The Media and Social Responsibility
The Media and Social Responsibility
Location: Deaf Cultural Centre, Birmingham
Date: Wednesday 19th January 2011
The final OPEN event focused on the challenge of reporting on vulnerable people and social issues. The practical session explored the difficulties associated with this as well as looking at practical ways forward. The morning conference looked into how organisations can approach the media differently in order to achieve more accurate media coverage. It also provided guidance into the potential use of social media on the internet in order for organisations to be more accurately and fairly represented.
The day's discussion topics can be found on the OPEN Project posterous blog page. The posts here are from exercises where approaches to stories were examined - as they had been covered and as they may be covered in different circumstances and using different tools. Though based on actual stories these posts may contain elements that were created on the day for the purposes of the exercise.