Olympic Torch SF

Thanks for tuning into our live coverage yesterday; although the video streams didn’t quite work as effectively as we hoped, our experiment in news gathering did demonstrate many possibilities that we will continue to develop.
We’re now working on building an open-source documentary project to profile the San Francisco torch run and are in the process […]

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Watch live video from Tibetan Freedom Torch on Justin.tv

On April 8, 2008, The Tibetan Freedom Torch will arrive in San Francisco. Olympic Torch SF will be there providing live video coverage of the event as it unfolds from 11AM-3PM and from 6PM-8PM.

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On March 19, Direct Action to Stop the War successfully used Twitter for coordinating protest information. Today, Olympic Torch SF will attempt to pick up where DASW left, and expand the use of twitter into an open-publishing platform for news on the San Francisco Olympic Torch relay and the related protests.
For ongoing text-based coverage, please […]

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On April 5, 2008 the Human Rights Torch arrived in San Francisco after traveling across the world beginning last year in Greece. The torch is a celebration of human rights and was established by a Falun Gong advocacy group in protest of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In this video, Supervisor Chris Daly, ‘68 Olympic medalist […]

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the route for the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco has been announced. According the Chronicle:
The April 9 torch relay will start with an opening ceremony at McCovey Cove, travel along the Embarcadero, run past Fisherman’s Wharf and briefly through the Marina District and back along the Embarcadero to […]

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Olympic Torch SF is an innovative experiment in creating an interactive news venue online. The Olympic games are always preceded by a relay around the world carrying a flame from Mount Olympus that is to be presented at the opening ceremony of every Olympic competition. This year, the games will be held in China, and […]

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