AP Recognizes Bloggers as News Sources - Finally

The Associated Press – the go-to organization for journalistic standards – has announced today that its staff will recognize bloggers as valid sources of news and credit them in their articles. This announcement comes from a smattering of policy changes designed to respond to “the age of the Web”, yet critics are raising their eyebrows at the seriously delayed timing of such a response to bloggers as respected media professionals. However, the fact that the AP recognizes bloggers – even if this recognition has already been given by many other respected media outlets – will likely give them more clout at events and more credence in their writing, two goals that bloggers have been fighting for since their early stages.