September 7, 2006
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This Democracy Thing, It Just Might Work Out
The Sunlight Foundation seems to be the hub of some of the coolest things bubbling up in citizen journalism these days. Over on the Sunlight Network blog, written by Zephyr Teachout, I love the subtext of this line:
We are experimental, irreverent, and especially (but not exclusively) interested in the ways that technology and the networked public sphere can nurture the already developing democratic movement in our country.
I actually don’t think it’s intentional, but even so, it casts democracy as this still rather fresh idea, still struggling. I like that vibe.
Sunlight just announced a round of grants to a bunch of interesting projects.
Posted September 7, 2006 at 2:35 | Comments (1) | Permasnark
File under: Briefly Noted, Journalism, Snarkpolicy
File under: Briefly Noted, Journalism, Snarkpolicy
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Hey Robin,
Just wandered across this. Good to hear from you. Would love to see you this November when I'm in SF again -- hope you're well. And all my subtexts, and texts, are usually unintentional :)
Z
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