At the daily press briefing on 28th July, the IOC reported that the IOC digital platforms are on ‘record pace’, with ’50m people’ engaging with
Category: Social Media
Social Media and the Future of Citizen Journalism (via Carlson Media)
Here’s a great film about the Vancouver 2010 Social Media coverage. Highlights include recognition that citizen journalists gave the Paralympic Games a profile, when broadcasters fail. As well, recognition of the different roles of citizen and investigative journalists.
Digital resources for the Winter Games
Following the model of BCMC the village of Whistler, one of the main hosts of the Olympic outdoor competitions, has put together a similar centre catering for the media in town interested in following stories out the beaten Olympic track: the Whistler Media House. This article also features a list of digital resources for the Winter Games.
PHOTO ESSAY: Citizen & Alternative Journalism at the Vancouver Olympics
Citizen journalism is nothing new to our world of available technology. It has become second nature for people to capture their experience, events or news
Culture @ the Olympics staff guests on CKNW News Talk Sports Radio
Our Editorial Assistants, Ana ADI and Jennifer Jones, were live on CKNW on Tuesday, February 16, talking about their coverage of the Olympics so far. They joined Jill Bennett’s International Media Panel with, her other guests, John Crumpacker of San Francisco Chronicle and Florian Zut of Swiss National Television. During the one-hour show the four journalists discussed their coverage of the Games, culture at the Olympics and the relation and differences between traditional media and citizen journalists.
PHOTO ESSAY: Canada Welcomes The World to The Vancouver 2010 Olympics
This is the 2nd of several Vancouver 2010 Olympics photo essays created by Kris Krüg. Vancouver is filled with energy now that 2010 Winter Olympic
W2 Media House Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
This morning was the official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the W2 Culture and Media House; the first independent media centre of its kind, offering space and providing the infrastructure, resources and support for unaccredited media, independent journalists and bloggers from around the world and around the corner who are covering this story of Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Games.
@CulturalOlympic (2009.10.15-2010.01.06)
Our Twitter Feed Summary for 15 Dec 2009 -06 Jan 2010
Our Twitter Feed summary (2009.10.02-13)
A summary of the Twitter data from the 2nd to the 13th of October – capturing the online discussions from the 121st IOC session.