The Media is Dead, Long Live the Media!
May 8th-10th - new media gathering on Raven's Ait Island.
The imminent commercial collapse of mainstream media, and its replacement by PR-driven news, threatens the journalistic integrity and independence necessary for a free scoiety. The next generation could be without the 4th Estate.
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http://techdirt.com/
And new media has not realized its potential to fill this space.
Old media and new media need to gather together, sharing skills, resources and experience to create the media of the future.
We invite:
Traditional media people
Alt-media people
Media students
DIY culture practitioners
Indymedia people
Documentary filmmakers
Print journalists
Radio journalists
The conference will concentrate on the audio-visual side of media, with space for break-out groups for print, radio and web.
The space: an eco-conference centre on an island in the Thames 25 mins by train from central London. http://ravensait.org.uk
We have a large hall, a cinema room, and 3 conference rooms. There is basic crash space for 40 people over the weekend. The conference will be run on an “un-conference” format, and will be funded by contributions for the space and meals over the weekend.
The gthering is organised by visionOntv (http://visionon.tv) – an undercurrents project (http://undercurrents.org) <<bio>>
To book a place – please edit this wiki page.
Participants:
HamishCampbell
Richard hering
James Norris - Nitro Mobile / Nitro Ventures
Dave Tinham
To add ideas for the conference, contribute to the wiki or contact gathering@visionon.tv
Please add Proposals for workshops
- Practical video citizen’s journalism skills – make a 3 minute news/issue short in 4 hours (VOTV)
- Future of media in the digital age
- Using stills to make news reports in one hour with out a camera (VOTV)
- Alternatives to youtube a question of distribution
- Funding, smunding and getting bread to eat from online media (undercurrents)
