The Media is Dead, Long Live the Media!
May 1st-3rd - 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 society. The next generation could be without the 4th Estate.
And new media has not yet realized its potential to fill this space.
http://twitter.com/themediaisdying
http://techdirt.com/
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
Citizen 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 gathering is organised by visionOntv (http://visionon.tv) – an undercurrents project (http://undercurrents.org)
To book a place – please edit this wiki page.
Participants:
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 without a camera (VOTV)
- Alternatives to youtube: a question of distribution
- Funding, schmunding and getting bread to eat from online media (undercurrents)
