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Monday, July 19, 2004

Thousands of journalists are set to swarm Boston and New York City for the Democratic and Republican conventions and this year. Among the reporters, for the first time ever, will be a group of bloggers. These newly credentialed internet journalists will not only report on the story but also be a part of it.

» A list of Bloggers credentialed for the DNC
» Jay Rosen's blog entry about the DNC
» The Brian Lehrer Show's blog

Manic Monday

Dan Klaidman Washington Bureau Chief for Newsweek on the Presidential campaigns and the news from the Sunday shows

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Breaking Convention

Jay Rosen Professor of Journalism at New York University and writer of the weblog, PressThink on credentialed bloggers at the Democratic National Convention

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Life on the Road

Pico Iyer author, Sun After Dark: flights into the Foreign (Knopf 2004) discusses his work, his travel and life abroad

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Open Phones

Open Phones listeners call in to tell us what New York City relics they would like to save

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Travels with Pico

Pico Iyer, author of Sun After Dark: Flights Into the Foreign , talked to guest host Mike Pesca about his most recent book, his international upbringing, and his interest in intercultural collisions. Their conversation sparked one of our listeners to write in:

My grandfather, the Greek archeologist ...

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