News Briefs: Digital Charlotte awarded 2019 Digital Equity Project of the Year by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

Reposting from the NATOA website: https://www.natoa.org/web/site_issue/issue_detail/85 NATOA Announces Recipients of 2019 Community Broadband and Digital Equity Awards For Immediate Release Contact: Tonya Rideout, (703) 519-8035 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 29, 2019 – The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors […]

Rachel Kubie, reference librarian in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Reference librarians as superheroes: navigators in a precarious online world

At best, searching for reliable online information is precarious. At worst, it’s dangerous. A new breed of information superhero — the reference librarian — is a trained navigator of this new world.

Using digital literacy to prepare residents of correctional facilities for success

In partnership with Charlotte Works and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, Digital Charlotte is conducting classes in correctional facilities to teach their residents the necessary digital and media literacy skills to thrive in an ever-changing, modern society.

A celebration of digital inclusion forecasts the future

Forty community leaders met in early June to brainstorm critical issues in digital inclusion, celebrate successes, and predict the future.

For students, and everyone, conflict resolution is a critical skill.

After leading a workshop for students in a new form of conflict resolution, a university chaplain says what young people need is exactly what the rest of the population needs — Beware of trapping yourself in an isolated information bubble. Talk with people who disagree with you. Focus on commonalities, not differences.

Maker Space at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library May 2019

Extending community access to technology at 3 Charlotte organizations

Behailu Academy, BLKTECHCLT, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are extending community access to technology through a donation of 25 Apple iMac workstations from the Queens Knight School of Communication.

Queens students in a digital literacy program at Dillehay Courts, Charlotte, April 2019

Students learn small steps make a huge difference in digital literacy

One of the crowning experiences in the undergraduate careers of communication students at Queens University is a capstone course that, among other projects, places students in service learning opportunities in non-profit organizations.

Brad Panovich is a TV meteorologist who uses social media to educate people who don’t watch TV.

Brad Panovich, named the best broadcast meteorologist in the United States, is a social media innovator who builds relationships with people who don’t watch television.

How Druid Hills builds a stronger neighborhood

Investment in communication helps ensure that Druid Hills residents build relationships with neighbors and stay informed about new development.

Project LIFT and the city gear up for Net Inclusion 2019

With Net Inclusion 2019 less than a month away, a dozen local Charlotte organizations are getting ready to showcase their work with digital inclusion and share their impact on the community.

Nine Charlotte media organizations form new journalism collaborative

To strengthen local journalism and encourage greater connection between reporters and Charlotte residents, Solutions Journalism Network is launching the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of six major media companies and three local institutions focusing on issues of major importance to the region.

A forum teaches us how to disagree once again. Gracefully.

In a political climate so polarized that members of the same family no longer speak with each another, a Charlotte forum is designed to get people talking respectfully once again.

Upcoming conference hopes to unite people around digital inclusion

As recognition around digital inclusion increases, the Net Inclusion 2019 conference in Charlotte brings people together to tackle the issue.