There was yet another email from the Obama campaign in our email. I hit the link to get off the list and I saw that Eye on Miami was actually on the press list. The junk mail I thought we had been getting were actually (worthless) press releases! I checked our recent emails and guess what? We had dozens of press releases from other entities that I had assumed were junk mail. So what does that mean? If we are recognized as a bona-fide media outlet then we need press passes. Can we issue press passes to ourselves? Are we protected from revealing our sources like the traditional media or do we have to squeal like pigs? Can I walk into the Democratic Convention: “I am on your Media List buddy”? That would be awesome!
Hmmm. This presents a whole new turn of events for someone with one course in Journalism. I have to reflect on this for a couple of hours (or days).
P.S. BTW, this is the subject of the press release: MONDAY TAMPA EVENT cancelled, Obama Campaign Urges Floridians to Prepare for Fay
4 comments:
You should look at Dan Ricker's press pass.
Yep, that press pass will get you pretty far...pretty far from the convention.
Actually you can issue press passes to members of your organization. Not even our village idiots would be dump enough to infringe on your first amendment right. ( They also want every available forum to tell the world how great they are.)
Get your press pass and you get to sit up with Ricker in the commission press box and use the phones and type on the blog while the action is happening. Then run out to the press lounge outside the chambers. Of course, you may have to kick the lobbyists out; it is a cozy spot to rest their fannies.
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