Amanda M. Fairbanks, Staff Writer, New York Times

The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived

August 25, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

When Pam Spaulding heard from two contributors to her blog, Pam’s House Blend, that they couldn’t afford to attend the Democratic National Convention, she knew that historic times called for creative measures. Getting convention credentials for her blog, a news site for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, was the easy part. As air fare, lodging and incidentals began piling up, paying for the trip to Denver became the bigger obstacle.

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