A 16-year-old, a journalism professor, several lawyers, several anonymous writers and the Wonkette will join the traditional print and broadcast journalists in covering the Democratic convention starting tonight.
The blogs have made it to the big time.
“Whomever they decide to let through the gate is now the press,” Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York University who will attend the convention for his blog, PressThink.org, told The New York Times. “What the credential means to me is that someone just expanded the idea of the press a little bit.”
Read The Times’ piece here.
The Wall Street Journal sent questionaires to the bloggers they could find with press credentials. Read about who these convention bloggers are here.
This raises a question, at least in our minds. How long will it be before what is now in the convention hall reaches city hall?