"The first summer Twitter Olympics..."
Quote from an article in Scotland on Sunday on 15 April 2012 - Professor Andy Miah and his team are looking to involve "citizen journalists" in covering the Olympics in 2012.
- Although I'm a big fan of gathering my news content via Twitter, there's still a bit of a ritual in our house involving the purchase of Scotland on Sunday and the drinking of a cafetiere of coffee before the chores of the day begin. Sometimes I don't get far beyond the At Home section, but as we've just finished a house renovation, my property daydreaming is on hold for the moment. So it was with great interest that I managed to make it to the Spectrum magazine today, where I found an article about Professor Andy Miah.
@andymiah - 5381 Tweets, 2481 Followers, 1752 Following.Director, @CreativeFutur, Chair of Ethics+Emerging Tech @UWScreative #scotland+ @IEET & @FACT_Liverpool @huffingtonpost @OlympicsBasics e...- Discussing his interest in the advances in technology which will surround the 2012 Olympics, Miah is quoted in Scotland on Sunday saying"For London 2012, the big innovations will be live broadcast of all sports and the rolling out of 3D broadcasting. It will be the first summer Twitter Olympics, where a lot of the strategies for delivering media content to audiences will be social media."He further went on to explain that "citizen journalists" would be encouraged to participate, and on Twitter this would involve the use of the #media2012 tag.
- At this point in my reading of the article, I picked up my iPhone and did a quick search for #media2012.
Reading Scotland on Sunday article about @andymiah and #media2012 has led to @jennifermjones and @culturalolympic - v interesting- Glancing through the #media2012 this tweet caught my eye and I followed the link
New blog posting, #media2012 citizen journalism accreditation - tinyurl.com/bp4459w- Which led me to:
The #media2012 Charter : #media2012Today we launch the #media2012 Charter, designed to inform the philosophy and practice of the #media2012 family. Find below a brief an in...- And the #media2012 document
- By the time I'd scanned through part of the media charter, Jennifer Jones, who I'd mentioned in my first tweet had answered:
@SusanMcNaughton @andymiah @culturalolympic wow! So the mainstream media still works :-) need to get a copy myself, Andy do you need one?- @SusanMcNaughton also worth checking out the Scotland hub of #media2012 - @CitizenRelay. Will be Edinburgh for reporter training in May. :)
Save the dates! Reporter training across Scotland in May! | Citizen Relay: Tracking the 2012 Torch Around ScotlandWe are currently in the process of securing venues across Scotland to deliver #citizenrelay reporter training to the masses. Over a 4 day...- @SusanMcNaughton Brilliant! If you aren't following @dgmcgillivray, he's 'in charge' of #citizenrelay also another UWS colleague in events
- @SusanMcNaughton Great if you could, we are looking for people to sign up as reporters Scotland-wide, why not join us! :)
@jennifermjones @SusanMcNaughton The relay goes through St Andrews and into Fife. Wld be great to get u involved given ur connections- @SusanMcNaughton @jennifermjones we still need reporters so pass on the opportunities if you can! Thanks
- This conversation has been of great interest today, and my promise to Dr McGillivray and Jennifer Jones is that I'd spread the word further as there is still a search on for citizen journalists to cover the Cultural Olympiad events, and the torch relay in Scotland. This looks like a great opportunity for people to get involved in the Olympics - and with no requirement to get into a pair of shorts! So follow the links above to find out more if you're interested in getting involved.
