Blogger breaks a barrier.Garrett M. Graff, 23, has scored a point for the blogosphere The total universe of blogs. See blog. : He has become the first blogger (writer of a Web log) to obtain a daily White House press pass. Last month, he was admitted to the White House press briefing as editor of FishbowIDC, a blog about the Washington media. Bloggers are rapidly moving into areas once reserved for conventional print and broadcast media. They have gained access to conventions and presidential debates, raising questions as to what makes someone a "real" reporter. On his blog, Graft graft, in surgery: see transplantation, medical. graft In horticulture, the act of placing a portion of one plant (called a bud or scion) into or on a stem, root, or branch of another (called the stock) in such a way that a union forms and the chronicled his attempts to obtain the press pass. He made 20 phone calls and got nowhere. Then, other blogs and mainstream media outlets like USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. picked up the story. "I think a combination of all that made the White House pay attention and decide to let me in," says Graff. |
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