On the Media: Access Denied

A liveblog of the Frontline Club event

Have arrived at #frontline club. Filling up fast, the gentle hum of chatter is getting louder http://twitpic.com/gzk4o<iframe rel="" src="http://s.bit.ly/preview.twitpic.iframe.html?twitpic_id=gzk4o" name="bigurlframe" class="bigurlframe" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 5:59:37 PM
by kate_day via Twitpic at 9/8/2009 5:59:38 PM
Going to try to aggregate/curate tweetstream from #frontline using scribblelive bit.ly - like I tried at #media140
by brian_condon via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:10:55 PM
An 'On the Media' event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism

Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's Global News division;
Adrian Wells, head of foreign news, Sky News;
Jean Seaton Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster's Communication and Media Research Institute

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by brian_condon via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:14:11 PM
by brian_condon via Twitpic at 9/8/2009 6:14:12 PM
Begin with acute problems as example - Iran where everyone was squeezed out.

Sambrook - we fell out with Iranian authorities
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:15:29 PM
We're off... #Frontline discussion about social media and reporting conflict. With @sambrook Adrian Wells, Jean Seaton & Tom Fenton
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:15:48 PM
Sambrook says issue is one of verification and need to protect identity of providers of material. New tech sorted the 'black hole'. But wary about how to balance the output and range of views.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:18:20 PM
Bbc got 6 to 8 vid clips pr min at height of tehran trouble from cyber savvy citizens
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:19:04 PM
Q from Tehran bureau - questions Sambrook's point of 50% of population
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:19:21 PM
BBC received at one time 6-8 video clips per min frm iran at the @frontlineclub #frontline
by priyal via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:19:27 PM
Sambrook says "We are not there to be a TV Channel for the protesters"
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:20:19 PM
Anti establishwent voices more likely to tweet blog etc tham pro govt supporters
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:21:12 PM
Sky says "Twitter exploded as a vehicle for communication and moved to the #frontline of our on-screen coverage" - but verification an issue
by brian_condon via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:22:32 PM
Sky adrian wells: #iram was moment twitter exploded as news gathering tool. Bvt had 2 dig hard 2 verify
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:23:33 PM
Still difficult to make sure that Tweet sourced content is valid - but what can you do if you get chucked out says Adrian Wells of Sky
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:23:54 PM
Jean now saying that you can't believe that the technology is on the 'side of the people'
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:25:04 PM
Adrian Wells says Twitter is a good tool, not a catch all solution. You also need primary newsgatherers #frontline
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:25:10 PM
Twitter ugc & youtube is 'blunt instrument but effective' aw
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:25:31 PM
Jean Seaton - How do you know it's accurate and how do you provide context and balance? She says it's interesting to see RS's attitude to verification is outside new technology
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:27:16 PM
Jean seaton warns against 'technological utopianism' - govts soon learn 2 use these tools themselves..
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:28:18 PM
Mary from Independent - Persian service of BBC acted against overall interest of BBC globally and in the UK. BBC Persian service was effectively an 'internal' broadcaster
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:28:43 PM
Mistake to open it to the floor this early on imho
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:29:49 PM
Sambrook says there are 'hard trade=offs'.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:31:21 PM
Kudos 2 @sambrook for gallantly over looking being called richard stott...
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:31:56 PM
Wells says "No one has really nailed the persecution in Darfur for example and you're always chasing the story" but we need to revisit the issues - it's a responsibility and it's hard.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:33:46 PM
Darfur is a particularly difficult story that often becomes about goodies and baddies. Adrian Wells says Sky wants to go back #frontline
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:35:09 PM
Panel in danger of getting 'bogged down' in conflicting detail of different examples #frontline
by brian_condon via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:36:26 PM
http://twitpic.com/gzn5i - Adrian Wells #skynews #frontlineclub live now #livestation
by Livestation via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:37:28 PM
by Livestation via Twitpic at 9/8/2009 6:37:29 PM
Oops. Never let the public have the mike to plug their own film on #darfur *sighs*
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:37:36 PM
Situation in Darfur got far more complicated thanks to international media attention- an audience filmmaker who worked in Darfur #frontline
by priyal via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:37:58 PM
Adrian Wells says freelancers can contribute huge amount of time on the ground that news orgs can't. As important as ugc #frontline
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:38:35 PM
Now we are onto Gaza...fur may fly
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:39:37 PM
Q re Gaza - Sambrook says implication of your question is that it wasn't successful for the Israelis - but I think it was. They were managing the narrative - increasingly sophisticated. They're on Twitter as well. Crude devices such as closing the border work pretty well.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:40:06 PM
Q re embedding to Adrian Wells - pluses and minuses - both big.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:40:59 PM
Pluses - you get to places you couldn't get to without dying
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:41:32 PM
Adrain Wells says u have to do embed journalism but u need to tell viewers the context. Viewers are savvy #frontline
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:43:14 PM
Embedding #afghanistan has plusses & minuses. Not getting killed must be a plus (AW)
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:43:39 PM
Tom Fenton: Can we go back a revisit sri lanka? @sambrook v difficult for western orgs to report, govs shut us out
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:46:40 PM
Sambrook says long conflicts have particular issues. Jean Seaton says but in Sri Lanka there there are more diffiuclt issues to do with the lack of social media to help stories get out
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:47:11 PM
Jean Seaton: not just tech, access to it etc make situations v different. Iran has educated middle class. Sri Lanka doesn't #frontline
by kate_day via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:47:39 PM
Jean seaton warns on growing resource devoted 2 institutionalised management of news dealing with fewer & fewer journos
by deejackson via twitter at 9/8/2009 6:47:40 PM
Woman from Al Jazeera - says need to distinguish between 'news' and 'programmes' - there are different drivers of content delivery.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:52:24 PM
Sambrook - says move online makes in-depth analysis and investigation more difficult.
by brian_condon at 9/8/2009 6:52:54 PM