After much debate and arguments, some bloggers are receiving credentials to the national political conventions. I think there are more than a few mainstream journalists who are dismayed at the conventions recognition of the bloggers. Primarily, because of the publics tendency to confuse websites expressing personal opinions, like blogs, and [...]

Although, independent bloggers aren’t welcome at the national political conventions this summer, the AP plans to to launch its own blogs at the convention. Although this is a very smart move by AP, I really don’t expect anything out of the ordinary that you wouldn’t later see in a wire [...]

I wrote a few weeks ago about the appearance of Google’s Gmail offering a gigabyte of email space. Apparently, having a gmail account has become a status symbol among nerds and techies as you can only have a Gmail account if someone who has an account sends you an invitation [...]

CNN reports that Bloggers aretrying to gain the same access to the national political party conventions as journalists. I am torn on the issue, because I am a blogger and was a journalist, but believe that I must side with the conventions on this issue. Journalists are given space and [...]

A photographer for ABC 24 News in Memphis recently had a confrontation with a Memphis police officer (click on the Video link at the top of the story). It seems a Memphis Police officer was involved in an accident and his fellow patrolmen wanted to keep the TV cameras back. [...]

I finally found someone to send me an invite to participate in the beta test of Google’s gmail (with 1 GB (1000MB) email service) and today Yahoo! announces they will up their email limit to 100MB of free storage. I’m partial to Yahoo since I’ve had a Yahoo email account [...]

MSN sold it’s color palette today as it shifted everything to red to promote Coca-Cola’s new C2. (1/2 the carbs, 1/2 the cals). Besides taking over the color scheme, they have an interactive surfer catching a wave a C2 spilling out over the whole page. Mediapost has an article about [...]

Today, we will lay to rest Ronald Reagan. He has slowly faded from our minds over the past 10 years, but reappears this week for one final drawn out farewell. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, you must admit that Reagan’s orchestration of the fall of the Soviet empire [...]

I admit it, your likely to find me in church on a Sunday morning and preoccupied with church activities, but one thing that always bothers me is pastors, particularly Southern Baptist pastors, tendency to generalize the media with a broad liberal, anti-Christian paint brush. I found a hilarous caricature of [...]

Jonathan Dube from MSNBC.com recently published a list of 101 ways to improve your news site. Some of my favorites include Create games around the news for wireless devices Offer a subscription where people can view the entire site ad-free for an extra charge Buy a TiVo for your newsroom [...]