Selection criteria

The blog must be kept by an Internet user or a small group of Internet users. It must not belong to a governmental or non-governmental organisation.

It must have existed for more than six months and must be updated regularly.

It must use a specialised publishing tool such as typepad, blogger.com, blogspirit or an equivalent. Sites that do not use a standard online publishing tool but function in an identical manner to a weblog will be considered on a case by case basis.

The blogs of professional journalists will be accepted.

All blogs will be considered, whatever their language.