Are bloggers journalists?

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Are bloggers journalists?

Date Created: Oct 21, 2004, 05:09 PM

One of the questions we've wrestled with in our multimedia journalism class is whether bloggers should be considered journalists.

Convention organizers for both political parties seemed to signal as much when they credentialed bloggers this summer in Boston and New York.

Ana Marie Cox of Wonkette!, John Hinderker of Powerlineblog.com, and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of dailykos.com told an audience at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, that despite the impact they've had on the election this year, they are not journalists.

Says Cox: "Blogging is like throwing spitballs from the back of the class."

Related: Tensions between bloggers and news media (OJR)

Earlier: The Wonkette on CNN (May 3, 2004)