I was recently invited to blog at the G20 Summit in London through the G20Voice program which was a joint effort by Oxfam, Save the Children, Comic Relief, ONE Campaign working in conjunction with the UK Government. It was an exciting opportunity as it was the first time that bloggers had ever been allowed to participate in either a G20 or G8 Summit. It was inspiring to be a part of history in the making. Bloggers from all G20 countries were invited and flown to London along with bloggers specializing in humanitarian relief, economics, education, poverty, climate change and more. It was a recognition that bloggers don't just cover news, they make news. They lead communities and provide a direct connection to key audiences. It was also cool to meet the top political bloggers from places like Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Mexico, Argentina and other nations. We're keeping in touch and it's brought new insight for me into the worldwide phenomenon and power of blogging.

I did a lot of media -- radio and tv -- while blogging from the summit. Below, you can watch/listen to my commentary on being downtown near the protests in London at the G20 speaking with Ros Atkins. From my blog over at Jack and Jill Politics:

BBC World Have Your Say is a hugely popular radio program with an international audience of over 30 million people. Host Ros Atkins is someone I’ve increasingly come to admire greatly for his fast-thinking, penetrating intellect, modern fluidity with audience communications yet approachable demeanor. He runs his radio show like it’s a blog. I’d keep an eye on that guy cuz WHYS is off the hook, instant and dangerous. It’s the future of the media in terms of being a co-created show led by a strong personality/cat herder/community manager. Last night, BBC WHYS had a live TV special on BBC News on the the G20 and they invited two bloggers from G20Voice.org — Daudi Were of MentalAcrobatics.com, an extremely well-read blog in Kenya (sort of the JJP there) — and myself along with many of other guests.