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Political action? Create your own media #CitizenJournalism #AdvocacyJournalism

When you have an action coming up, put together your media team. Find people committed to covering certain tasks which together make up complete citizen coverage of your event. A multimedia social system is simple to build. In some cases, you will only need to employ a certain few of these communications tactics. In other cases, a few committed people can cover most of these responsibilities. The technology to create [...]

 

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Occupy Technology: Managing Social Media Accounts

Social Media Security & Transparency One of the many achievements the Occupy Wall Street movement can claim is that it conclusively demonstrated how powerful social media can be when used for a collective purpose. Unfortunately, for Occupy groups and other horizontal or resource poor organizations, maintaing a strong social media presence can be as difficult as it is vital. No one gets paid. There is typically a high turnover rate- [...]

 

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#D12 Moonrise over Oakland by Wendy Kenin
 

Why and How I set up the Flickr Group #OOMedia for Occupy Oakland

By Wendy Kenin @greendoula Occupy Oakland Media Committee: Transparency and Organic Democracy In just a few months, Occupy Oakland Media Committee has evolved into a pretty functional group of incredible volunteers. Formed at an Occupy Oakland GA in October, the Media Committee has provided press releases, organized press conferences and fielded press inquiries through communications systems routed from the Occupy Oakland website. The Media Committee has managed local livestreams, produced [...]