Berkman Center Events & Webcasts

Berkman fellow Ethan Zuckerman will be speaking at The Watson Institute for International Studies today at 4 pm on “Listening Widely (Wisely?) – International News and the Rise of Citizen Media“

Ethan Zuckerman is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the distribution of attention in mainstream and new media, and on the use of technology for international development. With Rebecca MacKinnon, he co-founded the international blogging project, “Global Voices”, which focuses on using weblogs around the world to close gaps in mainstream media coverage. Global Voices was honored with the Knight-Batten prize for innovation in journalism in 2006.

In 2000, Ethan founded Geekcorps, a technology volunteer corps that sends IT specialists to work on projects in developing nations, with a focus on West Africa. Previously Ethan helped found Tripod.com, one of the web’s first “personal publishing” sites. He blogs at http://blog.ethanzuckerman.com, http://www.globalvoicesonline.org , and http://www.worldchanging.com and lives in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, USA with his wife and a small, fluffy cat.

Presented by the Social Entrepreneurship Seminar Series and the Global Media Project.

Geoffrey Kirkman, also a Berkman fellow, is associate director and a Watson fellow at the Watson Institute.

(An archived video will also be made available at the Watson Institute site within 24 hours of the event)