http://digitalinfo.org The Center for Digital Information was established to help policy research organizations rethink how they present their findings in digital media. en-us Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Center for Digital Information center@digitalinfo.org (Center for Digital Information) center@digitalinfo.org (Center for Digital Information) http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/27/recap-beyond-the-pdf-event On February 15, 2012, the Center for Digital Information convened representatives of more than forty-five leading policy research organizations, foundations, government agencies and the White House. The packed roundtable discussed how the field is adapting its information production and dissemination practices to keep pace with a rapidly evolving digital environment. The event was developed in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/27/recap-beyond-the-pdf-event http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/26/beyond-the-pdf A look at the interactive information projects produced by the Center for Digital Information with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation research grantees Tue, 1 May 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/26/beyond-the-pdf http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/25/digital-information-dashboard The CDI Dashboard is an interactive look at the ongoing digital information revolution. Use the dashboard to track key data trends, follow central storylines, and explore innovative examples of the changing form of information in an evolving digital age. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/25/digital-information-dashboard http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/24/philanthropy-digital-public-dialogue This post previewed a session convened by the Center for Digital Information at the Council on Foundations annual conference in Los Angeles on April 30, 2012. Communication scholars and internet experts joined philanthropy executives to discuss disruptive changes in the technology and media landscape, and how foundations can remain effective participants in an increasingly digital public arena. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/24/philanthropy-digital-public-dialogue http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/23/american-news-medium-trend-chart An interactive chart based on 27 Pew Research Center polls from 1993 to 2011 shows that television as a primary news source for the public has dropped from a high of 88% to a current level of 66%; and newspapers from a high of 63% to 31% currently. Meantime, the internet has risen steadily, passing radio in 2003, newspapers in 2008, and continuing to close the gap with television. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/23/american-news-medium-trend-chart http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/22/digital-public-sphere Building on posts by AP's Jonathan Stray and NYU's Clay Shirky, we look at just how digital the "digital public sphere" really is, using data from the Pew Research Center on Americans' use of various media for news about national and international issues. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/22/digital-public-sphere http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/21/social-sector-information-eli-pariser-filter-bubble A dispatch from the Communications Network annual conference in Boston, following a plenary by "Filter Bubble" author Eli Pariser Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/21/social-sector-information-eli-pariser-filter-bubble http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/20/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-grant-digital-innovation A 12-month $387,621 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication will establish and pilot CDI's programs to integrate digital innovation with the policy research field. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/20/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-grant-digital-innovation http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/19/knowledge-and-understanding Some quick thoughts on The Economist's article comparing the societal impact of IBM and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:30:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/19/knowledge-and-understanding http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/17/digital-first-dissemination-model Data Gatherers themselves should use digital-native techniques in the first telling of the stories in their data. In addition to injecting subject matter expertise into the online discussion of complex issues, it will create the welcome byproduct of better, cleaner data to support subsequent interactive development. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:50:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/17/digital-first-dissemination-model http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/16/digital-journalism-nicar-visualization-storytelling A February 26 New York Times interactive package on natural gas wells provides a fresh example of the emerging information forms that are unique to digital media. This post offers an overview of the package and argues that more non-journalism organizations should emulate this innovative approach in their dissemination strategies. Sun, 27 Feb 2010 15:20:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/16/digital-journalism-nicar-visualization-storytelling http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/13/changing-digital-landscape-presentation-slides This presentation was given to a set of foundation communication professionals, academics and policy research executives on October 22, 2010. It lays out the case for a Center for Digital Information to assist policy organizations in using new media to better communicate their original information and data on issues of public importance. It followed a presentation by Lee Rainie of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:19 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/13/changing-digital-landscape-presentation-slides http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/12/digital-communication-roadmap This draft roadmap contrasts a digital distribution model of communication that dominates many public policy organizations' activities with a modern digital information playbook -- interactive, mobile and unmediated. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:11:17 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/12/digital-communication-roadmap http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/11/digital-information-innovation New skill development, capacity building, innovation and creativity in digital rendering are needed wherever information is created, not just in newsrooms, and particularly within organizations that are increasingly direct information providers on issues of vital public importance. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:50:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/11/digital-information-innovation http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/10/data-are-not-information Data and information are not synonyms. Data only have the potential to inform. They are half the equation. It is communication that transforms data into information, and in a digital age the communication landscape has been fundamentally altered. This requires using new mechanisms born natively in interactive media to effectively turn data into meaningful information. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/10/data-are-not-information http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/10/data-are-not-information CDI spoke with the Communications Network about how over the past 15 years, we have spent a great deal of time thinking about how to disseminate content, but now it is time to fundamentally rethink the nature of that content -- considering forms that weren't possible before the advent of the Internet. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/10/data-are-not-information http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/8/david-brooks-books-vs-internet-response Jeff Stanger responds to New York Times columnist David Brooks's column on books-vs.-Internet. In order for important information to remain prestigious, it must adopt a new interactive language, not simply clone itself as PDF versions of static documents. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/8/david-brooks-books-vs-internet-response http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/1/path-to-center-for-digital-information Center for Digital Information director Jeff Stanger describes the path leading to the founding of CDI and how research organizations must transition from using new media merely to distribute old forms to using new media to inform through interactivity. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://digitalinfo.org/notebook/1/path-to-center-for-digital-information