Top female bloggers: News & Politics blogs

Here's the second in our series of posts on top female bloggers. More names, so more opportunities for mistakes. Corrections & suggestions welcome!

We've tried to cover a wide political spectrum here, with Liberals (many of whom prefer "Progressives"), Centrists, Libertarians and Conservatives, plus related categories such as Foreign Policy, International News, Law, Taxes ... and a catch-all of just "Politics". We also include the Media and Local news.

News & Politics 147 contributors to 56 blogs
Centrist
  765 Pajamas Media Tammy Bruce Editorial Board
  Jane Hall Editorial Board
  Claudia Rosett Editorial Board
International News
  227 Global Voices Online Rebecca MacKinnon Co-Founder
Liberal
  1 The Huffington Post Betsy Morgan CEO
  Arianna Huffington Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
  Rachel Sklar Editor
  12 Daily Kos Barbin MD Contributing Editor
  Laura Clawson Contributing Editor
  Scout Finch Contributing Editor
  Susan Gardner Contributing Editor
  Georgia Logothetis Contributing Editor
  Joan McCarter Contributing Editor
  Page van der Linden Contributing Editor
  28 Think Progress Amanda Terkel Deputy Editor
  53 Talking Points Memo Rachel Weiner Associate Editor
  79 Wonkette Ana Marie Cox Founding Editor
  Sara K. Smith Associate Editor
  Elizabeth Glover Producer
  Elise Rosen Intern
  374 firedoglake Jane Hamsher Founder
  Christy Hardin Smith
  505 feministing Jessica Valenti Executive Editor
  Ann Friedman Editor
  Celina De Leon Editor
  Courtney E. Martin Editor
  Jen Moseley Editor
  Samhita Mukhopadhyay Editor
  Vanessa Valenti Editor
  Deanna Zandt Tech Grrl
  899 TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime Jeralyn Meritt Founder and Editor
  1,002 Swampland Karen Tumulty Senior Writer
  Ana Marie Cox Contributor
  Jay Newton-Small Contributor
  1,187 Shakesville Melissa McEwan Founder and Editor
  Teh Portly Dyke Contributor
  Shark Fu Contributor
  Kate Harding Contributor
  Joanna Mang Contributor
  Misty Contributor
  1,275 Hullabaloo Jessica Valenti
  1,394 Obsidian Wings hilzoy Contributor
  Katherine Regina Contributor
  1,411 Crooked Timber Maria Farrell Contributor
  Eszter Hargittai Contributor
  Ingrid Robeyns Contributor
  Belle Waring Contributor
  1,586 MoJoBlog Susan Scandrett Creative Director
  Celia Perry Assistant Editor
  Jen Phillips Assistant Editor
  Nicole McClelland Copy Editor
  Monika Bauerlein Editor
  Leigh Ferrara Editor
  Clara Jeffery Editor
  Laura McClure Editor
  Elizabeth Gettelman Managing Editor
  Elizabeth Gettleman Managing Editor
  Kiera Butler Associate Editor
  Julia Whitty Correspondent
  6,400 Baghdad Burning Riverbend
  25,837 PunditMom Joanne Bamberger
  28,300 Pandagon Amanda Marcotte
Media
  2,941 MediaShift jennifer woodard maderazo
Taxes
  19,318 Taxgirl Kelly Phillips Erb
  32,309 Don't Mess With Taxes Kay Ball
Conservative
  55 Michelle Malkin Michelle Malkin
  74 NewsBusters.org Lynn Davidson Contributor
  Genevieve Ebel Contributor
  Kristen Fyfe Contributor
  Kristine Lawrence Contributor
  Kathleen McKinley Contributor
  Julia A. Seymour Contributor
  76 Hot Air Michelle Malkin Founder
  640 Townhall.com Blog Mary Katherine Ham Columnist
  2,935 Atlas Shrugs Pamela Geller Oshry
  3,729 Wizbang Lorie Byrd Editor
  Cassy Fiano Editor
  Kim Priestap Editor
  Maggie Whitton Editor
  4,573 Debbie Schlussel Debbie Schlussel
  6,138 The Anchoress Elizabeth Scalia
  7,160 Rachel Lucas Rachel Lucas
  8,136 La Shawn Barber's Corner LaShawn Barber
  9,893 five feet of fury Kathy Shaidle
  24,446 Knowledge Is Power Sondra K
  30,308 Alarming News Karol Sheinin
Libertarian
  637 Hit and Run Katherine Mangu-Ward Associate Editor
  Cathy Young Contributing Editor
  Kerry Howley Senior Editor
  1,816 Asymmetrical Information Megan McArdle Associate Editor
  7,881 small dead animals Catherine McMillan
  14,148 Asymmetrical Information Megan McArdle (original URL)
  16,700 Tammy Bruce Tammy Bruce
Media News
  14 Gawker Elizabeth Spiers Founding Editor
  Sheila McClear Reporter
  444 paidContent.org Staci Kramer Executive Editor
Foreign Policy
  164 Danger Room Sharon Weinberger Contributor
  2,276 FP Passport Preeti Aroon Assistant Editor
  Christine Y. Chen former Editor
  Prerna Mankad Editorial Assistant
  Carolyn O'Hara Senior Editor
  Elizabeth Glassanos Contributor
  Katie Hunter Researcher
  Kate Palmer Deputy Editor
  Caitlin Wall Researcher
  4,256 Gates of Vienna Dymphna
  11,577 Fausta's blog Fausta Wertz
Politics
  1,016 FactCheck.org Kathleen Hall Jamieson Director
  Viveca Novak Deputy Director
  Lori Robertson Editor
  Emi Kolawole Contributor
  1,635 The Moderate Voice Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Assistant Editor
  Holly Robinson Editor
  Damozel Contributor
  Bridget Magnus Contributor
  Polimom Contributor
  Angela Winters Contributor
  Jill Miller Zimon Contributor
  2,400 Pam's House Blend Pam Spaulding Publisher and Editor
  Autumn Sandeen Contributor
  Julien Sharp Contributor
Law
  2,485 Althouse Ann Althouse
  4,125 EFF: DeepLinks Emily Berger
  Jennifer Granick
  Rebecca Jeschke
  Corynne McSherry
  6,471 GrokLaw Pamela Jones
Local
  88 Gothamist Jen Chung Co-Founder and Editor
  Jen Carlson Contributor
  Beth Green Contributor
  Youngna Park Contributor
  Jill Priluck Contributor
  Laren Spirer Contributor
  Danielle Sucher Contributor
  1,982 DCist Jen Chung Co-Founder and Executive Editor
  Sommer Mathis Editor in Chief
  Heather Goss Managing Editor
  Amy Cavanaugh Contributor
  Missy Frederick Contributor
  Jamie Liu Contributor
  Amanda Mattos Contributor
  Valerie Paschall Contributor
  Gayle Putrich Contributor
  Kelly Rand Contributor
  Lynne Venart Contributor
  2,633 Japan Probe Pamela Contributor
  4,222 blogTO Tanja-Tiziana Burdi Editor
 
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For those who missed it, here's the intro to the first in this series. All caveats still apply.

As a followup to the recent BlogHer conference, here's the first in our series of posts on top female bloggers, organized by category. Although every metric has problems and limitations, we used Technorati rank to select and sort the blogs.

Up first: our Society & Culture category covers mom blogs, food blogs, pop culture, feminism and more. The largest category is "Personal"; we welcome suggestions for a more specific category for any of these blogs.

Some of this research was started several months ago, and there are several sources that we haven't had a chance to tap. Also, many blogs lack an "about" page or similar information about who is behind a blog. I'm sure we're missing lots of blogs and bloggers. Comments are open, and my email address is on our about page.

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