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Lisa Williams

Lisa Williams

Founder & CEO

Lisa Williams is the Director of Digital Engagement for the Investigative News Network. She is also CEO and founder of Placeblogger.com, the world's largest searchable index of local weblogs. Placeblogger was a winner of the Knight 21st Century News Challenge, which gives out $5 million dollars annually to innovators with projects that aim to define the future of journalism. Lisa is also a fellow at the MIT Media Lab's Center for Future Civic Media, which is one of the most well-known university-based technology and innovation centers in the world. The newly formed Center for Future Civic Media focuses on meeting the information needs of humanity over the next 100 years. Prior to founding Placeblogger, Lisa founded H2Otown, an online community and news site by and for the residents of her hometown of Watertown, Mass. H2Otown became a nationally recognized model for citizen journalism. Lisa has also worked with the Boston Globe, the Center for Citizen Media, and countless startups and media organizations. She graduated from Emerson College in 1992. [email protected]

Lisa Williams's Blogs and Trainings

Onramps to OpenGov: Getting started with open government, open data, and online civic engagement

With the Knight Community Information Challenge theme -- OpenGov -- how do you get started in open government/open data projects? Read More

[Archived Webinar, May 2013] Open Data, Open Government, and Civic Participation: Five Projects Any Community Can Try

Which open government and open data projects are right for your community? Attend this webinar to find out. Read More

Building a great Civic Data Challenge entry

The National Civic Data Challenge, a project of the National Conference on Citizenship, opened on April 11. The Challenge will Read More