WELCOME TO SAM’S LDN 2012 OLYMPIC COVERAGE…
SAMSLDN2012 aims to capture the London 2012 Olympics – via blog posts, live tweets, audio podcasts, live webcasts (from within the Olympic park) – to share with the rest of the world.
SAMSLDN2012 has been selected by BT Communications (official sponsor) to take part in the London 2012 Olympic Games, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival, since June 2011 – SAMSLDN2012 (and Dsoundz Media) have been granted use of the Inspired by London2012 mark.
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To read Sam’s latest BT Storyteller 2012 Posts, visit the official website > Click HERE…
To read Sam’s full BT Storyteller 2012 Profile, visit the official website > Click HERE..
This year (2012), the world’s attention will turn to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in June 2012 – and Sam Downie will be there at the heart of the action.
The 36-year-old admits he can hardly wait for the dramatic moment when the Olympic flame is lit and the Olympiad finally gets under way. Tens of thousands of people from across the country applied to be an official Olympic storyteller – with 100 names finally chosen, of which 50 are familiar celebrities.
“It should be spectacular,” says Sam Downie, who has beaten thousands of hopefuls to become a coveted BT Olympic Storyteller – chosen for his proficiency as a hi-profile blogger, prolific Twitter user, a popular presenter on radio/netcasts, and as a digital media “citizen journalist”.
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ABOUT SAMSLDN2012 AND SAM DOWNIE :
I’m Sam Downie, from Bristol (England). In March 2011, I applied to become a Storyteller for the Olympic’s, for BT the official Communications sponsor/partner, who were looking for 100 people from across the UK, to blog, to tweet, to netcast, to photograph, to video.. to create a long-lasting “Digital Record” of the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Cultural Olympiad.
In June 2011… I was chosen, out of 45,000 people who applied!
…. THIS IS MY JOURNEY ….
I’m an experienced Presenter on Radio, Television and Webcasts. I’ve also been a musician, and have worked for Apple Computer and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. This year (January 2011), I was nicknamed as a ‘Digital Noisemaker’ by Jimmy Wales, the CEO of Wikipedia, and in September 2011 I’m helping to put together the 1st TEDxBristol Conference in Bristol.
SAM DOWNIE’S DISABILITY’S :
I suffer with two forms of Epilepsy ( Myoclonic and Absence Seizures ), and a form of Aspergers Syndrome (AS).
I get by, working part-time as a Freelancer in Media, Webcasts (now Netcasts), Website UX Design, Speaking at conference and expos around the world, and lots of Social Media engagement.
Events I’m looking forward to:
- The Cultural Olympiad
- The Paralympic Games 2012, in London
- Taking part in BT Storytellers, and hoping to capture “the best of the games”, from my perspective
So What sport’s from the Olympic’s am I’m looking forward in attending and covering for BT Storytellers ?
- Track and Field
- Swimming/Diving
- Cycling
- The Marathon
- Basketball
- and yes, I want to see these games in both the main Olympics as well as the Paralympic’s too!
I’m also interested in covering the technology and broadcast of the games.
What’s needed in putting on “the most connected Olympic games… ever !?
