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Felipe Heusser

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Felipe Heusser (born 1980) is a Chilean activist and social entrepreneur, co-founder of Ciudadano Inteligente, a Latin American civic technology organization based in Santiago-Chile, awarded with the 2011 Golden Nica for 'Digital Communities'[1] and the 2013 Omidyar Network Award.[2]

Heusser is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University,[3] where he conducts research in the topics of open government and civic technologies.[3]

Being an Ashoka Fellow since 2010,[4] Heusser has also co-founded the Latin American Civic-Hacking network Developing Latin America, the Chilean online radio Subela,[5] and most recently the open live streaming network Rhinobird.tv, for which Heusser was awarded with the 2011 Knight News Challenge together with Jeffrey Warren.[6][7]

Heusser is a member of the board of advisers for Code for America.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Ars Electronica | Prix Ars Electronica". Aec.at. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  2. ^ "Omidyar Network Award: 2013 Winners | Omidyar Network". Omidyar.com. 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. ^ a b "Felipe Heusser | Berkman Center". Cyber.law.harvard.edu. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  4. ^ "Felipe Heusser | Ashoka - Innovators for the Public". Ashoka.org. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  5. ^ "Inicio - Sц╨bela Radio". Subela.cl. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  6. ^ "Winners in Knight News Challenge: Networks". Knightfoundation.org. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  7. ^ "Knight-backed Peepol.TV aims to be a social network for live video » Nieman Journalism Lab". Niemanlab.org. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  8. ^ "Code for All". Codeforamerica.org. Retrieved 2015-04-01.