by
Lydia Chávez
Mission Local will never have a paywall. All our articles are free for everyone, always. Help us keep it that way — donate to our end-of-year fundraiser to make Mission Local free for your neighbors.
The New York Times reports today that:
Yuri Milner, the Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist and self-described “failed physicist” who made a splash two years ago when he began handing out lavish cash awards to scientists, is expanding the universe of his largess again: He and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook announced Thursday night that they would begin handing out $3 million awards to mathematicians. READ MORE HERE
Founder/Executive Editor. I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.
As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.
At ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.
More by Lydia Chávez3 Comments
Yeah, no kidding, right?
I was sad to see that Google is also a member of Alec’s “communication and technology task force”.
So much for “Don’t Be Evil”.
Kudos where kudos is due!
It’s commendable of Zuckerberg to give some portion of his money to a worthy cause, and awesome to see an article that could foster more enthusiasm towards science and mathematics (even if the cynic in me can’t help but wonder if this is a PR stunt). While he’s a man with many flaws (as everyone ultimately is), I find it laudable that he’s proven himself willing to invest a small part of his wealth into pursuing scientific knowledge and advancements that could benefit us all.
Now if he’d just divest from ALEC.