AmP interviewed by OSV article on Catholic blogging

"Bloggers driving media coverage of U.S. papal visit" by Mary DeTurris Poust:

The media frenzy surrounding Pope Benedict’s visit to the United States is being driven in part by a newcomer on the media block: bloggers. For the first time in history, a U.S. papal visit is being covered around the clock by bloggers of all stripes – Catholic and secular, independent and staff, spiritually focused and news focused – and they are doing what they do best, bringing online readers information almost as fast as it happens.

It’s a new way of covering the pope, and, according to those on the front lines, it is changing the landscape of media coverage in general, bringing to light errors in the press that might otherwise go uncorrected and creating communities of people who not only read the news but participate in it through comments and e-mails.

“Blogs add a personal dimension that mainstream coverage lacks (ostensibly for purposes of objectivity). They also present near-instant reaction to events and response to errors in mainstream reporting,” said Thomas Peters of American Papist, a popular Catholic blog which, as the name suggests, covers all things pope-related.

“They sometimes let you see the event ‘from the inside,’ by posting their own pictures, experiences, word-of-mouth and the thousand of little things that have trouble filtering through traditional media intact,” Peters told OSV in an e-mail interview as he geared up to cover the papal visit.

Oh yeah, and the rest is really good as well: Amy Welborn, Jeff Miller & Rocco Palmo - she did her homework! Although I'm sorry to see she missed Christopher Blosser, the man behind not only Benedict in America, but also the Cardinal Ratzinger & Pope Benedict XVI fan clubs!

Hey, I own one of the Ratzinger Fanclub shirts. :-)