The question is: Should a Blogger Be Granted Media Credentials for the Latin GRAMMY Awards?

The answer: Why not? The Latin GRAMMY people beg to differ.

Here’s the situation: Tomas from Hispanic Tips requested media credentials, here’s what his post says…

A while back I thought that for the heck of it I would apply for media credentials to the Latin Grammys. I wanted to be the first blogger to cover them. As I expected, my application was declined. I just received the e-mail today. Why would I want to cover the Latin Grammys? Well first off, I run three blogs:

Ticias.com covers latin music news in Spanish,
LatinMusicNews.com covers latin music in English and
HispanicTips.com covers Hispanic-Latino news.
So you could say that I have a strong interest in Latin Music and Hispanic-Latino affairs (among other things).

His sites are some of the most complete sources of Hispanic/Latino News that I have seen. His traffic, constantly increasing, is over 100,000 unique visitors a month.

Bloggers have been granted media credentials for the White House, and as Tomas states, even motor shows.

The Latin GRAMMY Awards will not even be broadcast in English…so I ask, why not get with the program and let a blogger in to cover the story? It can’t hurt, and it might even create more buzz and reach a larger audience.

Anyone have an opinion? If you are in support of Tomas attending the Latin GRAMMY Awards (Latin Grammys/Grammies), let your voice be heard, and let’s see if we can make this happen.

¡Viva los bloggers!

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