Stating the obvious, but...
I'm at the PlayStation event at the O2 in London.
It's a European press day for Sony to give a heads up on what the firm is working on over the next 12 months.
What has struck me so far is the number of video journalists here. There must be in excess of 40 or 50 VJs with cameras - from handicams, to HD rigs that would not look out of place at a major sporting event.
Most of the people here, I'm guessing, work for online publications and video has become an indispensable part of their toolset.
I'm also guessing that the video will be on websites incredibly quickly. Speed is everything on the web and these guys are the master practitioners.
I'm down here without a cameraman - we deployed our VJ on a different story today - but I hope to grab something on my mobile phone. I'm the lowest-tech tech journalist here...
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It certainly is interesting to see how things have changed, regarding the way these events are now broadcast.
With a decent camera-phone and some software, you can broadcast live feeds; I was watching one yesterday from 'Maker Faire' in The States.
Robert Scoble has turned this kind of 'instant reporting' into an artform. Robert is 'just' a blogger / video blogger (albeit one with a massive targeted audience), yet his work is followed by most of the main technology media outlets.
I was chatting with Robert this morning on Twitter; knowing that our 'chat' was potentially being followed by thousands of people.
The world of reporting has certainly changed Darren. Is it better though?
Jim Connolly
www.theideasblog.com
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