Commenteriat Commune, Where Journalism Still Exists

As I am sure many colleagues have noted in the past, seeking "media" status recognition for Internet reporting and discussions can be a hit and miss proposition.  This was shown perhaps most cogently by the Supreme Court screwing with SCOTUSBLOG over press credentials and admission to the gallery.

Notwithstanding the consistent snubs from such quarters as ABAJournal.com's "BLAWG 100" (now, ironically, passed from this plane of being in its own right), our volunteer contributors have sometimes been the first on the Internet to break particular news tidbits.  Further, in my opinion, the writing here is equal to or better than what is to be found today at many of the big-name media outlets.

For this reason, I wanted to share the outcome of my media fee-waiver request (in connection with my FOIA submission seeking documents on DOE's oversight of and correspondence with Florida Coastal School of Law):

You have asked for a waiver of all fees, including duplication fees, associated with processing your request based on your requester category as a(n) Educational/News Media use requester and the information requested will be disseminated to the public. That request is granted.

Colleagues, at least someone recognizes and appreciates what we do here.