Following the G-20 Online

I have been at the August Wilson Center yesterday and today.  Oxfam and USCAN (US Climate Action Network) have set up a media center set up here – they are doing press briefings hourly on different topics. They have done a great job of providing info and photos and wireless to bloggers – we are a block from the convention center.

Check out the coverage at http://g20voice.org/ and photos here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/g20voice/sets/72157622449588322/

Here are some resources for following G20 activity here in Pittsburgh online

Real time happenings around all things G20:

• Twitter Search – see what people are posting as it happens
  • #G20 – http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23g20
  • #reportG20 – this has tag is being used to report on what is happening around protests – http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23reportg20
• Collecta Search – collecta searches twitter, social media and blogs – provides a nice display to see real time photos
  • #G20 – http://collecta.com/#q=%23g20
• Twitcaps – provides a great way to see photos posted on twitter – http://twitcaps.com/search?q=g20

Pittsburgh Bloggers who are writing about the G20

• Utterly Opinionated – multiple posts with lots of photos from Eve Picker who lives downtown 2 blocks from the convention center
• The Pittsburgh Comet – Bram has been here at the August Wilson Center and he also has press credentials to the G20 summit.  Check out some video from the march here.
• Pittsburgh Is A City – Cara is also here at the August Wilson center.  Check out her post about Survival Balls.
• Infinonymous -this anonymous blogger has a post about Thursday night in Oakland.
• Slag Heap – Pittsburgh City Paper‘s Chris Potter has been writing about the G20.  Check out his coverage of City Council member Patrick Dowd.
• Frank Discussion – the folks who run Franktuary – have been open for business and have been posting photos from Downtown.  Check out this photo of coast guard boats.

We have been posting photos from downtown Pittsburgh on Twitpic – http://twitpic.com/photos/iheartpgh