You may not have noticed if you live outside of DeKalb County, but the blog scene has exploded there the past year or so. There are several well-written civic-oriented blogs for the disparate parts of the county, some of which are actually breaking news, and many of which are shifting online and offline discussion in their communities.

Here’s a list of what I’ve noticed, which likely isn’t comprehensive. They’re in no particular order. If you write a DeKalb-focused blog that isn’t listed here, please link to it in the comments.

I chose to keep this narrowed to blogs that were created specifically to cover DeKalb County, but these aren’t the only blogs that discuss DeKalb issues of course. Many Georgia-oriented political blogs I read (and this blog) mention DeKalb issues from time-to-time.

There are also sites that technically fall outside the definition of a blog, but which utilize some of the same collaborative efforts which make these other blogs worth reading.

One good example of this is the Three Forks Heritage Alliance, which has a traditional web site but organizes and interacts using a Google group and has spread the word about its cause on blogs. Doraville also has several active email groups, and I’m sure other parts of the county do as well.

Most of the activity that I’m aware of comes from the northern and central parts of the county. I haven’t heard a lot from the southern part (Lithonia, Stone Mountain, etc.), but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Please share links if you know about them.