Media Coverage

Major Media and Blog posts:

• January 21, 2011, Boston.com, By Matt Rocheleau, Shovel-ready: JP neighbors dig out those in need
• January 15, 2011, Spin It Up Local, By Melinda, Community takes on new meaning when people plus technology plus social work together
  
• January 14, 2010, WGBH, By Jess Bidgood, In JP, Social Networking Helps Neighbors Dig Out
  
• January 14, 2011, Government Technology, By Steve Ressler, Become a Money-Saving Hero (Opinion)
  
• January 11, 2011, Neighbors Network News, By Chris Lovett, Volunteers Take on Snow in Jamaica Plain
• 11/25/2010, Boston Globe, By Milton J. Valencia, Community defies sudden violence
• 11/24/2010, UniversalHub.bom, By Adam Gaffin, Pizza Support
• 11/26/2010, The JP Voice, JP Serves Up Community Support for Same Old Place
• 11/10/2010, Spark Minute, By David Spark, Expert tips for community engagement
• 8/12/2010, Bloomberg.com, By Douglas MacMilla, Andreessen's Social Site Ning Gets Users to Pay for Service
• 3/30/2010, Boston Metro, By Justin Rice, Neighbors help flooded friends
• 3/20/2010, Shoemoney.com, By Jeremy Shoemaker, Social networks as the new social infrastructure for neighborhoods
• 11/29/2009, Urbanophile.com, By Aaron Renn, Midwest Midwest Miscellany
• 11/12/2009, TheGlueProject.com, by Douglas Atkin, Showcase #2, Neighbors for Neighbors
• 10/30/2009, BostonWorldPartnerships.com, City Launches Social Networking Website for Each Boston Neighborhood
• 10/29/2009, Neighborhood Network News with Chris Lovett
• 10/29/2009, Cnewmark.com, by Craig Newmark, Neighbors for Neighbors: neighborhood-centric social networks
• 10/24/2009, UniversalHub.com, by Adam Gaffin, Neighborhood social networking gets city imprimatur
• 10/20/2009, BostonCrimeWatch.com, by Carolyn MacNeil, Neighborhood Watch and Neighbors for Neighbors Unite!
• 10/12/2009, CultureandCommunication.org, by Gabe Mugar, Refining the Social and Techincal Design of NfN
• 10/9/2009, CultureandCommunication.org, by Gabe Mugar, Party Starter
• 10/6/2009, CultureandCommunication.org, by Gabe Mugar, Access is only the beginning
• 9/30/2009, KevinCurry.blogspot.com, by Kevin Curry, Gov 2.0 Doers
• 9/28/2009, NeighborWork America, Seven High-Impact Social Media Trends for Neighborhoods and Local Nonprofits
• 9/28/2009, Blog.ning.com, by Laura, Neighbors for Neighbors: Stepping up to fight crime.
• 9/24-25/2009, About organizing we did in response to rash of robberies: FOX, CBS, and Boston Globe.
• 9/20/2009, O'Reilly.com, Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase 09: Hillary Hartley, "Government as a Partner Panel Discussion"
• 9/20/2009, O'Reilly.com, Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase 09: Joseph Porcelli, "Neighbors for Neighbors - Connecting Neighbors to Each Other and Government"
• 9/10/2009, The New Prosperity Initiative, by Alexis Schroeder, Joseph Porcelli discusses his work with Neighbors for Neighbors, a Boston organization that connects neighbors to one another.
• 5/1/2009, Jamaica Plain Gazette, by By David Taber, JP gets networked
• 9/12/2008, Aha-moments.com, by Bill Sherman, Building Local Social Capital: Interview with Joseph Porcelli.
• 8/12/2008, National Sherriff's Association, by Janet K. Hawkins, Making the Connection Boston Crime Prevention Volunteers Unite via New Online Social Network
• 6/24/2008, Blog.ning.com, by Mariko, Know your Neighbors
• 4/22/2008, Blog.ning.com, by Mariko, Save a tree, or three, with the Mug Project,
• 4/11/2008, Blog.ning.com, by Gina Bianchini, All Sorts of Awesome Here…
• 4/11/2008, CBS WBZ Channel 4 Boston, by Paul Burton, Jamaica Plain Takes Crime Watch To Cyberspace
• 4/10/2008, Boston Now, by James O'Brien, Crime Watch goes online
• 3/4/2008, ABC Channel 5 Boston, by David Brown, Group reduces waste one mug at a time
• 2/6/2008, Vermont Public Radio, by Patti Daniels, Building community, one nametag at a time
• 1/22/2007, Boston Globe, by Amy Farnsworth, In quest to cut waste, a modest proposal: Bring a mug
• 9/14/2007, NECN, Wired, with Jim Braude
• 7/16/2007, The Boston Globe, Photo by Jim Davis, "Getting to know you"
• 7/16/2007, Boston Metro, Photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki, "Name game: Fenway fans meet their neighbors"
• 7/15-16/2007, During the days following Nametag Day at Fenway Park there were about a dozen major TV and radio spots.
• 7/9/2007, Boston Now, by Galen Moore, Vision of Community
• 5/29/2007, The Hallmark Channel, New Mornings with Timberly Whitfield, Name tag, Joseph Porcelli
• 3/29/2007, Miami Herald, by Nicholas Spangler, His mission is, namely, to make the world neighborly
• 3/23/2007, WIOD 610 AM, South Florida
• 3/23/2007, CBS Channel 12,West Palm Beach, FL
• 1/22/2007, Smile Revolution with Mindy Smile Fradkin, WKNY - 1490 AM Kingston NY
• 1/21/2007, The Wild and Fee Morning Show, CBS Radio Cleveland - WQAO - 104.1, 1/18/2006. Made appearances WRKO Boston 680 AM FM Talk 96.9, and WBZ 1030 AM and a story was featured on Yahoo News.
• 1/17/2006, Fox 25 Boston, "Man Wears Name Tag to Get to Know His Neighbors"
• 1/16/2007, CBS Boston, by Bill Shields, "J.P. Man Wears Nametag, Gets To Know His Neighbors"
• 1/14/2007, Boston Globe, by Patrick McGoarty, "Hi, I'm Joseph, and for '07, I'm trying something different"
• 1/25/2007, Boston Metro, by Tony Lee, "Hello, my name is... One man's name tag is another man's social experiment"

Major articles prior to 2007 (Others available by searching Google):

• Boston Metro: "Neighborhood social program expanding"
• Boston Bulletin: "Group looks to unite city by neighborhoods"
• Boston Globe: "For one night activists help themselves"
• Boston Globe: "Keeping sight of the forest among the stumps"
• Stephenson Strategies: "Reviving community involvement"
• Boston Globe: "Mighty Neighborly"