers and makers.

article thumbnail

David Perlmutter Talks Blogs, Interactors, and Jon Stewart - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

I see a future where there will be small independent interactors, corporate interactors, government interactors, advocacy group interactors, and many other kinds. Its a trend in journalism schools that a vast majority of our students dont want to be reporters--they want to be opinion-offerers, shapers and makers.

article thumbnail

Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

Have Fun - Do Good

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. Click on one of the podcast links above and try listening to it on your computer.

Iraq 40