In the last one year, blogging has caught on with many netizens. So much so that TIME magazine made YOU (bloggers) the Man of the Year. From writing a diary to actually interacting with the world, venting emotions and opinions, blogging has changed internet usage into a more meaningful avenue. Kudos!
One big source of information and news stories and their follow up is better conducted through blogs, blogs have touched our lives, if not changed them altogether. To top it all it enables learners to educate themselves and everyone to showcase their creativity.
Just the other day I was reading a couple’s blog, and how they are fighting cancer, and how their readers have stood by them giving strength and courage.
Another recent happening that has particular significance for bloggers is that for the first time ever, bloggers have been granted press credentials by a federal court in the USA.
An excerpt from another blog
"The Washington Post reports that, for the upcoming trial of Vice President Cheney's former Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby, bloggers have for the first time been granted press credentials by a federal court. Sayeth the article:
When the trial of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice opens next week, scores of journalists are expected to throng the federal courtroom in Washington, far too many for the 100 seats set aside for the media.
But for the first time in a federal court, two of these seats will be reserved for bloggers. After two years of negotiations with judicial officials across the country, the Media Bloggers Association, a nonpartisan group with about 1,000 members working to extend the powers of the press to bloggers, has won credentials to rotate among his members. The trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the highest-ranking Bush administration official to face criminal charges, could "catalyze" the association's efforts to win respect and access for bloggers in federal and state courthouses, said Robert Cox, the association's president.
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"Bloggers can bring a depth of reporting that some traditional media organizations aren't able to achieve because of space and time limitations," said Sheldon Snook, administrative assistant to Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan. Snook added that some bloggers also bring expertise that is welcome in court.”
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When will we, in India, get such opportunities?
One big source of information and news stories and their follow up is better conducted through blogs, blogs have touched our lives, if not changed them altogether. To top it all it enables learners to educate themselves and everyone to showcase their creativity.
Just the other day I was reading a couple’s blog, and how they are fighting cancer, and how their readers have stood by them giving strength and courage.
Another recent happening that has particular significance for bloggers is that for the first time ever, bloggers have been granted press credentials by a federal court in the USA.
An excerpt from another blog
"The Washington Post reports that, for the upcoming trial of Vice President Cheney's former Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby, bloggers have for the first time been granted press credentials by a federal court. Sayeth the article:
When the trial of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice opens next week, scores of journalists are expected to throng the federal courtroom in Washington, far too many for the 100 seats set aside for the media.
But for the first time in a federal court, two of these seats will be reserved for bloggers. After two years of negotiations with judicial officials across the country, the Media Bloggers Association, a nonpartisan group with about 1,000 members working to extend the powers of the press to bloggers, has won credentials to rotate among his members. The trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the highest-ranking Bush administration official to face criminal charges, could "catalyze" the association's efforts to win respect and access for bloggers in federal and state courthouses, said Robert Cox, the association's president.
[....]
"Bloggers can bring a depth of reporting that some traditional media organizations aren't able to achieve because of space and time limitations," said Sheldon Snook, administrative assistant to Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan. Snook added that some bloggers also bring expertise that is welcome in court.”
(Copyright of the original writer, link given below)
Read here
When will we, in India, get such opportunities?
2 comments:
"bloggers have for the first time been granted press credentials by a federal court."
This is inaccurate. In September, 2004 I was given official credentials by Sheldon Snook at this same courthouse. The result: I was able to blog the 9-month trial of USA v. Philip Morris, et. al. (http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com) from the Press Room.
Things were more primitive then-- I was lucky just to be able to bring my computer into the courtroom for note-taking. But Mr. Snook and the members of the mainstream press couldn't have been more professional and gracious.
I'm very pleased that Mr Snook--an unheralded visionary, imho--has taken the next step, and opened the courthouse in an unprecedented fashion not just to all the media--but to a much wider public as well.
Thank you Gene. I have published your comment. But the accuracy of your comment is up to you.
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