Wireless Philadelphia
Award
$150,000
Winner
Organization
Media Mobilizing Project of Philadelphia
Location
Summary
To develop online digital newscasts for Philadelphia’s immigrant community and to distribute them via the new citywide wireless platform.
Quote
“We aim to utilize Wireless Philadelphia to empower immigrant communities with tools to represent themselves.”
Winner Bio
Todd Wolfson is finishing a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the role of new information and communication technologies on social movement building. Correspondingly he is one of the founders of the Media Mobilizing Project, which attempts to take advantage of new technologies as a way to give voice to those left out of mainstream media.
