The State of Journalism in China – a free e-book
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has created a free e-book of short essays that shed light on the current status of journalists in China.
The State of Journalism in China looks at how journalists in China work around the Communist Party's efforts to rein in free speech. International reporters often face surveillance and harassment from the government, but in Paul Mooney's case,…
Investigative Reporting | A Reporter’s Notebook
Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project: State of the News Media 2014
Overview of the Report
In many ways, 2013 and early 2014 brought a level of energy to the news industry not seen for a long time. Even as challenges of the past several years continue and new ones emerge, the activities this year have created a new sense of optimism – or perhaps hope – for the future of American journalism.
Digital players have exploded onto the news scene, bringing…
Kirsten Gallo
Kirsten Gallo, Ph.D. is an ecologist currently serving as the chief of the Inventory and Monitoring Division of the National Park Service, a program that monitors the condition of natural resources in 300 parks in the United States. She committed her career to promoting stewardship of public lands and interdependence between humans and the environment.
The Gift Economy and the Commons
Can “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible" be an opening to a greater cultural renaissance, a world renaissance? How can we restore a common sense of what belongs to all of us, at all scales?
This is a conversation between International Economist and Kosmos Journal featured-contributor, James B. Quilligan and Charles Eisenstein, author of several books including The Ascent of…
Download a New eBook: Sharing Revolution – a guide to the essential economics of the commons
Download a free copy of the new e-book Sharing Revolution : The essential economics of the commons by Jessica Conrad here and please consider supporting the work of On the Commons
The recent rise of the commons and the sharing economy seems to suggest a growing recognition of the fact that our health, happiness, and security depend greatly on the planet and people around us.
On the Commons…
Invitation to Share Your Journey with Kosmos
Kosmos recently received a generous grant from the Fenwick Foundation for a research project to discover shared ideas, themes, and collaborative opportunity among people and groups that have expressed deep connection with certain paradigmatic changes taking place in the world. At Kosmos we believe, like many, that humanity is in the midst of an evolutionary transformation on a worldwide scale. In…
A Journey to Sharing
The Sharing Economy: a short introduction to its political evolution
By Adam Parsons
Can the sharing economy movement address the root causes of the world’s converging crises? Unless the sharing of resources is promoted in relation to human rights and concerns for equity, democracy, social justice and sustainability, then such claims are without substantiation – although there are many hopeful signs that the conversation is slowly moving in the right direction.…
Welcome to the #SharingSpring!
Dear Kosmos Friends,
Spring is here in New England and we are celebrating with our friends at Shareable. In the face of today’s enormous challenges, we often hear, ‘yes, but what can I DO?’ This Kosmos Newsletter offers some great options. All kinds of events are exploding around #SharingSpring. So take a look and see how you can be involved.
Neal Gorenflo, founder of Shareable magazine,…