Someone keeps insisting in our comments threads that there are no real reporters or journalists working for blogs. Someone needs to let the president of the Capitol Correspondents Association know that...

It is a historic day for PubliCola, and in a small way, maybe even for local political journalism.

AP reporter and Capitol Correspondents Association President Curt Woodward just issued an official press credential to Josh this morning, making PubliCola’s editor, “the first internet-based reporter in the state to get press credentials” on the state capitol beat.

And the president of the United States too...

AMERICAblog got credentialed again for Obama's press conference tonight in the White House, and Joe, fresh out of surgery, will be there. I told him he didn't have to do this, but he wanted to, and he says that his mother gave him her blessing (or perhaps more accurately, I think his mom told him he'd better go). We worked up a few questions, just in case. And I'll be live-blogging. It starts at 8pm Eastern.

Americablog has a whole new look with lots of soothing blue tones. Check it out.