Keeping pace with the crazy commentary at Olympic Lessons panel in Vancouver
Guacira Naves liveblogging panel discussion at Social Media Club's inaugural event
The point of the discussion was to “review expectations vs outcomes in the context of social and traditional media coverage of a large, high-profile, complex, and geographically dispersed event,” according to the event invite.
But oh my goodness! The discussion went all over the place, from digression to digression, with all kinds of knowledge claims that made very little sense. For example, one audience member said she was disappointed mainstream media hadn’t covered the annual march in honour of missing and murdered women on February 14 – and that’s just not true, as panelist Kirk LaPointe, the Sun’s managing editor (who blogs at themediamanager.com) pointed out. Indeed a quick Google search shows this event was well-covered by The Vancouver Sun, The Province, and Global TV – just to name a few.
Moderator Colleen Coplick tried her best to keep things on track, but it was very challenging and unfortunately many legitimate questions were left unanswered. Several audience members were more interested in getting on their soapbox and making statements – not taking the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.
But there were a few reasonable moments amidst the chaos, and – throughout it all – there was Guacira typing her heart out!