Scott Beale of Laughing Squid isn't being given a press pass to the Web 2.0 conference this week. (photo courtesy of quasistoic on Flickr).
Scott adds a ton to events by capturing moments that are not just about the celebrities but regular attendees as well. He does a fantastic job of capturing the essence of an event that a regular print journalist can't always do with just words.
Personally I think that's really dumb on O'Reilly and Battelle's part.
If anyone knows anyone - please see if we can help the man out and get him in! I promise we'll have wonderful photos if he's there.
Just to clarify things, back in March I spoke with John Battelle and offered to shoot photos at Web 2.0. He was all for it. I followed-up with him later on and he told me that the press passes were issued through O'Reilly. So this was really a decision made by O'Reilly, not John.
Posted by: Scott Beale | November 06, 2006 at 01:41 PM