Comments on: Who Was the First White House Blogger? http://www.blogpi.net/who-was-the-first-white-house-blogger Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » Who Was the First White House Blogger? (Continued) http://www.blogpi.net/who-was-the-first-white-house-blogger#comment-86681 rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » Who Was the First White House Blogger? (Continued) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:11:23 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/who-was-the-first-white-house-blogger#comment-86681 <p>[...] Here’s a blast from an almost four-year-old, distant past: over the past few days there has been a micro-debate about the identity of the “first White House blogger.” I found out about it because William Beutler discovered some dead links on the rexblog (now fixed) related to posts relevant to the topic I made a few years back. He was responding to a post from Micah Sifry on the techPresident weblog related to a recurring mini-dispute over who gets credit for being the first blogger to receive White House press credentials. [...]</p> [...] Here’s a blast from an almost four-year-old, distant past: over the past few days there has been a micro-debate about the identity of the “first White House blogger.” I found out about it because William Beutler discovered some dead links on the rexblog (now fixed) related to posts relevant to the topic I made a few years back. He was responding to a post from Micah Sifry on the techPresident weblog related to a recurring mini-dispute over who gets credit for being the first blogger to receive White House press credentials. [...]

]]> By: Micah Sifry http://www.blogpi.net/who-was-the-first-white-house-blogger#comment-86132 Micah Sifry Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:58:45 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/who-was-the-first-white-house-blogger#comment-86132 <p>Bill--</p> <p>Thanks for all that background. Garrett says he "was the first person who was a blogger first and foremost, whose sole outlet was a blog, and whose organization was only a website, not a print and web publication." So while Eric Pfeiffer was blogging for National Review Online and got credentials as such, I think Garrett wins the argument on points, mainly because he came from the beyond (i.e. not from a print publication that has been around for 50 years with a web arm). That said, like all things webby, the argument won't be settled by you or me, and I do promise to include an update in my original post and a link to your post about it.</p> <p>Best,</p> <p>Micah Sifry</p> Bill–

Thanks for all that background. Garrett says he “was the first person who was a blogger first and foremost, whose sole outlet was a blog, and whose organization was only a website, not a print and web publication.” So while Eric Pfeiffer was blogging for National Review Online and got credentials as such, I think Garrett wins the argument on points, mainly because he came from the beyond (i.e. not from a print publication that has been around for 50 years with a web arm). That said, like all things webby, the argument won’t be settled by you or me, and I do promise to include an update in my original post and a link to your post about it.

Best,

Micah Sifry

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