Journalism Resources
vA Journalist's Guide to the Internet
is a good resource for locating business information, laws, government documents (federal and state), and online newspapers. http://reporter.umd.edu/
the site of the Poynter Institute, a non-profit educational institute for students and professional journalists, "Poynter.org exists to help journalists do their jobs better and to serve their communities. Updated daily, it provides journalists with reliable information, useful tools, and provocative suggestions. The site advances the goals of The Poynter Institute by making accessible worldwide our teaching, expertise, and research. — The Mission of Poynter.org." The entire site offers valuable resources, but it is recommended you begin by clicking on the 'Doing Journalism' tab at the top of the home page. http://www.poynter.org/links/
vOf special interest are the bibliographies prepared by David Shedden of the Poynter Institute. They are updated often and include:
Broadcast Journalism Bibliography; Computer-Assisted Reporting Bibliography; Crime Coverage Bibliography; Diversity Bibliography; Interviewing Bibliography; Investigative Reporting Bibliography; Journalism History Bibliography; Journalism Libraries Bibliography; Media Credibility Bibliography; Media Ethics Bibliography; Media Leadership Bibliography; New Media Bibliography; Photojournalism Bibliography; Politics & the Press Bibliography; Presidential Debates Bibliography; Public Journalism Bibliography; Reporting & Writing Bibliography; Visual Journalism Bibliography; World Press Bibliography; Youth & the Media Bibliography; Bibliographies: Index
is the web site of FACS, a non-profit organization funded by news organizations and charitable foundations, with the mission of educating journalists to "analyze the underlying issues in the news." Take a minute to register and you will be able to access excellent resources on economics, science, law, and ethics as well as other subjects. http://www.facsnet.org/
"The World Press Institute's mission is to promote and strengthen press freedom throughout the world." In order to fulfill their mission, the WPI offers 10 fellowships per year to international journalists, giving them the opportunity to experience reporting under the protections of the First Amendment.
- This web site offers
- details on the WPI Program.
- the Reporters Notebook, where "WPI fellows are required to file stories for their readers, viewers or listeners at home and for the WPI Web site." Includes current and archived articles.
- a list of contacts of, "more than 100 WPI alumni from more than 50 countries...have volunteered to respond to reporter inquiries about issues and sources in their countries."
- a list of resources where "you'll find links to valuable Web sites for practicing journalists, as well as articles on important topics in world journalism."
- a forum for the discussion of media ethics with the "orld Press Institute (WPI) and the media ethics division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)." Includes its own set of journalism-ethics links. http://www.worldpressinstitute.org/
vWorld Legal Systems - http://www.droitcivil.uottawa.ca/world-legal-systems/eng-monde-large.html
vFacts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
"is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)." http://first.sipri.org/
is an impressive compilation of contacts created by Kitty Bennett, journalist at the St. Petersburg Times. Lists universities and think tanks, clearinghouses, international groups and organizations, as well as experts by topic, including aging, business, demography, defense, education, ethics, law, media, medicine, and social issues. http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html
vInvestigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
"is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting within the field of journalism. IRE was formed in 1975 with the intent of creating a networking tool and a forum in which journalists from across the country could raise questions and exchange ideas." "The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing over 17,000 investigative stories - both print and broadcast...more than 1,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories..." Searchable with some full-text available.http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/
"Reporter.org was conceived by Investigative Reporters and Editors as a way to provide a variety of resources to journalists, journalism educators, and the public at large via the Web. Founded with a donation from the Hillman Trust and furthered with grants from The Florence and John Schumann Foundation, the project continues to evolve." http://www.reporter.org/
from The National Political Index, "a web site which provides an index of substantive political information for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, politicians, academicians, and media editors..." Take time to browse the entire index for more valuable resources. http://www.politicalindex.com/sect30.htm
vNAA's Information Resource Center
"serves as a clearinghouse for newspaper industry information. Our customers are newspapers, advertisers, market researchers, educators and students. The IRC website provides free statistical and historical information on the newspaper industry, but customized research services provided from the IRC staff are only free to NAA members." http://www.naa.org/SectionPage.cfm?SID=167
contains "Articles & Publications...Centers & Institutes Issues in Journalism... Professional Organizations & Associations...Media Watchers...Resources & Centers...Additional Ethics Resources" all focusing on the issue of ethics in journalism. Compiled by Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA. http://www.web-miner.com/journethics.htm
vWatch Dog Organizations
vNational Counsel on Public Polls
"The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) is an association of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission is to set the highest professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and to advance the understanding, among politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results." Includes this very useful article, "20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results," (Second Edition) Sheldon R. Gawiser, Ph.D. and G. Evans Witt.http://www.ncpp.org/home.htm
is a site that explains what propagand is, how to analyze media to identify it, and provides examples. http://www.propagandacritic.com/
vNewspaper Indexes
The following are links to newspaper indexes that will enable you to find current and historical holdings of newspapers published in the United States and abroad.
Library of Congress - Newspaper Indexes - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awser2/newspaper_indexes.html
Center for Research Libraries - Foreign Newspapers - http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23&l3=44&l4=27
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