Google Wave: Can it help journalists?

I've had a Google Wave account for about three weeks now. It's still full of bugs. Embedding video is far from easy, and if more than a few people get going on a wave at one time, the whole thing stalls. A lot of folks are saying that there is some potential for wave to be a useful tool for journalists, although I'm not entirely convinced.

There are two main potential uses from which other ideas spring. First, that it can be used as a reporting tool between a group of journalists when covering an event such as Austin's annual SXSW music, interactive and film festival. Second, that it could be used as a new way to connect with readers (there's also the potential use as a newsroom budget tool, but that's less interesting to me).

My main concern is that while these are fine ideas, it all represents yet another skill that needs to be learned in order to be utilized. We're already spending a lot of time learning how to best take advantage of Twitter, etc. Is it really worth it to throw this into the mix as well?