Marie Elliott's blog

Be the Media: A local approach to establishing an alternative voice
Panel Chair: Kim Elliott (Publisher of Rabble.ca)

Panelists:
-Nick Middleton (Director of BeTheMedia)
-Linda Solomon (Vancouver Observer)
-Dawn Paley (Media Coop)

The Montreal Massacre...20 Years Later: Media Portrayal of Violence against Women Then and Now
- Lee Lakeman (Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter)
- Frieda Werden (Women's International News Gathering Service)
- Sylvia Richardson (Latin Waves SFU)

Democratizing the Web: Free Software and You!
Facilitator: Kate Milberry

Panelists:
- Jessi Berkelhammer (www.riseup.net)
- Megan Adam (www.resist.ca)
- Ifny Lachance (FreeGeek)

Is Media Public Space?
- Andrew Pask (Vancouver Public Space Network)
- Greg Dean (FreeTheNet)
- David Mattatall (Safe Amplification Society)

Hijacking the word - Sustainability and the Greenwashing of BC's Rivers
- Rafe Mair (Former MLA, veteran radio and print journalist. Rafe has
also served as a spokesperson for Save Our Rivers)
- Gwen Barlee (Policy Director, Western Canada Wilderness Committee)

The BBC produced a story regarding the DTES' (downtown eastside) W2 Culture + Media House and the coverage of the Olympics via this house. The media house is full of local, national and international journalists/bloggers/observers, and gives the public access to media tools during the Olympics.

Check out the video story on BBC's site here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8529570.stm