Being in the jury nominating Norway’s best blogs has given me some extra homework. So has it been worth it? Definitely and absolutely. There are many, many good blogs out there now (you’ll soon learn which my co-jurors and me think are the best). Working my way through them there were moments that reminded me of the revelation of reading Salam Pax’ blog for the first time back in 2002 (See an older Axess piece for a description of that discovery): Inspired and fresh writing, original and insightful ideas. A genuine pleasure to read (I’ll supply some examples after the nominations have been published). Now how often do you get to say that about your newspaper nowadays?