You want the democratization of the media? Well here it is. As the Lewis “Scooter” Libby trial begins, the members of the mainstream media members who usually battle for the 100 seats allotted for the press in federal court trials now only have 98. Old school media outlets are going to have to give up two of their seats for the new school, aka—bloggers..

The Media Blogger’s Association will be rotating members in two seats, blurring the already hazy line between bloggers and journalists. So where did the line go?

Connecting readers online doesn’t have to be static through blog comments. Unfortunately, chat rooms have a concrete location on the web and IMing limits the network of people you can talk with. Enter InCircles, a combination of the best of several online worlds: social networking, instant messaging and Web surfing.

The “changing media landscape.”

As a student at Columbia University, the “golden temple” of mainstream media, that’s a phrase I hear a lot. Everyone is trying to come to grips with it.

I wonder — how do you grab something that’s constantly changing?

So yesterday we had a panel discussion with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, among others, aptly titled “The Changing Media Landscape.” (Audio)

Wikipedia is always changing. Maybe they are on to something?