World-Wide Web Resources
Journalism

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NEW SITES ADDED SINCE March 28

Alt-Press Watch, collection of fulltext newspapers, magazines and journals from the alternative press. Available to on-campus users and off-campus to UK affiliates via the proxy server. Restricted to two silmultaneous users.
  • Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE), provides "educational services to reporters, editors and others interested in investigative journalism." Links to government database collection, story abstracts, state-by-state campaign contribution tracking, and an international roster of investigative journalists, sorted by region and interest areas. Searchable.
  • Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

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    ADVERTISING

  • AAAA, American Association of Advertising Agencies.

  • Adnews, from Bale Communications. Online Canadian advertising news.

  • Advertising World, information about University of Texas advertising program and a directory of advertising & marketing links.

  • American Demographics Marketing Tools, two magazines that focus on consumer trends and market research, geared toward businesspeople and advertisers.

  • Brand.Com, overview of sites relating to brand marketing.

  • Flake World, Cereal Box Collection

  • Food Resource, provides a large collection of public domain jpeg images of foods, other foods references, and links to related documents.

  • Market Research Center, entertainment and advertising research.

  • Standard Rate and Data Service, provider of media and marketing information for over 75 years.

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    COLUMNS & CARTOONS

  • Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index, site includes current editorial cartoons, comics from around the world, an index to editorial cartoons by artists and state (syndicated and non-syndicated cartoonists), cartoonist organizations, an annotated directory to other cartoon sites, and a teachers' guide to using the site.

  • United Media, with Dilbert, other comic strips and art, and editorial cartoons.

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    FIRST AMENDMENT

  • Accuracy in Media, two magazines that focus on consumer trends and market research, geared toward businesspeople and advertisers.

  • American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network

  • Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech, symbolizes preservation of basic civil rights in the electronic world.

  • Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC). Group of Internet users, library groups, publishers, online service providers, and civil liberties groups fighting for the First Amendment and the Internet as a means of free expression.

  • Committee to protect Journalists, "CPJ is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the press and promote international press freedom. CPJ is the only U.S. organization with a full-time staff devoted to documenting and responding to violations of press freedoms around the world. This organization also publishes a Press Freedom database, which is a continually updated record of press freedom violations in more than 100 countries since January 1, 1995."

  • Electronic Privacy Information Center, public interest research center in Washington, DC established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Infrastructure. Includes the Internet Censorship page.

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation, civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to online resources and information.

  • Ethical Spectacle, monthly ezine covering ethics, law, and politics in society.

  • FAIR/Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, media watch group criticism of media bias and censorship.

  • FBI FOIA Electronic Reading Room, Federal Bureau of Investigation use of the Freedom of Information Act to gain access to information.

  • First Amendment News, monthly Freedom House report on freedom of speech and press.

  • Free Expression Clearinghouse, alerts, legislative updates, legal briefings, and news on cases of censorship in local communities around the US.

  • Free Speech Movement Archives, collection of related resources about the FSM that took off October, 1964 at the University of California Berkeley campus with a speech by Mario Savio.

  • The Freedom Forum, nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.

  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Comprehensive, searchable site put together by the Society of Professional Journalists, containing a state-by-state guide to access laws and contacts, sample request letters, news, the act, its history, and links to more resources on the Internet.

  • Index on Censorship, bi-monthly magazine for free speech & debating freedom of expression.

  • Institute for First Amendment Studies

  • Intellectual Freedom Legislation: the State of the States -- pending legislative issues relating to intellectual freedom and property issues.

  • U.S. Legislative Branch, guide to Legislative branch resources on the Net, including Senate and House rules, voting records, the history of Congress, floor proceedings, and Congressional news and analysis.

  • Voter's Telecommunication Watch, volunteer organization concentrating on legislation as it relates to telecommunications and civil liberties.

  • American Communication Association

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    JOURNALISM SERVICES & SOURCES

  • Afro-American Newspapers

  • Broadcasters, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • The CAR/CARR Links Page, computer-assisted research and reporting for the reporter in the information age. Compiled by Dean Tudor, Professor of Journalism at Ryerson Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting in Canada.

  • College News Online, campus newswire and information service including links to student-run and campus newspapers.

  • Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

  • CRAYON, Create Your Own Newspaper. Tool for managing news sources on the Internet. A news page customized with the daily information an individual is interested in.

  • Current Awareness Resources using Internet Audio and Video, compilation of links to audio/video services for use in monitoring current events.

  • Internet Resources for Environmental Journalist, from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Includes copies of environmental journalism newsletters and annotated links to useful web resources.

  • Foundation for American Communications, reporters' online journalism tools.

  • Gebbie Press, media directory, listing all USA TV, radio stations, daily & weekly newspapers, trade & consumer magazines, Black and Hispanic media, syndicates, & networks.

  • Internet Journalism Resources, from Minnesota State University Moorhead.

  • Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE), provides "educational services to reporters, editors and others interested in investigative journalism." Links to government database collection, story abstracts, state-by-state campaign contribution tracking, and an international roster of investigative journalists, sorted by region and interest areas. Searchable.

  • Journalism Jobs (J-JOBS), University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism provides job opportunities in magazine, tv/radio, newspaper, freelance or educational publishing venues.

  • JournalismNet, working journalist's guide to the Internet.

  • Journalism Resources, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • Journalism Resources, from 12 Go Web. For-fee directory by specific subject with absolute links to journalism sites. Some free links available.

  • Journalism UK (United Kingdom), links to print media sources with the United Kingdom, aimed at print journalists writing for magazines or journalists based in the United Kingdom.

  • A Journalist's Guide: Finding Data on the Internet. Links to online government and private databases that can be used for stories.

  • A Journalist's Guide to the Internet, guide to electronic mailing lists, newsgroups, and websites relevant to deadline news reporting.

  • Links to Journalism, selected links to free online resources, designed to serve scholars, journalists, and other professionals.

  • Media and Communications Studies Site, a British-based gateway to Web resources useful in the academic study of media and communication. (Frameless:Media and Communications Studies Site.)

  • Media Central, Cowles New Media trade publications.

  • Megasources, extensive information resources for journalists, from Canada.

  • NameBase Book Index, from Public Information Research. Document delivery service with access via the home page or telnet. Essays, book reviews, and other sources included.

  • NandO.Net: The News and Observer. From the Poynter Institute.

  • National Conference of Editorial Writers, an organization of active editorial contributors to newspaper, radio, and television stations.

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  • NewsWatch- Center for Media and Public Affairs Project, daily news and media criticism e-zine created to watch the media watchdog.

  • NewsUSA, free feature news stories for media professionals. Automated search function allows users to select by topic, story length, and key word.

  • Newswise Guide To Journalism Grants and Fellowships, description, deadline and contact information for upcoming awards, grants and fellowships.

  • Nielsen Online, the A. C. Nielsen Company.

  • Online Journalism Review

  • Parrot Media Network, directories to U.S. television stations, cable, radio stations, and newspapers. Includes phone and fax numbers, mailing and shipping addresses, station executives, and Nielsen market data.

  • PRESSline Journalist Database, press releases. The organization structure follows the standard SIC codes.

  • Press 1, virtual news and journalism toolbox, including a special section called Tool Box, full of all the latest browsers, plug-ins, viewers and decoders.

  • Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1997. Works and biographies of the winners.

  • Reportage, e-zine about reportage with stories from various international places. Includes gallery for photojournalism and links to newspapers, magazines, and news services from over 100 countries.

  • reporter.org, searchable database of investigative stories and a collection of professional forums and associations.

  • Reporters Network, organizational homepage. Formed to promote the Internet as a research and communications medium for working journalists.

  • Sahafa Online, directory of Arabic newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations.

  • Scoop Cybersleuth's Newsroom Resources, Internet newsroom source including files and sites in the news.

  • SIMBANet, web resource for media professionals.

  • The Slot, copy editors site by Bill Walsh.

  • The StudentPress, journalism-related links to student and professional online publications and a list of Internet resources.

  • Switchboard, residential and business phone numbers and addresses.

  • Vanderbilt Television News Archive

  • year book news, provides interview sources and contacts to journalists working at print, broadcast and online news media.

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     LIBRARIES

  • University of Alaska

  • University of California

  • Columbia University

  • University of Illinois

  • University of Iowa

  • Indiana University

  • Ohio State University Journalism Library

  • University of Maryland

  • University of Missouri-Columbia

  • New York University

  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
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    NEWS

  • ANC Newswire Daily Briefing, compiled news briefings from the South African Press Agencies.

  • Asian Advertising & Marketing, biweekly business news-magazine covering marketing, advertising and media developments across Asia.

  • Maps In the News, maps of international news events. Part of the University of Minnesota's John R. Borchert Map Library.

  • Newseum, interactive museum of news, funded by The Freedom Forum.

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    ORGANIZATIONS

  • AAAA, American Association of Advertising Agencies.

  • American Communication Association

  • American Society of Journalists & Authors

  • International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Free independent trade unions of journalists promoting co-ordinated international action to defend press freedom and social justice.

  • Michigan Press Association, representing Michigan's daily and weekly newspapers.

  • NAJA, Native American Journalism Association.

  • National Association of Black Journalists

  • National Association of Hispanic Journalists

  • National Press Club, social and professional organization for working journalists.

  • National Scholastic Press Association, student press organization.
    • Associated Collegiate Press, division of National Scholastic Press Association. Membership organization for college student media in the United States.

  • The Newspaper Association of America

  • Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

  • Project for Excellence in Journalism, an initiative by journalists from all media concerned about the purpose and standards of the American press. Affiliated with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

  • Public Relations Society of America

  • Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).

  • Society for Environmental Journalists, seeks to advance public understanding of environmental issues.

  • Society of Professional Journalists

  • Special Libraries Association News Division, international organization for librarians and researchers working in print and broadcast news media.

  • White House News Photographers' Association

  • The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press

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    PUBLICATIONS

    Alt-Press Watch, collection of fulltext newspapers, magazines and journals from the alternative press. Available to on-campus users and off-campus to UK affiliates via the proxy server. Restricted to two silmultaneous users.

  • American Journalism Review, includes a comprehensive guide to journalism resources on the WWW, along with a guide to grants and fellowships available to journalists.

  • The Cole Papers, monthly newsletter on technology, journalism and publishing, with archived and current information from The Cole Digest and Cole's Newswire.

  • Columbia Journalism Review

  • CovertAction Quarterly, investigative journalism from MediaFilter.

  • Cox Newspapers, directory of the Cox Washington Bureau and an informational guide to the 19 newspapers in the group.

  • CP Copy Talk Newsletter for Writers and Editors, intended as a forum for all sorts of writing and editing matters.

  • Editor & Publisher Interactive
    • Editor and Publisher Online Newspapers, database of world-wide online newspapers. Entries contain name, hypertext connection, contacts, price, description, and entry update date. The database is searchable.

  • Electronic Green Journal, information concerning sources on international environmental topics.

  • Electronic Journals, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • E-Mail Newsletters, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • First Monday, electronic journal with original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. There is a subscription cost to access the articles. Free registration provides access to abstracts.

  • WiredNews, access to back issues of Wired magazine. Userid and password required, both are free and for the asking.

  • The Internet Newsroom, twice-monthly newsletter to help working press who use the Internet for news gathering.

  • Lexington Herald-Leader, searchable fulltext back to 1983. Accessible on-campus; off-campus access for UK affiliates via the proxy server.

  • Lexington Herald-Leader, online version of today's Herald-Leader, as well several previous days' issues. Free archive searches dating back to 1983. There is a charge for acquiring articles.

  • Louisville Courier-Journal, searchable fulltext back to 1999. Accessible on-campus; off-campus access for UK affiliates via the proxy server.

  • The Louisville (Kentucky) Courier-Journal, NOT the electronic version of newspaper. NO access to archives.

  • Marketing Week, United Kingdom's weekly news magazine for marketing, advertising and media professionals.

  • The McLuhan Probes, monthly publication on the thoughts and observations of media theorist Herbert Marshall McLuhan. Site published by the Herbert Marshall McLuhan Foundation in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf).

  • Newsandtech.com, online version of the print Newspaper & Technology magazine.

  • Online Reporter, from London, Ontario, Canada. Newspaper created and run by graduate journalism students. The paper covers events and issues of local and national interest.

  • PostMortem, editorial Webzine that aims to reveal and interrogate the assumptions that inform the production and consumption of the Washington Post.

  • Print Magazines that Maintain Web Resources, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • PROMO Magazine, promotional marketing magazine with the listing of the 'Top 100 PR agencies,' access to a general PR Agency directory online.

  • Telecommunications Electronic Reviews (TER), irregular electronic serial publication of the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of ALA. Primary function is to provide reviews of and pointers to telecommunications and networking resources, both print and electronic.

  • Utne Reader, web publication has selected articles from Utne Reader, the Cafe Utne, a web community and informal gathering place for discussing ideas and issues. Also has Book Stacks Unlimited: about 400,000 titles within a searchable database.

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    PUBLIC RELATIONS

  • Center for Media & Democracy, investigative reporting on the public relations industry, site includes information on PR Watch, the Center's quarterly publication, as well as subscription information.

  • i PR, free monthly newsletter with articles and links of interest to public relations practitioners.

  • Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center.

  • PRBOOKS: a distribution list for book reviews on public relations. Reprints of reviews from elsewhere and reviews written by list members. List Owner: Gary Carson gary530@dbcity.com To subscribe to PRBOOKS, send the following command to PRBOOKS@JUNO.COM: SUBSCRIBE yourname.

  • PRSA Technology Section, Public Relations Society of America Technology Section, communications professionals who develop, implement, and counsel public relations and marketing activities for technology companies and organizations.

  • Public Relations Agencies and Resources on the WWW, lists public relations agency web sites worldwide and organized by category, region, and specialty.

  • Public Relations Society of America

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    SCHOOLS

  • Annenberg Washington Program, a wide range of information on traditional communications policy and journalism issues.

  • Journalism @ Nevada, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Reno. resource for journalism students, instructors, and professionals.

  • Journalism Library Information Center, from the Columbia University Library.

  • Kennedy School of Government News Office, including faculty experts,transcripts and publications, KSG OPIN (Online Political Information Network) a set of links to most major sources of government and political information available on the Internet, connections to online news services, reference and academic centers, trade publications, international sources, and articles on using the Internet for reporting.

  • McLuhan Website Project, introduces students to the ideas of the late theorist and educator Marshall McLuhan.

  • Poynter Institute for Media Studies

  • School of Journalism and Telecommunications, University of Kentucky.

  • Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication, Arizona State University.

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    OTHER

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts

  • Kingsbury, (Gilbert W.) Collection, 1952-1964, Finding Guide, for materials located in Special Collections and Digital Programs,University of Kentucky Libraries. Lexington, Kentucky.

  • Lawrence W. Hager Collection, 1890-1979, Finding Guide, for materials located in Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries. Lexington, Kentucky.

  • The Media & Communications Studies Site, British-based gateway to Web resources useful in the academic study of media and communication.

  • News Watch Project, news media monitoring and advocacy project from the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University's Journalism Department.

  • Photography Resources, from Galaxy.

  • Publishers & Booksellers, from the University of Kentucky WWW Selected Resources.

  • Publishing Companies Online, from the WWW Virtual Library.

  • Spectrocom Producer's Masterguide, international entertainment-production & media sources for motion picture, broadcast -television, commercials, cable and videotape industries since 1979.

  • Speech and Transcript Center, Gary Price, George Washington University, selected online media transcripts and speeches.

  • Typographic, type, typography, and history of letterforms.

  • United States Early Radio History, articles and extracts on early radio and related technologies in the United States.

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  • College of Communications and Information Studies, University of Kentucky.

    • This page was last updated 23 February 2005. To suggest additions or corrections to this list, send mail to Reinette Jones at rjones@uky.edu.

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