2008 Woodie Awards
Webcast goes down, hopes stay high
Natalie Morera
Issue date: 2/1/08 Section: News
Diaz said he was disappointed that he couldn't view the webcast because he wanted to see what new ideas the panelists would address.
"I heard about bio-fuels, ethanol and some new technologies," Diaz said, "but I wanted to see if they were going to say anything different."
Martinez said she thinks the student audience understood that the mishap was out of her control, and some took note that the video would be available later that night through the archive.
Martinez said she would be going home to watch the video.
Goldstein said the archived version of the webcast would be available by 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night at www.earthdaytv.net and said it was a "wonderful program with tremendous amounts of information and participation from our world leaders on the issue."
Goldstein also apologized for some inappropriate text messages during the webcast and said he "deeply regretted the offenses."
Goldstein said: "We had a team of people working to censor these messages, but I fear that some made it onto the screen before we could catch them."
Goldstein said he was proud of his fellow FTN members and wanted to remind them of how strong they would all be Thursday as they "collectively dig further into finding solutions to curb the crisis."
Martinez said she never expected the audience to be so large or the technical problems to occur but will be doing all she can Thursday at the National Teach-in event in the Pegasus Ballroom.
"We've been working on this, and that's our people," Martinez said. "[The webcast is] the national kick-off event."
"I heard about bio-fuels, ethanol and some new technologies," Diaz said, "but I wanted to see if they were going to say anything different."
Martinez said she thinks the student audience understood that the mishap was out of her control, and some took note that the video would be available later that night through the archive.
Martinez said she would be going home to watch the video.
Goldstein said the archived version of the webcast would be available by 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night at www.earthdaytv.net and said it was a "wonderful program with tremendous amounts of information and participation from our world leaders on the issue."
Goldstein also apologized for some inappropriate text messages during the webcast and said he "deeply regretted the offenses."
Goldstein said: "We had a team of people working to censor these messages, but I fear that some made it onto the screen before we could catch them."
Goldstein said he was proud of his fellow FTN members and wanted to remind them of how strong they would all be Thursday as they "collectively dig further into finding solutions to curb the crisis."
Martinez said she never expected the audience to be so large or the technical problems to occur but will be doing all she can Thursday at the National Teach-in event in the Pegasus Ballroom.
"We've been working on this, and that's our people," Martinez said. "[The webcast is] the national kick-off event."