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Micah Sifry

(He/Him)
New York
As seen in: The Connector Newsletter, CNN, Medium, MSN, OneZero, The New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED (UK), Substack, The Message Box, Salon and
Covers:  Politics, tech, movements, organizing, philanthropy, Israel-Palestine
Co-founder, CivicHall.org. Read theconnector.substack.com, on democracy, organizing and tech. Also find me at mastodon.social/@msifry & msifry.bsky.social

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Micah Sifry’s Biography

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Micah L. Sifry is a writer, editor, and community organizer. From January 2015 through September 2020 he was President and Co-Founder of Civic Hall, New York City’s collaborative community center for civic tech. Civic Hall grew out of his work co-founding, editing and curating Personal Democracy Media, an independent media company that has focused since 2004 on the way technology is changing politics, government and civic life. He was also curator of the annual Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) co…

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Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America

Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America

More Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans. Tired of the t…

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Big Disconnect - OR Books

Big Disconnect - OR Books

In his usual pithy, to-the-point style, Micah L. Sifry, a longtime analyst of democracy and its role on the i…

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WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency - OR Books

WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency - OR Books

The effects of the ongoing WikiLeaks are cumulative--sort of like mercury poisoning--and reveal much about ho…

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A Lever and a Place To Stand - How Civic Tech Can Move The World

A Lever and a Place To Stand - How Civic Tech Can Move The World

Anthology of reporting on civic tech successes and failures, with case studies on SeeClickFix, Front Porch Fo…

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Civic Tech in the Global South : Assessing Technology for the Public Good

Civic Tech in the Global South : Assessing Technology for the Public Good

This book is comprised of one study and three field evaluations of civic tech initiatives in developing count…

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Inside the Fall of Obama's Grassroots Army

Inside the Fall of Obama's Grassroots Army

In 2008, Barack Obama's presidential campaign built a massive base of volunteers that propelled him to the De…

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Let's Help Send Chris Rabb to Congress!

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Pennsylvania’s most independent progressive state assembly member, Chris Rabb, is running for Congress and the primary election is less than two weeks away. I’ve known and been friends with Chris since 2005, when we invited him to speak at Personal Democracy Forum. Six years earlier, in 1999, he had founded Afro-Netizen.com, one of the first hubs for African-Americans online. It started as an e-newsletter that grew from 100 to 10,000 subscribers in 18 months.
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Awards

Knight-Batten Award

2007 - Innovation in Journalism

The Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism reward news and information ideas that significantly enhance opportunities for digital engagement. The awards honor novel efforts that actively involve people in public issues, supply entry points that invite their participation, sit their imagination, and meet their information needs in creative ways.

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