Berkman Announcements

Diverse Coalition Launches New Effort To Respond to Government Censorship and Threats to Privacy

syoung — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:30:00 -0400

In an effort to protect and advance the human rights of freedom of expression and privacy, a diverse coalition of leading information and communications companies, major human rights organizations, academics, investors and technology leaders today launched the Global Network Initiative.

Defending the Rights of Artists

lkoss — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:27:13 -0400

Cambridge, MA - The Berkman Center’s Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) announced today that it will work closely with newly launched nonprofit The Right to Write Fund, formed as an educational repository and clearinghouse for freedom of expression and "fair use" issues writers, filmmakers, professors, recording artists, and publishers encounter when moving among the worlds of print, Internet, film, the fine arts, and new media.

Cultivating FreeRice

syoung — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0400

The World Food Programme announced Saturday that Berkman Award Winner John Breen has expanded FreeRice to include more games; and he will be collaborating with the Berkman Center on further developing and supporting FreeRice.

Here is the press release from the World Food Programme:

Born Digital arrives on bookshelves

syoung — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0400

The Berkman Center is pleased to announce that Faculty Co-Director John Palfrey and Faculty Fellow Urs Gasser's Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Basic Books) is now available.*

Citizen Media Law Project Completes Launch of Online Guide to Media Law

syoung — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0400

Cambridge, MA – The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) announced today that it has completed the launch of its Citizen Media Legal Guide, located at http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide. The free guide, which is intended for use by bloggers, website operators, and other citizen media creators, focuses on the legal issues that non-traditional and traditional journalists are likely to encounter as they gather information and publish their work online.

Digital Natives team kicks off Reporters in the Field series

syoung — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0400

This afternoon, the Digital Natives project rolled out the first video in its Reporters in the Field series, which will investigate the project's issues and themes through one of those same themes: digital media creation.

The Digital Natives interns and researchers have been hard at work over the last couple months, and they will be releasing a new media piece each week through the beginning of fall.

Berkman Center Announces Request for Technical Submissions Related to Child Safety on the Internet

lkoss — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:23:49 -0400

Cambridge, MA – The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University today formally announced a Request for Technical Submissions as part of the work of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force.

Homeward!

syoung — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:00 -0400

Photo: wseltzer, CC by

Jonathan Zittrain has accepted an offer to become a tenured Professor of Law at Harvard Law School! He will continue to serve as a Berkman faculty co-director.

It's official!

syoung — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:01:00 -0400

The Harvard Gazette carries the news, which was announced last Thursday morning during opening remarks at the Berkman@10 conference (some wrap up to follow this week, here on the Berkman website).

Harvard elevates study of technology and society:
Berkman Center for Internet & Society becomes University-wide research center

Educators, Activists, Entrepreneurs, and Lawyers Win Berkman Awards for Internet Innovation

syoung — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:00 -0400

Cambridge, MA - Announced Friday, May 16, at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s tenth anniversary gala dinner, recipients of the Berkman Awards were chosen for their outstanding contributions to the Internet’s impact on society over the past decade.

The international group of winners was selected from an open nomination process and comes from a range of fields including human rights and global advocacy; academia; communications and media; and law. The five cash award winners received $10,000 with no conditions on how the funds must be spent.