Cortico will Advance “Local Voices Network” with $2 million from Knight Foundation
Summary
Working in cooperation with the MIT Media Lab , Cortico builds listening systems designed to surface a community’s under-heard voices and channel their perspectives and stories into the public dialogue. Cortico is poised to provide a new way for journalists and leaders to do just that through an innovative platform that will help them listen to the public and be more responsive to community concerns,” said Jennifer Preston, Knight Foundation vice president for journalism. Each conversation takes place around a “Digital Hearth” that records the discussion and enables hosts to play speech highlights from other groups in order to cross-pollinate voices and perspectives across community boundaries. Several Madison media outlets, including the Cap Times and the Capital City Hues, are expected to employ LVN conversation content in their local reporting. Working in cooperation with the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT Media Lab , Cortico builds listening systems designed to surface a community’s under-heard voices and channel their perspectives and stories into the public dialogue.