G20 Alternative Media Centre

G8/G20, 2010: Report from the streets!

If during the G8/G20 this June your beat is the streets, broadcast breaking news on 2010.mediacoop.ca, the G20 Alternative Media Centre and the Toronto Media Co-op's hub for street reporting during the G8/G20. Contribute to the site using Twitter, Flickr or YouTube, or upload anonymous reports directly to 2010.mediacoop.ca. If you're combing the web for G20 reports, retweet them with #g20report, or add the tag to flickr photos or youtube videos about G20 actions you happen to come across.

Twitter*

1. Set up a Twitter account at twitter.com/signup

2. Validate your mobile number with Twitter: twitter.com/devices

3. Text updates to Twitter by texting messages to 21212 and tagging them #g20report. Tweets tagged #g20report will show up on 2010.mediacoop.ca.

Flickr and YouTube

Tag photos and video #g20report and they will show up on 2010.mediacoop.ca.

Direct reports

Go to 2010.mediacoop.ca and click "add report."

You can also upload stories, videos, press releases or photos to the Toronto Media Co-op, which is an open publishing website: toronto.mediacoop.ca.

*The easiest and fastest way to broadcast breaking information from the streets is to use Twitter from a mobile phone. We encourage street reporters to sign up for a Twitter account if they don't already have one.

Email us with tips at g20altmedia@googlegroups.com or post to our website, toronto.mediacoop.ca.

Call us at 647-7222379 ext 791  to record audio reports.

2010.mediacoop.ca is a news agregator and communication platform first used in Pittsburg during the September 2009 G20 meetings & protests. It was subsequently used by the Vancouver Media Co-op as a street reporting tool during February's Olympic Games. 

The G20 Alternative Media Centre is looking for media makers allied to social movements to get involved in covering the resistance to the G8 and G20 Summits.
 
Between June 18th and 28th we will be running a media centre in Toronto that will be a hub for co-ordinating coverage of these events and issues, by dozens of videographers, radio producers, zine makers, photo, web, and print journalists. We are asking media makers who want to get involved to fill out this form <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVRbnNHaE9hSk9tM1RpR19lYnZvS2c6MQ>
 
HOW TO SUPPORT THE G20 ALT MEDIA CENTRE:
 
*1) Get involved as a media-maker*
 
If you have media production or editing skills in: videography, radio,
zine-making, photography, web, or print, please consider being part of the media centre!
 
*2) Be an on-site volunteer *
 
On-site volunteers can support us in numerous ways, including being runners to get video footage from the streets to the editing suites.
 
*3) Be a web volunteer*
 
If you cannot make it to Toronto and want to be a web volunteer, you can help us by finding and tagging interesting stories related to resistance to the G8 and G20.
 
*4) Donate or lend Equipment*
 
We are also looking for support in terms of donated equipment, resources, and funds. Check out our Equipment Wish List below.
 
*5) Spread the word! *
 
We hope you can pass this support call-out to the various media that is allied to social movements.
 
HOW TO SIGN-UP & STAY UPDATED:
 
If you want to be involved in the media centre, now is your chance to get in touch and stay updated. To sign up, click on the link below and fill out the form:
 
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVRbnNHaE9hSk9tM1RpR19...
 
If you have any questions or concerns, you can also get in touch with us by emailing g20altmedia@gmail.com
 
IMPORTANT DATES:
 
The events surrounding the G8/G20 Summit begin in Toronto with a People's Summit on June 18th. From June 21st to June 24th, a series of themed days of resistance will be underway. On June 25th, the G8 Summit will be take place in Huntsville Ontario, and a massive protest will be held in the financial district of Toronto. On June 26th the G20 Summit will get be held in downtown Toronto, during which family-friendly protests, and later militant protests will take place. Protests will continue throughout June 27th, the last day of the G20 Summit.
 
In Solidarity,
 
-The G20 Alternative Media Centre.
 
 
*Donation Wish List*
 
If you can donate any of the following please send an email to
g20altmedia@gmail.com with word "Equipment" in the subject line.
 
RESOURCES:
 
Photocopying
Overflow spaces
Financial support
Billeting
 
 
EQUIPMENT:
 
First aid kit
computers for video ripping and editing (2-3)
computers for e-mail, photo editing, audio editing (4-5)
coffee machine
mini DV tapes (50-100)
miniDV tape ripper (usb/firewire)
Chart Paper
voice recorders - (broadcast quality and standard)
Card reader - SD and CF
extension cords and powerbars (at least some with good surge
protectors/battery backups)
External hard drives
Food
mini fridge
headphones
Keyboards
Laminator
lockers for equipment storage
batteries
  - NiMH batteries (AA, AAA)
  - fast chargers
  - alkaline batteries (AA, AAA)
  - C and D Cell adapters
  -power packs
cables: network (of all lengths and sizes)
cables (to plug into server)
  -ipod cables (x5)
  -usb extension cables (5 x 2m)
  -usb cables + converters/adapters
  -firewire cables + converters/adapters
Cameras:
  - in house video camera for deck,
  - if you have other high end cameras you want to donate please let us
know.
Computer Mice (usb)
Mixing board
Monitors (preferable LCD for space, but old school ones will work for the
email comps)
Skype phone
Photocopier (not one in constant need of repairs)
printer
radio
routers (reg and wireless)
Servers,
phone call recorder
duct tape and masking tape
small screwdirver kits
zip-ties (of various sizes)
tripods
whiteboard markers