SEAN HACKBARTH tried an experiment, covering an accident on his blog and beating the AP by six hours. Scroll up for the results.

When we get widespread combined PDA/cellphone/digital cameras (already more-or-less available) this will really take off, I think. What I’d really like is an add-on to Movable Type that would allow you to email a post, with an attached photo, directly to your blog from one of those devices. I’ll bet we’ll see something like that within a year. With luck, even sooner.