Bloggers cover Libby trial

An article by Scott Shane, from the New York Times appeared in News & Observer (Raleigh, Durham) Bloggers cover Libby trial

For blogs, the Libby trial marks a courthouse coming of age. It is the first federal case for which independent bloggers have been given official credentials, said Robert A. Cox, president of the Media Bloggers Association. Cox negotiated access for the bloggers.

"My goal is to get judges to think of bloggers as citizen journalists who should get the same protections as other journalists get," Cox said. He acknowledged that the Libby case has vividly illustrated the limits on those protections, as one reporter, Judith Miller, formerly of The New York Times, went to jail and others were forced to testify about once-confidential sources.