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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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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

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

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 »

Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' Is January's 1book140 Pick

Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' Is January's 1book140 Pick

Learn more about the selection for the next month of our Twitter-based reading club.… More »

Vote for January's 1book140 Selection

Vote for January's 1book140 Selection

Help us decide which history book to tackle for the next month of our Twitter-based reading club.… More »

For January, 1book140 Gets Historical

For January, 1book140 Gets Historical

Submit your nominations for which book our Twitter-based reading club should tackle next… More »

'Right Ho, Jeeves' by P.G. Wodehouse: The December 1book140 Schedule

'Right Ho, Jeeves' by P.G. Wodehouse: The December 1book140 Schedule

Discussion starts this week for the December edition of our Twitter-based book club… More »

December 1book140 Shortlist: The Bridesmaids

December 1book140 Shortlist: The Bridesmaids

Vote on what to read for the next month of our Twitter-based reading club… More »

'Slaughterhouse-Five' Reading Schedule

'Slaughterhouse-Five' Reading Schedule

Discussion starts this week for the November edition of our Twitter-based book club… More »

November Nominations: Celebrating Dead Authors ... and Dead Votes!

November Nominations: Celebrating Dead Authors ... and Dead Votes!

Works by writers no longer living will be on the shortlist for the next round of 1book140 reading… More »

The Big, Scary Read: 1book140's Discussion Schedule for October

The Big, Scary Read: 1book140's Discussion Schedule for October

Follow along as we read "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill… More »

Should Authors Be Allowed to Campaign for Their Own Books?

Should Authors Be Allowed to Campaign for Their Own Books?

With voting in full swing for next month's selection, some readers think one title is getting an unfair advantage… More »

The October 1book140 Scary Book Shortlist

The October 1book140 Scary Book Shortlist

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