[creative-radio] NGOs Must Harness Social Media Beyond Disaster Relief

 

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When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Doctors
Without Borders had 1,300 followers on Twitter. Now, it boasts over
13,000. The Red Cross follower count shot up by just over 40,000 people in
the weeks following the quake. If technology wasn't already transforming
the public role of the non-governmental organization, it has now brought
many to a point of no return.

Bigger Followings Mean Bigger Responsibility

As Jason Cone, the communications director for Doctors Without Borders,
noted during New York's recent Social Media Week, the earthquake was a
"game changer in the way [his organization] thinks about social networks
and [their] application."

"Social media might actually be a means for us to mobilize and overcome
some of the real serious obstacles we had been facing," he said.

Cone was getting at an idea that thinkers in the field had been suggesting
before the quake struck: For civil society to evolve alongside technology,
organizations must envision ways to better harness new media at all times
-- not just when disaster strikes.

"How long will it be before international development and humanitarian
NGOs see their supporter base eroded by digital native organizations such
as Kiva and Avaaz?" asked Lokman Tsui at the Nieman Journalism Lab.

Non-governmental organizations are taking on new roles as large-scale
transmitters of information. This also means that they have a greater
responsibility to share news with each other, not only with the population
at large. The easier it becomes to disseminate information, the more
pressing the call to formally share resources across organizational lines
in the name of cooperation.

[...]

UNICEF USA uses Flickr to share photos from their Haiti disaster relief
efforts

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[creative-radio] Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

 

Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Media/2010/02/12/PirateRadio/

By Kevin Murray
February 12, 2010

A pirate radio station is set to broadcast from VIVO Media Arts at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, February 13, as part of their 2010: Safe Assembly forums.

According to the website, http://vivoeveningnews.wordpress.com/ the initial
broadcast, The Evening News, will feature a roster of critical Olympics
observers, including the outspoken activist and UBC professor Chris Shaw,
author of Five Ring Circus, Harsha Wallia of the Olympics Resistance
Network, and Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

Professors Roger Farr and Reg Johanson from Capilano University are also
scheduled to provide poetry and commentary on "security and suppression."

"We wanted [anyone] to use it how they see fit," explains Alex Muir of
Soundscapes Co-Op radio. He is the technical guru behind the modest station,
which includes a mixing desk, an audio compressor, and a transmitter. "The
symbols and signs of [the Olympics] are so carefully minced over that it's a
political thing to have people address through this media form." He
describes it as an opportunity for the public "to react."

The signal will have a tentative range of about 6 kilometers, but "it's a
matter of [antenna] length" says Nicholas Perrin, a member of the broadcast
collective.

"We're close to the Olympic Village . . . if we hit Strathcona and Main
Street, great," says Muir.

Muir and his small team of collaborators are hoping for a "clandestine news
source . . . something you could happen upon."

The intention is to provide an alternative view of what being host to the
International Olympics Committee really means, says Muir.

The broadcast crew believes that their signal will be allowed by the
Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, which normally
restricts radio signal usage to licensed broadcasters, due to an exemption
clause that allows for low-power signals at special events, such as the
CBC's September broadcast from the Surrey Museum. The clause prohibits
unlicensed broadcast, however, and according to section 9, restricts
"programming that is religious or political in nature."

According to an email from Lauren Ehrenworth, a media relations officer for
Industry Canada, these types of broadcast can "cause interference to
existing public safety radio operations and aeronautical radio navigation
and communications and could interfere with reception from properly licensed
radio broadcasting stations in the surrounding area."

Ehrenworth makes it clear that it is their objective to "achieve voluntary
compliance through an approach of cooperation and education with the
operator(s) as a first step in redressing the situation."

The future of this pirate broadcast does not just depend on radio, however.
The VIVO website
http://www.videoinstudios.com/ will stream the signal for the duration of
the games, regardless. The main frequency itself, 91.5 FM, can also be
adjusted if the need arises.
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Kevin Murray is covering the Olympics as part of his practicum at The Tyee.

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Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

Pirate radio set to go live for Olympics

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Media/2010/02/12/PirateRadio/

By Kevin Murray
February 12, 2010

A pirate radio station is set to broadcast from VIVO Media Arts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 13, as part of their 2010: Safe Assembly forums.

According to the website, http://vivoeveningnews.wordpress.com/ the initial broadcast, The Evening News, will feature a roster of critical Olympics observers, including the outspoken activist and UBC professor Chris Shaw, author of Five Ring Circus, Harsha Wallia of the Olympics Resistance Network, and Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

Professors Roger Farr and Reg Johanson from Capilano University are also scheduled to provide poetry and commentary on "security and suppression."

"We wanted [anyone] to use it how they see fit," explains Alex Muir of Soundscapes Co-Op radio. He is the technical guru behind the modest station, which includes a mixing desk, an audio compressor, and a transmitter. "The symbols and signs of [the Olympics] are so carefully minced over that it's a political thing to have people address through this media form." He describes it as an opportunity for the public "to react."

The signal will have a tentative range of about 6 kilometers, but "it's a matter of [antenna] length" says Nicholas Perrin, a member of the broadcast collective.

"We're close to the Olympic Village . . . if we hit Strathcona and Main Street, great," says Muir.

Muir and his small team of collaborators are hoping for a "clandestine news source . . . something you could happen upon."

The intention is to provide an alternative view of what being host to the International Olympics Committee really means, says Muir.

The broadcast crew believes that their signal will be allowed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, which normally restricts radio signal usage to licensed broadcasters, due to an exemption clause that allows for low-power signals at special events, such as the CBC's September broadcast from the Surrey Museum. The clause prohibits unlicensed broadcast, however, and according to section 9, restricts "programming that is religious or political in nature."

According to an email from Lauren Ehrenworth, a media relations officer for Industry Canada, these types of broadcast can "cause interference to existing public safety radio operations and aeronautical radio navigation and communications and could interfere with reception from properly licensed radio broadcasting stations in the surrounding area."

Ehrenworth makes it clear that it is their objective to "achieve voluntary compliance through an approach of cooperation and education with the operator(s) as a first step in redressing the situation."

The future of this pirate broadcast does not just depend on radio, however. The VIVO website
http://www.videoinstudios.com/ will stream the signal for the duration of the games, regardless. The main frequency itself, 91.5 FM, can also be adjusted if the need arises.
--

Kevin Murray is covering the Olympics as part of his practicum at The Tyee.

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