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Jennifer Pahlka helps improve how government works

John Wildermuth

March 11, 2016 |

SFGate |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Jennifer Pahlka founded Code for America, an organization that provides human-centered design tech solutions to government services. Now they have a growing list of requests from cities all over the US, a network of 44,000 volunteers nationwide who create "civic-hacking" solutions, and an over $10 million yearly budget.

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Estonia: Digital Society

Fi Glover Henrietta Moore Martha Lane Fox

February 03, 2016 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Estonia

Government services are easily accessible in Estonia in part because everything is online. A digital signature carries the same weight as a physical signature, and data is shared between offices allowing forms such as tax returns to be pre-filled for citizens. The country leapfrogged the rest of the world, investing in digital literacy and infrastructure in an effort to serve its small, spread-out population.

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Former Islamic extremist tries to save others from his mistakes — with a popular online cartoon

Deepa Bharath

January 06, 2016 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

"The Abdullah-X Show" on YouTube is the creation of a former Islamic extremist who says he was attracted precisely to the kind of ideology terrorists espouse these days. He has used the medium to warn potential extremists away from the ideology.

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Libraries Lend Mobile Wi-Fi Hot Spots To Those Who Need Internet Service

Tony Gonzalez

December 24, 2015 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

In addition to lending media and information, libraries are now lending the means to access media and information by allowing patrons to borrow wi-fi hotspots.

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Radio Vietnam in America's Heartland Serves Growing Community

Kristi Eaton

September 01, 2015 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

A woman named MaiLy Do started a Vietnamese-language radio show in Oklahoma City after she realized on Sept. 11, 2001 that her family back home with limited English had no way of finding out if she was okay. Today the station broadcasts for 24 hours across the US and 40 other countries. It offers a voice to the Vietnamese-American population in Oklahoma City and is also essential in disseminating critical information to residents who have limited English skills.

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In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

Joyce Hackel

August 26, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Syria, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate

In war zones, people have a difficult time finding clean water and safe areas to inhabit. Social media, smart phones, and technology applications are aiding in people’s survival. In Aleppo, Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross posted a map on Facebook to show alternative sources of clean drinking water that reached approximately 140,000 people.

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How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)

Erik Eckholm

August 11, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an interactive “prison population forecaster,” which helps citizens to assess the impact of different policies.

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Outdoor Afro: Busting Stereotypes That Black People Don't Hike Or Camp

Shereen Marisol Meraji

July 12, 2015 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In 2009, a woman in Oakland, California realized that there was a lack of African Americans in the outdoors. Tired of being the "only one," she created an online social space via blogging and Facebook called Outdoor Afro to connect African-Americans with other African-Americans that wanted to enhance their time in nature. Six years later, this group has grown to international status with 7,000 members and 30 trained leaders that join together to get out in nature.

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The Rise of ‘Studyblrs'

Kaite Welsh

April 02, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Students in today's technical world are now using blogging and other forms of social media, known as studyblrs, in order to help each other improve achievement through online homework help, communication, and encouragement.

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How Pinterest Is Revolutionizing Your Child's Classroom

Kathryn Joyce

March 31, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Colorful volumes of books have aided teaching for centuries; however, the scope of engagement in the internet age demands newer methods for pedagogy. Pinterest, a social media-constructed visual bulletin board, has become a venue in which teachers share their pinned visual media, lesson plans, and charts with students and other teachers. The success of Teaching Pinterest expands pedagogy, reduces teacher alienation, enables collaboration with other teachers, and directs readers to other sites that offer teachers’ curriculum ideas for a cost.

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