Community Vlogs
Leaders:
Chuck Olsen
Carl Weaver
Steve Garfield
Are you passionate about your community? Our backyards are full of great stories, but many go unnoticed or untold. Community vlogging is the perfect way to bring those stories to life. We’ll talk about:
- How and where to find story ideas
- Helping other tell their stories
- Techniques for storytelling and citizen journalism
- Establishing an open forum for residents to post content
- Spreading the word and getting people involved
- Who is our audience? Townsfolk or the world?
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Chuck Olsen produces Minnesota Stories which successfully melds his own documentary work with contributions from mediamakers around the state. Topics range from art to hyperlocal politics, home video and candid commentary.
Carl Weaver (carlweaver.blogspot.com, worcesterdiaries.blogspot.com) is a freelance photographer, writer and videoblogger based in Worcester, MA. His primary interests in videoblogging include community-based journalism, storytelling and using videography as a means to promote peace, social justice and understanding between people, whether on the local or international level.
Steve Garfield (http://stevegarfield.com) is one of the most active and pioneering folks in the video podcasting/blogging space. Garfield is a correspondent for Rocketboom, and hosts Vlog Soup a free tour of the vlogosphere. Garfield’s recently been featured in Wired and RollingStone and is a tremendous asset to the medium as a whole. Garfield recently joined Hipcast as their Community Manager, and will be building a destination to teach folks about audio and video podcasting and everything surrounding it.