The Trincoll Journal was a webzine that ran from 1992 to 2000 and is widely considered “the Internet's first first Web 'Zine.” ¹⁾ A webzine is defined as a magazine that exists solely on the Web. ²⁾

The magazine was started by a group of 25 Trinity students to serve as an alternative to the printed Trinity Tripod. It was “first developed as Hypercard Stacks on Macintosh SE's, a Quadra 840AV, and a Centris 610,” and utilized an early version of the NCSA Mosaic. Upon switching to the World Wide Web system for publishing, Trincoll Journal became one of the first student-run magazines on the web. The first issue was released on May 1, 1992.

The magazine was published weekly and incorporated graphics, sounds, and texts into its layout. Each week featured a new and interactive graphic to serve as the “cover” of the magazine. The sometimes humorous and sometimes serious articles existed in several different categories, including “Commentary,” “Sports,” “Technology,” “Fluid Thoughts,” “Intercourse,” and “Photo Essay.”

TrinColl Journal logo. Image credit: Wikipedia

Though most of the staff were Trinity students, the journal took contributions from students attending a variety of colleges, including corespondents from schools such as Princeton University, the University of Melbourne (Australia), Tufts University, New York University, and University of Hartford.

Even though the Trincoll Journal website became defunct in 2000, the Trinity College official website allowed its content to be accessed for a period of time, although now it is only accessible via the Wayback Machine.

The Trincoll Journal (archived in the Wayback Machine

Trinity Journal (webzine)

From Zines to EZines: Electronic Publishing and the Literary Underground (2001) by Frederick A. Wright.

What's New On the Web (1993).