July 26
The Convention gets under way, with a milestone - it's the first to be covered by fully accredited bloggers alongside the mainstream press.
Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post quotes Jay Rosen (who posts his own preview from Newsday) as saying:
"By coming and making news of the event, you're saying this is important. Then you get there as reporters and say this is all fake. If it's that bad, why are you here?"
As Steve Outing reminds us in Editor and Publisher: Much (OK, too much) has been written by media outlets far and wide over the last few days about the independent bloggers covering the Democratic National Convention this week. But let's not forget that there are a bunch of journalists from mainstream media organizations blogging, too.
Bill Clinton is the big ticket tonight, with Bloomberg reporting a Quinnipiac University survey that shows the former President's address will be watched by almost half of the country's registered voters.
Finally, despite frequent reports of some kind of concert event in New York to coincide with the GOP convention, the LA Times reports that someone's doing some creative thinking about swing states:
"Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and a deep roster of other rock stars will unite for politically minded concerts this fall that will give voice to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration."
Other acts named include Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Steve Earle, Dixie Chicks and the Dave Matthews Band, with the idea being that rather than one big festival-like jamboree, there'll be a series of shows with maybe two or three of those acts on each bill.
It also sounds like they'll specifically target cities in "swing states" such as Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania
An official announcement is apparently set for August 4th in New York.
The Convention gets under way, with a milestone - it's the first to be covered by fully accredited bloggers alongside the mainstream press.
Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post quotes Jay Rosen (who posts his own preview from Newsday) as saying:
"By coming and making news of the event, you're saying this is important. Then you get there as reporters and say this is all fake. If it's that bad, why are you here?"
As Steve Outing reminds us in Editor and Publisher: Much (OK, too much) has been written by media outlets far and wide over the last few days about the independent bloggers covering the Democratic National Convention this week. But let's not forget that there are a bunch of journalists from mainstream media organizations blogging, too.
Bill Clinton is the big ticket tonight, with Bloomberg reporting a Quinnipiac University survey that shows the former President's address will be watched by almost half of the country's registered voters.
Finally, despite frequent reports of some kind of concert event in New York to coincide with the GOP convention, the LA Times reports that someone's doing some creative thinking about swing states:
"Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and a deep roster of other rock stars will unite for politically minded concerts this fall that will give voice to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration."
Other acts named include Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Steve Earle, Dixie Chicks and the Dave Matthews Band, with the idea being that rather than one big festival-like jamboree, there'll be a series of shows with maybe two or three of those acts on each bill.
It also sounds like they'll specifically target cities in "swing states" such as Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania
An official announcement is apparently set for August 4th in New York.
posted by Steve at 3:46 PM
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