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List Of Blogs
This is a list of notable blogs. A blog (contraction of weblog) is a web site with frequent, periodic posts creating an ongoing narrative. They are maintained by both groups and individuals, the latter being the most common. Blogs can focus on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the political to personal experiences. Specific blogs include: List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Blogs, List Of Blogs, * Lists of websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blog
A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. In the 2000s, blogs were often the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject or topic. In the 2010s, multi-author blogs (MABs) emerged, featuring the writing of multiple authors and sometimes professionally Editing, edited. MABs from newspapers, other News media, media outlets, universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog Web traffic, traffic. The rise of Twitter and other "microblogging" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into the news media. ''Blog'' can also be used as a verb, meaning ''to maintain or add content to a blog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blog Del Narco
''Blog del Narco'' (''Narco's Blog'') is a citizen journalism blog that attempts to document the events of the Mexican drug war, primarily those not reported by the government of Mexico or the Mexican news media. History An anonymous person created the website because the government was not reporting the violence and was trying to pretend that "nothing ashappening", the media was "intimidated", and the "government had apparently been bought."Ackerman, Spencer.Mexico’s Top Narco-Blogger Comes Forward." ''Wired''. September 14, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2011. The author would initially spend four hours every day working on the website. To deal with the increased workload, he asked a friend, also anonymous, to help him. They decided to broadcast their content without alteration or modifications of convenience—and help Mexicans take all necessary precautions to protect their own well-being. They chose YouTube to upload videos to the web and comment as @mundonarco on Twit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Beliën
Paul Beliën (born 1959) is a Flemish Belgian political operative, writer, and former journalist and founder of the right-wing blog '' The Brussels Journal''. Beliën has a Master of Laws with specialisations in European and social security law from the University of Ghent, and a Ph.D. in international studies from the University of Buckingham. He has been vice president of the International Free Press Society, a senior editor at the Hudson Institute, director of the Middle East Forum's Islamist Watch, and a writer for the Gatestone Institute. More recently, he was the chief of staff for Geert Wilders. He is an advocate of Flemish independence, free trade and is an opponent of abortion, euthanasia and homosexuality. He is an Americophile, and has been actively opposed to Muslim immigration to Europe as part of the counter-jihad movement. Career Early career until 2005 Beliën worked as a journalist for ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' from 1982, until he was fired in 1990 for l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Belgium
The politics of Belgium take place in the framework of a federal, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy. The King of the Belgians is the head of state, and the prime minister of Belgium is the head of government, in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives. The federation is made up of (language-based) communities and (territorial) regions. Philippe is the seventh and current King of the Belgians, having ascended the throne on 21 July 2013. Since around 1970, the significant Belgian national political parties have split into distinct representations for each communities' interests, besides defense of their ideologies. These parties belong to three main political families, though all close to the centre: the right-wing Liberals, the social conservative Christian Democrats and the Sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brussels Journal
The Brussels Journal is a conservative blog, founded by the Flemish journalist Paul Beliën. It is consistently named as one of the counter-jihad movement's main channels. It was founded in 2005, and has both an English language section with various international contributions, and a Dutch section. The Brussels Journal bills itself as a member of the OpinionJournal Federation but does not appear among the list of members on OpinionJournal's own site. The blog appears to have been inactive since 2015. Political affiliations Paul Beliën's wife, Alexandra Colen, was a parliamentary member of Vlaams Belang. However, Beliën himself has been at odds with the party at times, criticizing the party for its populism. However, Beliën has since been employed as an advisor by Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch, right-wing Party for Freedom. According to the Brussels Journal, it is a nonpartisan publication, and most of its writers, both Belgian and non-Belgian, have no affiliation to any po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Blogger
Brain Blogger is a ''Scientific American'' partner biomedical blog sponsored by the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF) and edited by Shaheen Lakhan. Its byline is "a brain-themed community." It reviews the latest news and stories related to neuroscience/neurology, psychology/psychiatry, and health/healthcare. According to its website, the blog is written by over 100 biomedical professionals—from neurosurgeons to psychologists—and follows the Health On the Net Foundation honor code of medical blogging ethics. It is syndicated by Google News and major media outlets, including Time Warner, San Antonio Express-News The ''San Antonio Express-News'' is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1865. It is owned by the Hearst Corporation and has offices in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. The ''Express-News'' is the third largest newspaper in the sta ..., and Sun-Times News Group. Brain Blogger is a finalist for two Seed Media Group's Research Blogging Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borderland Beat
Borderland Beat is an English language news blog that reports on the Mexican drug war. The blog was started in 2009 by an anonymous individual using the pseudonym Buggs. Borderland Beat's reporters are mostly based in the U.S. and Mexico. Their main focus is to provide English coverage of the drug war in Mexico, by creating analysis and research material about drug cartels, criminal figures, and the effects on the ongoing drug war, as well as translating Spanish articles into English. Origins Borderland Beat was started in 2009 by "Buggs" (Alex Marentes), a retired Albuquerque Police Department officer and former active duty and reserve U.S. Marine. Buggs' intention was to report about the Mexican Drug War to U.S. readers. Buggs began translating Mexican drug cartel news articles from Spanish to English in mid-2008, but was using his personal blog as a platform. Realizing the dangers of reporting on his personal blog, he created Borderland Beat and hosted it on Blogger, a platfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boing Boing
''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twice won the Bloggies for Weblog of the Year, in 2004 and 2005. The editors are Mark Frauenfelder, David Pescovitz, Carla Sinclair, and Rob Beschizza, and the publisher is Jason Weisberger. One report named ''Boing Boing'' as the most popular blog in the world until 2006, when Chinese-language blogs became popular; it remained among the most widely linked and cited blogs into the 2010s. History ''Boing Boing'' (originally ''bOING bOING'') started as a zine in 1988 by married duo Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Issues were subtitled ''"The World's Greatest Neurozine"''. Associate editors included Gareth Branwyn, Jon Lebkowsky, Paco Nathan, and David Pescovitz. Along with '' Mondo 2000'', ''Boing Boing'' was an influence in the devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiara Ferragni
Chiara Ferragni (; born 7 May 1987) is an Italian Internet celebrity, blogger and influencer. Since 2021, Ferragni has been engulfed in controversy as the protagonist of the Pandorogate, Pandorogate fraud scandal in which she is alleged to have unjustly profited millions of euros while claiming to be raising funds for charity. In 2023, she was required to pay a $1 million fine for fraud by the Italian Competition Authority. In January 2025, she was sent to trial on criminal charges for aggravated fraud in conjunction with the same investigation. The Pandorogate scandal led to the passage of the Ferragni Law in Italy to prevent future fraud and false advertising by influencers. Biography Ferragni was born in the northern city of Cremona in 1987. Ferragni is the oldest of three daughters of a dentist from Cremona. Her mother Marina Di Guardo is an Italian writer from Sicily who also worked as deputy director of the Blumarine fashion house. At the age of 16, she was hired by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blonde Salad
Chiara Ferragni (; born 7 May 1987) is an Italian blogger and influencer. Since 2021, Ferragni has been engulfed in controversy as the protagonist of the Pandorogate fraud scandal in which she is alleged to have unjustly profited millions of euros while claiming to be raising funds for charity. In 2023, she was required to pay a $1 million fine for fraud by the Italian Competition Authority. In January 2025, she was sent to trial on criminal charges for aggravated fraud in conjunction with the same investigation. The Pandorogate scandal led to the passage of the Ferragni Law in Italy to prevent future fraud and false advertising by influencers. Biography Ferragni was born in the northern city of Cremona in 1987. Ferragni is the oldest of three daughters of a dentist from Cremona. Her mother Marina Di Guardo is an Italian writer from Sicily who also worked as deputy director of the Blumarine fashion house. At the age of 16, she was hired by the Beatrice model agency in Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The "Blog" Of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
''The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks'' is a blog about the misuse of English quotation marks. The blog features photographs of signs, notes and advertisements that misuse quotation marks, usually intended as emphasis. Most photographs are reader submissions, curated and commented on by blog author Bethany Keeley-Jonker, who generally intentionally misinterprets the depicted sign. History The blog was started in 2005, and after being featured on Yahoo! became an Internet phenomenon. In September 2016, nearly a year after the previous post, Keeley-Jonker announced that she would no longer be updating the blog,Thanks Everybody by Bethany Keeley-Jonker, at ''The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks''; published September 5, 2016; retrieved January 31, 2017 but in March 2020, making "absolutely no promis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Blog
A vlog (), also known as a video blog or video log, is a form of blog for which the medium is video. Vlog entries often combine embedded video (or a video link) with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts. In recent years, "vlogging" has spawned a large community on social media, becoming one of the most popular forms of digital entertainment. It is popularly believed that, alongside being entertaining, vlogs can deliver deep context through imagery as opposed to written blogs. Video logs (vlogs) also often take advantage of web syndication to allow for distribution of the video over the Internet, using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers (see video podcast). The vlog category is popular on the video-sharing platform YouTube. History In the 1980s, New York artist Nelson Sullivan documented his experiences travelling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
