I was invited to attend a meet and greet at KOMO TV tonight.

The invitation came as a surprise I admit, but then I thought about what the bloggers represent in the new age of media.

The media has lost its traditional dominance in news and reporting, and for the last few years the bloggers have taken the front lines in discovering and breaking news stories.

Now, I don’t feel the traditional media is obsolete, not by any means.  It is just that there is another source of information that is available and that provides people not just a choice, but a wider variety of information.

The old school media has its priorities and biases, and the bloggers help fill in the gaps. 

I got to meet Kathi Goertzen and Todd Johnson of KOMO TV news, both of whom are as nice as they appear on TV.

And as these pictures show, the inmates took over the asylum, and we invaded their brand new News Studio and the set of Northwest Afternoon.