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Here's our list of recommended Web sites, arranged alphabetically. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Broadcast Education Association http://www.beaweb.org/ National Association of Broadcasters http://www.nab.org RESEARCH SITES FOR JOURNALISTS Refdesk.comhttp://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. TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS SERVICES Anywho Online Directoryhttp://www.anywho.com/rl.html Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com/ Zip Codes http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp 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. |