Today at the G20 Summit we travelled on bus a few km to a tent to stand in a line. Then we got on a bus to go to the site where we were given our press credentials. Then we got on another bus and were taken to the Excel Centre where the G20 Summit is happening. All credentialed press were treated to the same experience. Security is very tight.
A First for Bloggers
This is the first time bloggers have attended an event such as this. And to the credit of the UK Government who gave bloggers with G20 Voice permission to attend, the organization was placed in the centre of the media centre!
Upon entering the facility we approached a sign that left me truly bewildered. Where is a multimedia blogger to go, when encountering a sign like this?
photo: vikkichowney
I went to the broadcast side, because they had better food!
Such distinctions are surely designed for media that is created and shared in an old-paradigm. Bloggers who can share video, audio, photos and text are multimedia journalists. All media merges in this space and shortly the distinction between print and video or broadcast and print will be irrelevant.
Bloggers distribute information on the Internet. It isn’t print, it isn’t broadcast, but we have found our voice at the G20 Summit.
Thank you G20Voice.org.
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