Bloggers Win International Journalism Award

If there was any doubt remaining that bloggers can be considered journalists, consider that lack of faith obliterated. An Egyptian and a Burmese blogger are the first of the blogger-kind to receive the Knight International Journalism Award.

Both received their award Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

The Knight Award, given annually by the International Center for Journalists, recognizes journalists who have raised excellence standards in their respective countries.

Egypt's Wael Abbas is one of the two bloggers to receive such accolades this year. In a country where the mainstream press is reluctant to report on government abuses for fear of retaliation, Abbas's blog