Localizing the Internet Health Report: Prototyping with NYC

[mozfest-bot]

[ UUID ] d3324c81-5552-442b-9968-a86d66736d4d

[ Session Name ] Localizing the Internet Health Report: Prototyping with NYC [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion [ Secondary Space ] Openness

[ Submitter's Name ] Meghan McDermott [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Mozilla Foundation (Fellow)

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Samantha Grassle

[ Other Facilitator 2's Name ] Jairus Khan

What will happen in your session?

Over the last year, Mozilla Foundation and the NYC Mayor’s Office of the CTO have partnered to adapt the global Internet Health Report (IHR) to the city-level in order to capture and share the dynamic digital work of the city. Through policy, programs and partnerships, the localized Internet Health Report features a city committed to digital rights. In this proposed learning forum, we will: 1) present NYC’s draft/in-progress report for clarifying questions and feedback; 2) discuss the partnership, why NYC sees value in this work for itself and other cities, and share how we curated content; and, 3) seek input about its broader value and application to identify next steps for Mozilla and allies on the ground.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

Our goals are to: 1) generate awareness of how localization by NYC offers a powerful means of demonstrating internet health impacts for other cities; and 2) get honest feedback on the current draft to inform revisions. Taken together, these goals address core deliverables of the Mozilla Fellowship tasked with facilitating and supporting localization.

Time needed

60 mins

[mcdermott415]

Dear Space Wranglers -- this project sits at the intersection of all issue areas under the internet health (IH) framework and all 5 topics are reflected in the report that NYC is piloting. We selected Digital Inclusion for primary submission because taken together, all issues serve NYC's digital rights agenda by documenting where and how it is making progress towards a fair, just and equitable city. As a secondary space, we selected Oppenness, as this reflects a transparent effort on the part of NYC to highlight work that creates conditions for access, innovation and participation. In this way, it's not a typical proposal with a singular focus and may be best placed at the Internet Health research space, if it emerges. Until then, we wanted to make sure that this interdependent prototype had proper home for consideration. Looking forward to your questions/re-direction.

[jontutcher]

Hey @mcdermott415, thanks for the submission. This looks like a really interesting session!

[mcdermott415]

@jontutcher -- thanks Jon! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns, really happy to talk through some of the complexities of this submission.

[zee-moz]

@mcdermott415 hello! can you say more about how you'll present the draft? do participants read through the whole thing, or sections? thanks :)

[mcdermott415]

@zee-moz -- Hi Zannah, yes, thanks for asking to clarify this.

After presenting a quick overview of the NYC/Moz partnership and purpose of the local IHR effort, we will break up the room into 5 smaller sets or pairs into according to issue area and have them read through a story or spotlight (these are focused on people, policy or project) with 3 guided response questions still tbd but we will bee looking for relevance, urgency and replicability. After that, we'll have folks share out to the group (so everyone can gain a full portrait of the report through these samples) to discuss re: where and how they see this kind of documentation providing value to cities invested in internet health initiatives.

So in short, it's big group overview, small group deep dive, big group report back and analysis/summary, in order to solicit targeted feedback on the quality of the narratives vs generic feedback on design or format. Sound good? M