So much for bloggers not being considered journalists

Yahoo Inc. said on Monday it will begin featuring the work of self-published Web bloggers side by side with the work of professional journalists, leveling distinctions between the two.

Yahoo News, the world's most popular Internet media destination, is set to begin testing on Tuesday an expanded news search system that includes not only news stories and blogs but also user-contributed photos and related Web links.

good move... this may put to rest some of the ill-informed blather that bloggers working as citizen journalists aren't worthy of the designation - as some maintain...

Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon.

while i consider myself a "concerned citizen" rather than a journalist, i applaud yahoo on a sensible decision and suggest lugar give a little more thought to a subject he obviously knows little about... if he's serious about learning, he can ask sen. barack obama about the reaction to his recent post on kos...

"It was a good opportunity to engage an activist community in a forum that is rapidly growing," Obama said in an interview. "If you take these blogs seriously, they'll take you seriously."

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