Jennie Rose Halperin

Jennie was the Senior Communications Manager at Creative Commons. She makes the CC communications and brand sparkle and works with communities to tell their stories through a variety of media.

Before joining Creative Commons, Jennie worked for Safari Books Online/O’Reilly Media as the Product Engagement Manager where she managed community marketing and test-driven product growth with a mighty team of technologists dedicated to innovation in online learning. She was previously at Mozilla on the Community Building Team and earned her masters degree in Library Science.

Posts by Jennie Rose Halperin

Reviving archives through remix: How a Dutch archival project is reinvigorating electronic music

by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture

What does it mean to listen to the past through a truly modern lens? This is the question the Dutch project re:vive seeks to answer.

A month of Slack: Growing global communities every day

by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC

About a month ago, CC moved its daily communications to Slack, the team messaging service popular with communities around the world. You can read more about our decision here. What a month it’s been. We’ve seen our daily community grow to nearly 500 users, with an average of 110 people posting every day. We’ve also…

A simple and versatile resource for refugees: an interview with Refugee Phrasebook

by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Access, Open Data

With 1.1 million asylum seekers in Germany, the need for language and education support is acute, and the Refugee Phrasebook helps meet that need.

How fast is your internet? How MLab uses CC0 data for the public interest

by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Data

Though internet as infrastructure may have seemed radical only a short while ago, many technologists are now taking a different tack: as a vital part of modern life, access to reliable internet is essential to the development of a just and equitable society.

Step outside of the status quo with Maya Zankoul: A Lebanese illustrator discusses her connection to the commons

by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture

Popular Lebanese illustrator, webcomic author, and blogger Maya Zankoul spreads the message of the commons through her art, her design studio, and her video company wezank.