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Free shaker aamer protest presentation

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The document summarizes the students' experience documenting a protest to free Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay. Some key points: 1) The students researched the protest online in advance and planned how they would cover it using various social media tools like Vine, Twitter and Bambuser. 2) At the protest, they interviewed organizers, recorded chants and speeches, and streamed live video to share what was happening. 3) They reflected that arriving early allowed them to help set up and speak to protesters, but they could improve by getting names and having more storage space.

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FREE SHAKER AAMER PROTEST Alice, Naomi & Grace
Background •Shaker Aamer Protest •Wednesday 29th October 2014 • We chose this event as we all agreed that it was interesting and we couldn’t make the other events.
Pre Protest Research • http://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/london-save-shaker-aamer-parliament- square-vigils-2 • https://twitter.com/saveshaker • http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/6-horrifying-facts-every- american-should-know-about-guantanamo-bay-and-ongoing • http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/shakeraamer/ • https://www.lush.co.uk/article/soapbox-save-shaker-aamer
Planning Ahead • We made a Whatsapp group for communication • Set up a Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and Bambuser • Organised who brought what equipment • Set a time and place to meet • Looked up route and nearest Starbucks • Practiced embedding on Tumblr
On the Day • We arrived one hour before the protest was due to start • We found a Wifi spot (Starbucks) • We set up live blogging and checked it worked • We decided we’d all go to the protest • We introduced ourselves and helped the protestors set up
Roles & Tasks • Alice- Bambuser • Naomi- Audioboom • Grace-Vine • We all took photos and we all interviewed • We all Tweeted
Tools • Vine • Instagram • Bambuser • Audioboom • One camera • Twitter • Laptop (mac)
Protestors • Protestors where easy to identify as most where wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods • Ray Silk was the Secretary of the Save Shaker Aamer campaign - http://saveshaker.org/save-shaker-aamer-campaign-demonstration-end-the-guantanamo- torture-olympics/186 • He gave us a lot of information • We filmed as much as possible: interviews, chants and surroundings
Alice • Instagram • bambuser • twitter • youtube video • thinglink • Text: Pages, poem • Interviews
Naomi •Twitter •Audioboom •Thinglink •Instagram •Interviews
Grace • Interviews • Vine • Instagram • Other photos • Bambuser • Youtube • Twitter • Text- about me bio
Traffic • Every social media posted was automatically tweeted. • We also used twitter to promote out website
What worked well? • Our organisation meant that we got to the event an hour earlier and could speak to the protesters and helped them set up • The protesters were very happy to talk to us • We collectively compiled a lot of content!
What didn’t work well? • We didn’t ask every protesters name • We had a lot of trouble making the layout of tumblr how we wanted it • Our phones ran out of storage
What have we learned? • We learnt that it is very beneficial to arrive at an event early • That we should make sure we have enough storage on our phones • We should find out as much information about the person we are interviewing as possible

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Free shaker aamer protest presentation

  • 1. FREE SHAKER AAMER PROTEST Alice, Naomi & Grace
  • 2. Background •Shaker Aamer Protest •Wednesday 29th October 2014 • We chose this event as we all agreed that it was interesting and we couldn’t make the other events.
  • 3. Pre Protest Research • http://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/london-save-shaker-aamer-parliament- square-vigils-2 • https://twitter.com/saveshaker • http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/6-horrifying-facts-every- american-should-know-about-guantanamo-bay-and-ongoing • http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/shakeraamer/ • https://www.lush.co.uk/article/soapbox-save-shaker-aamer
  • 4. Planning Ahead • We made a Whatsapp group for communication • Set up a Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and Bambuser • Organised who brought what equipment • Set a time and place to meet • Looked up route and nearest Starbucks • Practiced embedding on Tumblr
  • 5. On the Day • We arrived one hour before the protest was due to start • We found a Wifi spot (Starbucks) • We set up live blogging and checked it worked • We decided we’d all go to the protest • We introduced ourselves and helped the protestors set up
  • 6. Roles & Tasks • Alice- Bambuser • Naomi- Audioboom • Grace-Vine • We all took photos and we all interviewed • We all Tweeted
  • 7. Tools • Vine • Instagram • Bambuser • Audioboom • One camera • Twitter • Laptop (mac)
  • 8. Protestors • Protestors where easy to identify as most where wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods • Ray Silk was the Secretary of the Save Shaker Aamer campaign - http://saveshaker.org/save-shaker-aamer-campaign-demonstration-end-the-guantanamo- torture-olympics/186 • He gave us a lot of information • We filmed as much as possible: interviews, chants and surroundings
  • 9. Alice • Instagram • bambuser • twitter • youtube video • thinglink • Text: Pages, poem • Interviews
  • 10. Naomi •Twitter •Audioboom •Thinglink •Instagram •Interviews
  • 11. Grace • Interviews • Vine • Instagram • Other photos • Bambuser • Youtube • Twitter • Text- about me bio
  • 12. Traffic • Every social media posted was automatically tweeted. • We also used twitter to promote out website
  • 13. What worked well? • Our organisation meant that we got to the event an hour earlier and could speak to the protesters and helped them set up • The protesters were very happy to talk to us • We collectively compiled a lot of content!
  • 14. What didn’t work well? • We didn’t ask every protesters name • We had a lot of trouble making the layout of tumblr how we wanted it • Our phones ran out of storage
  • 15. What have we learned? • We learnt that it is very beneficial to arrive at an event early • That we should make sure we have enough storage on our phones • We should find out as much information about the person we are interviewing as possible