London’s local media left cold by Olympic press allocations

While having breakfast last week I was leafing through a copy of my local weekly paper, the Wimbledon Guardian. I’ve read this paper since I was about 10, my mate used to deliver it and I did some work experience there a very long time ago.

One story in particular caught my eye, a full page dedicated to how the paper had been refused a press pass for the Olympics. And not just the Wimbledon Guardian but it seems many more across South London. Read the rest of this entry »

How are you consuming the Olympics?

Over on MediaShift they are running a video/text reponse to the questions ‘How are you experiencing the Olympics?’. This comes after NBC announced record viewers across all its platforms for Olympic coverage. I have to say I’m really enjoying the Olympics, and it’s been really easy to follow all the action via the BBC. My two cents to the discussion:

Been using the BBC’s i-player to watch some bits. Try to catch the Olympic breakfast after going swimming in the morning (although I am by no means a Michael Phelps!) and then watch the highlights show in the evenings while eating dinner. I usually read a few bits on the BBC news website about Britain winning more medals during my lunch break at work. At the weekends I’ll watch live coverage on BBC1.

MediaShift are also doing a rather cool video discussion using Seismic.