News & Media
106 sites
Subcategories:
- Zines & E-zines (82)
- Independent Media (24)
https://quarantinezineclub.neocities.org/
Quarantine Zine Club is an archive born out of Melbourne's 2020 lockdown, created to keep the zine community connected during isolation through shared submissions and monthly creative prompts. Hosted by Sticky Institute, the site preserves zines contributed by community members between April 2020 and February 2021, offering a time-capsule snapshot of grassroots creative expression during the pandemic.
https://ramblinggit.com/
Brad Enslen's personal blog covers a lively mix of political commentary, tech observations, and offbeat humor in a short-post microblog style. The site also features a personal directory, a movies section, and connections to IndieWeb webrings, making it a charming corner of the independent web.
https://papertiger.org/
Paper Tiger Television is a long-running independent media organization dedicated to freedom of speech, personal expression, and social justice through grassroots video production. Their site offers access to an archive of activist media work, a history of the collective, and resources connecting visitors to their mission.
https://common-pest.neocities.org/
Common Pest is a personal creative hub by a maker who goes by the same name, hosting self-produced zines, music logs, and various creative projects while learning HTML and CSS from scratch. The site features a charming bat-filled illustrated tree as its navigation, a blog, and a music section covering artists like Tears for Fears, the Deftones, and Twenty One Pilots.
https://guides.library.illinois.edu/zines/online
A curated LibGuide from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library that compiles digital zine archives, lending libraries, and artist collectives into one organized reference hub. It covers everything from activist zines and science-fiction fanzines to POC and queer zine collections, making it a rich starting point for researchers, educators, and zine enthusiasts alike.
https://supersecretzone.com/
TheZONE is a quirky, space-themed creative hub built around an ongoing e-zine called the Super Secret Zone, now on its fifth issue, featuring original comics, short fiction, art, and classified ads. Visitors can submit anonymous "super secrets" via a web form, which may be featured in future issues, giving the site a participatory and irreverent old-web personality.
https://archive.gyford.com/1995/11/13/HotWiredDemo/i-agent/index.htm
An archived 1995 HotWired article by Josh Quittner exploring the birth of 'Way New Journalism' and how the web might fundamentally transform media, publishing, and the economics of content distribution. A fascinating time capsule from the early commercial web, capturing the excitement and uncertainty journalists felt as digital publishing upended traditional print models.
https://flotisserie.micro.blog/
Lauren's blog Flotisserie is a thoughtful micro-blog covering media criticism, AI ethics, book culture, and the state of digital discourse. Posts link out to notable reads while adding sharp personal commentary on topics like LLM misuse, influencer credibility, and the erosion of authentic intellectual engagement.
https://simmons.libguides.com/zines
Simmons University Library's research guide dedicated to finding, making, and teaching with zines, curated by the Simmons Library in Boston. It features directories of zine distributors, community organizations, and recommended books on zine culture, with a special focus on feminist, DIY, and POC-centered zine resources.
https://fahrenheit.net.pl/
Fahrenheit is the oldest Polish internet magazine dedicated to speculative fiction, covering science fiction, fantasy, and horror with short stories, reviews, essays, and the prestigious Zew Zajdla award coverage. Visitors will find a rich archive of book and film reviews, original fiction, interviews, gaming coverage, and cultural commentary all presented in Polish.