micah sifry

hastings on hudson, new york

About

Co-founder and president of Civic Hall, New York City's community center for civic tech innovation, and editor of its news site Civicist. Co-founder and Editor of Personal Democracy Media and techPresident.com. Former senior analyst with Public Campaign. Author/editor of nine books, including "The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet) (OR Books, 2014), "A Lever and a Place to Stand: How Civic Tech Can Move the World" (co-edited with Jessica McKenzie, OR Books, 2015), and "Civic Tech in the Global South," (co-edited with Tiago Peixoto, World Bank, 2017). Board member of Consumer Reports and Public Lab.

Country

united states

City

oceanside

Industry

civic & social organization

Skill

politics, blogging, public policy, social media, journalism, editing, public speaking, government, non profits, strategic communications, digital media, nonprofits, editorial, social networking, media relations, new media, elections, fundraising, storytelling, public relations, copy editing, community outreach, magazines, campaign finance, social change, research, international relations, content strategy, press releases, publishing, event planning, entrepreneurship, political science, policy analysis, grassroots organizing, news writing, thinking outside the box, data analysis, foreign policy, community organizing, digital strategy, grant writing, speech writing, political campaigns, online journalism

Experience

hastings on hudson, new york

co-founder and president

civic hall

2018-3 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

editorial director and co-founder

personal democracy media

2004-5 - Present · 22 yrs 5 mos

Personal Democracy Media produces the annual Personal Democracy Forum conference and techPresident news site which focus on how technology is changing politics, government and civil society. For more information, go to http://www.personaldemocracy.com.

editor and co-founder

techpresident.com

2007-1 - Present · 19 yrs 9 mos

techPresident.com is a cross-partisan group blog that covers how the candidates are using the web, and how the web is using them. It won the 2007 Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism.

board member

consumer reports

2011-1 - Present · 15 yrs 9 mos

technology advisor

sunlight foundation

2006-1 - Present · 20 yrs 9 mos

visiting lecturer

harvard kennedy school

2012-1 - 2012-5 · 5 mos

Visiting Murrow Lecturer of the Practice of Press and Public Policy at the Shorenstein Center; taught "The Politics of the Internet."

senior analyst

public campaign

1997-1 - 2005-9 · 8 yrs 9 mos

Sort of "Minister of Propaganda" for the good cause of public financing of elections, and educating the public about the corrosive effects of big private money in politics