Lalita Clozel was the former Technical.ly DC Lead Reporter. She has written for OpenSecrets.org, the Los Angeles Times and Philadelphia City Paper. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, she wrote for The Daily Pennsylvanian, covering legal affairs, city politics and labor unions.
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Aug. 30, 2016 8:30 am
This summer, the DC Housing Authority trained girls how to code
It's just one of the programs of dcConnectHome, which aims to close the digital divide among the District's public housing residents.
Oct. 27, 2015 10:22 am
How the founder of College Abacus is trying to maintain her startup roots inside a giant company
Two years in, Abigail Seldin sold her company to the Educational Credit Management Corporation. Here's what she's doing now.
Oct. 7, 2015 12:04 pm
Here’s what civic technologists can do to make police body cameras actually useful
D.C. Office of Open Government Director Traci Hughes says body cameras offer civic hackers a chance to “get involved in a meaty problem and do something that's good for the city.”
Oct. 5, 2015 12:58 pm
These plucky startup founders want to beat Apple and Google at geolocation
The founders of Parkour Method rebooted twice before arriving at a geolocation SDK they can be proud of.
Sep. 29, 2015 7:49 am
How 5 local millennials ended up in #dctech
Come for the politics, stay for the startups. Here are five examples of how to chart a new course.
Sep. 28, 2015 12:09 pm
Why young entrepreneurs flock to DC Nightowls
Launched in 2011, the Meetup group has grown a large following, birthed a few startups and earned daps from a number of big names.
Sep. 25, 2015 7:40 am
Helping former athletes reach for new professional dreams: Gradtap
Matthew Parker, who played basketball at James Madison University, is helping other former college athletes find jobs in the tech sector.
Sep. 24, 2015 10:22 am
How the CEO of CirrusWorks went from wiring hotel networks to decongesting them
After helping hotels plug into the internet, CirrusWorks CEO David Giannini wants to help decongest public networks. His goal: making sure “the bandwith hogs don’t step on the rest of us.”
Sep. 23, 2015 12:40 pm
Here’s a new data analytics platform for the weed industry
Downtown D.C.-based New Frontier Financials is trying to bring clarity to a still-foggy industry.
Sep. 22, 2015 10:53 am
How a local bike courier company cleverly switched gears to avoid extinction
How visas and flowers kept Washington Express cruising into the 21st century.