PBS is working with the Media Bloggers Association to credential bloggers to cover the Presidential Forum of Democratic Candidates next week at Howard University in Washington D.C. If you are a blogger and want to cover the event, click here for details. Members and non-members of the Media Bloggers Association are welcome to apply.
PBS' "ALL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL FORUMS ON PBS" are hosted by Tavis Smiley. THe next one, June 28th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET at Howard University in Washington, DC., will include U.S. Senator Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, former U.S. Senator John Edwards, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Senator Barack Obama and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
Here is the PBS press release and the event web site.
The MBA reports that credentialed bloggers will be with the rest of the media in the media center, watching on TV. There will be wi-fi service. After the debate, bloggers will have the same access to the candidates as any other credentialed media.
The MBA plans to have on its site an aggregator of RSS feeds from bloggers covering the event.
If you are a blogger but would prefer to cover a Republican presidential forum, don't despair - PBS will hold a forum for GOP candidates in September and the bloggers who participate in the coverage of the June event will be given priority for the September event.
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