"By using Qik, a technology that allows live streaming from videophones to a flash player embedded on a website or blog, reporters were able broadcast moving images as events unfolded - effectively replicating a live TV news service at a fraction of the cost and with the flexibility to move freely and quickly." said Journalism.co.uk. More..

What was really innovative in this approach was that reporter Manny Christomo mounted the mobile phone on his DV camera to capture both the live footage as well the recorded footage.

"Our goal is to try and create an immediacy for our online video, it's [using Qik] experimental, we have been using it for just the last two weeks," Mark Morris, the Bee's director of multimedia, told Journalism.co.uk.

After the completion of the live Qik feed they downloaded the content and made it available from their own video site.

"We see it as a way of posting editorial content immediately online, I think we had something posted on our site within 15 minutes of everything being transmitted into Qik." , said Mark Morris.

With this 2 local newspapers Fresno Bee and Sacramento Bee are using Qik for reporting local news.

Fresnobee Qik Profile: http://qik.com/fresnobee
Sacramento Bee Qik Profile: http://qik.com/scoopy1