WE WILL BLOG THEM ON THE BEACHES
The Boston Globe reports that some bloggers will be given press credentials for this Summer's Democratic National Convention.
At the moment I'm involved in planning the BBC's coverage of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
It's a monstrous deployment. Add together the national radio and TV crews, teams from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the BBC's network of 40-odd local radio stations -- not to mention News Online, World TV, News 24, Newsround, Newsbeat and too many other outlets to remember -- and it feels as if there'll be more BBC foot soldiers invading the beaches of Normandy than there were allied troops in 1944.
My biggest fear is that some poor octogenarian veteran will be trampled to death by BBC journalists fighting to interview him.
Sky, CNN, ITN and all the other major broadcasters will be there as well -- and if you were to add every Tom, Dick and Harry with a blog into the mix it'd be complete pandemonium.
Having said that, some blogs probably have an audience larger than some of the "official" journalists applying for D-Day accreditation, so who's to say who should be eligible and who shouldn't?
The Boston Globe reports that some bloggers will be given press credentials for this Summer's Democratic National Convention.
At the moment I'm involved in planning the BBC's coverage of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
It's a monstrous deployment. Add together the national radio and TV crews, teams from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the BBC's network of 40-odd local radio stations -- not to mention News Online, World TV, News 24, Newsround, Newsbeat and too many other outlets to remember -- and it feels as if there'll be more BBC foot soldiers invading the beaches of Normandy than there were allied troops in 1944.
My biggest fear is that some poor octogenarian veteran will be trampled to death by BBC journalists fighting to interview him.
Sky, CNN, ITN and all the other major broadcasters will be there as well -- and if you were to add every Tom, Dick and Harry with a blog into the mix it'd be complete pandemonium.
Having said that, some blogs probably have an audience larger than some of the "official" journalists applying for D-Day accreditation, so who's to say who should be eligible and who shouldn't?
posted by Stuart at 17:14
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