July 25, 2007

Blogging the NCSL Convention

Aldon Hynes, a liberal blogger in Connecticut, reports that he's registered to cover the National Conference of State Legislatures' 2007 convention, August 5-9 in Boston. Thanks to the work I did last year to convince the NCSL to media-credential bloggers and allow them access to the sessions, the NCSL now apparently is treating bloggers as members of the media. I can't make it to Boston, but perhaps some more politics and policy bloggers - liberal and conservative - will register with the NCSL's media office and cover the event. As Hynes notes, the five-day convention has a packed and interesting schedule of sessions and events

The one I wish I could be in Boston for:

The Media: Out With the Old, in With the New?
Newspaper readership is declining while web traffic on news sites continues to rise. Statehouses are even fielding requests from bloggers for press credentials. Are state legislatures prepared to communicate with the public in this new era?
Wednesday, August 8 at 2:45 p.m.