You've all probably heard about this ... A defiant, creative resurrection in Grand Rapids Newsweek listed Grand Rapids as one of "America's Dying Cities," the city responded [fb.me] From: MIT Center for Future Civic Media > Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:59 PM Subject: [This Week in Civic Media] In less than two weeks, a new website and the Knight News Challenge announcement To: Steven Clift > In rush, national media reports local media's gory but 100% untrue story Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. This Week in Civic Media: In less than two weeks, a new website and the Knight News Challenge announcement Dear Steven , Here's your weekly dose of civic media news from the MIT Center for Future Civic Media... From the Center Prep for bean spillage: new website, News Challenge announcement, new everything [cot.ag] The Future of News May Be Too Fast Slow down and smell the facts: In rush, national media reports local media's gory but 100% untrue story [cot.ag] Censorship and Transparency MT @jayrosen_nyu: Turns out the Palin emails are a kind of milestone in pro-am journalism, as an inflection point. [jr.ly] "It's long past time for government to get over its skittishness about digital redaction." [cot.ag] Shadow Internet for dissidents What are the downsides of a State Dept.-sponsored shadow Internet? [www.nytimes.com] More reason we need BetweenTheBars.org RT @mp3michael: "@dhh: Half of all US prison inmates are doing time for drug offenses. Cost: $3.4B/yr [deck.ly] A defiant, creative resurrection in Grand Rapids Newsweek listed Grand Rapids as one of "America's Dying Cities," the city responded [fb.me] Secure SMS's From 2009 and re-highlighted by @mobileactive this week: "Secure Protocol for Short Message Service" [cot.ag] Elsewhere @ReganStP: How do you go about building trust? #1 Share Your Data!!! [ow.ly] Lesson for whistleblowers: no whistleblower protection if co. can prove it could have fired you for cause [cot.ag] Scholastic Inc. pulls coal industry-sponsored curriculum -- after reaching 66,000 4th-grade teachers [cot.ag] Visualize wealth vs. AM commute times in San Francisco: [content.stamen.com] Want updates as they happen? Follow us on Twitter: @c4fcm. Andrew Whitacre Communications Manager MIT Center for Future Civic Media (617) 324-0490 Our upcoming events Most events are available as podcasts. Follow us @c4fcm C4FCM on Facebook