Webzine
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A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. A webzine tends to be published on a regulated basis (weekly, biweekly, monthly) and may maintain an editorial control system. A distinguishing characteristic from blogs is that webzines bypass the strict adherence to the reverse-chronological format; the front page is mostly clickable headlines and is laid out either manually on a periodic basis, or automatically based on the story type.
Some people also use the term to refer to any magazine published on the Web. Early Webzines included Chaos Control Digizine, Hotwired, and The Virtual Journal.
In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions. These included Movie Insider, Slate, Synthesis and Lucire magazines.
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Webzine Conference Series
Between 1998 and 2005, in San Francisco and New York, a series of webzine-focused conferences brought together independent personal online publishers to share their experiences. Started by Srini Kumar, the "Webzine" conferences were continued primarily by filmmaker Ryan Junell and Eddie Codel. Junell has worked to track the history of the early webzine movement through these festivals; his research is linked below. After a hiatus, Codel and Junell organized the return of the Webzine conference to the Bay Area in 2005. Webzine 2005 took place over two days at the Swedish-American Hall in San Francisco. It consisted of three main areas: speakers and panel discussions, workshops and a self-organizing area called the Master's Lounge modeled after BAR Camp. Webzine 2005 was emceed by veteran Webzine emcee Justin Hall, Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders.
See also
List of webzines
- Sciencebase Science News - a science webzine and blog run by scientific journalist David Bradley.
- Linkadelic Magazine - a collaborative webzine/blog written by it's readers about science, technology, art, gaming and internet.
- Detour Memphis - a literary electronic magazine by Nick A. Davis.
- Spectral Lines - scientific webzine from Wiley publishers covering all areas but with a slant towards areas using various forms of spectroscopy to obtain results.
- Reactive Reports Chemistry - chemistry webzine published in Canada by software house ACD/Labs.
- Spotlight Science Features - general science webzine published by scientific information portal PSIgate in the UK.
- Dark Matter Webzine - A webzine and blog that focuses on art, music, literature, science, and technology.
- Digital Web Magazine - A webzine and blog that focuses on web design, web development, information architecture, and other topics of interest to web professionals.
- Mental Contagion - An Arts and Literature Webzine.
- Salon.com - An American-centric lifestyle webzine.
- 3:AM Magazine - Cult literature journal
- CLUAS Irish indie music webzine- music webzine in operation since 1999.
- Scanner zine - An established UK Punk Rock fanzine now accessible via the 'Net at a new home in New Zealand
- Points in Case - A college humor webzine and blogroll with an emphasis on comedy and pop culture.
- Aphelion - Free Science Fiction and Fantasy Webzine operated since 1997.
- Drowned In Sound - UK-based music site, operating since 2000, now with spin-off record label and radio show.
- efanzines.com - Makes an archive of more than 80 titles available for download in PDF format.
- The Irascible Professor - A webzine of commentary on K-12 and higher education in the United states.
- BME - (Body Modification Ezine) chronicles the current and historical body modification world internationally.
External links
- Webzine 2005 - A conference, expo and party celebrating independent publishing on the Internet taking place in San Francisco.
- The Webzine Format: benefits for online publishers - An article explaining the webzine format in comparison to the weblog format.
- Detour Memphis - Alternative news magazine featuring poems, plays, profiles, and videos.
- JeSaurai - Culture and lifestyle webzine, based in Australiafr:Webzine