I’m not actually there — I’m at my Web internship at The Dallas Morning News. So, what did I do?
I set up this CoverItLive blog to automatically aggregate all the tweets tagged #knc09 #fncm09 #kncmit (translation: Knight News Challenge, Future of News and Civic Media and Knight News Challenge Massachusetts Institute of Technology) so I (and others who can’t follow all the awesomeness minute-by-minute) can read them later.
Enjoy!
Live video from the WeMedia 09 Pitch It (for-profit) session, including Cody Brown‘s (@codybrown) Locccal idea.
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BarCamp NewsInnovation Miami is today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Anokha in Coconut Grove (or the Mayfair Hotel). I just feel like shouting: Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
For past coverage of other NewsInnovation events:
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Yes, it’s true! BarCamp NewsInnovation Miami is happening this Sunday at Anokha in the Grove. I’ve been promoting on Twitter, via e-mail, in person, etc. but have yet to post on my blog. D’oh!
I blame being in Idaho for 10 days doing this and then coming back to craziness. But more on that later.
Here are the details from the wiki page I created. Please share this information with any of your news/media/journalism/blogger friends (pros and students):
BarCamp NewsInnnovation Miami is a local version of BarCamp NewsInnovation.
It’s being paired with BarCamp Miami 2009 + WordCamp for extra awesomeness and to allow for a crowd with a more diverse range of perspectives and experiences.
When: Sunday, Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Anokha Indian restaurant, 3324 Virginia Street, Miami, Fla. (Coconut Grove)
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Live stream (if connectivity allows)
Questions?
Social media
Related links
I’ll be off the usual radar for 10 days as one of about 30 University of Miami students participating in the 150-student webcasting team at the Special Olympics 2009 World Winter Games in Idaho.
The games run from Feb. 7-13, but we’ll be there from Feb. 5-15. Students will be split across newsrooms in Boise, McCall and Sun Valley.
(Somehow I have a knack for taking trips that require really early flights, as evinced by the post time.)
Rich Beckman, Knight Chair of Visual Journalism at UM, is the executive producer for Special Olympics Live, a site we will update with photos and videos daily. I’m on Rich’s team in Boise and will be documenting the team’s efforts with other a couple other Miami folks and a couple students from Universidad de los Andes in Chile.
In addition, I’m in charge of social media for the site, which isn’t really “live.”
I’ll post some updates on my @greglinch Twitter account, but I’ve created @soilive to handle our general webcasting team coverage.
You can follow the hashtag #soi and/or subscribe to the RSS feed for a Twitter search of #soi. If you’re interested, you can also join the official Special Olympics community, where fans post blogs, photos and videos.
I’m bringing my Canon Rebel XT (15-55mm and 75-300mm lenses), in addition to one of the broadcast department’s Sony DSR-PD150 to use for the video work. Other UM students will use thePanasonic AG-DVX100, which are shared between the visual journalism and motion pictures programs.
I typically use the Panasonic, but have a good amount of experience with the Sony, so I’ll be ready to rock once we’re wheels down in Idaho.
The Sony kit is in a huge Pelican case and comes with:
As you may remember, I was also part of a volunteer team from the UM School of Communication that shot the Special Olympics torch run in Miami in January.
Full disclosure: Special Olympics is covering all of our travel and lodging expenses for the World Winter Games, but we are not being paid.