Articles by

Seamus Kraft

  • Journalism

    Taking civic participation from the voting booth to the streets

    Photo by Flickr user Spyros Papaspyropoulos. Seamus Kraft is executive director and co-founder of The OpenGov Foundation, which has received support from Knight Foundation. Below he writes about Knight News Challenge: Elections, which asks the question, How might we better inform voters and increase civic participation before, during and after elections? Winners will share in […]

    Article · March 9, 2015 by

  • Communities

    The next big thing in Open Gov is a culture shift

    Video: Meet Madison, a collaborative policy drafting platform. Seamus Kraft is the co-founder and executive director of The OpenGov Foundation, as well as a 2014/2015 Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow. Related Link “Communities will be able to see, track and participate in lawmaking online with $750,000 in new Knight Foundation support to OpenGov Foundation” – Press release […]

    Article · November 6, 2014 by