watson Tom Watson

Posted 02 April 2009 by Tom Watson |

Somebody has complained to the Cabinet Office that I'm not updating the site often enough this afternoon. That's because I don't know how the talks are concluding. Everyone is anticipating a UK press conference before 4pm but I've been around long enough to know that talks can break down at any point.

Here in the media room, I can tell the journalists are getting a little bored. They're hungry for a story and very little information is forthcoming from the room where the talks are taking place. The bloggers though, they're quietly getting on with generating content and sharing ideas.

It has been fascinating to witness how traditional media - TV, radio and newspapers have interacted with new media - bloggers, live streamers and the like. A number of curious lobby journalists have come over to the bloggers table to shoot the breeze with some of the self-publishers. In general though, they have remained separate with each just getting on with what they do.

It will be interesting to see whether any of the bloggers get to question the UK team at their concluding press conference later today.

Tom Watson

02 April 2009