Bloggers Win Press Credentials for Democratic National Convention in Boston


This summer, Democratic National Convention organizers will grant some of their 15,000 coveted press credentials to bloggers. Anyone want to bet on whether the Republicans will do the same?

Excerpted from The Boston Globe:

Blogs colliding with traditional media

Convention credentials expected forWeb logs

By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff  |  May 10, 2004

Among the media credential applications for this summer's Democratic National Convention -- from the TV networks, newspapers, and radio stations -- is the one from 21-year-old Jesse Taylor, a pundit of the self-declared variety.

He may not be a traditional journalist, but the recent college graduate does have a blog, a website called pandagon.net, where his opinions on current events and the press draw 12,000 readers per day. And from the standpoint of Democratic National Convention organizers, that could be good enough. This summer, they'll grant some of their 15,000 coveted credentials to blogs, the online diaries that link to news reports, post comments from readers, and critique the political process with unrestrained abandon.

More here.

Go bloggers! Now, I wonder if the Republican National Convention in New York City is doing the same... A quick Google search picked up nothing. Anyone want to put a wager on this? What do you bet that if the RNC does grant blogger credentials, the only ones it will give out will be to the right-wingers?

Posted: Mon - May 10, 2004 at 12:32 PM          

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