http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/taxonomy/term/139/0 en http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/blog/boris-mann/torino-coverage-on-youtube-flickr-blogs-banned-as-journalism <p>We're putting videos on YouTube as well -- not just from my little cameraphone, but from Kris and Robert's Samsung SportCam. Check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/group/torino">Torino group on YouTube</a> to catch up with all the latest videos. If anyone else is in Torino, stick your videos there -- it's open to everyone.</p><p>Flickr also has lots of coverage. We've been tagging everything with Torino, so check the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/torino">torino tag</a> for ours and others. As well, someone created a <a href="ttp://www.flickr.com/groups/torino2006">Torino 2006 group</a>.</p><p>It's great to see so much citizen media being created. I only wish we could have more directly from athletes themselves, but blogs by Olympic participants appear to be banned, according to a <a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/01/29/1323487.htm">story from the Japanese Olympic Committee</a>. The problem appears to be commercial use, or perhaps the key phrase being &quot;journalistic activities&quot; by participants. And that's the key issue: are blogs and other citizen media quote/unquote <strong>real</strong> journalism, or are they personal expression? I can only imagine that an athlete's appearance at the event is one of the most amazing and powerful personal experiences they will ever have. It's a shame that they can't (or aren't allowed) to share that with both their friends and family, as well as us.<br /> </p> blog citizen media Flickr Japanese Olympic Committee personal expression Torino 2006 video YouTube Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:33:49 -0800