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Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:21:00 -0500

INVITE TO THE FRESH MEDIA OLYMPICS!

A hybrid conference about how Social Media has Transformed the Olympic Story

Join Fresh Media and W2 at the W2 Culture + Media House on Monday, Feb 22 starting at 2pm for an afternoon of intellectual dialogue on the impact social media has had on the stories surrounding the Olympic games. The Winter Olympics and Paralympics are expected to draw 3 billion television and 70 million website viewers worldwide and will generate more wireless and social media-based content than any previous Olympics.

With this explosion of citizen-generated media tools in the hands of Olympic fans and foes, as well as pervasive reporting by new media journalists and bloggers, will social media have its journalistic coming-out party this February?

The conference features a keynote from Andy Miah, author of ‘Genetically Modified Athletes’ (2004) and ‘A Digital Olympics: Digital Games, Ethics & Cultures’ (The MIT Press, 2010), and panels with senior journalists and industry watchers from the USA, UK, Canada, and elsewhere. An afternoon unconference program provides open space for participant led-workshops with an added emphasis on practice and a summary of the first Olympic week. The conference also brings people face-to-face for networking and sharing tips on theory, practice, legal and operations. W2 will webstream to reach viewers outside Vancouver. The day wraps with a Cinq à Sept reception and evening party with Vancouver artists and DJs.

Sure to sell-out, registration is free for Full Media Access passholders for the W2 Culture + Media House and involves a two-tiered paying system for others. This event is co-hosted by Fresh Media and W2.

Please register online in advance HERE — we look forward to seeing you! On Facebook? Check out the event page and let others know you’re going HERE.

SCHEDULE

1:00pm - Keynote by Andy Miah followed by Dialogue
3:15pm - Workshops
Workshop 1: Harnessing the Media to Activate Citizens
Workshop 2: Bejing to London
Workshop 3: An open space for discussion based on issues rising from the dialogue following Andy Miah’s keynote.
5:00pm - Reception

Welcome to Fresh Media headquarters! LATEST FRESH MEDIA ACTIONS: The CRTC is currently...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:09:00 -0400

Welcome to Fresh Media headquarters!

LATEST FRESH MEDIA ACTIONS:

The CRTC is currently reconsidering the role of community television in Canada, providing an historic opportunity to create a rejuvenated, FRESH and innovative independent media system.

Many people are unaware that two per cent of what cable companies collect from their customers monthly is supposed to be spent on community channels. BUT, rather than provide community access to these resources as they should, cable operators have used these channels and funds to give themselves a competitive edge, and at times even pocketing the money while shutting down studios. Tell the CRTC what you think of this: http://tinyurl.com/ycf3uo5

OpenMedia.ca supports a proposal by CACTUS (Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations) calling for the millions of dollars already being collected by cable companies for community TV, be liberated to independent media centres for use by all Canadians. The CRTC can make this a reality – please send them a letter now! HERE: http://tinyurl.com/ycf3uo5

The best part of CACTUS’ plan is that Canadians won’t have to pay another dime! The money we are already paying to cable companies will be directed to independent media!

This is our chance to make media FRESH, diverse and independent! It takes just a CLICK OR TWO OF YOUR MOUSE.

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Fresh Media Forum

Our first event on October 24th was an amazing success with a packed house and more inspiring workshops, art pieces, panels, live feeds, and interactive celebrations of media than we could have imagined! Took photos while at the event and want to share them with us? Post them to our open Fresh Media Flickr group HERE.

Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for more event debriefs — in the meantime, feel free to follow event photos on our Flickr pool and discussions about the event on Twitter and Facebook.

We deeply thank everyone who took time out of their Saturday to come and make this event such an unforgettable success!

A Thank You to the Following FRESH Sponsors: Media Sponsors & Partners: Community...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:15:00 -0400

FRESH MEDIA . ME

INVITE TO THE FRESH MEDIA OLYMPICS! A hybrid conference about how Social Media has Transformed the...

INVITE TO THE FRESH MEDIA OLYMPICS!

Welcome to Fresh Media headquarters! LATEST FRESH MEDIA ACTIONS: The CRTC is currently...

Welcome to Fresh Media headquarters!

LATEST FRESH MEDIA ACTIONS:

Fresh Media Forum

A Thank You to the Following FRESH Sponsors: Media Sponsors & Partners: Community...

A Thank You to the Following FRESH Sponsors:

Media Sponsors & Partners:

Community Sponsors: