CJSF Olympic Cooperation - First Meeting

Olympic Coverage Meeting Jan. 27th SFU Downtown - 7-9PM - Minutes by Bernard


Coverage at CITR - Presented by Brad

Newscasts 5-6PM completely dedicated to Olympics on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Feb. 15th. Features will include content from ‘Eyes on the Street’ (twitter, e-mail, telephone inputs)and Monday and Friday reports from David Eby of BCCLA with a Pivot Legal Spokesperson

At 6PM nightly a NCRA 5 minute quick shot of news.
February 12th live coverage of of the VAG protest which will also be a kickoff of CITR coverage, also reports on the UBC protest and torch event on the 11th
February 8th best of Olympic Coverage 1 hour
Extensive content input planned for NCRA
Promotion will be done with Tyee, ads, posters.

e-mail: news@citr.ca

Twitter: @CiTRnews

Phone 604 822 5334 (Newsroom)


W2 - Presented by Erwin

Setting up across the street from Woodward’s on 2 floors
Expecting anywhere from 150 to 500 organizations to join the Center for the Olympics.
Editorial content by Pirate TV OMG...., Fearless TV, Fearless City Mobile (streamed), W2 TV and Tenant Spin
8 to 1 AM Eclectic Culture Events
Keynote Speaker Events and Panel Discussions
Aggregation Tools for social platforms
Drop Box for media ‘allies’
VIVO Pirate stations Radio
BCCLA daily press conferences
Rabble and Tyee collaboration


Media Co-op - Sara Kendall

Vancouver.media .ca: Open for Posts, Audio and Video
Content will be selected for the main page, by Media Co-Op editors
e-mail: heartandrevolution.com
Located at DERA bldg Carral and Hastings area
Red Tent campaign backlash has started - need coverage and support- redtents.org


Strategies - Frieda

Ryan F. will be located in Yaletown throughout the Olympics. He can help coordinate efforts from there - he’ll be at L’illiQ cafe near Roundhouse CC
Verification Team required
Steve and Nick want the Downtown Eastside beat (interviews and reports)


Task areas for volunteers


Interviews: Nick Elsie Ryan Alegria Steve
Uploads: Frieda Alegria Bernard
Editors: Bea Jeinny Nick Ryan Alegria
Tweeting and Short call-ins: Stephen (Yaletown), Matthew (HC area), Ryan (Yaletown), Steve and Nick (DTES- harassment of residents)
Research, fact checking, background: Bernard Alegria
Stories: Alegria OLYMPIC APATHY, Elsie HANDY DART, Ryan TORCH RELAY UBC to ...., Sehee OLYMPIC DISPLACEMENT

For updates, additions, or corrections, contact:

Frieda Werden,
Public Affairs/Spoken Word Coordinator
CJSF Radio 90.1 FM
TC-216 Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6
Canada
778-782-4423 (direct)
778-782-3727 (main)
www.cjsf.ca cjsfpa@sfu.ca

Places to file: Vancouver Media Coop

http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/

Rabble's Guide for Covering the Olympics

http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/01/independent-reporters-guide-2010-olympics

Can you hear this sound?

Click through to this web page and test whether you can hear a sound that supposedly can only be heard by young people. It's said to be used to drive teenagers away from malls. It could also drive listeners away from your radio program. The site allows you to download the sound, so you might like to use it for EQ (equalization) practice. Audacity has an equalization plug-in under the Effects menu on the toolbar. High-end rolloff would probably cut it.

Created by Oatmeal

By the way, I can hear the sound so not all older people lose high-end hearing. If you hear it when you're not even listening to the computer, google tinnitis.

Spoken Word Coordinating - Job Description

Today at the CJSF Board Meeting, Des asked that the coordinators keep some sort of diary describing what we do in our jobs. When I got home, I saw this line in a book that encapsulates part of it:

"Hospitality is a productive crisis in which we work constantly toward reconceptualizing our thinking and reconsidering our values..."
-Rauna Kuokkanen, in Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift, p. 163 (UBC Press, 2007)

When someone walks in the door of the station (or when I meet them outside of the station as a representative of it), my job as coordinator is to see them, to start to recognize them, and to help engage those aspects of them that can be part of and make use of the radio station to engage with themselves and with others. So I have to know what the station has to offer, or how to find out, how to make radio in its many aspects, how to converse and listen, but I also have to be open to the probability that this stranger or member has something unique to add to the station, in perspectives, talents, knowledge, etc.

Story Verification - Skillsharing

Thanks to Jennifer Moreau for sharing her story verification skills with the Spoken Word Gathering on Thursday Nov 5, 2009. There were six of us at the gathering, and the workshop was well designed and the information was very useful. We are hoping for it to be offered again in the new year. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the initial information posted on the whiteboard by Jennifer, for your edification. Meghan Murphy took three shots of it, and I post them all here:

Free Sound Effects Downloads

Top 5 Sites For Free Sound Effects Downloads
Nov. 4th, 2009 By John McClain (forwarded by Melissa Kaestner)

Whether you’re working with things like video, music, animation,
games, or any other media, sound is critical. The use of sound effects
can make or break a project, but sometimes finding that right,
good-quality piece of audio can be difficult.

Before you open up your wallet for expensive software or try to make
your own sound effects, you may easily be able to find free sound
effects on the Web. There are plenty of great resources available
online. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost you anything!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-sites-for-free-sound-effects-downloads/

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Some other favourite MakeUseOf.com links/posts of mine:

15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pdf-manuals-round-up/

Top 3 Tips To Motivate Yourself While Learning A Second Language
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-3-tips-to-motivate-you-while-learning-a-second-language/

How To Troubleshoot Weak Wireless Connections
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-weak-wireless-connections/

5 Sites To Learn How To Repair Your Own Computer
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-learn-how-to-repair-your-own-computer/

3 Websites To View Your PDFs Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-to-view-your-pdfs-online/