In late February, Dot Connector Studio’s Jessica Clark led a workshop on social media using the Impact Pack at PhillyCAM‘s Digital Media Literacy Academy. Albert Hong of Generocity provides more details on the academy, which is a five-month fellowship in the first half of 2018 designed to teach…
Each spring when the clocks change, we check in with our network to share what we’ve been up to, and to hear more about your latest projects. Drop us a line about how you have been weathering the long winter. As you’ll see, we’ve been busy forecasting global information…
Dot Connector Studio’s Director Jessica Clark and Director of Strategic Initiatives Nancy Watzman attended the recent Knight Media Forum in Miami. The gathering focused on how to strengthen local news, community and democracy, and provided insights from the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy. …
The Impact Pack continues to make its way around the globe. Check out the full list below to see where the decks have been. So far, in addition to ongoing one-on-one strategy demonstrations with funders, media producers and scholars, and informal presentations at conferences, the…
Let’s be honest; our media system is a mess. We’re overwhelmed with bad news and false info. Despite all of the platforms in the world, people still feel underrepresented, local outlets continue to struggle, and polarization is at an all-time high. But have no fear—with…
Last weekend, Dot Connector Studio’s Jessica Clark and Angelica Das led a workshop called “Playing Your Way to Impact” using the Impact Pack at the 3rd annual Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington, DC. Double Exposure, a project of the investigative news organization 100Reporters,…
Earlier this month, Jessica Clark worked with participants of the 2017 AFI Docs Impact Lab to use the Impact Pack to shape their strategies and goals. The Impact Pack has been featured in workshops and presentations around the world. So far, in addition to ongoing…
Recently, Jessica traveled up to Cambridge to speak at MIT’s Open Doc Lab (one of our partners on Immerse), where she hosted a demo of the Impact Pack. Orders for the deck are now flying out the door, with professors, journalists and producers all using…
Coming Next: Immerse This fall, Jessica is working with the Tribeca Film Institute, MIT OpenDocs and the Fledgling Fund to launch a spanking new Medium publication designed to cultivate creative discussion of nonfiction storytelling. Check out the editorial statement here and read the first newsletter here….
DCS made the scene at the Democratic National Convention in our hometown of Philadelphia, with Jessica Clark serving as a roving reporter. Check out the piece she created for Link TV, “Agitprop Ahoy! Philadelphia—A Hotspot for Political Art Lovers.” It chronicles the pop-up art exhibit Truth to…