Blogs 101 - By RICH MEISLIN
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To get the feel of Web logs and blogging, visit some of these sites. Most blogs carry links to other blogs on related topics or that the author likes (known as a blogroll). This page is under development; feel free to suggest your own finds. Business and sports are being built, and suggestions are particularly welcome.
Recent additions: footnoted.org reads corporate filings and news releases more closely than most people. . . . Terry Teachout's terryteachout.com covers culture in New York and elsewhere. Interesting blogroll of culture sites, too. . . . cyberjournalist.net looks at the effects of the Internet and new technology on the media. . . . paidcontent.org looks at the economics of the Web. . . . scotusblog.com and the related Supreme Court sctnomination.com are keeping a close watch on the proceedings in the court. . . . crooksandliars.com and politics, with a liberal slant. With a great collection of video clips. . . .
Collections & Rankings
* Technorati technorati.com blog search and the Technorati Top 100 list technorati.com of most linked-to blogs
* Feedster feedster.com Search for news feeds and blogs by topic
* Bloglines (Registration required.) bloglines.com Find blogs by topic (or name) and read them here
* Blogpulse blogpulse.com , from Intelliseek, lets you search blogs and automatically finds trends
* Truth Laid Bear Traffic Rankings truthlaidbear.com Most-visited blogs
* Flickr flickr.com Not quite blogging, but fascinating. Storytelling through photo sharing.
General
* BoingBoing boingboing.net "A directory of wonderful things" from around the Internet
* Gawker gawker.com Gossip and snarkiness about media, showbiz, New York City, etc.
* Defamer defamer.com Similar in tone to Gawker, but with a West Coast slant
Technology & Media
* Romenesko poynter.org The blog all journalists know
* Media Bistro mediabistro.com Sort of a blog. Its Fishbowl mediabistro.com is more of a blog.
* John Battelle's Searchblog battellemedia.com Media, technology, Internet search, etc.
* Dan Gillmor's blog bayosphere.com Well-regarded former columnist for San Jose Mercury, now on Bayosphere
* Cyberjournalist.net cyberjournalist.net Jonathan Dube for the Online News Assocation
* BuzzMachine buzzmachine.com Jeff Jarvis talks a lot about new media (and himself).
* PressThink journalism.nyu.edu Jay Rosen of N.Y.U. on The Media vs. the press
* SimonWaldman.net simonwaldman.net Newspapers and new media from a British perspective
* Scripting News scripting.com Dave Winer tracks the world of blogging and technology and has some interesting (and some cranky) thoughts.
* TheJasonCalacanisWeblog calacanis.weblogsinc.com Blog about blogs from the chairman of Weblogs Inc.
* Paidcontent.org paidcontent.org Looks at the economics of the Web
* Journal-isms maynardije.org Richard Prince, of the Maynard Institute, pays attention to diversity issues in journalism.
* Media Law legaline.com Robert J. Ambrogi
Technology Toys & Cool Things
* Gizmodo gizmodo.com From the Gawker empire
* Engadget engadget.com Gadgets of all sorts
* Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting joshrubin.com "Stuff from the intersection of design, culture and technology"
* Cool Tools kk.org Kevin Kelly finds all manner of intriguing things.
* Josh Spear joshspear.com "The pulse of cool."
* Treehugger treehugger.com Environmental design and consciousness
Politics & Government
* Daily Kos dailykos.com Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. One of the best-known liberal blogs.
* Talking Points Memo talkingpointsmemo.com Joshua Micah Marshall. Widely read liberal blog from a contributor to Washington Monthly and The Hill.
* MyDD mydd.com Jerome Armstrong and Chris Bowers.
* Eschaton atrios.blogspot.com Atrios, aka Duncan Black. "Proud member of the reality-based community."
* AmericaBlog americablog.org John Aravosis. Politics from the left; one of the key sources of info in the Gannon/Guckert affair.
* Crooks and Liars crooksandliars.com and politics, with a liberal slant. And a great collection of video clips.
* Daily Dish andrewsullivan.com Andrew Sullivan on conservative, religious and gay issues. (He tried to stop but couldn't.)
* InstaPundit instapundit.com Glenn Reynolds. One of the best-known conservative blogs.
* Kausfiles kausfiles.com Mickey Kaus's mostly political blog on Slate
* Little Green Footballs littlegreenfootballs.com .
* Power Line powerlineblog.com One of the more widely read blogs from the right.
* Iraqi Bloggers Central jarrarsupariver.blogspot.com Good collection of links to Iraqi bloggers.
* Mystery Pollster mysterypollster.com Mark Blumenthal's intelligent analysis of polls and polling.
* Wonkette wonkette.com Washington gossip (also from the Gawker empire).
* Global Voices cyber.law.harvard.edu gathers some interesting views from blogs around the world.
* ScotusBlog nytimes.com and the related Supreme Court Nomination Blog sctnomination.com are keeping a close watch on the proceedings in the court.
* Also see Traditional Media, below
'Traditional Media'
* Altercation msnbc.msn.com Eric Alterman. MSNBC.
* Howard Fineman msnbc.msn.com MSNBC
* Bloggermann msnbc.msn.com Keith Olbermann. MSNBC.
* Citizen Journalists msnbc.msn.com MSNBC's experiment in participatory journalism
* LOOSE wire loosewire.typepad.com Jeremy Wagstaff, Dow Jones
* The Corner nationalreview.com From National Review
* Hit and Run reason.com From Reason
* Editor's Blog blog.news-record.com John Robinson, Greensboro, N.C., News Record. The paper is conducting a widely-commented-on experiment in increasing communication with its readers. Other News-Record blogs can be reached from this page.
* The Politicker politicker.observer.com Ben Smith, New York Observer
* Tapped prospect.org from the American Prospect
* CJRDaily campaigndesk.org Updates from the Columbia Journalism Review (successor to its Campaign Desk)
* The Huffington Post huffingtonpost.com Arianna Huffington's celebrity blogfest
* Blinq blogs.philly.com Daniel Rubin, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, blogs for its Web site
* Blogspotting businessweek.com from Stephen Baker and Heather Green of Business Week. (You can find other Business Week blogs from there.)
Business
* Seeking Alpha seekingalpha.com and The Internet Stock Blog internetstockblog.com News and analysis by David Jackson, a money manager and former tech stock analyst
* Footnoted.org footnoted.org reads corporate filings and news releases more carefully than most people
New York
* Curbed curbed.com Everyone's favorite New York City topic: real estate
* Gothamist gothamist.com
* About Last Night terryteachout.com Terry Teachout writes about culture in New York and elsewhere. Interesting blogroll of culture sites, too.
* NYC Bloggers nycbloggers.com Thousands of other New York City bloggers, organized by subway line
Food
* The Food Section thefoodsection.com Josh Friedland. With a New York slant.
* Gothamist Food gothamist.com From the Gothamist folks
* Saute Wednesday sautewednesday.com Bruce Cole.
* Chocolate and Zucchini chocolateandzucchini.com Clotilde writes about food from Paris.
* A Full Belly afullbelly.com Alaina Browne.
Design
* Apartment Therapy apartmenttherapy.com Maxwell and Oliver Ryan. Tips and things for living better in small spaces
* Core77 core77.com Industrial design
* Design*Sponge designsponge.blogspot.com A little breathless, but some interesting finds.
* Land and Living landliving.com
* MocoLoco mocoloco.com Modern design from all over
* Reluct.com reluct.com Design and architecture from a team in the Netherlands.
* Treehugger treehugger.com Design with an environmental slant
Miscellany
* PostSecret postsecret.blogspot.com People mail their secrets -- touching, funny, scary -- on homemade postcards.
Maintained by Rich Meislin navigator@nytimes.com. Feel free to send along your favorite blogs. Revised 7/26/05. |
