How the Media Players Bring Davos to the Audience
As leaders from all over the world discuss and plan the future of the global economy at the World Economic Forum that is held in Davos, Switzerland, the media players are going to use social media along with other innovative methods to bring the discussion to the attention of their audiences.
The big names in the media are covering the discussion at Davos and how the forum is bound to affect us by creating pages that are dedicated to the ongoing World Economic Forum. CNBC.com has established such a page, uploading interviews from the said conference, publishing blogs from the presenters and reporters and presenting a behind-the-scenes look into the forum through the Heard in Davos 2010 blog. The pages also feature daily readers’ polls and guest articles. According to MediaBistro, the website is also going to provide readers a venue where they can submit their questions directly to the forum’s delegates.
Meanwhile, CNN and Guardian have also created pages that are solely devoted to the WEF through their online portals. CNN has a Davos Page hosted on a dedicated linux server which features blog entries published by notable CNN journalists and economic analysts. The page will also come with polls and the latest video clips from the conference.
CNN has also incorporated the use of social media in its coverage of the forum through a Twitter account that is solely for the coverage. This allows fans to receive tweets on the latest from the WEF. CNN will also host an online chat between regular citizens and business leaders in order to discuss the views of the people on whether or not recession is over for them.
The Guardian has also come out with a comprehensive page on the Davos. It comes with a commentary by key personalities such as Paul Krugman and Joseph Stieglitz. Finally Reuters is also providing a live blog with headlines from WEF posted through Twitter.