Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
Craig Newmark of Craigslist Has a New Mission: Saving Democracy
Alexandra Tremayne-Pengellyobserver.com
Future of Trust and All about social networks
“I was taught that a trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy,” he said. “I could see an immune system not working, and I decided I needed to play a role.” He reached out to industry leaders like Jeff Jarvis to figure out what that role could look like. Newmark was particularly interested in how to regain public trust and fend off disinformation through good journalism, according to Jarvis, a professor at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. “‘Trust is the new black’ was one of his lines,” he told Observer.”
Bonsai implements a platform-agnostic framework comprising Planning, Sourcing, Curating, and Ranking modules
BONSAI: Intentional and Personalized Social Media Feeds
Often that expansion is accelerated by regional advertisers, acquisitions of smaller newsletters, or local economic development groups that actively recruit 6AM City to launch in their communities.
Historically, the company focused on mid-tier cities — places with strong civic pride but limited competition — rather than media-saturated metros like... See more
Historically, the company focused on mid-tier cities — places with strong civic pride but limited competition — rather than media-saturated metros like... See more
Reimagining Public Meetings to Strengthen Local Democracy: A Boulder, Colorado, Case Study - National Civic League
nationalcivicleague.org
The six principles are:
(a) build simple solutions
(b) to overlooked problems
(c) that actually need to be solved
(d) deliver them as informally as possible
(e) starting with a very crude version 1
(f) and then iterate... See more
power—the ability to modify one’s environment