The Coming Credential Storm

A must-read from CoSIDA regarding the NHL's proposed blogger policies. One of the key drama quotes:

Jeff Little at The Hockey Writers termed it "short-sighted and misguided." At Hockey Wilderness, a blog devoted to the Minnesota Wild, Bryan Reynolds decried "Jim Crow laws for media."

Those there recall I stood on the floor of convention to ask the question, who defines "legitimate" in media, and what happens when that standard has to be taken into a court of law. I have come across this somewhat dated Society of Professional Journalist's position paper from 2000 that talks about the Colorado and MIAA cases.

More from me later on the subject.