The Recognition of Bloggers

Hey Bloggers!

We're official!

BLOGGERS GET PRESS CREDENTIALS
Several dozen Web loggers have received press credentials to cover the Democratic national political convention this year in Boston, and organizers of the Republican convention in New York have said they intend to issue credentials to 10 to 20 bloggers. The chosen bloggers face a new situation in having access to primary sources for their blogs rather than, per their usual practice, ferreting out information from multiple sources or providing commentary based on news coverage of events. The bloggers expect to cover niche issues and behind-the-scenes events rather than the larger issues that typically attract the mainstream news media. Some media experts have expressed reservations about the shift in the definition of "journalist" to include bloggers, arguing that journalists should be credentialed professionals.
New York Times, 26 July 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/politics/campaign/26blog.html

One step closer to taking over the world. Mowahahahahahaha!