Lori Peterson | Gary, IN | E-mail | Inactive
The Central District Organization in Gary, IN, worked to build a news and information city hotline, accessed via web, phone, mobile text messaging and mailing lists to supplement available media. Content was generated by students and young professionals and coordinated by young professionals who have returned to Gary to live. The site is inactive.
2007 grantee Lori Peterson talks about what parts of the project make her proud as well as what surprised her. This interview took place on April 5, 2008, at the New Voices 2007 Grantee Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C.
Project Updates
- A good idea still struggling to find a way to work (November, 2009) - By Tom Regan, J-Lab correspondent Anansi’s Web, based in Gary, Ind., is a great example of how a really good idea sometimes has trouble taking root in its community, frequently for unforeseen reasons. A 2007 New Voices grantee, the site is currently dark — site organizers are not generating news content for either the program’s website […]
- Caught in Anansi’s Web (August, 2008) - Over the summer, student enrollment in Anansi’s Web has dwindled. Project coordinator Lori Peterson says the attrition has made the project easier to manage, but not as robust. Nonetheless, the youth continue to create media projects that express their views, share their experiences, and foster dialogue about problems and solutions for Gary. Anansi’s Web has […]
- LOCAL Parentis: Youth Bring the Peace Out (March, 2008) - Anansi’s Web (the program formerly known as NeoNewsNetwork) has launched a new blog for student participants in its graphic and Web design internship program. Coordinator Lori Peterson says the blog, called “Get on My Level,” will enable youth to “share their voice on a range of issues specific to their local community of Gary, Indiana, […]
- Neo-News: Can You Hear Me Now? Not Yet (November, 2007) - What was originally conceived as a basic information hotline backed up by a website has been transformed into what Neo-News is calling “a blog-styled, open-source type phone line” where people and organizations can call in and post their own voicemail or text messages to the hotline. Residents and community groups will be able to purchase […]
