More than 30 independent Web journalists have been accredited to cover the Democratic convention, and the Republicans said Friday they’ll also credential so-called bloggers.
It’s the first time bloggers will be joining the thousands of newspaper, magazine and broadcast journalists at the quadrennial presidential-nomination events. —Political conventions to welcome bloggers (CNN/AP)
A few people have mentioned this story to me… I think CNN’s version won’t disappear from the web in a few weeks.
Update: See Wired’s too-cutely-headlined “Blogging against Convention“.
Similar:
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (August Wilson's Century Cycle, 2 of 10)
August Wilson’s Century Cycle > Spoi...
Books
Woman Yelling at Cat About Academic Argument: an evidence-based defense of a non-obvious p...
See: Academic Argument: Evidence-based D...
Academia
After Halloween where do all the pumpkins go? Now we know
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jonathan...
Amusing
The joy of text – the fall and rise of interactive fiction
Although the IF community first formed a...
Cyberculture
DOJ Enters Into Landmark Web and Mobile App Consent Decree
Under the consent decree cite to http://...
Current_Events
Timeline of Donald J. Trump's Statements on Coronavirus Outbreak
Culture
I like the last line of the CNN story: “Democrats also will host a breakfast for bloggers on opening day.”
Breakfast for bloggers…that’s too cute too!