NY News Games
Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by robertson.adams
in 2007, Gail Robinson, Gotham Gazette
Gotham Gazette will develop games to inform and engage players about key issues confronting New York City. Gotham Gazette will hold forums on the games’ issues, report on what solutions the players developed and relay those ideas to city officials.
Amount:
$ 250,000
Location:
New York City
Organization:
Gotham Gazette
Twitter Link:
Winner:
Gail Robinson
Bio:
Gail Robinson has 25 years experience as a political journalist. She edited and wrote for an environmental magazine with an urban focus, covered education for a daily newspaper, supervised political columns for a national newspaper feature syndicate and served as executive editor of monthly magazine offering Americans global perspectives. Robinson moved to online journalism first as a freelancer for sites such as govWorks.com and joined the Gotham Gazette staff in 2000. Along with editing, she has written extensively about the recent upheaval in the New York City school system, covered local political contests and reported on issues from parades to pollution. She has worked on Gotham Gazette’s early forays into games. A resident of Brooklyn and loyal (if not native) New Yorker, Robinson became editor-in-chief of Gotham Gazette in 2007.