The annual Xmas journalist party at the Cheshire Cheese, which I'm very proud has become our responsibility to organise, went ahead this week - and what a great afternoon it was.
There was a particularly good turnout this year - around 140 journalists throughout the afternoon and people generally came earlier and stayed longer. The traditional pie and veg went down well, with many people commenting on the quality of the food,
Inspired by escherman's Andrew Smith and his video of the Jackenhacks event, I picked up a FlipVideo camera to capture some people's thoughts of the event (there are also pictures on Flikr). You can't describe the results from this camera as 'broadcast standard', especially in low light in the basement of the Cheshire Cheese, but its simplicity makes the whole process of creating video content a lot easier. No journalists were harmed in the making of the movie, despite Adrian Mars' exclamation at the end.
There's a list of credits for the video on the DWPub JournAlert blog at http://dwpubjournalert.com/2009/12/18/sourcewire-cheshire-cheese-christmas-party-photos-and-video/ - many thanks to all those who took part and all our other guests!
Posted by: Vanessa McGreevy | December 18, 2009 at 13:48
Great Party, nice to meet you Daryl, Vanessa, Matt, and lots of other people.
Rotary wing aircraft, urgh! What's wrong with a Cessna 172 anyway ;-)Even I can manage to get it up in the air and back down again, more or less intact.
see you next year
Julian
Posted by: Julian Jackson | December 18, 2009 at 14:48
My local, from when I worked in Old Fetter Lane! Good to see the place again - been 10 years since I left & moved back home to Northumberland.
Claire Shiels
Posted by: Claire Shiels | January 12, 2010 at 11:32