This morning, at 9:30 AM (EDT), the National Press Club will host a panel discussion on the relevant topic of Who is a Journalist? The event may be
viewed on C-SPAN.
Who is a Journalist?
Ana Marie Cox, Wonkette Editor, and Jeff Gannon, formerly of Talon News,join a group of journalists and bloggers to discuss "Who Is a Journalist?" The National Press Club panel examines the blurred line between professional journalism and political advocacy. [Text: www.c-span.org]
Event Date: Apr. 8, 2005
Event Name: Who is a Journalist?
Time: 9:30 AM
Now that anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can set up shop on the Web, the days when you could tell who was a reporter by looking for a press card stuck in a fedora are long gone. A writer for a conservative Web site got credentials from the White House, even after a committee of journalists turned him down. For several years, bloggers have been blurring the lines daily between journalists and activists. And now professional media blogs blur even those lines. So how do you know who's a journalist these days? A panel of journalists, bloggers and others will discuss the rules for who is what on Friday, April 8. Panelists include:
Julie Hirschfeld Davis, of the Baltimore Sun, chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Correspondents for the House and Senate press galleries
Garrett Graff, editor, Fishbowl DC, the first blogger to receive White House press credentials
Jeff Gannon, formerly with conservative Web site Talon News, whose question at a presidential news conference focused attention on how he got into the White House press corps
Ana Marie Cox, editor of Wonkette.com
John Stanton with Congress Daily, who has written for National Journal about blogs and conservative news organizations
Matthew Yglesias, staff writer at The American Prospect and editor of yglesias.typepad.com
Mike Madden with Gannett News Service and co-chair of the NPC Professional Affairs Committee will moderate the program.
NPC members, credentialed media and bloggers who provide evidence of their web site.
[Text: National Press Club]
What? No Markos, Atrios, Jerome, Bowers? Well, perhaps Yglesias will fill the void. It is encouraging that this issue is being taken up by the NPC, at least it can be so long as the discussion continues and is not limited to the navel gazing that usually accompanies these forums such as this.
Can we weigh in here on who is a journalist and where we see journalism going?
Update [2005-4-8 11:55:8 by GOTV]: This event is no longer listed live on the C-SPAN site, but it appears that it will be repeated tonight, at 8:00 PM (EDT).
Update [2005-4-8 12:6:28 by GOTV]: Equal time to a real blogger:
Also, from the C-SPAN website:
Sunday, April 10
Q&A: Markos Moulitsas,
Founder, Daily Kos Website
On C-SPAN, at 8pm ET