BLOGGERS ARE BECOMING THE NEWS....CNN's ON THE STORY(link) Programs - On the Story 
goes behind the scene to see what reporters are saying about headline news..today I saw a segment that actually 'webcammed' in two bloggers to give their first hand comments about news headlines.
Snapshot above shows CNN's live audience for it's show ON THE STORY that this week covers what bloggers are covering online.
CNN'S ANCHORS FOR 'ON THE STORY' REVIEWS WHAT THE NEWS REPORTERS ARE COVERING DURING THE WEEK. THE ANCHORS GUESTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE TWO BLOGGERS VIA WEBCAM INTERVIEWS ON LARGE SCREENS IN STUDIO.
"Red State" blogger Eric-Woods Erickson from RedState.org is being interviewed on CNN's ON THE STORY about blogging about news and "as news".
Lori Byrd, www.Polipundit.com is being interviewed on the CNN show ON THE STORY about being a blogger covering headline news and blogger AS news. 
ARE BLOGGERS RESPONSIBLE REPORTERS?
A question by a CNN audience member of the show ON THE STORY on are bloggers responsible in their reporting and can you trust blog news was interpreted by the anchor with another question to the Webcammed bloggers Lori and Eric-Woods as he's questioning if your reporting is responsible. One of the anchors 'stuck-up' for bloggers by saying many are experts in their areas. This blogger Joyce Schwarz is not sure how being an expert in your area makes you any more responsible but it is certainly a question that she continues to ask. Webcammed reporter Lori notes in the interview on CNN that bloggers can update/correct blogs if they are not correct which is a challenge for reporters in other media.
THE "REEL" NEWS HERE: that bloggers are suddenly BECOMING news. And that reporters in all mediums are suddenly not just ON THE STORY but rather THE STORY. Just what are they teaching in JSchool these days besides make-up techniques and on-camera presence? Hopefully, journalism majors are discovering to cover news cross-platform for those many communication pipes being built for the future. So that some day the rise of Citizen's Journalism is not seen as an "us versus they" paradigm.
For the record Joyce Schwarz (this blogger) has an undergraduate degree in journalism BSJ from Ohio University and earned her Masters Degree in Professional Writing from USC. She has worked in MSM (mainstream media) and actually enjoys blogging about both MSM and Citizen's Journalism.
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