UNITED
NATIONS, June
26 -- What is
the UN
Department of
Public
Information
doing? Despite
questions from
the public,
including the
Free
UN Coalition
for Access,
there is
little
clarity.
After
DPI
chose on June
25 not to live
webcast the
media stakeout
of Syria envoy
Lakhdar
Brahimi,
FUNCA asked
why. DPI
official Stephane
Dujarric
replied that
“in as much as
we would like
to cover
everything
live all the
time, we just
can't.”
This
still didn't
explain why
DPI didn't
live stream
Brahimi, but
worked on the
Day of the
Seafarer.
FUNCA also
asked, “Why's
UNTV going to
skeleton crew
July 1?”
The
reference was
to the UN's
new contactor
TeamPeople,
which is
letting long
time audio
visual
engineers go
on Friday,
telling them
it will use a
“skeleton
crew” through
August.
(On
June 26, there
were brand new
people at the
UN Security
Council
stakeout
camera, and no
one to man the
boom
microphone.)
This
question about
the skeleton
crew has yet
to be
answered.
Early
on June 26, @FUNCA_info asked a follower
from
@Streamworks_int,
which states
that it “has
partnered with
the United
Nations
Department of
Public
Information
in a deal
which sees
Streamworks
handling the
streaming of
United Nations
Television
(UNTV)
coverage of
the
proceedings
taking place
at the UN
headquarters
in New York,”
the following
question: “is
DPI deal with
@Streamworks_int
outsourcing as
with
TeamPeople? Is
the UN
paying?”
FUNCA
cc-ed this
question to
Dujarric, who
is in charge
of UNTV. But
it was Streamworks
that replied,
“@streamworks_int
is partnered
with DPI
purely as a
distribution
mechanism for
UN content.”
This
didn't answer
if the UN is
paying them --
perhaps it's
Dujarric who
should answer
this -- nor
did it explain
why Streamwork's
site says to
contact them
“to book
delivery of
this stream.”
FUNCA
replied,
“thanks, but
is your
content
different than
on UN
Webcast?” And
again, no
answer yet.
Inner City
Press finds
that it is
blocked by
Dujarric's
twitter
account. This
is how DPI
interfaces
with the
press?
Watch this
site.
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