The past is always with us. For the city of Oakland, CA, it's about to come alive online in a way that could enrich public discussions of today's local development concerns.
UC Berkeley journalism professor Paul Grabowicz recently won a $60,000 Knight News Challenge grant to fund the development of an online video game, Remembering 7th Street, that recreates Oakland's jazz and blues club scene from the 1940s and 50s.
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http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/jazzclubs/
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Friday, 29 June 2007
Oakland: Video Game Aims to Revive Community
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