i prefer reading magazines when they are available as print: most of their online siblings are really crappy (especially de:bug and der spiegel). that's as far as i can support arne boecker's memento (and that's as far as i can link to le sofa blog).

good online journalism is scarce, but maybe weblogs were born out of quite a different idea. means: "the net is not a journalistic medium" only if a few weblogs do make the whole net. but that is crap just like most of the puns in that epic statement. understanding media today means understanding that there is way enough space for the individual and that every peculiarity is just one of an infinite number of niches in the web (commercial sites are no exception).

weblogs about "red haired women", "the disappearing of boredom" or "myanmar" (whatever it might be) are easy to imagine. maybe they are already somewhere out there (i suggest only the "tappsys" blog has to be created, yet). one just has to find them. and that's again a reason for weblogs to exist. because they can help searching. they are here. but they are hard to see if one still is looking into the bright flashes of mass media myth. blog is pop popo is a blog!