News & Media
106 sites
Subcategories:
- Zines & E-zines (82)
- Independent Media (24)
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.
http://aardvark.co.nz/
Aardvark Daily is New Zealand's longest-running online daily news and commentary publication, now in its 30th year, run by Bruce Simpson covering science, technology, and current events with a distinctly Kiwi perspective. Visitors will find opinionated columns on topics ranging from energy policy and fuel scams to computing history, making it a veteran voice in independent tech journalism.
https://disobey.com/detergent/retired
A retired archive from disobey.com, this page preserves two defunct early-web projects: a fiction aggregator called Collected Works and Low Bandwidth, once the largest email ezine database on the internet. The downloadable tar.gz archives offer a fascinating glimpse into late 1990s DIY publishing culture and the fragile, hand-maintained communities that surrounded early online zines.
https://stolensharpierevolution.org/
Stolen Sharpie Revolution, maintained by Alex Wrekk since 2002, is the definitive DIY guide to zines and zine culture, covering everything from making your first zine to academic research on the medium. The site complements the physical book of the same name by listing zine distros, zine fests, and international zine events for newcomers and seasoned zinesters alike.
https://lainzine.org/
LainZine is an online zine community inspired by the anime 'Serial Experiments Lain', featuring an archive of issues, a radio stream, and submission opportunities for contributors. The site connects a tight-knit circle of like-minded communities including Sushigirl, Uboa, and other alt-web spaces, cultivating a moody, philosophical cyberpunk aesthetic.
http://4bleats.freeservers.com/
The official fanzine site for Tamworth FC, a grassroots football club, offering back issues of '4 Bleats to the Baah!' spanning over 43 issues produced across more than a decade. Created by dedicated supporters, the site also references a TFC statistics database and beer guides, making it a charming artifact of fan-driven football culture.
https://netwert.com/ideapad
David Wertheimer has been publishing Ideapad since 1998, making it one of the longest-running personal blogs on the web, with archives stretching back decades. Posts cover everyday observations, technology, diet experiments, and slice-of-life vignettes written with a warm, conversational style.
https://birdsnest.neocities.org/
Bird's Nest Zine Library is an independent community zine library based inside Spark Central in Spokane, Washington, offering a browsable collection of zines, chapbooks, and minicomics. A charming grassroots cultural institution, the site provides hours, address, and ways to support this unique community resource.
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://libguides.olympic.edu/Zines/Archives
A research guide from Olympic College Libraries compiling major physical and digital zine archives, from the Barnard Zine Library to the Queer Zine Archive Project and the Library of Congress Zine Web Archive. Students and researchers exploring zine culture will find curated links to hundreds of self-published works covering politics, art, creative writing, and counter-culture movements.