Noam Cohen

thumb|Noam Cohen at Wikimania 2009 Noam Cohen is a journalist and columnist for The New York Times. He has covered subjects including business and technology. Quotes thumb|Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community, Wikimania 2009 (August 28, 2009) Internet companies and nonprofits like Wikipedia have been forced to choose between cooperating with the Chinese government and losing access to the growing online audience there. Noam Cohen The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/technology/16wikipedia.html?_r=0 Chinese Government Relaxes Its Total Ban on Wikipedia October 16, 2006 October 29, 2014 Governments are trying to wrestle, how do you censor without being so heavy-handed that you make people really, you know, can't live their lives. Interview with National Public Radio; quoted in — http://www.wbur.org/npr/105762132 What Is The Value Of Tweets From Iran June 22, 2009 Talk of the Nation National Public Radio; WBUR Neal Conan October 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029150918/http://www.wbur.org/npr/105762132 w:Neal Conan October 29, 2014 Through Google, you can find the horrible things people say about you, and the nice things they say about you. And so I do that regularly to sort of check on it. Interviewed as part of panel discussion — Andrew Lih w:Andrew Lih Wikimania 2009 Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:200908281410-Andrew Lih-Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community.ogv October 30, 2014 Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community August 28, 2009 As time has shifted, The Times and all the other media outlets recognize how important Wikipedia is. It's not the same hurdle anymore. I don't have to sort of say: 'Wow look at this strange thing going on, can I write some weird story about it?' Instead it's like: 'This is hugely important, and of course, write, we want to know every change.' Interviewed as part of panel discussion — Andrew Lih w:Andrew Lih Wikimania 2009 Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:200908281410-Andrew Lih-Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community.ogv October 30, 2014 Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community August 28, 2009 Before Wikileaks, or even the Internet, there were just plain leaks. Noam Cohen The New York Times April 18, 2010 What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do With the Pentagon Papers Today? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/business/media/19link.html October 30, 2014 If someone today had the Pentagon Papers, or the modern equivalent, would he still go to the press, as Daniel Ellsberg did nearly 40 years ago, and wait for the documents to be analyzed and published? Or would that person simply post them online immediately? Noam Cohen The New York Times April 18, 2010 What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do With the Pentagon Papers Today? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/business/media/19link.html October 30, 2014 Playing the government off newspapers, and newspapers against each other, still does not compare with the power of the World Wide Web. Noam Cohen The New York Times April 18, 2010 What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do With the Pentagon Papers Today? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/business/media/19link.html October 30, 2014 America's got a much stronger tradition of free speech and freedom of the press. In Europe, it's much more nuanced and they put a lot of meaning on the rights of your reputation. Interviewed live on MSNBC program Morning Joe; quoted in — http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/google-begins-cleaning-up-online-reputations-298468419646 MSNBC July 7, 2014 Google begins cleaning up online reputations Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski w:Mika Brzezinski October 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029161113/http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/google-begins-cleaning-up-online-reputations-298468419646 October 29, 2014 Never before has the boundary between geek culture and mainstream culture been so porous. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sunday-review/were-all-nerds-now.html Noam Cohen The New York Times We're All Nerds Now September 13, 2014 October 29, 2014 An engineering degree is also no longer a requisite to using technology, as seemingly anyone today can install a printer or upload a video. Similarly, another signifier of nerd status — knowing obscure facts about favorite subjects — has also lost its currency. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sunday-review/were-all-nerds-now.html Noam Cohen The New York Times We're All Nerds Now September 13, 2014 October 29, 2014 From gadgets to social networks to video games, the decision not to embrace the newest technology is a choice to be out of the mainstream. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sunday-review/were-all-nerds-now.html Noam Cohen The New York Times We're All Nerds Now September 13, 2014 October 29, 2014 Unlike in the United States, where freedom of expression is a fundamental right that supersedes other interests, Europe views an individual’s privacy and freedom of expression as almost equal rights. Noam Cohen The New York Times Times Articles Removed From Google Results in Europe October 3, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/business/media/times-articles-removed-from-google-results-in-europe.html October 29, 2014 As a fresh wave of Ebola fear grips the American public, the Internet is rife with conspiracy theories, supposed miracle cures and Twitter posts of dread. But amid the fear mongering are several influential sites that are sticking to the facts about Ebola. Millions have come to rely on these sites, including those run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and Wikipedia. Noam Cohen http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/wikipedia-is-emerging-as-trusted-internet-source-for-information-on-ebola-.html The New York Times October 26, 2014 Wikipedia Emerges as Trusted Internet Source for Ebola Information October 29, 2014 Once the butt of jokes for being the site where visitors could find anything, true or not, Wikipedia in recent years has become a more trusted source of information — certainly for settling bar bets, but even for weighty topics like Ebola. Noam Cohen http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/wikipedia-is-emerging-as-trusted-internet-source-for-information-on-ebola-.html The New York Times October 26, 2014 Wikipedia Emerges as Trusted Internet Source for Ebola Information October 29, 2014 See also Computing Internet Journalism Technology External links https://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:315 October 28, 2014 August 28, 2009 Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community - About the panelists Wikimania 2009 Wikimedia Foundation Ayers Phoebe w:Phoebe Ayers https://web.archive.org/web/20130701060536/http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:315 July 1, 2013 http://www.wbur.org/npr/105762132 October 29, 2014 What Is The Value Of Tweets From Iran June 22, 2009 Talk of the Nation National Public Radio; WBUR Neal Conan October 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029150918/http://www.wbur.org/npr/105762132 w:Neal Conan http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/google-begins-cleaning-up-online-reputations-298468419646 October 29, 2014 MSNBC July 7, 2014 Google begins cleaning up online reputations Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski w:Mika Brzezinski October 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029161113/http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/google-begins-cleaning-up-online-reputations-298468419646 http://www.wnyc.org/story/28223-wikimania-in-egypt/ Brian Lehrer w:Brian Lehrer The Brian Lehrer Show Wikimania in Egypt July 24, 2008 October 29, 2014 October 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029162511/http://www.wnyc.org/story/28223-wikimania-in-egypt/ WNYC Category:Journalists Category:Bloggers Category:Technology writers from the United States Category:Living people