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A Busy Weekend Approaches…

March 15th and 16th is going to be busy. I’m heading up to London on both days to cover a series of events for Wikinews -

• March 15th: Anonymous Protests - Wave 2
• March 15th: Stop The War Protest 
• March 16th: Play.com Live!

Anonymous Protests - “Operation Party Hard / The Ides of March”

So “Anonymous” are out protesting against Scientology again. I orchestrated the Wikinews coverage of the February 10th protests - an occasion that an estimated 9,250 people attended worldwide. Once again I will be in London covering the two protest locations - more information can be found on the LondonLulz Wiki - an Anonymous-run site for organising the protests. One difference on my side this time, though, as I will be wearing my brand new Wikinews hi-vis jacket! So if you see me darting around with a massive Wikinews logo plastered over my back, feel free to speak to me!

The February protests were generally quite fun to cover, and the 300+ photos I took can be found on this pretty Flickr slideshow. People were light-hearted, and even though I’m reporting neutrally, I found myself laughing along with the memes and jokes that were being blared over a megaphone - including my favourite - “Chicken! Cult! Chicken! Cult!”, as the protesters pointed to KFC and the Church respectively. I always report over Twitter for my field events - you can find it right here, and I hope to have a Twitter widget running on this blog ASAP!

Stop the War Protest

I don’t know much about this one, aside from the fact that the photo on the website about the protest scares the hell out of me - I’ll be glad to be wearing my vest. This is my first protest outside of Anonymous that I will be covering - and it comes on a day where I will be covering three protests in one day!

Play.com Live!

This one is probably the one I am most excited about. With it’s awesome lineup of exhibitors, bands, and personalities,  this one sounds like I could easily spend all day there with my issued press pass. Hopefully I’ll be able to nab some good shots of the celebrities - and yes, there are even some interviews in the works. Stay tuned - interviews will be posted here too - they might even be videos!I’l be sure to write back with news on all the latest games, etc etc.

So - a busy weekend for me! Peter will be joining me as my named “Photographic Assistant”, and I will be joined by Adambro on Saturday for the Anonymous protests, but he’s not someone I can dump my bags on!

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