Journalism - Internet Resources

Media Online - Internet Resources

Blinkx: TV & Radio Broadcast Search
Keyword, Boolean, Natural Language Searches for video & audio clips through BBC News, CNN, C-SPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, NPR, Voice of America, and other networks | Smart Folders learn & save searches
News Aggregators / Feed Readers - Google Directory
News Aggregators / Feed Readers - Wikipedia
WikiNews - "a free content news source you can write!"

Journalism - Google Directory
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• AcademicBrainTrust - Connecting Scholars to Media Activists & Policymakers - Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research & Free Press
  "Academic researchers and scholars across a broad range of disciplines have a grossly underutilized wealth of experience and knowledge that is desperately needed right now in policy fights across the country and the globe. As public interest advocates and activists wage lonely, underfunded campaigns around public broadcasting, universal Internet access, global media policy, commercialism, and other important issues, there has been a noticeable lack of input from the considerable talent in the field of communications and media studies."
• ACME - Action Coalition for Media Education
  media literacy education, independent media production, grassroots media justice & reform | indymedia, activism, students, parents, research, curriculum
• Air America Radio - Progressive Talk & News
• AlterNet - MediaCulture
• American Journalism Review - Philip Merrill College of Journalism, U MD
• The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC)
  browse, search by topic, cartoonist, publication date, keyword, cartoonist profiles, editorial cartoon news briefs, RSS, "Cartoons for the Classroom" - lesson plans & other classroom materials
• Blogdex - MIT Media Lab
  "tracking the diffusion of information through the weblog community" | incl RSS feed
• BusinessJournalism.org - AZSU
• Center for Media and Democracy
• Center for Public Integrity - Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
  "a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world"
• Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism: "National Security" Toll on Freedom of Expression - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  site tracks "the chilling effect that responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on information availability on the Internet" - descriptions of abuses, tracks Web sites (including government sites) that have shut down, have been requested to suppress information, or have self-censored, incl examples of employees who have been suspended or lost jobs as a result of anti-terrorism initiatives
• Citizen Access Project - U Florida College of Journalism & Communications
  "How much does your state and local government let you know about its actions? This guide provides information on public access laws in all 50 states."
• Clandestine Radio
  "a resource regularly used by radio monitors, academics and historians, journalists, and military and intelligence analysts to track psywar developments across the globe"
• Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
  "Our goal is to provide timely information on freedom of information issues and on what journalism organizations are doing to foster greater transparency in government."
• Columbia Journalism Review Daily
• The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
  "nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the press and promote press freedom around the world" | news, reports, "Ten Worst Enemies of the Press"
• Common Dreams News & Views
• Congressional Research Service [CRS]: Secrecy & Security - Federation of American Scientists
  reports on sensitive security information, homeland security, continuity of government, related topics - site's mission because: Note: "The Congressional Research Service does not make its publications directly available online
• CyberJournalist.net - Media Center of the American Press Institute
• Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
  "A network of journalists, journalism educators & health professionals dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy. The Center also addresses the consequences of such coverage for those working in journalism." | reporting tips on topics such as interviewing victims, families, covering disasters, suicide, murder, domestic violence | articles, research reports, training material, links
• DEBKAfile - Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism Security
• DemocracyNow.org
  national daily award-winning program, independent, int'l journalists' perspectives
• DocuTicker - ResourceShelf.com
  "daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo's, think tanks, and other groups"
• Editorial Cartoons: The Impact and Issues of an Evolving Craft - Harvard U, Neiman Foundation for Journalism [PDF]
  impact & future of political cartoons in the U.S., decline of editorial cartooning, freedom of speech, accusations of anti-Americanism, impact of local cartoons, the shortage of women cartoonists, relationship between editors and cartoonists
• Ethical Journalism: A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments [PDF]
• ExxonSecrets.org
  trace connections of money, individuals, organizations & their dossiers in the web of climate change skeptics' disinformation machine
• FactsNet Daily Briefing
  top stories' Newslinks, Backgrounders, interviewable News Sources, Internet Resources, links to full texts of official documents
• Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
• Finding Data on the Internet: A Journalist's Guide - Robert Niles
• The First Amendment Handbook
• The Free Expression Policy Project - NYU School of Law, Brennan Center for Justice
  research reports, fact sheets, commentaries, court & agency briefs, copyright, free speech, media democracy issues, media policy, violence in the media, art censorship, censorship history
• Free Press Media Reform Network
  "a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector"
• Free Press : media reform through outreach, activism, lobbying and networking
• Freedom of the Press: A Global Survey of Media Independence
  country rankings, ratings, 1980 to present
• Google Zeitgeist
  search patterns, trends, surprises, top popular searches, categories, topics, annual summary, timeline, archived weekly & monthly search reports back to 2001, specific countries
• Guide To Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data From Around the World
• High School Journalism - American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)
  news, lesson plans, summer programs, scholarships, links to 100s of high school newspapers
• High School Journalism Guide - Poynter Institute
  articles relating to writing for & editing high school newspapers, writing editorials, ethics, diversity, visual journalism, legal issues, links
• Home Town News
  3,000 links by state to "to all known daily & weekly U.S. newspapers with Web sites"
• Independent World Television
  "the world’s first global independent news network, online & on TV, will deliver independent news & real debate from professional and citizen journalists without funding from governments, corporations or commercial advertising, using the web to organize & raise funds across borders, an international movement for democracy" | founded by Paul Jay, award-winning documentary film-maker, former executive producer of CBC Newsworld¹s debate program Counterspin | funded by non-profit foundations, incl the MacArthur & Ford Foundations, labour groups, contributions from individuals
• International Labor Communications Association
  "we hope to focus the content of our postings in four general areas: media, labor stories, important stories not covered by the from the mainstream media, announcements of events, publications, etc."
• Investigative Reporters and Editors
  resource center, training, educators, directory, database library, awards, job center, FOI center
• IPI Global Journalist - International Press Institute - U Missouri School of Journalism
  (IPI) Global Journalist magazine 1999 to present, feature articles, calendar of events, letters to the editor, reports, archived audio files of "Global Journalist Radio" mediated discussions
• Ipsos News Center - Polls, Public Opinion, Research & News
• J-Learning - UMD Institute for Interactive Journalism
  resources for community journalism | webpage layout, reporting community data, advertising, examples of community groups journalism projects
• A Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts
• The Journalist's Toolbox
• JournoList
  asks what kind of answers journalists are seeking, then suggests tools & links to resources
• Legal Guide for Bloggers - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  "a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights" | FAQs on intellectual property, online defamation law, section 230 (of the Communication Decency Act of 1996) protections, privacy, FAQs for bloggers as journalists (reporter's privilege and media access), FAQs on election, labor laws
• Media Bill of Rights
• Military Reporters & Editors - The Official Association of Military Journalists
• The National Digital Newspaper Program - Library of Congress & National Endowment of the Humanities
  database of all U.S. newspapers with descriptive information & digitization of select historic pages
• The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)
  "works from within the journalism industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues" | stylebook, directory of media companies with domestic partner benefits, journalist's toolbox, guidelines
• National Press Photographers Association
  workshops, television photography, technology, job information bank, e-commerce store, AV library, researchers, students, instructors, photojournalists
• News Leaders Debate: Building Audience With Blogs - Poynter Institute
  This series of articles looks at how journalists could use blogs "to bridge some gaps between audience and media." | features comments on the role of blogs in journalism from a number of newspaper and TV news editors and executives, links to related articles and Web sites about journalism and blogs
• Oligopoly Watch
  "an attempt to make sense of the business pages in the newspaper, particularly the stories about mergers and acquistions...how and why big companies keep growing bigger"
• Online Journalism Review
• PolicyBot
  database of public policy documents
• Power Reporting
• Poynter Institute
  "school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists" | design & graphics, diversity, ethics, ethics on-call toll-free, leadership, online, photojournalism, writing/editing, TV/Radio, seminars, resource center, publications
• Project on Government Secrecy - Federation of American Scientists and Bush Administration Documents on Secrecy Policy
• Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions - Society of Professional Journalists
• Regret the Error
  "reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications, trends regarding accuracy & honesty in North American media"
• Religionwriters.com - Religion Newswriters' Association
  annotated collection of links for researching or reporting on religion and ethics in public life, archive of articles & newsletters, FAQ
• Reporter.org - IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors
  global grassroots network for journalists | mailing list & archives | conferences | resources
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  latest intrusions on freedom of the press by federal, state, local government, state by state guide to open meetings and open records laws, a First Amendment Handbook, a report on electronic access to court records, and the RCFP's amicus briefs, public comments, and other documents
  Homefront Confidential: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know
• The Reporter's Desktop Resources
• Reporters Without Borders
  "defending press freedom"
• The Revealer - a daily review of religion and the press - NYU Dept of Religion & Center for Religion & Media
  critical analysis of issues regarding religion and its portrayal in the media
• SheSource.org - Closing the Gender Gap in the News Media
• SmallTownPapers
  scanned images of recent issues of dozens of small town newspapers from throughout the United States, updated 2-3 weeks after publication, searchable archive to 1890s - articles, photos, advertisements, free registration
• Society of Professional Journalists
  "dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press" | ethics resources, FOIA, training, diversity, discussion lists, bulletin boards
• SourceWatch
  formerly called the "Disinfopedia", a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. Sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy
• The State of the News Media - An Annual Report on American Journalism - Columbia U - Project for Excellence in Journalism
  newspapers, local television, radio, ethnic media, aggregate data, station ownership, shrinking audiences, standards, technologies, methodology, commentary, public attitudes
• Student Press Law Center
  high school & college journalism resources on the First Amendment - FAQ on student press rights, interactive tests on student media law & the First Amendment, reports on ongoing cases & archives involving student publications, news updates
• StudentPress.org - National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) - Associated Collegiate Press
  news, contests, conventions, links, articles on trends in high school media incl censorship & publishing potentially misleading advertisements
• Take Back the Media
  "a cooperative project by progressive American citizens. We are dismayed at the pro-government, pro-corporate bias shown by American media, and we intend to do something about it."
• Technorati
  "a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere — the world of weblogs" | search by keyword, URL, browse popular topics, create free custom notifications
• 10X10 - Hourly Montage of Top 100 News Words & Images - Linking to Top Stories
  "Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image" | Archived hourly history from Nov. 2004 | Yearly Top 100
• A Time for Disobedience: Faced with Bush's lockdown on information, reporters have to stand up
• TV News Archive
• WatchingAmerica
  "reflects global opinion about the United States, helping Americans and non-Americans alike understand what the world thinks of current issues that involve the U.S. This is done by providing news and views about the United States published in other countries."
• Who Owns What - Columbia Journalism Review
  media consolidation & monopoly, company listings & related articles
• Women in Media & News
• World Public Opinion.org (WPO) - Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
  regionally organized information "on public opinion from around the world on international issues." | reports, questionnaires, methodology | topics incl development, aid, environment, trade, governance, security, justice, human rights, the United Nations, more

  Alternative Newsservices

• Alternative Press Center Index
• Alternative Press Review
• AlterNet.org
  Independent Media Institute, 200 sources
• Commercial Alert
  Ralph Nader - "Protecting children and communities from commercialism"
• Counterintelligence: Recommended Tools for Media Analysis
• Drudge Report
• Project Censored - Tracking the News That Didn't Make the News
• Tolerance.org
  Southern Poverty Law Center - human rights
• TomPaine.com
  liberty and democracy analyses overlooked by the mainstream media
• Utne Reader Online: Utne Web Watch - The Best of the Alternative Web
  reprints of articles from 2,000+ alternative media sources
• Worldwatch Institute
  emerging trends, updates, social & economic inequities, impending environmental action

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