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Civic Technology The Civic Tech Field Guide Enters a New Era: Daniel Mackisack Appointed as First Full-Time Manager June 30, 2026 Siti Muinah Introduction: A Strategic Pivot for Public Interest Technology The Civic Tech Field Guide—the definitive, crowdsourced repository for the global civic technology movement—has officially announced a significant evolution in its organizational…
Community Media The Ghost in the Machine: Are Journalists Surrendering Their First Amendment Rights to AI? June 30, 2026 Laily UPN By Anika Collier Navaroli As journalists increasingly turn to generative artificial intelligence to draft copy, summarize research, and iterate on headlines, a profound, unsettled legal question looms over the newsroom:…