You know blogging’s gone mainstream when…

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That pillar of traditional print media, the Encyclopedia Britannica, has entered the 21st century.

Yes, the multi-volume source you turned to for every junior high science report you ever wrote now has a blog.

And it’s actually a pretty entertaining one, filled with well-written, thought-provoking and discussing-inducing coverage on everything from politics to the environment to the evolution of the English language. It’s an eclectic mix, and a compelling one.

Food for thought: If even the Encyclopedia Britannica has a blog, how much longer can we go on being considered “alternative” or “new” media? Put in other words: Is blogging still cool?


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Eva Holland is a contributing editor to the Matador Network. She recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of quitting her day job to write and travel full time.

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