One of my favorite bloggers, Michele Catalano, has gone from blogging the news to being the news.
A handful of scribes publishing in a newer medium will join the thousands of newspaper, magazine and broadcast journalists at this summer’s political conventions. They’ll be blogging.
The Democrats are holding true to their “party of inclusion” billing vis-a-vis the online chroniclers, whose Web logs have leapt in popularity this year as political junkies increasingly get their fix with mouse clicks.
Democrats say they’ll offer media credentials to a handful of bloggers. The Republicans say they’ve yet to decide what to do about them ó credentialing deadlines passed with no announcement on whether bloggers could even apply.
GOP spokesman Leonardo Alcivar said details are still being worked out, but some analysts believe the party is wary of bloggers, who tend to be less predictable than mainstream journalists.
Michele Catalano of The Command Post, a mostly news-as-it-happens blog, said she’ll cover the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 convention at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan from outside if necessary.
“To compete with the regular media, it’s important to be where the media is,” the 31-year-old East Meadow, N.Y., blogger said.
Michele is happy about the article for the sole reason that it misquotes her age. Other than that, she has some legitimate gripes. But, hey, at least the reporter ended up interviewing her.
Update: More problems with MT. I meant to link to a previous blog post detailing how Ha’aretz cancelled an interview with me, but it has disappeared from cyberspace. Help me, Gary!
