Walter Frick

Walter Frick is a Staff Writer at BostInno covering technology and venture capital. He has also written for The Atlantic, Nieman Journalism Lab, and The Energy Collective, among other publications.

What's Wrong With Washington Playing Venture Capitalist?

What's Wrong With Washington Playing Venture Capitalist?

Government shouldn't be in the business of making the most obvious investments or the most difficult investments. Where does that leave Washington? More »

Can the Internet Bring the Beginning of the End of Selfishness?

Can the Internet Bring the Beginning of the End of Selfishness?

A new book from Yochai Benkler, one of the preeminent philosophers of the Internet, explores what compels people to cooperate More »

NewsTrust on Fact-Checking and the Wisdom of Crowds

NewsTrust on Fact-Checking and the Wisdom of Crowds

NewsTrust is shifting its focus to devote time and resources to TruthSquad.com, a group fact-checking site it launched in 2010 More »

The Messenger Matters: Tweaking Design to Minimize Byline Bias

The Messenger Matters: Tweaking Design to Minimize Byline Bias

Without changing authors or their content, bios can be constructed in a way that maximizes credibility by tapping into the social graph More »

The Future of Media Bias

The Future of Media Bias

Context can affect bias, and on the Web -- if I can riff on Lessig -- code is context. So why not design media that accounts for the user's biases and helps him overcome them? More »

Don't Shut Down Energy Innovation

Don't Shut Down Energy Innovation

One of the fascinating things about studying technological innovation is the realization that government is fundamental to the process, particularly at the early stages More »

The New York Times' Unsustainable Paywall

The New York Times' Unsustainable Paywall

By keeping articles accessed through social media free, the Times paywall is counting on older readers that aren't Web savvy More »

FactCheck.org's Brooks Jackson on Overcoming Motivated Skepticism

FactCheck.org's Brooks Jackson on Overcoming Motivated Skepticism

Using some of the methods employed by FactCheck.org to determine reliability as we filter information online More »

Cleantech For English Majors

Cleantech For English Majors

Breaking in to the burgeoning field often requires a special set of technical knowledge, but there are ways to obtain that without going back to school More »

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