(UPDATED) 4 media hubs to help you track and engage with Cop1
UPDATED: Added another source and will continue adding from E-mail’s and comments. Keep them coming.
Copenhagen is almost here and the news will be fast and furious. UNFCCC has be overrun with so many media accreditation requests since Obama announced his intention to pop by on his way to pick up his Noble Prize, that even White House correspondents have been denied accreditation. If you can’t make it to Cop15, don’t despair, there are several ways to keep up with the latest news and views while sparing the planet the carbon impact from a flight to Denmark.
AP’s Climate Pool on Facebook
The Associated Press and other news organizations are pooling content on a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheClimatePool.
In addition to links and blogs, the page will invite fans to interact with journalists and suggest stories they want covered. Partners include: Agence France-Presse, ANP of the Netherlands, APA of Austria, APcom of Italy, Canadian Press, dpa of Germany, Kyodo of Japan, Lusa of Portugal, Press Association of the United Kingdom and RIA of Russia. The AP, a nonprofit global news outlet, hopes the social media project can offset losses facing news organizations by reaching new readers with deeper engagement.
The page on the social-networking site Facebook is aimed at drawing new readers and getting them more involved with news coverage online. Traditional media outlets have struggled to generate enough online traffic and advertising to replace revenue that’s been lost as readers and advertisers shift to the Web.
Climate Conversation
This offering from PR giant Hill & Knowlton, the official media sponsor for the UN Climate Conference, tracks the “conversation” around Cop15 by charting the people and topics making news. They explain their methodology:
The power charts of the most prominent publications, reporters, blogs and twitterati are generated by searching Factiva, Moreover, Google Blog Search and Twitter for mentions of the Copenhagen COP15 Climate Change Summit (and associated keywords) in English, French, German, Spanish, Portugese, Danish, Chinese, Russian and Italian articles/posts.
Power charts rank:
The Cop15 Top 15 and Topic Tracker rank people and topics receiving the most media mentions and online chatter.
1,500 articles/posts from the most prominent publications, blogs and twitterati are analyzed and categorized to determine key themes as well as politicians, celebrities, academics, NGO and corporate spokespeople mentioned or quoted, to create The COP15 Top 15 league tables and Topic Tracker charts.
http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/climateconversation/ includes a frequently updated blog analyzing trends.
ClimateVoice @Cop15
The TckTckTck campaign will provide daily updates and analysis breaking down the Climate Conference and showcasing NGO campaign actions in Copenhagen and around the world, including the Real Deal Vigils on December 12th. The TckTckTck site will also include a special “Live” tab (not up at the time of writing) leading to a “ClimateVoice @Cop15″ mini-site. This site will aggregate posts and tweets from all NGO partner blogs and hundreds of bloggers taking part in the Fresh Air digital media hub. Over 250 bloggers and campaigners from across the globe will be covering the Conference and the demonstrations on the streets of Copenhagen.
I am one of the editors who will manage the incoming content. Beyond providing readers a single place to find updates, our goal is to aggressively promote bloggers with user-friendly share and re-tweet tools. The site will also collect the best video from each day and host livestreams, including Copenhagen 24/7 from OneClimate.net.
OneClimate.net
Speaking of OneClimate.net…this description comes straight from their hardworking team:
What most distinguishes the climate action hub ‘OneClimate.net‘ is that its action tools – like its Action Maps, daily Newsroom and global events listings – have been developed in the form of widgets or apps that can easily be shared: they can be picked up and used for free by other non-profit organizations.
And OneClimate helps you find the best campaigning and action-oriented information you need, not just from one organization but gathered together from hundreds of trusted organizations around the world. It is also a social networking site – a ‘Climate Facebook’ – enabling horizontal interaction between individuals both inside and outside these organisations. Last but not least, some climate change websites are filled with rich world voices, leaving out the voices of people in the global south experiencing its dire consequences: OneClimate.net brings these essential voices into the global conversation.
So grab your popcorn and laptop and get ready to participate. Have more Cop15 tracking sites to share? Leave a comment!
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