George Williams
Julian Assange and his pet project, WikiLeaks, have been all over the news recently, their release of secret documents related to the Iraq War certainly stirring up a hornet’s nest. Prior to this point, the website was celebrated, and not just by a bunch of...
Rachelle Matherne
An ordinary citizen defies the government to release sensitive data over the Internet, to spread information he or she feels should not be kept secret. It’s something that is happening more and more frequently, and is even being recognized by top journalism...
Rachelle Matherne
The 2010 Knight News Challenge winners were announced last week at the Future of News and Civic Media Conference, held at MIT. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation selected 12 winners from nearly 2,500 entries from across the world and awarded them grants...
Rachelle Matherne
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released classified video footage of a U.S. military incident, essentially peeling the scab off of a three-year-old wound. In 2007, a helicopter attack in a Baghdad suburb led to the deaths of at least a dozen people, including two...
