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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
BLOGS
CRIME AND COURTS
ENVIRONMENT
EXPERT SOURCES
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
HISTORY
JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS
LAW AND ETHICS
NEWS AND NEWS SITES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
RADIO AND TELEVISION
RESEARCH SITES FOR JOURNALISTS
TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS SERVICES
URBAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com
A good site for a quick (but brief) biographical check on almost any famous person.

Biography
http://www.biography.com
The Biography Channel Web site. Provides data on public figures and (especially) celebrities.

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BLOGS

Romenesko
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
The best Web roundup of media industry news and gossip.

Boingboing
http://www.boingboing.net
Looking for feature story ideas? Tracking trends? Or just hoping for oddball, interesting reading? These two respected sites demonstrate how the best blogs monitor what's new and cool.

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CRIME AND COURTS

Covering Crime and Justice
http://www.justicejournalism.org/crimeguide/toc.html
Helpful articles on covering the crime and justice beat compiled by Criminal Justice Journalists.

FBI's Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Statistics on all types of crime occurring throughout the United States.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
Criminal justice statistics from over 100 sources.

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov

U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html
Offers links to all courts throughout the U.S.

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ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov
Includes the EPA Newsroom, regulations and educational resources for the public.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration
http://www.noaa.gov
Data on oceans, the atmosphere, ecosystems, climate change and weather forecasts.

WorldWatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org
News and features on environmental issues and problems from around the world.

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EXPERT SOURCES

ProfNet Experts
http://profnet3.prnewswire.com/enter/index.jsp
A site connecting journalists with experts and information officers around the world.

US Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/knowledge-center/
Connects journalists with expert sources in public policy, academia, government and industry.

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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Fed World
http://www.fedworld.gov
Links to a vast array of federal government sites.

Voter Information Services
http://www.vis.org
Offers analysis of Congressional voting records.

Campaign Finance Information Center
http://www.campaignfinance.org
Part of the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Web site, to help you follow the money.

Federal Election Commision
http://www.fec.gov/disclosure.shtml
Official campaign finance reports and statistics.

U.S. Government Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov

U.S. Bureau of Census
http://www.census.gov

U.S. Federal Government Directory
http://www.searchbeat.com/fed-usa.htm
A collection of links to federal and state Web sites, agencies, news, weather, businesses, etc.

State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net
A directory of Web sites for state, county and local governments across the country.

U.S. Government Printing Office Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov
The Web site to view or order documents printed by the U.S. government.

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HISTORY

Best of History Web sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net
Links to more than 1,000 history Web sites.

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com
Speeches, videos, timelines and maps.

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Access to maps, documents, photos, video.

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JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
http://www.aasfe.org

American Copy Editors Society (ACES)
http://www.copydesk.org

American Press Institute
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org

American Society of Journalists and Authors
http://www.asja.org

American Society of Newspaper Editors
http://www.naafoundation.org/docs/Foundation/Training/nie_toolkit.pdf

Asian American Journalism Association
http://www.aaja.org

Associated Press Sports Editors
http://apsportseditors.org/

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
http://www.aejmc.org

Association for Women in Communications
http://www.womcom.org

Association of Health Care Journalists
http://www.healthjournalism.org

Black Journalism Review
http://www.blackjournalism.com

Center for Media and Public Affairs
http://www.cmpa.com

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa

Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org

Committee of Concerned Journalists
http://www.journalism.org

Criminal Justice Journalists
http://www.reporters.net/cjj/index.html

DART Center for Journalism & Trauma
http://www.dartcenter.org

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
http://www.fair.org

First Amendment Center
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org

International Center for Journalists
http://www.icfj.org

Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org

Journal of Mass Media Ethics
http://www.jmme.org

Journalism Education Association
http://www.jea.org

National Association of Black Journalists
http://www.nabj.org

National Association of Hispanic Journalists
http://www.nahj.org

National Association of Science Writers
http://www.nasw.org

National Conference of Editorial Writers
http://www.ncew.org

National Federation of Press Woman
http://www.nfpw.org

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
http://www.nicar.org

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
http://www.nlgja.org

National Scholastic Press Association
http://studentpress.journ.umn.edu/

National Society of Newspaper Columnists
http://www.columnists.com

Native American Journalists Association
http://www.naja.com

Newseum - Interactive Museum of News
http://www.newseum.org

Online News Association
http://www.journalists.org/

Quill & Scroll
http://www.uiowa.edu/~quill-sc/

Poynter Institute for Media Studies
http://www.poynter.org

The Pulitzer Prizes
http://www.pulitzer.org

Radio-Television News Directors Association
http://www.rtnda.org/

Religion Newswriters Association
http://www.rna.org

Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org

Society of American Business Editors and Writers
http://www.sabew.org

Society for Environmental Journalists
http://www.sej.org

Society for News Design
http://www.snd.org

Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org

South Asian Journalists Association
http://www.saja.org

Unity: Journalists of Color
http://www.unityjournalists.org

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LAW AND ETHICS

Freedom of Information Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/

The Reporter's Privilege:
http://www.rcfp.org/privilege
Shield laws by state, from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Student Press Law Center
http://www.splc.org

Journalism codes of ethics
http://asne.org/Key_Initiatives/Ethics/Ethics_codes.aspx
Links to dozens of news organizations' codes.

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NEWS AND NEWS SITES

Mondo Times
http://www.mondotimes.com

Newslink
http://newslink.org

NewsVoyager
http://www.naa.org/NewsVoyager.aspx
Need a link to a newspaper, magazine, TV or radio station? If it exists, one of these three sites will get you there.

10 X 10
http://tenbyten.org
An innovatively designed news site that ranks the day's top stories visually and numerically.
Newspaper Archives
http://www.newspaperarchive.com
Need to track down an old story? This site boasts access to millions of back issues.

U.S. News Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
A clearinghouse of links to the archives of many U.S. newspapers.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

All About Public Relations
http://aboutpublicrelations.net/toolkit.htm
A toolkit of helpful columns and articles compiled by Steven R. Van Hook.

PR News Wire
http://prnewswire.com
International clearinghouse of news releases.

Public Relations Society of America
http://www.prsa.org

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RADIO AND TELEVISION

Broadcast Education Association
http://www.beaweb.org/

National Association of Broadcasters
http://www.nab.org

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RESEARCH SITES FOR JOURNALISTS

Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com
A comprehensive one-stop information source. For a reporter, this makes a good home page.

Journalist Express
http://www.journalistexpress.com
Another all-purpose home page with links to reference material, publications, headlines, etc.

The Journalist's Toolbox
http://www.naafoundation.org/docs/Foundation/Training/nie_toolkit.pdf
Hundreds of helpful links from the American Press Institute.

Power Reporting
http://powerreporting.com
A Web site listing "thousands of free research tools for journalists."

Reporter's Desktop
http://www.reporter.org/desktop
Another one-stop collection of links to reference materials, Web sites, maps and search engines.

Fagan Finder Quotations and Proverbs Search
http://www.faganfinder.com/quotes/
Need to track down a quote or proverb? This is usually the best place to start.

Search Systems
http://www.searchsystems.net
A free directory that allows you to search public record databases of all kinds.

The Smoking Gun
http://www.thesmokinggun.com
Want to see how entertaining public records and legal documents can be? This stuff is priceless.

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com
The best source for information about movies, videos—even television shows.

CIA - The World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Information on every country on the planet, from illicit drug use to number of telephones, courtesy of U.S. intelligence agencies.

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TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS SERVICES

Anywho Online Directory
http://www.anywho.com/rl.html

Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/

Zip Codes
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

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URBAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS

Health-Related Hoaxes and Rumors
http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html
The Centers for Disease Control posts information on most health hoaxes here.

Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com

Urban Legends and Folklore
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blhoax.htm
These two sites help separate fact from folklore.

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