Author Archives: dlarochelle

We have released a pre-alpha version of Media Cloud 2.0. The changes since our initial release in 2009 are too numerous to list. Perhaps most noticeably, the install process has been vastly improved. Many users will be able to install … Continue reading →

We have extracted a piece of the Media Cloud code base and released it as HTML::TextCruft — a stand alone CPAN module. HTML::TextCruft is the first part of the code to extract article text from HTML and remove ads, navigation, and other … Continue reading →

Media Cloud is excited to be participating in Google Summer of Code this year through the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program in which Google offers students stipends to work on … Continue reading →

Media Cloud received a nice write-up in the Times today, featuring Media Clouders Ethan Zuckerman and Yochai Benkler. Like a lot of new ideas, Media Cloud started with a long-running argument among friends. Ethan Zuckerman and a handful of his … Continue reading →

    In the political world, August is a time when controversial stories seem to gain traction. Last year it was the health care town halls. In 2008 it was any number of election-year stories (“drill, baby, drill” anyone?). This … Continue reading →