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Experiencing MEDIA MOVES
SpunOut.ie blog: Youth Editor, Clare Herbert talks about her involvement with Media Moves.
Every now and then, you hit upon something that spirals beyond the bounds of all imagination. Case in point: SpunOut.ie. Faffing about on the net, I found it, loved it and became instantly involved. Now, I name drop it into conversations with prospective SpunOutters, poster about it like a loony, Bebo-spam my friends with updates and click online, a little too regularly.
Anyone who is young, innovative or just plain interesting, I’ve pointed them here. Anyone who wants media advice, any speech I give, anyone with even a passing interest in all things youthful, I’ve sent them here. The site blossoms on a daily basis and I chatter about it to the world. And recently, I got the chance to spread the SpunOut.ie love a little further.
‘Media Moves’, organised jointly by SpunOut.ie, Galway One World Centre and MediaForum, saw an eclectic gathering of media junkies, activists and journalists from a spectrum of organisations, meeting to discuss ‘the media: what works well, but what could work better‘. The team of speakers was an impressive one and I was privileged to be among them.
As a SpunOut.ie Youth Editor, my topic was ‘youth representation and the media’ and I had quite the rant.
From my perspective, it was an exciting day. A room full of interested, innovative, proactive people eager to use both the mainstream and alternative media to further their own great causes and ideas. The energy was palpable, the passion evident and the athmosphere warm and constructive.
Kudos are due to the fantastic organising of Dave at MediaForum, Heike at Galway One World Centre and our own Ruairi from SpunOut.ie, who I finally got to meet after nearly a year of phone calls and emails. Hopefully, we won’t leave it as long the next time.
Perhaps, this may even by the start of (dare I say?) a franchise. The annual gathering of like minded people with an (in my case, obsessional) interest in the media and the drive to see improvements made to the media. Across the diversity and differences of the day, there was one commonality: we all agreed that the media should work better and, my fellow readers, it’s up to us to engineer that.
Joining up with SpunOut.ie all those months ago, I never would have believed that it would lead me onstage at a national media conference. I guess you just never can tell where the SpunOut.ie road will lead. I sure love being on it though, and would be thrilled to see you travelling it too someday soon…
By: SpunOut.ie Youth Editor, Clare Herbert