Two Way Media – Real Time news reports from World Economic Forum

by Todd Lucier on February 2, 2009

Loic Le Meur invites Twitter followers to submit questions to the former Secretary General of the United Nations from Davos, Switzerland:

Within minuties, Loic Reports that Kofi Annon has answered the question of a Twitter follower in California, USA and the video of the response is available online

Some guy walking in a mall in Northern Ontario, Canada has the opportunity to ask a question of the former U.N. Sec’y General by tapping a message on his phone:

The nature of media is changing.

Who will win in the new media age?

  • Journalists who know the content and context of the story they are covering
  • have a grasp of the power of storytelling
  • understand emerging technologies without getting caught up in the whiz-bang of technology
  • engage their audience to participate in helping a story unfold
  • tell the story as it’s happening

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