Who Qualifies as a Journalist in Our Partisan Digital World? With Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland

Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland has spent more than a decade and produced more than 7,000 posts as a progressive political blogger. She's also on the front lines of changing notions of journalism in this scrappy era of digital media. She's a research analyst by training who once covered Russian politics and now sees herself occupying a "no man's land" somewhere between traditional journalism and academia. Some of her staunchest critics tend to be fellow Democrats -- something that can't help but be on her mind as she covers a new glut of presidential candidates who will compete in the 2020 Iowa caucuses. Belin is an example of the rise of partisan digital media that includes other sites such as Big League Politics that first uncovered the racist yearbook photos tied to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Now that everybody with a smartphone qualifies as a "publisher" or potential news source, who should be considered a journalist, or credentialed as one?  Listen in as Laura and I roam through a conversation on reporting, transparency, technology and politics. 

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