A citizen reporter captures the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza by The Great One Wayne Gretzky while fireworks sparkle in the bokeh.
Photo by my friend Kris Krug, a tireless and prolific documentor of world events from Copenhagen to Torino and now in his home town, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Watch things unfold on his stream and follow him on Twitter.
Post-processing by me.
The consensus is this Olympics is the one where social media comes of age and has the opportunity to be fully felt around the world. It is doing this in both coverage of sporting events and the cultural side of the Olympic experience.
Events in Vancouver have been discussed and shared withing seconds of their unfoldings. This is likely to grow as a phenomenon as people become more interested in exploring what they can do as citizens with their globally connected electronic devices.
In service of this my colleagues and I have created an online citizen media resource centre to help people understand the ins and outs of citizen reportage.
Please visit our True North Media House resource centre, get self-accredited as a citizen journalist, and join the rapidly growing ranks of over 100 people roving the streets and venues of Vancouver and Whistler with our credentials proudly displayed.
For more information:
info (at) truenorthmediahouse (dot) com
Join the Mailing List:
groups.google.ca/group/vancouver-2010-alternative-media
Follow on Twitter: @TNMH
More importantly, join the ranks of those who now understand that in the social media-enabled world, people are listening. You need only speak.
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