Jeff Howe

Jeff Howe is a professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard. More

Jeff Howe is a professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He previously worked as a contributing editor at Wired Magazine, where he covered the media and entertainment industries. In June 2006 he published "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" in Wired. In September 2008 he published a book on the subject for Random House. The book has been translated into 11 languages. Before coming to Wired in 2001 he was a senior editor at Inside.com and a writer at the Village Voice. In his 20 years as a journalist he has traveled around the world working on stories ranging from the impending water crisis in Central Asia to the implications of gene patenting. He has written for Time, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, Mother Jones and numerous other publications. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.

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1book140's <i>Great Gatsby</i> Month: Read the Book and Watch All Four Films

1book140's Great Gatsby Month: Read the Book and Watch All Four Films

The May discussion schedule for our Twitter book club More »

March Is Short-Story Month at #1book140

March Is Short-Story Month at #1book140

Nominate selections for our Twitter book club's next read. More »

February Is Children's Book Month at 1book140

February Is Children's Book Month at 1book140

Nominate titles for the next installment of our Twitter-based book club. More »

December 1book140 Shortlist: Return of the Bridesmaids

December 1book140 Shortlist: Return of the Bridesmaids

Nominate titles for the next installment of our Twitter-based book club. More »

1book140: Meet J. Nathan Matias

1book140: Meet J. Nathan Matias

From here on out, Nathan will be helping run our Twitter-based book club. More »

October 1book140 Shortlist: Scary Reads

October 1book140 Shortlist: Scary Reads

Vote for which title we should tackle in the next month of our Twitter-based reading club. More »

July 1book140 Reading Schedule: 'The Magicians' by Lev Grossman

July 1book140 Reading Schedule: 'The Magicians' by Lev Grossman

Read along with our Twitter-based book club as we tackle this month's selection, a novel about the ordinariness of life with magic More »

July Is Beach-Read Month at 1book140

July Is Beach-Read Month at 1book140

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How Hashtags and Social Media Can Bring Megacorporations to Their Knees

How Hashtags and Social Media Can Bring Megacorporations to Their Knees

Social media and high technology are subverting the economy's traditional, top-down hierarchies. As consumers gain leverage, corporations are learning to obey. More »

June 1book140 Reading Schedule: 'The Name of the Rose'

June 1book140 Reading Schedule: 'The Name of the Rose'

Read along with us as we tackle Umberto Eco's classic novel. More »

Happy Birthday, 1book140

Happy Birthday, 1book140

Reflections on a year of leading The Atlantic's Twitter-based book club More »

June Is Whodunit Month at 1book140

June Is Whodunit Month at 1book140

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May 1book140 Nominations: Travel Writing

May 1book140 Nominations: Travel Writing

Make a suggestion for what we'll read next in our Twitter-based book club. More »

April 1book140: The Sci-Fi Shortlist

April 1book140: The Sci-Fi Shortlist

Vote for which book we'll read for next month's installment of our monthly Twitter-based book club More »

April Is Sci-Fi Month at 1book140

April Is Sci-Fi Month at 1book140

Nominations are open for the next round of our Twitter-based reading club. More »

Vote for Which Graphic Novels 1book140 Will Read in February

Vote for Which Graphic Novels 1book140 Will Read in February

We'll be discussing four titles this month instead of the usual one. More »

Modern-Day Longitude Prize: And the Winners Are ...

Modern-Day Longitude Prize: And the Winners Are ...

See who came out on top in our first-ever 1book140 contest. More »

February Is Graphic Novel Month for 1book140

February Is Graphic Novel Month for 1book140

Help us pick the next title for our Twitter-based book club. More »

Vote Here for the Modern-Day Longitude Prize

Vote Here for the Modern-Day Longitude Prize

The top five winners will receive special-edition books by our January author, Dava Sobel. More »

1book140 Contest: What's the Modern-Day Equivalent of Longitude?

1book140 Contest: What's the Modern-Day Equivalent of Longitude?

Submit your answer for a chance to win limited-edition copies of books by Dava Sobel. More »

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