Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism

MIT Stata Center, Room 155 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA

Minnesota Public Radio's Linda Fantin and Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller discuss how new ways of gathering and presenting information are evolving from a nexus of government openness and digital connectedness.

Global Internet Development Viewed Through the Net Vitality Lens

MIT Building 4, Room 231 Cambridge, MA

Unlike other comparative studies that rank countries quantitatively based on a simplistic assessment of broadband speeds, Stuart Brotman's Net Vitality Index measures countries qualitatively to determine how well they are performing in a global competitive environment.