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A New Breed of Black Media on our way to the DNC Convention

August 24, 2008 by AfricanAmerican...

Yes, finally I'm on my way. I will be joining a hundred or so bloggers, including seven + African-American bloggers at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Yes, Seven African-American bloggers representing varying views of the “Afrosphere” are gearing up for what promises to be an experience of a lifetime. But we are not traveling to Colorado with an entourage of producers or company vehicles filled with expensive equipment.

We are armed with only our laptops, Blackberrys and other electronic gadgets (I have a iphone courtesy of onecast.com) that can fit inside a single carry-on, 7+ African American bloggers are preparing to become the first group of black independent “credentialed journalist” bloggers to cover a major political party’s national convention.

While Black writers and reporters from Newsweek, CNN, or even minority media powerhouses such as Ebony or Black Entertainment Television will be present, what makes Pamela Spaulding, Baratunde Thurston, Oliver Willis, Gina McCauley, Liza Sabater, Shawn P. Williams, adrianne George and me different is we represent a new breed of “black media” that will be attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention August 25-28.