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'''Andy Carvin''' was National Public Radio's senior product manager for online communities. He accepted a position at First Look Media in February, 2014.<ref name="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xs21ztbumo9nkfm/Stock%20Photos.zip">{{cite web|last=Post|first=Washington|title=Newspaper|url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/xs21ztbumo9nkfm/Stock%20Photos.zip}}</ref> Carvin was the founding editor and former coordinator of the [[Digital Divide Network]], an online community of more than 10,000 Internet activists in over 140 countries working to bridge the [[digital divide]].<ref name="ddnprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/acarvin|title=Digital Divide Network – Andy Carvin|accessdate=2006-05-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060517131256/http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/acarvin| archivedate= 17 May 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> He is also an active [[wikt:Blogger|blogger]] as well as a field correspondent to the [[vlog]] [[Rocketboom]].
'''Andy Carvin''' is an American [[blogger]] and a former senior product manager for online communities at [[NPR|National Public Radio (NPR)]]. Carvin was the founding editor and former coordinator of the [[Digital Divide Network]].<ref name="ddnprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/acarvin|title=Digital Divide Network – Andy Carvin|accessdate=2006-05-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517131256/http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/acarvin|archivedate=17 May 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is now senior fellow and managing editor for the [[Atlantic Council|Atlantic Council's]] Digital Forensic Research Lab.


==Early life and education==
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Carvin lives in [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]].
Carvin was born in [[Boston]] and raised in [[Indialantic, Florida|Indialantic]], [[Florida]] alongside his older brother.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Harbaugh |first=Pam |date=2011-04-17 |title=Former Brevard County resident Andy Carvin enjoys the tweet life |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110417/LIFE/104170310/Former-Brevard-County-resident-Andy-Carvin-enjoys-tweet-life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421012144/https://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110417/LIFE/104170310/Former-Brevard-County-resident-Andy-Carvin-enjoys-tweet-life |archive-date=2011-04-21 |website=Florida Today}}</ref> His parents both worked for the [[Harris Corporation]]: father worked as a systems engineer, while his mother worked as a manager.<ref name=":0" /> He graduated from [[Melbourne High School (Melbourne, Florida)|Melbourne High School]] in 1989,<ref name=":0" /> and from [[Northwestern University]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://alumni.northwestern.edu/node/239 | title = Class of 1993 Honor Roll: Andrew Wayne Carvin | publisher = Northwestern Alumni Association}}</ref>


==Biography==
== Career ==
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When he was working for the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] in 1994, he authored the website EdWeb, one of the first websites to advocate the use of the [[World Wide Web]] in education.<ref name="ddnprofile" />
Born in [[Boston]] and raised in [[Florida]], Carvin is a graduate of [[Northwestern University]]
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(Class of 1993<ref>{{cite web | url = http://alumni.northwestern.edu/node/239 | title = Class of 1993 Honor Roll: Andrew Wayne Carvin | publisher = Northwestern Alumni Association}}</ref>). While working for the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] in 1994, he authored the website EdWeb, one of the first websites to advocate the use of the [[World Wide Web]] in education.<ref name="ddnprofile" />


In 1999, he was hired by the [[Benton Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/comp.internet.net-happenings/browse_thread/thread/16115ee86e2dc1c0/c7038e66f3a1f6d1?lnk=st&q=%22andy+carvin%22&rnum=2#c7038e66f3a1f6d1|author=Gleason Sackman|accessdate=2009-04-18|title=Andy Carvin Joins the Benton Foundation}}</ref> to help develop [[Helping.org]], a philanthropy website that eventually became known as [[Networkforgood.org]]. At the December 1999 US National Digital Divide Summit in Washington DC, President [[Bill Clinton]] announced the launch of the [[Digital Divide Network]], a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of Helping.org edited by Carvin.<ref name="Clinton Remarks">{{cite web | title=Remarks By The President On Bridging the Digital Divide | url=http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=120999-remarks-by-president-on-bridging-the-digital-divide.htm | website=Archived Presidential Press Releases | publisher=William J. Clinton Presidential Center | date=December 9, 1999 | accessdate=2009-04-18 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234244/http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=120999-remarks-by-president-on-bridging-the-digital-divide.htm | archivedate=July 19, 2011 | df= }}</ref>
In 1999, he was hired by the [[Benton Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/comp.internet.net-happenings/browse_thread/thread/16115ee86e2dc1c0/c7038e66f3a1f6d1?lnk=st&q=%22andy+carvin%22&rnum=2#c7038e66f3a1f6d1|author=Gleason Sackman|accessdate=2009-04-18|title=Andy Carvin Joins the Benton Foundation}}</ref> to help develop [[Helping.org]], a philanthropic website that eventually became known as [[Networkforgood.org]]. At the December 1999 US National Digital Divide Summit in Washington DC, President [[Bill Clinton]] announced the launch of the [[Digital Divide Network]], a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of Helping.org edited by Carvin.<ref name="Clinton Remarks">{{cite web | title=Remarks By The President On Bridging the Digital Divide | url=http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=120999-remarks-by-president-on-bridging-the-digital-divide.htm | website=Archived Presidential Press Releases | publisher=William J. Clinton Presidential Center | date=December 9, 1999 | accessdate=2009-04-18 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234244/http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=120999-remarks-by-president-on-bridging-the-digital-divide.htm | archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>


In 2001, he organized an email forum called ''SEPT11INFO'', an emergency discussion forum in response to the September 11 attacks. Following the [[Boxing Day tsunami]] in 2004, he created the [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] aggregator Tsunami-Info.org, and served as a contributor to the [[TsunamiHelp]] collaborative blog. He also joined [[Global Voices Online]] in the end of 2004 <ref>Andy Carvin in Global Voices http://globalvoices.org/author/andycarvin/</ref>
In 2001, he organized an email forum called ''SEPT11INFO'', an emergency discussion forum in response to the September 11 attacks. Following the [[Boxing Day tsunami]] in 2004, he created the [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] aggregator Tsunami-Info.org, and served as a contributor to the [[TsunamiHelp]] collaborative blog. He also joined [[Global Voices Online]] at the end of 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Carvin · Contributor profile · Global Voices |url=https://globalvoices.org/author/andycarvin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Global Voices |language=en}}</ref>


In January 2005, Carvin began advocating mobile phone podcasting as a tool for [[citizen journalism]] and human rights monitoring; he called the concept "mobcasting". Utilizing free online tools including [[FeedBurner]], [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]] and [[Audioblogger]], Carvin demonstrated the potential of mobcasting at a February 2005 [[Harvard]] blogging conference and at [[The Gates]], the [[Central Park]] art installation created by the artist [[Christo]]. He later demonstrated mobcasting as part of a collaborative blog called [[Katrina Aftermath]], which allowed members of the public to post multimedia content regarding [[Hurricane Katrina]]. For Carvin's work on mobcasting and the digital divide, Carvin received a 2005 [[TR35]] award from [[Technology Review]], awarded annually to the 35 leading technology innovators under age 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/feature_tr35.asp?p=6|title=TR 35: Technology Review's top 35 innovators under the age of 35|accessdate=2006-05-07|website=Technology Review|date=October 2005}}</ref> Carvin has also been honored as one of the top [[education technology]] advocates in [[eSchool News]] magazine and [[District Administration]] magazine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=949 |work=[[eSchool News]] |date=1999-02-01 |accessdate=2006-05-07 |title=eSchool News 1st Annual Impact 30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117223841/http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=949 |archivedate=November 17, 2006 }}</ref>
In January 2005, Carvin began advocating mobile phone podcasting as a tool for [[citizen journalism]] and human rights monitoring; he called the concept "mobcasting". Utilizing free online tools including [[FeedBurner]], [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]] and [[Audioblogger]], Carvin demonstrated the potential of mobcasting at a February 2005 [[Harvard]] blogging conference and at [[The Gates]], the [[Central Park]] art installation created by the artist [[Christo]]. He later demonstrated mobcasting as part of a collaborative blog called [[Katrina Aftermath]], which allowed members of the public to post multimedia content regarding [[Hurricane Katrina]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}


In May 2006, Carvin began serving as host on a blog called Learning.now on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]. According to Learning.now's website, it explores "how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn. It will offer a continuing look at how new technology such as wikis, blogs, vlogs, RSS, podcasts, social networking sites, and the always-on culture of the Internet are impacting teacher and students' lives both inside and out of the classroom." Learning.now is part of PBS TeacherSource, PBS' educator website.
In May 2006, Carvin began serving as host on a blog called Learning.now on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]], which explored "how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn".{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} In September 2006, Andy Carvin became a staff member at [[NPR]] as their senior product manager for online communities.<ref name="NPR Staff">{{cite web| title=Andy Carvin (acarvin) : NPR | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/community/persona.php?uid=1830547 | website=Staff profiles in the NPR community | publisher= NPR| accessdate=2009-04-18| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090405172950/http://www.npr.org/templates/community/persona.php?uid=1830547| archivedate= 5 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> He founded NPR's social media desk in 2008, and stayed with the organization until 2013.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-02-28 |title=Andy Carvin joins the Atlantic Council's DFRLab |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/press-releases/andy-carvin-joins-dfrlab/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}</ref>


Carvin accepted a position at First Look Media in February 2014.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} He also launched Reported.ly, an initiative that focused on reporting on issues related to social justice and human rights.<ref name=":3" /> He later worked at [[NowThis News|NowThis]] and the [[University of British Columbia|UBC]] Graduate School of Journalism in [[Vancouver]].<ref name=":3" />
In September 2006, Andy Carvin became a staff member at [[National Public Radio]] as their senior product manager for online communities.<ref name="NPR Staff">{{cite web| title=Andy Carvin (acarvin) : NPR: | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/community/persona.php?uid=1830547 | website=Staff profiles in the NPR community | publisher= NPR| accessdate=2009-04-18| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090405172950/http://www.npr.org/templates/community/persona.php?uid=1830547| archivedate= 5 April 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>


In 2019, Carvin was named a senior fellow to the [[Atlantic Council|Atlantic Council’s]] Digital Forensic Research Lab, which investigates online misinformation.<ref name=":3" />
An avid Twitter user, the popular revolution in Tunisia in late 2010 caught Andy Carvin's attention when the microblogging service "seemed to explode" with messages about an uprising. Carvin had traveled extensively in [[Tunisia]], had many contacts there, and was able to develop others. Over the course of the following months, Carvin developed a large following on Twitter (30,000+ followers) who came to rely on his messages and retweets of news and information developing in uprisings across the [[Middle East]]. Carvin's curation of Twitter feeds as well as traditional wire services have generated a great deal of interest in the journalism community. He has given interviews about his news curation of citizen journalism on blogs, journalism sites, as well as mainstream media sites.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 February 2011|agency=The New York Times|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/twitter-feed-evolves-into-a-news-wire-about-egypt/|accessdate=1 January 2012|title=Twitter Feed Evolves Into a News Wire About Egypt|first=Brian|last=Stelter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/curating-the-revolution-building-a-real-time-news-feed-about-egypt/71041/|title=Curating the Revolution: Building a Real-Time News Feed About Egypt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/02/gave4andy-andy-carvin-and-the-ad-hoc-pledge-drive/#|title=#gave4andy: Andy Carvin and the ad hoc pledge drive|agency=Nieman Lab}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/nprs-andy-carvin-on-tracking-and-tweeting-revolutions.html#|agency=Public Broadcasting Service|title=NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions}}</ref>

=== Twitter journalism ===
In late 2010, Carvin began sharing information about the [[Tunisian Revolution|popular revolution in Tunisia]] on Twitter, curating Twitter feeds and articles for an English-speaking audience. Carvin had traveled extensively in [[Tunisia]], had many contacts there, and was able to develop others.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 February 2011|agency=The New York Times|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/twitter-feed-evolves-into-a-news-wire-about-egypt/|accessdate=1 January 2012|title=Twitter Feed Evolves Into a News Wire About Egypt|first=Brian|last=Stelter|newspaper=Media Decoder Blog }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Connelly |first=Phoebe |date=2011-02-10 |title=Curating the Revolution: Building a Real-Time News Feed About Egypt |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/curating-the-revolution-building-a-real-time-news-feed-about-egypt/71041/ |agency=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Garber |first=Megan |date=2011-02-11 |title=#gave4andy: Andy Carvin and the ad hoc pledge drive |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/02/gave4andy-andy-carvin-and-the-ad-hoc-pledge-drive/# |agency=Nieman Lab}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sreenivasan |first=Hari |date=2011-02-17 |title=NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/nprs-andy-carvin-on-tracking-and-tweeting-revolutions.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122060554/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/nprs-andy-carvin-on-tracking-and-tweeting-revolutions.html |archive-date=2014-01-22 |access-date=2017-08-24 |agency=Public Broadcasting Service}}</ref>


In March 2011, Andy Carvin and his Twitter followers utilized [[crowdsourcing|crowdsourced]] research to debunk false stories that [[Israel]]i weapons were being used against the people of [[Libya]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Storify]]|url=http://storify.com/acarvin/how-to-debunk-a-geopolitical-rumor-with-your-twitt2|title=Israeli weapons In Libya? How @acarvin and his Twitter followers debunked sloppy journalism.}}</ref>
In March 2011, Andy Carvin and his Twitter followers utilized [[crowdsourcing|crowdsourced]] research to debunk false stories that [[Israel]]i weapons were being used against the people of [[Libya]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Storify]]|url=http://storify.com/acarvin/how-to-debunk-a-geopolitical-rumor-with-your-twitt2|title=Israeli weapons In Libya? How @acarvin and his Twitter followers debunked sloppy journalism.}}</ref>


By April 2011, ''[[The Columbia Journalism Review]]'' dubbed Carvin a "living, breathing real-time verification system" and suggested his might be the best Twitter account to follow in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/is_this_the_worlds_best_twitter_account.php?page=all|title=Is This The World's Best Twitter Account?|agency=The Columbia Journalism Review}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called him "a one-man Twitter news bureau".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/npr-andy-carvin-tweeting-the-middle-east/2011/04/06/AFcSdhSD_story.html|agency=The Washington Post|title=NPR’s Andy Carvin, tweeting the Middle East | first=Paul|last=Farhi|date=2011-04-13}}</ref> His hometown paper, ''[[Florida Today]]'', published a profile describing him as having "global impact" and saying he provided "a unique window into the unrest sweeping across the Middle East."<ref>http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110417/LIFE/104170310/Former-Brevard-County-resident-Andy-Carvin-enjoys-tweet-life</ref>
By April 2011, ''[[The Columbia Journalism Review]]'' dubbed Carvin a "living, breathing real-time verification system" and suggested his might be the best Twitter account to follow in the world.<ref>{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2011-04-08 |title=Is This The World's Best Twitter Account? |url=https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/is_this_the_worlds_best_twitter_account.php?page=all |agency=The Columbia Journalism Review}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called him "a one-man Twitter news bureau".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/npr-andy-carvin-tweeting-the-middle-east/2011/04/06/AFcSdhSD_story.html|agency=The Washington Post|title=NPR's Andy Carvin, tweeting the Middle East | first=Paul|last=Farhi|date=2011-04-13}}</ref>


A few days before a foreign policy speech on the Middle East by President [[Barack Obama]] in mid-May 2011, the [[White House]] contacted Carvin and asked for him to co-host a Twitter interview chat with a White House official. Although NPR had refused to allow the White House to specify particular reporters in the past, Mark Stencel, NPR's managing editor for digital news, granted the request, saying that Carvin was "uniquely suited" for the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/133099/why-nprs-andy-carvin-is-moderating-white-house-middle-east-speech-twitter-chat/|title=Why NPR’s Andy Carvin moderated White House Twitter interview about Obama’s Middle East speech|agency=The Poynter Institute}}</ref>
A few days before a foreign policy speech on the Middle East by President [[Barack Obama]] in mid-May 2011, the [[White House]] contacted Carvin and asked for him to co-host a Twitter interview chat with a White House official. Although NPR had refused to allow the White House to specify particular reporters in the past, Mark Stencel, NPR's managing editor for digital news, granted the request, saying that Carvin was "uniquely suited" for the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/133099/why-nprs-andy-carvin-is-moderating-white-house-middle-east-speech-twitter-chat/|title=Why NPR's Andy Carvin moderated White House Twitter interview about Obama's Middle East speech|agency=The Poynter Institute}}</ref>


In late June 2011, Carvin traveled to Egypt, where he covered protests in [[Tahrir Square]] in Cairo.<ref name=":1" />
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Carvin was a recipient of the Journalism Awards: Special Distinction Award, Knight-Batten Award for Innovation for his Twitter reporting, July 2011. [http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/storify-wins-knight-batten-award-for-innovation/s2/a545356/ Link]


On August 21, 2011, as [[anti-Gaddafi forces|armed fighters]] rolled into the city of [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]], in a bid to oust [[Muammar Gaddafi]] from his 42-year rule of the country, cable news stations in the U.S. appeared unprepared to cover the breaking news event, but Carvin tweeted over 800 times, "recording the oral history in real time."<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/does-npr-andy-carvin-tweet-too-much-recording-161054428.html</ref> He was profiled in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper as "the man who tweets revolutions".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/04/andy-carvin-tweets-revolutions?CMP=twt_fd|publisher=The Guardian|title=Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions|date=4 September 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|location=London|first=Jemima|last=Kiss}}</ref>
On August 21, 2011, as [[anti-Gaddafi forces|armed fighters]] rolled into the city of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], Libya, in a bid to oust [[Muammar Gaddafi]] from his 42-year rule of the country, cable news stations in the U.S. appeared unprepared to cover the breaking news event, but Carvin tweeted over 800 times, "recording the oral history in real time".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connelly |first=Phoebe |date=23 August 2011 |title=Does NPR's Andy Carvin tweet too much? He says he's recording 'oral history in real time' |url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/does-npr-andy-carvin-tweet-too-much-recording-161054428.html |website=Yahoo! News}}</ref> He was profiled in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper as "the man who tweets revolutions".<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/04/andy-carvin-tweets-revolutions?CMP=twt_fd|work=The Guardian|title=Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions|date=4 September 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|location=London|first=Jemima|last=Kiss}}</ref>

Carvin donated the iPhone he used to tweet during the [[Arab Spring]] to the [[American History Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gan |first=Vicky |date=2013-10-30 |title=The Phone That Helped Andy Carvin Report the Arab Spring is Now in the Smithsonian |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-phone-that-helped-andy-carvin-report-the-arab-spring-is-now-in-the-smithsonian-7234442/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Carvin's iPhone |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1447789 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=americanhistory.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
For Carvin's work on mobcasting and the digital divide, he received a 2005 [[TR35]] award from [[Technology Review]], awarded annually to the 35 leading technology innovators under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 2005 |title=TR 35: Technology Review's top 35 innovators under the age of 35 |url=http://www.techreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/feature_tr35.asp?p=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318023543/http://www.techreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/feature_tr35.asp?p=6 |archive-date=2006-03-18 |accessdate=2006-05-07 |website=Technology Review}}</ref> Carvin has also been honored as one of the top [[education technology]] advocates in [[eSchool News]] magazine and [[District Administration]] magazine.<ref>{{cite news |date=1999-02-01 |title=eSchool News 1st Annual Impact 30 |url=http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=949 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117223841/http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=949 |archivedate=November 17, 2006 |accessdate=2006-05-07 |work=[[eSchool News]]}}</ref>

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In July 2011, Carvin received the Journalism Awards: Special Distinction Award, Knight-Batten Award for Innovation for his Twitter reporting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-27 |title=Storify wins Knight-Batten Award for innovation {{!}} Media news |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/storify-wins-knight-batten-award-for-innovation/s2/a545356/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.journalism.co.uk}}</ref>


''[[The Daily Dot]]'' recognized Carvin as second only to online [[hacktivism|hacktivist]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] in his influence on Twitter in the year 2011. In its writeup of Carvin, the ''Dot'' compared him to [[Edward R. Murrow]], whose radio coverage of the [[London Blitz]] established him as a household name in the [[United States]] during [[World War II]].
''[[The Daily Dot]]'' recognized Carvin as second only to online [[hacktivism|hacktivist]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] in his influence on Twitter in the year 2011. In its writeup of Carvin, the ''Dot'' compared him to [[Edward R. Murrow]], whose radio coverage of the [[London Blitz]] established him as a household name in the [[United States]] during [[World War II]].


In 2011 and 2012, Carvin's Twitter feed was included on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine's]]'' list of the year's 140 Best Twitter Feeds.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Memmott |first=Mark |date=2012-03-21 |title='Time' Magazine Is Back With Its '140 Best Twitter Feeds' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/03/21/149053771/time-magazine-is-back-with-its-140-best-twitter-feeds |work=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Carvin |first1=Andy |last2=Brookie |first2=Graham |date=2020-03-29 |title=Here's How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/heres-how-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/608914/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>
On January 25, 2013, Carvin conducted an AMA on [[Reddit]] to promote his new book, ''Distant Witness''.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/179lf7/i_am_andy_carvin_and_i_use_social_media_to_cover/c83gww7</ref>

== Writing ==
In 2013, Carvin published ''Distant Witness'', a book covering his journalistic coverings of the Arab Spring.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-31 |title='Distant Witness': Social Media's 'Journalism Revolution' |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170765393/distant-witness-social-medias-journalism-revolution |work=NPR}}</ref>

Carvin has written for The Atlantic<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Carvin |first1=Andy |last2=Brookie |first2=Graham |date=2020-03-29 |title=Here's How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/heres-how-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/608914/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> and Politico.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Carvin |first=Andy |date=2020-03-15 |title=Opinion {{!}} I Got the Coronavirus Test. My Ordeal Was Just Beginning. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/15/coronavirus-test-results-covid-19-first-person-130739 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
Carvin donated the iPhone he used to tweet during the [[Arab Spring]] to the [[American History Museum]].<ref>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2013/10/the-phone-that-helped-andy-carvin-report-the-arab-spring-is-now-in-the-smithsonian/</ref>
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215025312/http://www.andycarvin.com/ Andy Carvin's personal website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215025312/http://www.andycarvin.com/ Andy Carvin's personal website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216210832/http://www.digitaldivide.net/ Digital Divide Network]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216210832/http://www.digitaldivide.net/ Digital Divide Network]
* [https://www.pbs.org/learningnow PBS learning.now] (blog)
* [https://www.pbs.org/learningnow PBS learning.now] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821182252/http://www.pbs.org/learningnow |date=2008-08-21 }} (blog)
* [http://www.edwebproject.org EdWeb: Exploring Technology & School Reform]
* [http://www.edwebproject.org EdWeb: Exploring Technology & School Reform]
* [http://nycgates.blogspot.com The Gates @ Central Park]
* [http://nycgates.blogspot.com The Gates @ Central Park]
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* [http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan00/carvin.htm Mind the Gap: The Digital Divide as the Civil Rights Issue of the New Millennium] 1999 essay by Andy Carvin, Multimedia Schools magazine
* [http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan00/carvin.htm Mind the Gap: The Digital Divide as the Civil Rights Issue of the New Millennium] 1999 essay by Andy Carvin, Multimedia Schools magazine
* [https://twitter.com/acarvin Andy Carvin's Twitter feed]
* [https://twitter.com/acarvin Andy Carvin's Twitter feed]
* {{Cite journal |last1=Hermida |first1=Alfred |last2=Lewis |first2=Seth C. |last3=Zamith |first3=Rodrigo |date=2014-03-19 |title=Sourcing the Arab Spring: A Case Study of Andy Carvin's Sources on Twitter During the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12074 |journal=Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=479–499 |doi=10.1111/jcc4.12074 |issn=1083-6101}}


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Andy Carvin
Carvin in 2013
Born
Andrew Wayne Carvin

c. 1971 (age 53–54)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materNorthwestern University
Notable workDigital Divide Network
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20100819092442/http://www.andycarvin.com/

Andy Carvin is an American blogger and a former senior product manager for online communities at National Public Radio (NPR). Carvin was the founding editor and former coordinator of the Digital Divide Network.[1] He is now senior fellow and managing editor for the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab.

Early life and education

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Carvin was born in Boston and raised in Indialantic, Florida alongside his older brother.[2] His parents both worked for the Harris Corporation: father worked as a systems engineer, while his mother worked as a manager.[2] He graduated from Melbourne High School in 1989,[2] and from Northwestern University in 1993.[3]

Career

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When he was working for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1994, he authored the website EdWeb, one of the first websites to advocate the use of the World Wide Web in education.[1]

In 1999, he was hired by the Benton Foundation[4] to help develop Helping.org, a philanthropic website that eventually became known as Networkforgood.org. At the December 1999 US National Digital Divide Summit in Washington DC, President Bill Clinton announced the launch of the Digital Divide Network, a spin-off of Helping.org edited by Carvin.[5]

In 2001, he organized an email forum called SEPT11INFO, an emergency discussion forum in response to the September 11 attacks. Following the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, he created the RSS aggregator Tsunami-Info.org, and served as a contributor to the TsunamiHelp collaborative blog. He also joined Global Voices Online at the end of 2004.[6]

In January 2005, Carvin began advocating mobile phone podcasting as a tool for citizen journalism and human rights monitoring; he called the concept "mobcasting". Utilizing free online tools including FeedBurner, Blogger and Audioblogger, Carvin demonstrated the potential of mobcasting at a February 2005 Harvard blogging conference and at The Gates, the Central Park art installation created by the artist Christo. He later demonstrated mobcasting as part of a collaborative blog called Katrina Aftermath, which allowed members of the public to post multimedia content regarding Hurricane Katrina.[citation needed]

In May 2006, Carvin began serving as host on a blog called Learning.now on PBS, which explored "how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn".[citation needed] In September 2006, Andy Carvin became a staff member at NPR as their senior product manager for online communities.[7] He founded NPR's social media desk in 2008, and stayed with the organization until 2013.[8]

Carvin accepted a position at First Look Media in February 2014.[citation needed] He also launched Reported.ly, an initiative that focused on reporting on issues related to social justice and human rights.[8] He later worked at NowThis and the UBC Graduate School of Journalism in Vancouver.[8]

In 2019, Carvin was named a senior fellow to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, which investigates online misinformation.[8]

Twitter journalism

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In late 2010, Carvin began sharing information about the popular revolution in Tunisia on Twitter, curating Twitter feeds and articles for an English-speaking audience. Carvin had traveled extensively in Tunisia, had many contacts there, and was able to develop others.[9][10][11][12]

In March 2011, Andy Carvin and his Twitter followers utilized crowdsourced research to debunk false stories that Israeli weapons were being used against the people of Libya.[13]

By April 2011, The Columbia Journalism Review dubbed Carvin a "living, breathing real-time verification system" and suggested his might be the best Twitter account to follow in the world.[14] The Washington Post called him "a one-man Twitter news bureau".[15]

A few days before a foreign policy speech on the Middle East by President Barack Obama in mid-May 2011, the White House contacted Carvin and asked for him to co-host a Twitter interview chat with a White House official. Although NPR had refused to allow the White House to specify particular reporters in the past, Mark Stencel, NPR's managing editor for digital news, granted the request, saying that Carvin was "uniquely suited" for the role.[16]

In late June 2011, Carvin traveled to Egypt, where he covered protests in Tahrir Square in Cairo.[17]

On August 21, 2011, as armed fighters rolled into the city of Tripoli, Libya, in a bid to oust Muammar Gaddafi from his 42-year rule of the country, cable news stations in the U.S. appeared unprepared to cover the breaking news event, but Carvin tweeted over 800 times, "recording the oral history in real time".[18] He was profiled in Britain's The Guardian newspaper as "the man who tweets revolutions".[17]

Carvin donated the iPhone he used to tweet during the Arab Spring to the American History Museum.[19][20]

Awards and nominations

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For Carvin's work on mobcasting and the digital divide, he received a 2005 TR35 award from Technology Review, awarded annually to the 35 leading technology innovators under the age of 35.[21] Carvin has also been honored as one of the top education technology advocates in eSchool News magazine and District Administration magazine.[22]

In July 2011, Carvin received the Journalism Awards: Special Distinction Award, Knight-Batten Award for Innovation for his Twitter reporting.[23]

The Daily Dot recognized Carvin as second only to online hacktivist group Anonymous in his influence on Twitter in the year 2011. In its writeup of Carvin, the Dot compared him to Edward R. Murrow, whose radio coverage of the London Blitz established him as a household name in the United States during World War II.

In 2011 and 2012, Carvin's Twitter feed was included on Time Magazine's list of the year's 140 Best Twitter Feeds.[24][25]

Writing

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In 2013, Carvin published Distant Witness, a book covering his journalistic coverings of the Arab Spring.[17][26]

Carvin has written for The Atlantic[27] and Politico.[28]

Personal life

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Carvin lives in Silver Spring, Maryland[8] with his wife and two children.[2]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b "Digital Divide Network – Andy Carvin". Archived from the original on 17 May 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
  2. ^ a b c d Harbaugh, Pam (2011-04-17). "Former Brevard County resident Andy Carvin enjoys the tweet life". Florida Today. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21.
  3. ^ "Class of 1993 Honor Roll: Andrew Wayne Carvin". Northwestern Alumni Association.
  4. ^ Gleason Sackman. "Andy Carvin Joins the Benton Foundation". Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  5. ^ "Remarks By The President On Bridging the Digital Divide". Archived Presidential Press Releases. William J. Clinton Presidential Center. December 9, 1999. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  6. ^ "Andy Carvin · Contributor profile · Global Voices". Global Voices. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  7. ^ "Andy Carvin (acarvin) : NPR". Staff profiles in the NPR community. NPR. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Andy Carvin joins the Atlantic Council's DFRLab". Atlantic Council. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  9. ^ Stelter, Brian (13 February 2011). "Twitter Feed Evolves Into a News Wire About Egypt". Media Decoder Blog. The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  10. ^ Connelly, Phoebe (2011-02-10). "Curating the Revolution: Building a Real-Time News Feed About Egypt". The Atlantic.
  11. ^ Garber, Megan (2011-02-11). "#gave4andy: Andy Carvin and the ad hoc pledge drive". Nieman Lab.
  12. ^ Sreenivasan, Hari (2011-02-17). "NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions". Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  13. ^ "Israeli weapons In Libya? How @acarvin and his Twitter followers debunked sloppy journalism". Storify.
  14. ^ Silverman, Craig (2011-04-08). "Is This The World's Best Twitter Account?". The Columbia Journalism Review.
  15. ^ Farhi, Paul (2011-04-13). "NPR's Andy Carvin, tweeting the Middle East". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ "Why NPR's Andy Carvin moderated White House Twitter interview about Obama's Middle East speech". The Poynter Institute.
  17. ^ a b c Kiss, Jemima (4 September 2011). "Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  18. ^ Connelly, Phoebe (23 August 2011). "Does NPR's Andy Carvin tweet too much? He says he's recording 'oral history in real time'". Yahoo! News.
  19. ^ Gan, Vicky (2013-10-30). "The Phone That Helped Andy Carvin Report the Arab Spring is Now in the Smithsonian". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  20. ^ "Andy Carvin's iPhone". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  21. ^ "TR 35: Technology Review's top 35 innovators under the age of 35". Technology Review. October 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-03-18. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
  22. ^ "eSchool News 1st Annual Impact 30". eSchool News. 1999-02-01. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
  23. ^ "Storify wins Knight-Batten Award for innovation | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  24. ^ Memmott, Mark (2012-03-21). "'Time' Magazine Is Back With Its '140 Best Twitter Feeds'". NPR.
  25. ^ Carvin, Andy; Brookie, Graham (2020-03-29). "Here's How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  26. ^ "'Distant Witness': Social Media's 'Journalism Revolution'". NPR. 2013-01-31.
  27. ^ Carvin, Andy; Brookie, Graham (2020-03-29). "Here's How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  28. ^ Carvin, Andy (2020-03-15). "Opinion | I Got the Coronavirus Test. My Ordeal Was Just Beginning". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
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