At her keynote address at South by Southwest Interactive, Ana Marie Cox aka Wonkette, the former fulltime Washington-area resident turned bi-metropolitan blogging maven and up-and-coming author, said that blogging is not journalism. We think that she’s right to a certain level, but hot damn, Austinist is on fire! With some stellar reporting and camera at the ready, our colleagues in Texas caught Ms. Cox being denied entry to attend her own party at a…

Just weeks after the launch of Bostonist and Seattlest, the -ist empire moves south to the capital of Texas. Welcome Austinist, which launches its beta site today, just in time for the 2005 South by Southwest Interactive. As Jen notes over at Gothamist, our publisher, Jake Dobkin will be speaking on two SXSW panels: How to Create a Compelling Community Website and How to Create a Multimedia Moblog. And our colleague over at LAist, Jason…