March 08, 2005
The New York Times reports that in the wake of the James D. Guckert/Jeff Gannon White House press corps scandal, an individual blogger was granted a day pass to the coveted media room. Garrett M. Graff who blogs about the Washington news media at Mediabistro.com, decided to see just how difficult it was to get into the White House. It turned out to be a lot harder than some had predicted, but once the blogosphere, and eventually major media outlets like USA Today and CNN, picked up on the story they began pressuring the White House to give Mr. Graff a pass, pressure to which they eventually caved. Jay Rosen, journalism professor at New York University, called Mr. Graff's story significant because it "expand(ed) the definition of what constitutes the press, just as radio and television once pushed those boundaries."
Source: The New York Times through Poynter
