November 2009 Archives

ADVERTISING

Advertising Research Foundation

Advertising/Design Goodness Blog
Samples of good (and bad) ads.

BackCountryMaps.com
A Google Maps-based map with great information for all the backroads and by-ways.

Adweek.com
Stories on trends in the industry.

Advertising Age
News, features, job bank and more.

The Ad Council
The council is in charge of public service announcements for TV, radio spots regarding problems facing the environment, community and children.

The ADLAW Web Site
A comprehensive legal reference, including the Advertising Law Handbook and model contract forms. Also: sign up for a weekly news digest of ad law topics.

American Association of Advertising Agencies

Association of National Advertisers

AmericanBusinessMedia.com

Classic Car TV Commercials
View sports back to the 1950s.

Audit Bureau of Circulations
Circulation audit site. Many resources and contacts.

Ad Resource
News about trends in the advertising industry.

KnowThis.com
This site features the Marketing Virtual Library, a leading non-commercial marketing reference site..

Media Industry Online Newsletter
An electronic version of the print newsletter for advertising, marketing and media executives.

Interactive Advertising Association: Case Studies
A free database of prominent campaigns.

Ease History
This Michigan State University website features videos and photographs from 1900 to the present. The site connects historical events, campaign ads and core democratic values. Users can search on over 600 videos and photographs and view them inside three different interfaces. It's built from an environmental perspective and includes ad campaigns from the 1950s to present.

World Advertising Research Center
Search advertising/marketing and public relations firms by name, topic.

AgencyFinder.com
Search a database of advertising/marketing and public relations firms.

Advertising World Directory
Search a comprehensive database of firms.

CopywritingSite.com
Dozens of tips and resources for writing better ad copy.

Internet Advertising Bureau
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the only industry association devoted exclusively to promoting the use and effectiveness of advertising on the Internet.

Jupiter Communications
Jupiter Communications provides research on Internet commerce. Jupiter's research, which is solely focused on the Internet economy, provides clients with comprehensive views of industry trends, forecasts and best practices.

Outdoor Advertising Association of America

MousePrint.org
This site exposes lies in advertising. It focuses on the details in the fine print. The site offers consumer updates and a free weekly newsletter.

Vintage Advertising
A great collection of advertising, from the 1920s to present.

Association for Advancement of Relationship Marketing
Educates businesses on the topic. Good for hunting down sources.

The Ad Critic
Examples of ad campaigns and critiques, including streamed video.

SpamCop.net
Report businesses and people who submit SPAM e-mails.

About.com PR/Advertising Page
Links to dozens of helpful industry sites.

PRFirms.org: Council of Public Relations Firms
Resources galore, including job-hunting materials.

CableTVAdBureau.com
Network profiles, news headlines and links to networks and regional cable stations.

Advertising Media Planning
Basic instruction in how to plan and execute an advertising campaign.

InternetExecutive.com

Sayitbetter.com
Free advice from advertising experts. Lots of articles on forming partnerships and more.

The Cool Hunter
Look up ad campaigns and creative work.

NADbank (Toronto, Canada)
NADbank is the principal research arm of the Canadian newspaper industry. It provides information for its newspaper, agency and advertiser members and features useful newspaper links.

Netratings.com
Like the Nielsen TV ratings, this site offers traffic information for the top Web sites.

Media Survey
Tracks Web site performance. A good newsletter that offers "expert tech media analysis."

Silicon.com
The 5 W's of e-business.

Ereleases.com
Writes and distributes press releases to more than 10,000 journalists.

Chicago Advertising: Lewis Lazare
A great Sun-Times business columnist who covers Chicago ad agencies. Some national news, too.

Marketing

American Marketing Association
Several helpful links and access to the Journal of American Marketing.

Advertising and Marketing Review magazine
Dozens of helpful links to publications, tools.

Business Marketing Association

Direct Marketing Association

WhatsNextOnline.com
A bi-weekly newsletter on Internet marketing and PR.

Web Review
A plethora of helpful information for developing and marketing Web content. Tips, style sheets, trends and more.

Marketing Vox News
An excellence marketing and research letter.

WebMarketeer.com

BusinessMarketing.net

Media Industry News

PR and Marketing Network

International Newspaper Marketing Association

International Association of Business Communicators

Iconocast
The weekly e-mail newsletter for Internet marketing.

CelebritySource.com
An agency that puts you in touch with celebrity agents. Used mainly for advertising, it could have some value to reporters.

Inthe80s.com TV Commercials
A look back at the great 80s commercials.

IMarketInc.com
Information-driven marketing tools, seminars and more.

Web Marketing Association

Forrester Research

AdBusters.org
Spoof ads and parodies.

Center for Media Research
A great research Web site. Sign up for an e-mail update.

Center for Media Research: Research Links
A collection of 15-20 good links.

Association for Advancement of Relationship Marketing
Educates businesses on the topic. Good for hunting down sources.

Ethnic Marketing

EPMCom.com
Offers a newsletter called Marketing to the Emerging Majorities that includes news, research and case studies on seveal ethnic groups.

The Selig Center for Economic Growth
From the University of Georgia, this site offers a downloadable publication "Multicultural Economy 2004." The study offers state-level population and buying power projections.

Advertising Age: Demographics.com
Offers analysis and downloadable data.

Forrester.com
From Marketing to Ethnic Minorities, this site explores racial and ethnic differences in technology adoptiona nd behavior. Must register to use the site.

TargetMarketNews.com
An e-mail publication daily with news updates. Specializes in African-American Research.

HunterMillerGroup
E-mails a Market Snapshot of stats, primary and secondary research and insights with a focus on the African American market.

IsabelValdes
Expert in Hispanic and in-culture marketing.

Rab.com
Instant background reports on ethnic groups. Must be a registered members.

MarketResearch.com
Instant background reports on ethnic groups. Must be a registered members.

LogoLounge
This site features logo trends as well as an online logo database.

AdAge TalentWorks
A 15-page .PDF with stats about the advertising and media job markets.

American Marketing Association
Several helpful links and access to the Journal of American Marketing.

Advertising and Marketing Review magazine
Dozens of helpful links to publications, tools.

Business Marketing Association

Direct Marketing Association

WhatsNextOnline.com
A bi-weekly newsletter on Internet marketing and PR.

Web Review
A plethora of helpful information for developing and marketing Web content. Tips, style sheets, trends and more.

Marketing Vox News
An excellence marketing and research letter.

WebMarketeer.com

BusinessMarketing.net

Association of National Advertisers

House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet

Media Industry News

PR and Marketing Network

International Newspaper Marketing Association

International Association of Business Communicators

Iconocast
The weekly e-mail newsletter for Internet marketing.

CelebritySource.com
An agency that puts you in touch with celebrity agents. Used mainly for advertising, it could have some value to reporters.

Inthe80s.com TV Commercials
A look back at the great 80s commercials.

IMarketInc.com
Information-driven marketing tools, seminars and more.

E-Marketer.com
Tips, trend stories on e-commerce.

Web Marketing Association

Forrester Research

AdBusters.org
Spoof ads and parodies.

Center for Media Research
A great research Web site. Sign up for an e-mail update.

Center for Media Research: Research Links
A collection of 15-20 good links.

Association for Advancement of Relationship Marketing
Educates businesses on the topic. Good for hunting down sources.

International Sponsor Council
A membership organization that provides a platform for advocacy, industry education, career development and professional networking for corporate sponsors and their executives as well as being a resource to identify and locate specialists in the rapidly expanding sponsorship industry.

SUPER BOWL ADVERTISING

SuperBowl-Ads.com
Site covers news, history, trends and more about one of the biggest days in advertising. Features some polls about the ads, too.

Google News: Super Bowl Advertising

AdWeek

Advertising Age

POLITICAL ADVERTISING

PBS: The 30-Second Candidate
A look inside political advertising. Historical timeline, transcript of show. Create your own ad.

Political Ad Media Buying
Harvard professor on political ad buying strategy.

Yahoo! Political Advertising Page
Dozens of links to useful sites.

University of Iowa: Political Advertising Articles and Links
Archived from 2004.

The Living Room Candidate
Video of presidential campaign commercials 1952-present.

Nielsen Ratings
Weekly and seasonal TV ratings.

Nielsen: 2008-09 TV Market Size Rankings

Federal Communications Commission
Places federal regulations on TV entertainment. The site offers handbooks, resources, press releases, bureau/office listings, contact information and more.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild
Another union site with lots of news.

TV Critics Association

TVGuide.com
Covers every aspect of the industry.

Variety.com
The bible of Hollywood trade papers.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Covers Hollywood business.

NATPE: National Association of Television Producers and Editors

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmys.tv
TV news year-round.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Emmys site, media center, news, archives and a schedule of upcoming events.

TV Watch
Opposes government control of TV programming and promotes the use of tools like content ratings and parental controls.

Parents Television Council
Another TV watchdog group.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

ABCtelevision.com

CBS.com

NBC.com

TheWB.com

FOXWorld.com

NBCI.com
NBC's entertainment division.

UPN

Warner Bros. TV

Nick-at-Nite

HBO

Sci-Fi Channel

WTBS-Turner

USA Network

Association of Local TV Stations

National Cable TV Association

International Radio and TV Society

Broadcasting & Cable Magazine
Covers the business of television. "People on the move" section is great for tracking executives.

TVLink
Dozens of links to TV- and movie-related sites.

Entertainment Tonight

Access Hollywood

Hollywood.tv
Hollywood video/news site similar to TMZ.

TelevisionWeek
TV industry news, ratings and more.

TV Rundown
The TV Rundown reports on local television news and programming.

FirstShowing
A good Hollywood gossip blog that includes links to teasers and new trailers.

MeeVee
This site/blog provides listings for local and cable TV shows as well as customized show recommendations. Includes a news feed and message boards.

IwatchStuff.com
An entertainment/gossip site.

TV Party.com

TV Barn
Kansas City Star television columnist Aaron Barnhart writes a weblog about television.

TVEyes.com

TV Obscurities
A look back a little-known TV shows.

TelevisionWithoutPity
Recaps and news on all of your favorite TV shows.

IMDB Pro
Subscription section of Internet Movie Database lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents. Track films in production, actor/movie rankings, etc.

WhoRepresents.com
Another subscription service that lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents.

TVNewsday.com

Zap2It.com
News from the Hollywood industry.

Newsweek Pop Vox
Best and worst in movies, TV and books.

Ultimate Reality TV
Has the lowdown on all the show gossip.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

Entertainment Weekly Movies Database

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Star Links
Connect stars to each other.

Sitcoms Online
All kinds of resources about shows past and present. Some trivia.

TV Mistakes

TV Tattle
Listings of links to TV news and criticism from newspapers and Web sites.

The Tonight Show Archives
JohnnyCarson.com has a library of 5,000 past episodes.

Washington Post Television Page
Updates on the TV industry from the Post's crew of media writers.

Hulu.com
Portal to thousands of old TV shows you can watch online.

Fancast.com
Watch hundreds of TV shows and movies for free.

Blinkx Channel Browser
Download programming straight to your browser.

TV History
Links, FAQ, decade-by-decade breakdown the evolution of television and TV manufacturers. Look at past TV guides, TV models, etc.

BuddyTV.com
TV social networking site. It includes some news and spoilers, but fact-check what you read on here.

Syracuse University: Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture
Part of the Newhouse School of Journalism.

Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library
Print and TV cartoons.

The Ad Critic
A mecca for popular TV commercials.

RedEye Show Patrol Blog
Outstanding TV news blog from RedEye-Chicago Tribune columnist Curt Wagner.

ShowbizShelly.com
Blog and podcasts with celebrity interviews.

Strike.TV
Professionally produced web video skits. Started during the writer's strike.

Collider.com
Movie, DVD, music, video news, reviews and interviews.

PasteMagazine
Music, movie and entertainment news. Includes blogs on various topics.

News at Seven
A cool tool that allows you to create a virtual newscast pulled from stories, images, videos and blogs all linked by a common news topic. The site generates an avatar that delivers the newscast.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

Simply Scripts
Scripts from TV, movies, radio, etc.

CNN Entertainment Coverage

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

In Touch Weekly

The Futon Critic
TV blog with news, listings, ratings, reviews and more.

Hollywood Entertainment Museum

Advanced Television Systems Committee
An international organization establishing broadcasting standards for digital (including high-definition and data broadcasting) television.

Pitchfork Media TV
Quality music videos and more.

Fancast
Comcast site combines information about TV shows and playback of archived shows.

Veoh Networks
Has shows from some network and studios but also has some viewer-generated video.

Joost
Nearly 30,000 shows available.

Veoh
Search online videos and watch TV shows.

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.

SitCom Locations

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

MySpaceTV
View short snippets from shows.

Online Video Guide
Watch hundreds of movies, TV shows, etc.

SnagFilms
Browse political programming and other videos.

MSN's Video Guide
Listings and coverage of what's new on TV.

AOL TV

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Arts & Humanities
Thousands of documents on government communications, education, languages, literature, philosophy, religion, music, art, and other cultural aspects of humanity.

Archive of American Television

The WB
Watch archived shows from the network.

WildFilmHistory: 100 Years of Wildlife Filmmaking

Breaking News Online

Breaking Tweets
Global news delivered Twitter-style.

Google News Search

NewsCred
News aggregator links you to media outlets and blogs in the United States.

Newspaper Archives on the Web
A listing of archives from the Special Libraries Association.

Short Form Blog
Blog of short news items.

Directory of USA Newspapers Online

Breitbart.com
A quick scan of the day's top headlines.

Newser.com
A news site that publishes about 60 written new summaries each day. It's aggregated news but written and framed by editors. It includes top stories of the day and pieces from free-lancers around the world, and links to various news sources.

Kidon Media Link
A very comprehensive directory of news organizations from around the world.

HometownNews.com
Links to more than 2,600 U.S. daily and weekly newspapers.

Legacy.com
Obits and death notices from hundreds of U.S. papers.

Directory of Canadian Newspapers Online

Headlinespot.com
Search daily news headlines

LiveNewsCameras.com
Features more than 110 live streaming video channels from network affiliates around the world, as well as Sky News and the Pentagon Channel. Users stay updated through a Twitter feed and by live moderators that are based out of cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. Users also can imbed the moderator feed into their blog, website or MySpace page. The site also features live weather channels, an RSS feed and a blog. The site can be particularly helpful to TV and radio journalists tracking stories in other cities.

Slate: Today's U.S. Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

Slate: Today's International Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

BackIssueFinder.com
Locate back issues of various periodicals and publications. A good stab-in-the-dark search tool.

Findarticles.com

AllYouCanRead.com
Search more than 20,000 newspapers and magazines around the world.

First Headlines: State News List
Scan news from each state using an image map.

Global Voices Online Blog
From Harvard Law, this site features blogs from around the world, highlighting news and other resources.

IRE Archive of Hot Stories
Good to check every few days for ideas, news, etc.

1stHeadlines.com
A very basic newsfeed site from several sources. Organized by topics.

CyberPaperBoy.com
Helps you find any online newspaper in the world.

New West Network
Founded by former Industry Standard editor Jonathan Weber, this blog is a network of online communities devoted to the culture, economy, politics, etc.

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

HeadlineSpot.com
Search news by city, state, country, region, topics. Includes, TV, radio, magazines, podcasts, newswires and news photos.

Ibiblio.org: U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web
Internet's most comprehensive directory of online newspaper archives lists which ones are free, prices for sites that charge, and links.

NewspaperIndex.com
A directory of online newspapers, organized by country. Very helpful as a quick-reference tool.

AltWeeklies.com
Best of stories from 125 online alternative weekly sites.

Yahoo! News Local
Scan stories by region using an image map or pulldown menu.

NewspaperArchive.com
More than 32 million newspaper pages online. Some content is free, much of it is paid, password-protected.

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
Backgrounders for anyone
interested in international news.

E-newswires.com
A cool clearinghouse of great news sites.

Weekly Newspapers Online

AllMediaScotland.com
A portal to Scotland media industries.

WireTap Magazine
An online magazine targeting socially conscious kids.

NewsKnife.com
Ranks the top news websites. Does a top 100 newspaper sites list.

ABYZ News Links
Lists news sites by region.

U.S. Newspapers List

Newseum: Today's Front Pages
View page one visuals from newspapers around the nation.

Techmeme
Links to many breaking tech news stories.

NewsDirectory.com
Links to hundreds of newspapers.

Newslink.org
Links to major newspaper Web sites.

Pandia Search Finder: Search Engine for News Sites

Power Library Initiative
Search several newspaper and magazine databases for free.

Total News
Links to dozens of daily news sites.

WorldFlash
A news ticker that crawls across the bottom of your computer screen. Lets you run up to four constantly scrolling ticker-style windows.

True/Slant.com
Launched in June 2009, True/Slant is an "original content news network tailored to both the "Entrepreneurial Journalist" and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences. Contributors, consumers and marketers each have a voice."

ABYZ Newslinks Page
Choose by country, region, etc.

InfoToday News Breaks
A flash news digest of technology information.

Chronicling America
Library of Congress database of historic newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922. Part of the National Endowment of the Humanities.

News Lookup
A great global search tool that lets you search by nation or topic.

Ananova
A great news search site that includes top headlines of the day.

Yahoo! News
A great breaking news site and related Web sites, Usenet groups and audio-video files.

Washington Post

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

USA Today

United Press International
Offers real-time on all its wires.

PBS

CNN

ABC News.com

MSNBC.com

CBS News

National Public Radio

CNBC.com

NBC.com

FOXnews.com

U.S. News and World Report

Cursor.org
A handy collection of news and political stories.

Village Voice

Cybercast News Service
Daily news updates with a conservative twist.

Christian Science Monitor

Newswatch.org

FrontPageMagazine.com

MagPortal.com
Search hundreds of magazine titles.

Law.com Newswire
Updated several times a day with great stories.

The Morning News
Dry wit and candor on this news site with a New York focus.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

The News Directory
Portal for finding news stories, search magazines, etc.

Atlantic Unbound
An expanded version of the Atlantic Monthly on the Web.

RocketNews.com
A helpful, current news search engine.

Lycos News

EmergencyNet News Today
Site monitors current and potential political, social an natural crises.

AJR News Links: Newspapers
Business, campus, U.S., international, etc.

AJR News Links: TV Sites
Affiliates organized by network.

NewsHub
This site features major news sources as well as PR Newswire, EurekaAlert and E! Online.

NewsMax.com
Dubbed "America's News Page."

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Top 20 Searches

Scoop08: National Student Newspaper Election Coverage
First online national student newspaper will cover the 2008 elections.

EveryBlock.com
Available in Chicago, San Francisco and New York, this site helps you browse news by zip code or neighborhood. You can enter an address and see nearby crimes, restaurant inspections, media coverage, etc. You also can get a citywide overview of news by category, then click on specific topics to find what you're looking for.

GuerrillaNews.com
Explore various global issues through this site, which provides links to articles, headlines, videos, and blogs.

The Huffington Post
Popular news, entertainment and politics site from Arianna Huffington.

Mediaite
News and opinion on TV, print, and online media. It includes a media influence index and a jobs board.

SiloBreaker
An online search service for news and current events that delivers "meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines."

ABC World Newser Blog
Anchor Charles Gibson's blog.

World Public Opinion
Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues.

The Daily Beast
A news aggregator that's about 30 percent original content features politics, entertainment, pop culture, etc. Includes blogs, "buzz board", e-mail newsletter, etc.

NewspaperArchive.com
Millions of historical newspaper articles, dating back to 1759. Includes "Today in History" and a newsletter archive.

TruthDig.com
Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics. To offer frequent change and surprise, the magazine also presents a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's editors and staff.

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Current Events
Thousands of documents, maps, military and other newsworthy topics.

MyGazines.com
Encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines on newsstands. Run by an offshore company that's working around digital piracy laws. You can use the site to look up past issues of publications, but there are ethical concerns.

HubDub.com
A fun site that helps you "predict" what will happen next in the news: who will win a game, an election, an award?

MegaCarta GeoSearch News
Use this global image map to click for news stories. Also listed as a news ticker.

DailySource.org

IRE Interactive Math Quiz
After you've taken the test, click on the link at the bottom of the page to find out how to arrive at the correct answers. The test covers calculating percentages, ages, murder rates, property tax bills, as well as estimating the size of a crowd and determine average and median salaries. The test is great for college journalism classes and newsroom training sessions.

Martindales' Reference Desk: Online Calculators
Links to dozens of types of online calculators.

Newslab's Getting the Numbers Right

Robert Niles: Statistics Writers Should Know
An excellent reference primer from the LA Times' Robert Niles on stats for journalists.Start here with several math tutorials!

Robert Niles: Figuring Percent Change

Newsthinking.com's Math Refresher
A great quick-study in figure percentages, ratios, etc.

Percent Change Calculator
Check your accuracy with this tool.

Inflation Calculator
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Currency Converter
Universal conversion tool.

Census: Statistical Abstract of the United States
The complete abstracts going back to 1995, mostly .PDFs of the book pages.

Currency Converter

Global Rich List Database

Math Mistakes
Common errors by reporters, advertisers, politicians and activists.

American Math Society: What's New in Mathematics
Includes a 'Feature Column' monthly essays on mathematical topics), 'Math in the Media' (highlights of math news from science literature and the current media), 'Math Digest' (summaries of articles on mathematics), and the 'AMS Public Awareness Office'(press releases, contacts for journalists, and more).

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

No Train, No Gain: Numeracy Exercises

No Train, No Gain: Numeracy Resources

Matt Baron's "Go Figure" Site
Great tips for handling stats.

Exploring Data
A resource for educators who are teaching introduction to statistics, with some basic instruction that could be helpful to journalists.

No Train No Gain: Tips and Exercises
Handouts from training gurus Jack Hart and Joe Grimm and exercises by Debbie Wolfe.

Newslab's Internet Resources for News with Numbers
This site includes links to helpful online calculators.

Newslab's "Getting the Numbers Right"

Phil Meyer's Mathematics Competency Test for Journalists

Project for Excellence in Journalism's "Using Numbers"

Geneva International Forum
A listing of international organizations located in Geneva. The database is searchable by keywords.

MSNBC: Estimating Large Crowds
Steve Doig of Arizona State University uses a process to estimate large crowds. He uses Obama's Presidential Inauguration as an example.

How Much Is That?
A database of facts regarding various monetary values, etc. Good for conversions.

Investopedia: How the Dow Jones Is Calculated

FinanceCCH.com: Retirement Planning Calculator

CNNMoney.com: Retirement Planning Calculator

AOL Retirement Planning Calculator

Columbia University: Writing About Derivatives

John Allen Paulos: Mathematics
John Allen Paulos is a great source for math for journalists. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Temple and is a regular columnist on ABCNews.com.

History of Mathematics
Lots of solid background information.

Newsengin.com
Created by reporters, this site offers free computer tools, including cost-of-living calculators that adjust for inflation.

Online Conversion Tool
Site has more than 8,100 calculators and conversion tables.

Aneki.com
Rankings and statistics on hundreds of topics and countries. The world?s cleanest country, the country with the most mobile phones per capita, etc.

SalaryExpert.com
A free provider of salary information from a veteran compensation and benefits consulting firm. It site shows pay data for over 30,000 jobs and displays pay data for more than 45,000 U.S./Canada cities.

Stats.org
Explores how journalists can use statistics.

WebMath
More than 1,000 pre-solved problems, many with free answers, for geometry, trig, algebra, etc. A very handy site for journalists.

Salary Converter
Compare what you make with sports, entertainment stars.

ExploreMath.com
Animated equations show you how the variables change. Great for working out problems.

Statistics.com

Online Conversion
Offers thousands of calculators of various kinds.

QUData.com: Data Mining Tools and Library
Data mining and knowledge for journalists or anyone needing online calculators. The site features online tools and library resources.

Molecular Weight Calculator
Just input the formula, and it returns the molecular weight to 13 decimal places.

Math for Journalists
Bruce Garrison of Miami University has put together this remedial tutorial.

Homefair.com
This site also has a good salary calculator.

Distance Converter

Currency Converter
A great site, but always double-check your findings against another calculator.

QUData: Data Mining Tools and Library
A great collection of online calculators, data mining, knowledge discovery online tools and library resources.

Federal Inflation Index
Calculate increases in prices over the years.

Newsengin Inflation Calculator
Calculate increases in prices over the years.

FDIC: Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator
This interactive application that can help you learn about deposit insurance. Calculate the insurance coverage of your accounts at each FDIC-insured institution.

West Egg Inflation Calculator
Calculate increases in prices over the years.

Auriton Solutions
Calculators figure your cost of credit and the size of a mortgage you can afford.

Bankrate.com Gas Price Calculators

UnitsConverter.net Measurement Converters

University of North Carolina: Math Test for Journalists

KitchenMath.com
Conversion tables for cooking measurements.

Convert-Me.com
"Interactive calculators for many measurement systems both commonly used like metric and U.S. Avoirdupois and quite exotic like Ancient Greek and Roman."

"Math Tools for Journalists" Book
Written by veteran educator Kathleen Woodruff Wickham Ed.D., "Math Tools" explains math concepts in layman?s language and shows how these concepts apply to situations journalists face every day. Cost: $16.95.

Interest Calculator
Determine compounded daily interest.

Interest Calculator
Track the difference a small percentage change in interest can make on an investment over time.

Universal Currency Converter
Contains currency information on 180 currencies in over 250 geographical locations.

Check Your Weight on Other Planets

The Original Tipping Page
Lists acceptable amounts for specific situations.

DeathClock.com
How many seconds do you have left?

U.S. Census Bureau: U.S. and World Population Clock
Database allows you to search releases, warnings and news from the Food and Drug Administration.

NewsEngin Cost-of-Living Calculator

USA Today: State-by-State Population Growth (1790-2000)

Center for Environment and Population
CEP partners with leading experts and organizations to link science, to policy, and public outreach to better understand and address the issues. It helps compile, assess, and advance current knowledge and emerging trends on population and the environment.

Robert Niles: Writing with Statistics

SensibleUnits.com
This site converts measurements, distances, weights, etc. into objects that people can relate to. For example, four acres equals three football fields or 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Very handy for developing graphics and writing about sizes of buildings and lots.

WeirdConverter.com
A great site for analyzing numbers and coming up with odd facts and figures for stories. It's great for comparing sizes, weights and gives the reader some perspective.

Good Math, Bad Math Blog
Blog on consumer math, economics, etc., from computer scientist Mark C. Chu-Carroll.

Employee Benefit Research Corp.: Savings Rate Analysis
Projects savings/investments over periods of time. Click on "Ballpark Estimate" tool.

T. Row Price: Retirement Calculator

National Credit Union Administration Deposit Insurance Estimator

FDIC: Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index Database
Select an item (gas, food, etc.) and track price increases nationally over time. Great quick reference for stories. You also can track it by region or major metropolitan area by using the image map and pulldown menu on this page

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Inflation Calculator

Encyclopedia of Mathematics
More than 8,000 entries.

Science U
A spinoff site from the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota, this site explains science in basic terms.

Institute for Analytic Journalism

Learner.org: Math in Daily Life

Water Calculator
Form helps you determine how much water you use in a day.

CPI Inflation Calculator

Catalog of Math Resources
A great set of links from the University of Wisconsin.

WWW Virtual Library: Mathematics
More great links from Florida State University.

TaxMama.com
Fun with tax statistics.

Mathematics of Tsunamis
The math and physics rules that govern them.

We wanted to share a good example of how to put some large numbers or obscure measurements into context that the average reader can relate to:

Q. Is there some way to put 488 acres into context, i.e., what is that as big as?

A. One acre is equivalent to 43,560 sq. feet or 4,840 sq. yards. One football field is equivalent to 57,240 Sq. feet. So one acre is 76% the size of a football field. In the Midwest, farms were homesteaded and also sold by the railroads in quarter sections. A section is 640 acres. A section is also one square mile. A quarter section is 160 acres. Three quarter sections add up to 480 acres. Where I am from in Iowa the farmers often talk in terms of how many farms a person has. If the farm was 488 acres the farmer would call that three farms or 3/4 of a section. Or just 488 acres.

Poynter Institute
Links to newspapers and other resources

State of the News Industry Report
Annual report from the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Yahoo! Media Watch
Daily headlines and news on the media industry.

State-by-State Guide to Shield Laws
Poynter site offers image map for easy search.

NewsCollege
Loaded with tip sheets and articles, this site features work previously published in "The Write Way," some of which have been updated and revised for NewsCollege. Started in early 2006, the site covers many writing basics, such as tightening copy and eliminating weak quotes.

American Society of Newspaper Editors
Links to dozens of journalism publications and online newspapers

American Press Institute

American Press Institute Media Center

Newspaper Association of America

National Press Club Library

Organization of News Ombudsmen
Articles, columns, conferences, links to columns and membership listing.

Northwestern's Readership Institute
A great resource of studies, stats and expert sources.

National Conference of Editorial Writers

National Society of Newspaper Columnists

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

Organization of News Ombudsmen

Society of American Business Editors and Writers

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

World Association of Newspapers

State of the News Media

SPJ: The Quill Online

Frontline Editors Project

CJR: Who Owns What?

The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.

ReportingtheTimes.com
A beginners guide to journalism and reporting.

LA Observed
A blog about LA media news.

NiemanWatchdog.org
This site raises key questions in the media and public affairs. It seeks experts from academia, the business world and government to provide questions and background on news topics. The site is part of the Nieman Watchdog Project at Harvard University.

American Association of Independent News Distributors

World Association of Newspapers
Covers a variety of journalism topics.

Audit Bureau of Circulations
Circulation audit site. Many resources and contacts.

Newsthinking.com
An excellent site on newspaper writing and reporting from Bob Baker of the LA Times. The site offers a dynamic e-newsletter on writing, editing and newsroom collaboration.

TheSlot.com
A site for copy editors.

Copyeditor.com

Copydesk.org

Newspapers.com

MediaLens.org
A good blog-like site for global news, trends and criticism.

The Media Beat
Journalist David Tereshchuk's media commentaries.

NewsKnife.com
Ranks the top news websites. Does a top 100 newspaper sites list.

NewsLibrary.com

INET Journalism Resources
Dozens of great links.

Newspaper Links
Links to darn near every online newspaper site.

Wire Service Guild

NY Times Syndicate

AP Managing Editors

PR Newswire Press Room

Knight-Ridder

CapitolBeat.org
Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors is an organization for statehouse reporters around the country.

Building an Intranet for Your Newsroom

Resources for Journalism Ethics
From Steve Buttry.

JScoopMedia
Offers blogs, job tips, journalism school statistics and "valuable industry news for tomorrow's editorial talent."

Archive.org
Site is indexing Sept. 11 content.

Newspaper Guild

World Association of Newspapers

International Newspaper Marketing Association

Cincinnati Enquirer and the Chiquita Secrets Revealed
A full collection of background and articles.

PubZone.com
Coverage of the Canadian Communications Industry.

Columbia Journalism Review Resource Guides
Covers a variety of journalism topics.

Providence Journal: The Power of Words
Bob Wyss of the Journal has a great site on writing and writing well.

Annual Surveys of Journalism and Mass Communications
From the University of Georgia Grady Center, this site samples recent journalism graduate about issues such as the job market.

Providence Journal: Reporters and Photographers Working Together
Tips from Bob Wyss of the Journal.

The Evolution of the Newspaper of the Future
From Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (1995).

American Society of Journalists and Authors

Capitol Beat
Blog from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.

BuzzMachine.com

LAObserved
A blog about the LA media.

Providence Journal: Journalists Primer to Budgets
From the Journal's Dave Herzog.

Media Tenor Institute
Features extensive data of up to date research free of charge. There is also a free newsletter sent twice a week with the latest reports about the influence of media in public opinion. A important resource of information very useful for journalists and students concerned about impartial and balanced journalism.

Pulitzer Prize Winners
Database and bio information on winners.

Media-Alliance.org
Blog with media criticism, ideas, links to current issues in the industry.

RegrettheError.com: 2008 -- The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Society for News Design: World's Best Designed Newspapers
Database of winners in various categories.

Play the News
This interactive game helps readers understand current events and news. It's created by a company called Impact Games.

International Federation of Journalists
Represents more than 600,000 members in more than 100 countries. Promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through "strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists."

USF St. Petersburg: Links to U.S. Journalism Schools

British Library: International List of Journalism Departments

The International Center for Journalists

International Federation of Journalists

European Broadcasting Union

European Journalism Centre

Journalism Center on Children and Families

Washington Journalism Education Association Blog

Community Media Workshop (NewsTips.org)
Part of Columbia College, this site has resources on covering important issues in Chicago.

Ohio State: Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism

Maynard Institute

Inter Press Service

American Journalism Historians Association

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Latin American Journalism Handbook

Native American Journalists Association

American Society of Business Publication Editors

National Sports Journalism Center
Indiana University organization features blogs and columns about trends in the industry. It's a must-bookmark for sports journalists.

81st Academy Awards Nominees List

81st Academy Awards Movie Trailers

81st Academy Awards Media Kit

Internet Movie Database
Great for fact-checking names and film titles.

Film.com
RealNetworks site offers text and audio.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild of America
Also lists agents and writer/clients.

Motion Picture Association of America
Founded in 1922, the MPAA serves as the "voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically." The website offers a press room, film ratings and covers issues such as movie piracy.

FilmRatings.com
Enter a movie's title (all titles since 1968) in the database and find its rating. Site offers reasons why a movie is given a specific rating.

Oscars.org
News from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cannes Film Festival
Official site of the festival.

CannesGuide.com
A travel site that focuses on the Cannes Film Festival.

FilmRatings.com
Database of ratings for every film since 1968.

BoxOfficeMojo.com
Run by movie analyst Brandon Gray, Mojo is an online movie publication and box office reporting service. Based in Burbank, Calif., the site provideswe produce analysis, reviews, interviews and the most comprehensive box office tracking available online. This includes quick links to daily box office takes, weekly, annual, etc. Also has news and analysis, showtimes, trailers, release schedule and an RSS feed.

BoxOffice Magazine

Media By Numbers
Tracks weekend box office numbers. Quoted often in the media.

ShowBizData.com
A super site. Requires a log-in/subscription. Includes daily box office stats, box office top 10 and all-time top 100 box office.

Variety.com
The bible of Hollywood trade papers.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Covers Hollywood business.

Premiere.com
News from Premiere magazine.

Hollywood.com
Hollywood news and box office figures.

Hollywood and Vine
News on all the entertainment industries.

HSX.com
Hollywood Stock Exchange site covers industry news.

Independent Film Channel

IndieWire.com
News on independent films, listing of festivals.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

CNN Entertainment Coverage

In Touch Weekly

BoxOfficeProphets.com
Databases and records for all-time box office receipts, video and DVD rentals, reviews and more.

PBS Frontline: The Monster That Ate Hollywood
The business of movies and special effects.

FamousLocations.com
Locations sites of famous movies.

FilmWise.com
Trivia, facts, etc. on movies.

FilmSite.org

Cinema FreeNet
Search for a database of movies, actors, directors, and producers.

Newsweek Pop Vox
Best and worst in movies, TV and books.

CineFiles: Pacific Film Archive
Reviews, press kits, festivals, newspaper articles, etc.

Movie Review Query Engine
More than 20,000 movie reviews by Web and newspaper writers.

International Film and Video Festivals
Lists international film, television and video festivals.

ShowBizScoop.com

Quick Stop Entertainment

Bad Movie Script Query Letters Blog
An Hollywood talent manager posts horrible script pitches. Funny.

TeenHollywood.com
Lots of celebrity gossip and chats.

GossipCentral.com
Get caught up on all the Hollywood gossip.

IMDB Pro
Subscription section of Internet Movie Database lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents. Track films in production, actor/movie rankings, etc.

WhoRepresents.com
Another subscription service that lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents.

Ain't It Cool News
Another Hollywood gossip site.

DarkHorizons.com
Claims to have the "latest news, images, clips and reviews of all the current and upcoming blockbuster films."

Searchbeat's Movie Reviews

ScreenTalk.com
Movie scripts.

Movie-Page.com
All sorts of information on movies, including scripts.

Movie Cliches
A fan site, but it's fun.

MovieJuice.com
All the Hollywood gossip.

Internet Archive: Movie Collection

Yahoo!'s Sundance Film Festival Links

BadMovies.org
A collection of bad movies, reviews, etc.

Film Festivals.com
Video and coverage from all the parties.

National Film Preservation Foundation

Critics.com

MetaCritic.com

The Flick Filosopher

RottenTomatoes.com
More movie reviews.

All Movie Guide

Box Office

Box Office Guru

Box Office Report

Cinema Canada

Documentaries.org

Fade In Magazine

Independent Film Makers

InsideFilm.com

Movie Maker Magazine

MovieWeb

N.Y. Film Academy

Turner Classic Movies: Movies Database
Great for quick-reference, this site allows you to search a database of thousands of movie titles.

About.com: Classic Films

BijouFlix

Sony Pictures

Miramax Movies

Paramount Movies

Warner Bros. Movies

20th Century Fox Movies

Universal Pictures

Dreamworks Movies

MGM Studios

New Line Cinema

ScreenIt.com
Parents rate movies for their appropriateness for children. A fan site, but fun.

Big Movie Zone.com
Site is devoted to large-format films.

FilmWise.com

Soundtrack.net
Download movie soundtracks and information about them.

MovieQuotes.com

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Cars that explode on impact, visible laserbeams, and the staples of the silver screen that defy the laws of science. This is a fan?s site, so take it for what it?s worth.

AllMovie.com
Has a cool tool for figuring out just what "Magnolia" was about.

TheCelebrityCafe.com Entertainment Magazine
New articles daily on movies, books, television, music, entertainment news and more.

The Spinning Image: Cult Movies
This UK site covers news and titles on cult movie classics.

Online Classics

Brew&View

555-List
An online database of fake phone numbers from movies and TV shows. Hilarious. It's a fan site, however.

Movie Mistakes

FilmFlubs.com
A listing of gaffes in movies. Similar to MovieMistakes.com.

AdmitOne.org Film School
An intro to movie-making from the Artists Rights Foundation.

Bad Movie Report
Fun site with hilarious reviews of awful films.

Critics.com
A collection of movie critics' links.

Entertainment Weekly Movies Database

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Star Links
Connect stars to each other.

Chicago Sun-Times Movie Critic Roger Ebert

LA Times: The Envelope Please
Predictions site for Oscars, Grammys.

National Association of Theater Owners

OpenSeats.com

History of Cinematography
Cool site on the making of films.

Drive-Ins.com
It's a fan site, but Entertainment Weekly calls it the most thorough and consistently updated database of open and closed drive-ins. The site allows you to search by zip code and includes weather reports, photos, driving directions and links.

Brian's Drive-In Theater
An online shrine to B-movies. A fan site, so be careful with what material you use.

American Drive In
Drive-In movie memories. Promotes a documentary on them as well as a history of drive-ins.

Drive-In Theater
List of theaters, video of classic concession ads.

Drive-In Movie
Database of drive-ins, nostalgia, history on drive-ins in Europe and Australia.

Adventures of Dan: Movie Extra Confessions
This is a blog by a guy who works on movie sets. Great industry gossip and stories, but keep in mind that this is a fan site.

Midnight Ramble: Black Actors in Hollywood
A great site that chronicles contributions of African-Americans to cinema.

FirstShowing
A good Hollywood gossip blog that includes links to teasers and new trailers.

Newspaper Movies

Journalism Movies Page

Washington Post: Journalists in the Movies

Simply Scripts
Scripts from TV, movies, radio, etc.

Hollywood Entertainment Museum

WildFilmHistory: 100 Years of Wildlife Filmmaking

Internet Archive: Universal Newsreels
Search more than 600 newsreels from Universal (1929 to 1967).

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.

AnyClip.com
A search engine for movie clips online.

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

MakingOf
Gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at movie-making.

RunPee.com
This site offers advice on when to go to the bathroom while watching a movie and not miss anything. Very funny.

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Big Screen Cinema Guide

BigScreenBiz.com

National Association of Theatre Owners
Publications, blog, industry links and research. Covers issues such as movie ratings, movie theft, etc.

American Society of Cinematographers

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Broadcast Music Inc.

Cinema Advertising Council

Cinema Exhibitors' Association

Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations

Entertainment Resources and Marketing Association

Insight Cinema Movie Captioning

International Cinema Technology Association

Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada

National Association of Concessionaires

United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association

DriveinMovie.com

CinemaTour.com

DCinemaToday

Film Journal International

In Focus

Inside.com

ShowBIZ Data

Society for News Design
Several great columns and tips on design, workshop schedule, membership database and more.

Society for News Design: Multimedia Toolkit
A great collection of resources, many of them free, to help journalists develop great stories online. Resources include audio, video, charts, mapping, databases and more. This is a must-bookmark and a great resource for student journalists learning to develop content for the Web.

Society for News Design: World's Best Designed Newspapers
Database of winners in various categories.

NewsDesigner.com
Links, industry news updates, contests, etc. for newspaper designers.

VisualEditors.com
A classroom for visual journalism, this site offers a job board, tips, ideas, etc. A super site.

NewsPageDesigner.com
A portfolio site for newspaper designers. Includes a job bank, tips and tricks.

NewsDesigner.com Blog
A blogger covers news and trends in the newspaper design world.

SportsDesigner.com
A blog for sports newspaper page designers. Great samples, tips, etc.

Mario Garcia: Garcia-Media.com
Design page from the nation's top page designer. News, speaking dates and more.

The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.

The Mario Classroom
Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.

Ron Reason.com
A great tips, training and resources page for designers.

Media Storm
Brian Storm's multimedia and photojournalism site.

22 Things Never to Say to a News Designer

Devigal.com
A great Web design site by Andrew Devigal and Co. See the latest and best technology used on dynamite sites. Devigal is a former Chicago Tribune and Knight-Ridder Tribune Web designer who has done research and taught at the Poynter Institute.

Society of Professional Designers

Graphic Artists Guild

Society of Illustrators

Visual Edge
A journalism multimedia design seminar conducted by the Poynter Institute created this site that features 12 multimedia feature stories ranging from a tightly knit group of longtime domino players to handicapped sailors.

About.com's Graphic Design Page
A great page. Tips, resources and more.

Paul Nixon's Graphic Design Weblog
Has links to 9-11 graphics.

BrassTacksDesign
This site contains dozens of stories about what's going in with the newspaper business right now -- both in print and online -- and what newspapers and journalists should be doing about it. It includes a list of designs, which links to hundreds of examples of redesigned newspapers - all of which should serve as a source of inspiration to anyone considering a redesign. There's also a before-and-after gallery showing the extent to which newspapers and websites have been transformed.

MacroMedia Showcase
This page highlights four or five cool Web sites a day. Many are Flash presentations.

Poynter Online's Design/Graphics Resources

Digital Vision Network

FreedomToPhotograph.com
Created to allow photographers to tell their stories about run-ins with law enforcement agencies and what really happened. Sharing stories and trading experiences is what drives this site! It is important to know your rights.

Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
From the Poynter Institute.

FlashChallenge.com
This is a contest site for Flash presentations. Log-in and evaluate different Flash sites, or enter your own. A very highly regarded site for Flash designers.

DesignAddict.com

Font Bureau
One of the best type foundries around.

Bare Bones HTML Guide

ProfessorDeVigal.org
Great primers and resources from Drew DeVigal, NY Times multimedia editor.

iLovePhotoBlogs
A collection of great photo blogs, tips and resources.

HillmanCurtis.com
Great Web design resources from a leading authority on the topic. New York-based design firm's client list includes MTV.com, RollingStone.com, HP, Adobe, Macromedia, Ogilvy One and Sun.

Lynda.com
One of the leading design sites on the Web offers tip sheet, downloads, newsletters, training CD-ROMs and much, much more.

Strategy and Design: Developing the Photographer's Web Site
Tips and ideas from Don Luce.

DigitalJournalist.org: State of Photojournalism: Photojournalism and the Web

Gallery of Graphic Design
A collection of magazine designs from 1930-1969.

Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About
Links to 37 blogs on data, statistics, visualization, maps, design, etc.

NY Public Library Treasure Trove
A huge cache of 337,000 pieces of art . Browse by names, search history.

Olga's Gallery
Search artists by name.

Light Link Graphic Design Resources
Includes software tutorials, font resources, image viewers, Web design tools and much, much more.

Poynter.org: Design Desk
From Design Editor Anne Conneen.

Museum of E-Failure
More than 800 screen shots of dot-bomb designs.

World Wide Arts Resources
Featured artists and other interesting materials.

DesignInMotion.com
Broadcast Designers Association offers the latest broadcast spots, film trailers, and video for the Web. Also has some interviews with designers and tech help.

BornMag.com
Web design and literature.

1001 Free Fonts

Design-Agency.com
Showcases new designers.

Digital Thread
This is another great site that showcases new work from designers all over the world.

NewsDesign.net
A great design site featuring several articles from various magazines that should beof interest.

E-Company's Web Site Design Page
Tip sheets, news stories, organizations and other resource links.

Illustrators.net
Search a database of great illustrators, some of whom are listed below.

Google Art Illustration Page
Tons of links to design portfolios, some of which are listed below.

Andrew Skwish
Illustrations, links and more from artist Andrew Skwish. His work has appeared in many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He also has a portfolio at Poynter.org.

Office of Newspaper Design
A great set of global design links.

Michael Bartalos.com
More super illustration examples!

Wesley Bedrosian
Illustrations, paintings, drawings.

Lynne Bennett Portfolio

MyFonts.com
Links to about 25 news page designers.

Desktoppublishing.com's Graphic Designer's Paradise
Hundreds of links in alphabetical order.

Statistical Graphic Resources
A great site from the York University Math Department.

Excite's Computer Graphics Directory
Links to hundreds of sites.

3D Cafe
Dozens of links for graphic artists, including Web tools, newsletters, jobs and more.

VisualJournalism.com
A great design site from a UK journalist.

Digital Producer.com
Bills itself as a site that has "news, tools and techniques for content creation."

Director Online User Group
Articles, resource links and more.

LogoMotives
A good graphic design site.

Editing for the Web
Covers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.

Web Page Design for Designers
This site is helps graphic designers make the transition from print to the web.

Web Review
Targeted to designers, this site covers various aspects of developing a web site, developing a database, news and Web tools and include columns about creating a site.

About.com Web Design Links

Excite's Web Designers in UK/Europe Directory

Tom Tomorrow's Weblog
A cartoonist's weblog.

Nolo.com
A legal site that includes a copyright protection page.

Critique Magazine

Communications Magazine

CoolHomePages.com: The Only Cure for Designer's Block

Cool HomePages.com: Design Resource Links
Links to design magazines, coding pages, tip sheets and more.

FineArtForum.org
A 14-year-old international news service specializing in new technologies in the arts and design. The majority readers are professionals in the arts and design world.

Kira's Web Toolbox
Dozens of great resources, from mail to javascript, to add to your site.

Photoshop Web Tips Database

MacWeek.com

Adobe.com
Several tips sheets and software news.

Web Clip Art

StockXchng
Stock photos of pretty much anything can be found here.

Stock Logos Download

Public Domain Images

Artcyclopedia
The fine arts encyclopedia. One of the top reference sites around, according to the American Library Association. Search by artist, etc.

Five Elements of Digital Storytelling
From the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies offers a site that provides a common vocabulary and structure for understanding new media content.

FlowingData.com: Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis

WebUrbanist

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

PicSearch
Searches the web for photos.

Kartoo
A great meta-search tool for visuals.

Multimedia Shooter
Workshops, e-updates, critiques, columns, featured video and galleries.

Multimedia Muse
Photojournalism and online visual storytelling site.

Online Photo Magazines to Follow

Kobre Guide
Web's best multimedia and video journalism.

National Association of Black Journalists

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

Asian American Journalists Association

National Gay Journalists Association

National Association for Minorities in Communications

U.S. Commision on Civil Rights
Clearinghouse for several diversity issues.

ACLU.org

Anti-Defamation League
Organization has background information on various hate groups and terrorists.

Diversityinc.com
Warehouse site uses news stories and depth reporting to cover diversity in the business world.

One World.net
Not your garden-variety politics site, but you can search a superb database on human rights issues by country or topic.

The Center for Immigration Studies
This site features the latest statistical research on the immigrant population, including an updated news archive.

Black Blog Watch: Tracking the Best Black Blogs
Searchable site offers recommendations of nearly 100 political and social commentary blogs the site editors choose.

PBS' Power of an Illusion
Explore traits of all races. Site includes many interesting statistics and facts.

ReligionLink: A Guide to African-Americans and Religion
A guide to experts and organizations on African-Americans and religion, from scholars to pastors, from gospel to hip-hop, from civil rights to family issues, from Christianity to Islam.

Human Rights Watch

Unity Conference

Witness.org
A video-based site dealing with human rights issues. Very cool.

Southern Poverty Law Center
Offers links, books and background on tolerance issues.

Tolerance.org
Part of the Southern Poverty Law Center site.

Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance
Multimedia resources on the Holocaust, hate sites and related topics.

Bayard Rustin History
Online historical site about the civil rights leader.

The New York Times on the Web: How Race is Lived in America
A landmark series on race relations in America, and how it affects almost every aspect of life but is little understood or discussed.

Poynter.org's Diversity Digest
Links to dozens of articles on diversity issues around the country.

Poynter.org: Diversity Links

South Asian Journalists Association: Tips for Covering India Parliament Tragedy
Tips and ideas for those covering the attack by gunmen on India's parliament.

Native American Rhymes
A history site full of great, hard-to-find facts.

BlackAmericaWeb.com
News and commentary that's not in the mainstream press.

South Asian Journalists Association: Experts on India's Parliament
Links to journalists in South Asia available to help cover the story and U.S.-based sources who are experts on the region.

National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media
Focuses on teams and schools using Native American nicknames.

Native News Online
Clearinghouse of stories on Native American issues.

LatinoLink.com
Clearinghouse of stories on Latino issues.

HispanicBusiness.com

News Watch Diversity Style Guide
A project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department and a collaboration of various minority journalists groups, this site is filled with tips and ideas.

New California Media
An association of more than 400 ethnic organizations.

Blackvoices.com
News and updates site from the Tribune company.

SPJ: Rainbow Sourcebook
A dynamite tool that allows you to search for resources on a variety of social and diversity issues.

The New Comunity
"The mission of the Center for New Community is to revitalize community toward democracy, justice and racial equality -- because everyone matters."

International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience

The Intelligence Project
From the Southern Poverty Law Center, this site compiles studies, statistics, lists of hate groups, etc.

African Burial Ground
This site looks at the graveyard containing the remains of more than 400 17th- and 18th-century African in New York and how they should pay respects to them.

BET Network
News and programming from Black Entertainment Television.

Shattered! 50 Years of Silence
An informative site about the Romanian Holocaust.

LatinAmericaPress.org

Fight for Your Rights
MTV site covers race, social issues.

Digital Divide

PBS Frontline: Race and Religion

IndyPressNY's Ethnic Press Guide

NewsWatch Style Guide for Covering Minorities

SAJA Stylebook

Prime Point Foundation
The only non-profit trust promoted by any Indian public relations agency for promoting pr and communication awareness.

American Family Immigration History Center
A cool database that helps you trace immigration through NYC. Example: Enter the name of a passenger who came to America through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.

State Library of North Carolina: African-American History Database
Education and religion in post-Emancipation America. Free content includes biographies, and institutions databases, or you can purchase a book.

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
More than 2,500 pages on black history.

Chicago Tribune: Race in America

NYU's Race in Sports Site

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
Research, links to related stories and more.

Tolerance.org
Part of the Southern Poverty Law Center, this site offers news updates and an interactive tolerance quiz.

Stateline.org: Gay Marriage Issue
A clearinghouse of stories and links on the topic.

Indianz.com

Native Times

Nativeweb.org

NetNoir.com
A site for African-American news targeted for middle- and upper-income families.

Diversity Job Board
The site's goal is to "make a connection between job seekers and recruiters and to provide a strong Diversity brand for its Corporate members. This connection is accomplished by providing job seekers with thousands of positions to search for, matching many different professional sectors and experience levels.

RushmoreDrive.com
Site features a search engine that produces results focused on African-American web users. It's done by mapping ZIP codes with large black populations to determine results. The site also features news, employment related options as well.

LatinoBaseball.com
Traces the history of Hispanics in the big leagues.

UNITY

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications

National Association of Minority Media Executives

Reporting Civil Rights

PBS: Soldiers Without Swords -- The Black Press

ASNE Diversity Resources
Diversity resources from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Maynard Institute
Covers diversity issues in journalism.

Latin American Journalism Handbook

Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism

No Train, No Gain Diversity Resources

DiversityWeb

FCC Diversity Resource Directory

LSU: The Forum on Media Diversity

Freedom Forum: Newsroom Diversity

National Association of Minority Media Executives

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications

Poynter Online's Diversity Resources

National Federation of Press Women

American Women in Radio and Television

Center for Education and Study of Diverse Populations

Immigration Blog

STATISTICS AND STUDIES

National Center for Education Statistics: Bullying Report
Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates

Victims and the Media Program
From the Michigan State University's School of Journalism, this site "educates journalists of today and tomorrow about how to report on victims of violence and catastrophe with the dignity, compassion and sensitivity they deserve." It provides journalists information on trauma and the impact it can have on them. Includes a three-week online course for victim advocates and service providers on how to Build an Effective Media Strategy.

National School Safety and Security Services

Keep Schools Safe

Center at Georgetown University for the Study of Violence: Violence News

Center for the Prevention of School Violence

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence: Violence in American Schools

College Drinking Study (April 2002)
A study by the federally supported Task Force on College Drinking estimated that drinking by college students contributes to 1,400 deaths, 500,000 injuries and 70,000 cases of sexual assault or date rape a year.

U.S. Department of Education Campus Security Stats
A searchable database of crime at more than 6,000 colleges and universities. The database contains statistics for criminal offenses, hate offenses and arrests for the past three years.

U.S. Department of Education: Safe and Drug Free Schools Program

The National Criminal Justice Service
Site releases an annual report that presents data on violent deaths at schools, other types of violence and crime, nonfatal student and teacher victimization, drug use, and more.

NCES Indicators of School Crime and Safety (2001)
Comes as a .PDF file.

Security on Campus
A non-profit group fighting campus violence has articles, studies and other research on campus crime.

NCES: Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2001
From the National Center for Education Statistics, this report "presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals and the general population."

School Violence PAVN
A summary of trends and statistics on school safety and violence, sponsored by several government agencies.

UK: Success Unlimited Bullying Site
Several resources dealing with workplace bullying.

UK: Bullying Online
A UK journalist shares this site, which is based in England but deals with school bullying issues from all over the world. Many reference and tips for parents, administrators, kids, etc.

CNN's School Violence Statistics
Several helpful statistics tables.

National School Safety Center

National Education Association's National Bullying Awareness Campaign
Do a search on "bullying."

Kids Health for Parents: Bullying and Your Child

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General

Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
Takes effect October 2002.

ANALYSIS

Bullying Whys
This site helps people find information that they may need to help deal with a bullying situation. Run by a woman in Virginia, the site offers links, tips and much, much more.

LA Daily News: Terror on the Streets
A piece on LA gangs and how they impact neighborhoods and schools.

School Shootings in Canada
A list from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

COVERING/COPING WITH THE TRAUMA

Teacher Magazine: Making Schools Safer
Some interesting programs that schools are taking to make students safer.

MTV: Fight for Your Rights
The site offers many resources on bullying and how to deal with it.

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
From the National Institute of Mental Health.

Red Cross: Helping Children Cope

VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS SHOOTINGS

Secret Service Safe School Initiative
Study dispels myths about school shootings. A great resource.

National Institute of Mental Health
Studies and sources are helpful for background stories.

American College Health Association

Security on Campus
Deals with college campus safety. Includes a section on stalking, resources for reporters, etc.

Office of Postsecondary Education: Campus Crime
Compare crime data on college campuses.

Poynter.org: Newsroom Guide for Bomb Threat Coverage

Poynter.org: Virginia Tech Shootings Resources

Poynter.org: School Shootings: 1997-2007
Front pages, links and summaries from dozens of tragedies.

COLUMBINE

Poynter.org: Remembering Columbine
A deep collection of resources, analysis and links about the tragedy.

Salon Magazine's "Massacre in Suburban Denver"

SANTANA

San Diego Union Tribune's Santana Shootings Coverage
Links to the coverage of the school shootings. Updated regularly.

CYBERBULLYING

Cyberbully.org
Resources for writing about online bullying.

I-Safe.org
More resources for writing about online bullying.

MindOh.com

Bullying Whys
This site helps people find information that they may need to help deal with a bullying situation. Run by a woman in Virginia, the site offers links, tips and much, much more.

411 Locate
Find e-mail addresses for individuals.

E-mailAddresses.com
Reviews and background on about 100 free e-mail services.

Nicado
Helps you find e-mail addresses and phone numbers for friends, family you've lost touch with.

Lycos WhoWhere E-mail Directory

Locate Executive Branch Senior Executives

Federal Agency Employee Locators

Colleges E-Mail Finder

Meta E-mail Search Agent

Internet Address Finder
Six million listings worldwide.

Usenet Newsgroup Search

Freeality

MESA E-Mail Search

ACES: CopyDesk.org
The American Copy Editors Society site offers editing tips, contests, quizzes, headline writing exercises, conferences and much, much more.

TheSlot.com
A must-see reference site for copy editors.

CopyEditor.com

AssignmentEditor.com

Thsrs: The Shorter Thesaurus
A great tool for headline writing. This thesaurus gives you synonyms the same length or shorter than the word you enter. This helps if you're stuck on a headline and can't think of a concise word to use on a tight headline count.

Newsthinking.com
An excellent site on newspaper writing and reporting from Bob Baker of the LA Times. The site offers a dynamic e-newsletter on writing, editing and newsroom collaboration.

Editors Weblog

Editing a Web Site: Extending the Levels of Edit
Describes lessons learned by a university editing class when they edited a web site.

Yale's World Wide Web Style Manual
Describes lessons learned by a university editing class when they edited a website.

NewsCoach2
A social network for newsroom trainers, started by Steve Buttry of No Train, No Gain. The site grew from the old Newscoach listserv.

GrammarGuard.org

American Heritage Dictionary

ACES Copy Editing Tests

ACES Iraq Information Page

The Elements of Style

NewsCollege
Loaded with tip sheets and articles, this site features work previously published in "The Write Way," some of which have been updated and revised for NewsCollege. Started in early 2006, the site covers many writing basics, such as tightening copy and eliminating weak quotes.

RegretTheError.com
Blog promotes a book but also offers some classic mistakes in print journalism.

Word Police
Barbara Wallraff, The Atlantic Monthly's copy editing guru, writes a "Word Court" column that offers super advice.

RegrettheError.com
Reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press. It was launched in October 2004 by Craig Silverman, a freelance journalist and author based in Montreal.

AIM: Accuracy in Media
Explores fairness and balance in news stories. Covers recent issues with blogs and other updates.

Media Standards Trust
An independent, not for profit organization that promotes high standards in news on behalf of the public.

Stinky Journalism
Journalism, online journalism ethics and accuracy blog.

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, etc.

Institute for Mid-Career Copy Editors: Grammar Smackdown!
Instructions on how to run a two-round test of your staff's knowledge of punctuation, spelling, grammar, style and, if you want, their ability to content edit. Developed by Ron Hartung of The Tallahassee Democrat and Debbie Gump of Ohio University.

Confusing Words
A database opf more than 3,000 words that get confused with other, or are difficult to understand. It?s great for sorting out small grammar issues, too.

Professor Charles Darling's Grammar Site
Outstanding to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Mispronounced Words

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Misspelled Words

SearchSpell.com
Check your spelling as you submit a query.

The Vocabula Review

FreeSpeling.com (with one "l")
A fun little site on how the Web is revolutionizing spelling.

BBC Styleguide
.PDF format.

Economist Style Guide

CJR's Language Corner

Slanguage: Slang Terms
A collection of regional, national and international slang terms.

RhymeZone.com
Packed with useful word search tools, enter whatever related word you can think of and the site will help you find what looking for. You can find words that rhyme, similar spellings, synonyms and antonyms, similar sounding words, match consonants and more.

Poynter.org: Why Copy Editing Matters

Reuters Handbook of Journalism

Poynter.org: Why Reporters Should Sit on the Copy Desk

Copy Editing Web Sites

NY Times Weekly News Quiz
Do you read the newspaper? You better!

Copy Editing Training
A lot of training material for copy editors on our Web site, which also provides information on a summer institute program, funded by the Knight Foundation.

AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, writing/editing coach at the Tallahassee Democrat.

Pantheon: Encyclopedia of Myths

Encyclopedia of Television
Simple-to-use site for fact-checking.

Grammar Resources Online
A quick guide to several grammar tools from the University of Chicago's writing program.

AP Stylebook Online
You make the call: A one-year subscription to the online version is $20. You can buy the print copy for $12.50. The site does have some "web-only" content.

Jack Lynch's Guide to Style

The Vocabulary Review (Vocabula.com)

The Writing Center's Online Handouts

Phaster Lookups Reference Database
Do quick searches for reference tools: encylopedias, economic terms, legal dictionary, biblical reference, quotes and more. Great one-stop reference shopping.

Dictionaries on the Web
More than 100 links to dictionaries in 40 languages

Gallery of Misused Quotation Marks
Copy editors are into sites like this.

Slipup.com
Today's Media Bloopers.

Newswriting Cliches

Cliche of the Day

West Egg ClicheFinder Search Engine
More than 3,300 indexed cliches. Look them up and edit them out of stories.

PoliticalQuotes.org: Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations
Great for fact-checking. More than 40,000 free quotations from more than 11,000 different historical and political figures in a searchable database.

RhymeZone Shakespeare Search Engine

The Virtual Chase: Checklist for Fact-Checking Web Site Information
A legal research site offers tips on evaluating information quality.

Cornell University: Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

KPlay Reference Tool
This site makes it simple to use different online reference works.

The Canadian Press Stylebook

The New York Times Manual of Style and Libel
You have to register. Then click on store, then books.

EditTeach.org
Resources for journalism instructors at many levels: high school, college, newsroom, etc.

JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.

JTeacher.com

Avoid Holiday Cliches
From the American Copy Editors Society.

CopyEditorJobs.com

Editing for the Web
Covers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.

My Favorite Word

Techniques for Writing Good Web Documents
An extensive list of specific do's and don'ts, with examples. Many of these tips are familiar to technical communicators but are often news to other writers. Includes a good discussion on when and how to use frames.

Worldwide Words
Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British perspective. Fun with pop culture catch phrases.

RegrettheError.com: 2008 -- The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

CopyBlogger
A great site for copywriting tips. Targeted to marketing/advertising but it also has resources for editorial copy editors.

Sun Microsystem's Style Guide

Forbes Investopedia
Dictionary of business terms, articles, tutorials, calculators and other helpful tools.

Tim Berners-Lee's CERN Style Guide

Christian Science Monitor

Religious News Service

Religion News Today

LA Times Religion Section

Chicago Sun-Times Religion Columnist Cathleen Falsani

ChristianityToday.com News
Includes 10,000 free articles from the leading publisher of Christian publications.

Credenda Agenda Magazine
Explores all areas from a biblical and Protestant perspective. Comes out bi-monthly.

Beliefnet
News and trends in religion.

FaithandValues

Crosswalk.com
This is a "faith and life" site with many great resources.

Zondervan's Religion News Links
Lists of newspapers, wire services, studies and more. A super resource.

CrossSearch
Major search engine for Christian and religious Web sites.

PBS Frontline: Race and Religion

TheChurchReport.com
A national business news magazine that is distributed to over 40,000 senior pastors and Christian leaders from across the United States.

The ChurchReport.com: The 50 Most Influential Christians in America

Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media

Religionsource
ReligionSource, a service of the American Academy of Religion, provides journalists with prompt referrals to scholars who can serve as sources on virtually any topic related to religion. The American Academy of Religion (AAR), affiliated with Emory University in Atlanta, is the world's largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion.

ReligionLink: A Guide to African-Americans and Religion
A guide to experts and organizations on African-Americans and religion, from scholars to pastors, from gospel to hip-hop, from civil rights to family issues, from Christianity to Islam.

FACS Journalism, Religion and Public Life Program

Religion News Service
Good for quick-reference, this site posts headlines and short summaries from the services daily news service output, which includes news briefs,features and commentary. The full text of the daily and weekly service is available to subscribers only.

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
The online companion to the PBS series Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, hosted by Bob Abernethy.

Religion Today

Worldwide Faith News
A database of full-text official news releases and other documents, including policy statements, from the news offices of national and world faith groups. This collection indexes more than 14,000 documents, including posts in French, Spanish and Dutch.

Beliefnet: The 12 Tribes of American Politics
Survey breaks down 12 religious voting blocs.

FaithfulReader.com
Reviews, author bios and excerpts on religious books.

Harvard Institute for Religion Research
Social scientific religion research information that is helpful for religious leaders and the general public.

Golden Compass
Links to religion news around the world.

Village Life Daily News

ELCA News

CBN
Home page of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

LifeSiteNews.com
This non-profit Internet service dedicated to issues of culture, life, and family. Updated daily, it includes reports and information used by many organizations and publications, educators, professionals and political, religious and life and family organization leaders and grassroots organizations. Helpful for journalists tracking trends and looking for sources. Site includes an e-newsletter.

American Academy of Religion: ReligionSource.org

SAJA Tips on Religion
Covers Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism in the U.S.

Council on Foreign Relations

Hoover Institution
Think tank at Stanford University includes a library, op-eds, news, publications and other resources on public policy.

EmbassyWorld.com
A directory for embassies around the world.

EmbassyWorld Maps
Claims to have online maps for every country.

Population Reference Bureau
World health, environment, population and other issues.

Population Reference Bureau: 2008 World Population Data Sheet

Center for International Media Ethics
Chicago-based organization has a goal supporting journalists in "maintaining high ethical standards that contribute to the media's consolidation as a fourth power in their country's governance."

UN.org
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.

NationMaster.com
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.

Economist's Country Briefings

Your-Nation.com

TradeStats
See what each state exports and where they are shipping. Who is trading with Iraq.

TheMajlis.org
A clearinghouse for "unbiased Middle East news, analysis and commentary in an age when traditional journalism is shrinking and Americans are missing out on news from the region." Discuss current events in the Middle East, delivered in a frank and non-partisan fashion.

Asian-Nation
Concisely but comprehensively combines interactive content, in-depth research, statistics, and a casual style -- like an online version of Asian Americans 101.

CountryReports.org
Stats and facts on countries. More than 26,000 pages.

PBS Frontline: Private Companies That Make America's War in Iraq Run

Pakistan Way
A Pakistan portal and lifestyle page.

ForeignPolicy.com: Worldwide Links
Users have instant access to the best the Web has to offer on global affairs, governments, think tanks, libraries and multilateral institutions.

Foreign Agents Registration Act Database
People or organizations who lobby or perform other services (such as public for foreign interests must register with the Department of Justice. Check out this recent list, organized by country.

Currency Converter

MDTravelHealth
List of clinics, global diseases, inoculations, helpful links.

The Globalist
Articles, facts and book quotes of the day are browsable by countries and regions, and by globalization topics such as children, development, markets, religion, technology, etc.

Breaking News Online

Breaking Tweets
Global news delivered Twitter-style.

BBC: Iran Government and How It Works
Spiritual magazine for people in their 20s and 30s.

BBC: Middle East
A helpful structural chart.

World Tourism News
A helpful structural chart.

Digital Library of the Caribbean

Sunlight Foundation: Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database
The Foreign Agent Registration Act requires the Justice Department to maintain detailed reports of lobbying firms hired by foreign governments and by organizations. Just select legislators from a menu and it will show their records, lobbyist ties, etc.

Multimap
Online maps to everywhere.

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook

Institute for War and Peace Reporting Global Links
Links to hundreds of international media and press agencies.

Transparency International
Site says it is run by "global non-governmental organization devoted to combating corruption. Its mission is to create change toward a world free of corruption."

Aneki.com
Rankings and statistics on hundreds of topics and countries. The cleanest country, the country with the most mobile phones per capita, etc.

THOMAS Federal Legislation on the Terrorist Attacks
A list of all legislation related to the New York and Washington attacks.

Columbia University's Human Rights Web Site
The Center for the Study of Human Rights, The School of Journalism and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University launched a new media portal and Web sites for human rights teaching and learning. The portal links human rights-related resources, such as case studies, course Web sites, etc.

Great Buildings Collection
Tours, reviews of architecture around the world.

United Nations

Global Beat
A must-bookmark for the global journalist. NYU's page for journalists covering international beats. The site has everything from an experts database, tip, archives on key issues and a helpful links page.

WriteClick
A one-stop resource for PR reps and tourism professionals researching press trips and searching for travel writers. Created by Australian travel writer Christine Retschlag, the program touts more than 300 travel writers from around the world.

Written Road
A blog for travel writers. This specific page offers resources for writers.

Committee to Protect Journalists
This site offers "comprehensive regional overviews and reports on press freedom conditions in more than 100 countries," plus case histories of attacks against journalists, information on "dangerous assignments," and links to other human rights and press freedom sites.

International Press Institute
Another good press freedom site. The site covers conditions journalists face around the world, and also offers information about conferences on related topics.

Council on Foreign Relations
Links, stories, updates, etc. Helps with breaking down complex international issues.

ForeignAffairs.org
Council on Foreign Relations publication. Helps with breaking down complex international issues.

TerrorismAnswers.com
A helpful terrorism encyclopedia from the Council on Foreign Relations.

IRE and NICAR: Jordan Hotel Bombing Resources
Resources on terrorist organizations and attacks, international reporting sources, guidelines on international sources and articles written for The IRE Journal and Uplink about covering international stories and terrorism.

Geobloggers
Google maps and Flikr use a global image map to show updated blogs in various cities.

International Center for Journalists

History of Nations
A handy quick-reference portal but be careful with the information on this homemade site. It?s part of a larger history webring.

UN Programs: Afghanistan Online

Infonation
A United Nations site allows you to "view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."

Library of Congress Country Studies
This site "contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army."

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
Backgrounders for anyone interested in international news.

SearchSystems.net
State-by-state public records and phone book information as well as a good international information section. Search by state or country!

Foreign Policy Magazine
Foreign affairs publication.

ComeBackAlive.com
Provides background for travelers going abroad, focusing on dangerous places.

The European Journalism Centre
An independent, non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators.

Library and Archives Canada: Book History
Five databases that catalogue thousands of publications on the history of print culture in Canada.

WorldInformation.com
Basic facts on each county, along with a visitor's guide, maps, current news links, and Web resources.

MediaLens.org
A good blog-like site for global news, trends and criticism.

The Economist Country Guides

UK Journalism

UK: MousetrapMedia

UK Journalism Job Search
Full-time, freelancers, etc.

UK Journalism: Recruiting Editorial Staff?

River Bend: Iraq Blog
Search through past stories.

WeaponSurvey.com
A site looking at Palestinian weapons production and smuggling.

WorldStatesmen.org
Though this site is run by a hobbyist, it features complete lists of the heads of state and government for every country and colony in the world over the past 300 years. It also has pocket histories of each country/colony, images of each country and colony's flags, and in many cases links to constitutions, national anthems, and so on. Also updated fairly regularly. Again, double-check the information you find on this site, but it appears to be very, very helpful.

BBC News Country Profiles
Features include an overview, historical timelines and links to the media from each country. Also some audio of newsmaking moments.

WorldInformation.com
The London-based site offers many useful features, including basic facts on 200-plus countries and territories, along with a visitor's guide, maps, current news links, etc.

Spanish Daily

Infobel International Phone Directory

CountryReports.org
Stats on most nations. A great resource.

Statistical Databases for UN Research
United Nations InfoNation claims to be "a rich information resource on country-wise statistical data on all UN related subject fields."

Links to Foreign Embassies

News and Resource Portal for Moscow-Based Journalists

United Nations

World Press Institute
WPI's main goal is to promote a free press. The organization brings 10 journalists a year to the U.S. for four months of intensive briefings and interviews across the country. Applications can be found at the Web site.

UN Wire
An independent news aggregator sponsored by the United Nations Foundation. It gathers all the U.N.-related news from around the world daily.

European Journalism Centre

International Press Links

World Statesmen
Run by a hobbyist (so double-check information), this site lists of the heads of state and government for every country and colony in the world over the past 300 years. It also features pocket histories of each country/colony, images of each country and colony's flags, and some links to constitutions, national anthems, etc.

SunOasis.com: Global Media Job Openings
A great site for writers, editors and copy editors. Internships, media resources and more.

International Intelligence

Institute of War and Peace Reporting
This group's goal is to support media development through practical assistance and concrete journalistic projects.

Borgen Project
Explores global issues and defense spending that reporters might find useful. It also lists various organizations and their media contacts.

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

Blood and Honey
Photojournalist Ron Haviv went to Yugoslavia in 1991, intrigued by the nascent independence movement in one of the last countries still intact after the Cold War.

European Parliament

International Committee of the Red Cross
Maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on more than 50 countries the committee is active.

European Journalism Ethics Codes

MediaChannel's News Dissector: Covering Riots
As "riots" erupted in the north of England, journalists in London, including Danny Schechter, took part in a seminar aimed at improving coverage of conflict.

Afghanistan Digital Library
Search texts and various projects organized by the library.

European Journalism Centre
This is a non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators. A good networking organization.

National Geographic's Map Machine
Maybe the best online atlas on the Web.

Newsnext.com
An independent editorial calendar, a forward planning tool for UK journalists to spot future feature ideas and story leads.

PRposts.com
A free jobs board for the UK's public relations industry.

PRfinder.com
A dynamic directory of UK and global public relations web sites and resources.

International Radio and TV Society

Harvard University: Center for International Development
Part of the Kennedy School of Government, this site features breaking news, research updates and archives, etc.

CountryWatch.com: Web Site to the World
Free country informaton on people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals and environment; but you get more for a fee.

Global Health Facts
Data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more. You can search data by country and create customized data sheets.

Global Health Reporting
Information on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more.

Government of Canada New Centre: RSS Feeds
Subscribe to feeds from various agencies.

National Geographic Traveler: Chris Elliott
Magazine ombudsman offers great travel tips on this blog.

Foreign Policy Magazine

The Washington Diplomat
Includes a diplomat list, but watch for spelling errors.

CIA List of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
Search alphabetically by country.

CIA World Factbook

Australian Journalists Site
Much like the Journalist's Toolbox, this site is organized by beat, but it also has a search engine. Tools include a good government section and a mailing list called OZCAR for Australian journalists.

Globalpolicy.org
Features some links and opinions on Iraq, the war and the United States.

Asia-Pacific Network
The site offers news headlines relating to events, links to regional media, country profiles, and various movements and groups.

University of Texas Latin America Journalism Page
Dozens of helpful links and resources.

Oanda.com Travel Language Converter
This site provides handy cheat sheets for language and money converters for travel.

Travel-Library.com
A travel site that focuses on offbeat travel and tips.

Journalism UK International Links Page

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Look up international development data.

Diplomacy Monitor.com
From the St. Thomas University School of Law, a real time feed of documents from governments from around the globe.

AfriGadget
Blogging team explores issues in Africa.

Worldwide Words
Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British perspective. Fun with pop culture catch phrases.

World Press Links

Internews

Korea Press Foundation

UT Latin American Network: Journalism in Latin America

Latin American Journalism Handbook

EthicNet: European Codes of Journalism Ethics

International Journalists' Network

International Press Institute

Korea Press Foundation

UT Latin American Network: Journalism in Latin America

Latin American Journalism Handbook

EthicNet: European Codes of Journalism Ethics

International Journalists' Network

International Press Institute

World Press Links

Internews

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
From the World Security Institute, this site provides in-depth resources on global affairs.

TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Travel
An easy run-down on what kind of phone you need for your type of travel.

TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Trav GSM World: Cell Phones and Travel
Site that tells you which country is on which GSM frequency.

British Sociological Association
Experts, research, publications, schedule of events around the world.

United Nations CyberSchoolBus InfoNation

NYU Globalbeat Tips

able2act
A service from Infosphere that delivers information and records on military warfare, terrorism, organization profiles, company profiles, long reports on global countries, cybercrime, etc. More than 2,000 records are added each week.

Library of Congress: Guide to Russian Business Resources

MsFreckles
Will search the entire web, or you can limit the search to UK-based sites.

ConvoTrack
A great new tool for tracking how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.

BackTweets.com
Similar to ConvoTrack, this site tracks how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.

Interviewing

Detroit Free Press: A Psychologist's View on Interviewing
An interesting perspective.

Guide to Taping Conversations in All 50 States
Can we tape or can't we? Answers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

"No Train, No Gain"
A helpful site for newsroom training tips from Steve Buttry of the Omaha World-Herald.

Cyberjournalist: Online Reporting Tips and Resources
Dozens of tips and lengths.

Oatis.com Reporting Resources
A comprehensive resource for reporters on deadline, this site offers links and tips for finding public records, business coverage resources and tips on software and how it can be used by journalists. It is run by Jonathan Oatis, an American journalist working for Reuters in London.

Using Hidden Cameras
From RTNDF.

NY Times Campus Weblines: Interviewing Techniques
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.

TheBackhaul.com: Web Crawler
Great for developing story ideas, this site scans the Web sites of more than 400 local television stations, and compiles and e-mails the results. Also a free e-mail newsletter.

AJR: Journalists Are Questioning News Embargos

Interviewing Basics for Bloggers

Covering Communities
Helpful tips for citizen journalists.

Poynter.org: Checklist for Recording Phone Conversations

Beat Reporting/Specialty Reporting

Sunlight Foundation: Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database
The Foreign Agent Registration Act requires the Justice Department to maintain detailed reports of lobbying firms hired by foreign governments and by organizations. Just select legislators from a menu and it will show their records, lobbyist ties, etc.

San Francisco Chronicle: Crap Detection 101
Howard Rheingold offers tips on challenging the information people find online. What's credible and what isn't?

LooseWireBlog: Why You Shouldn't Quote from Wikipedia
Great commentary on online journalism trends.

NY Times Campus Weblines: Beat Reporting
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.

Media-Alliance.org
Training resources for the media.

Snarkmarket
This blog highlights useful sites and articles of interest to journalists.

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Countless seminars and training on using databases and software.

The J-Files: CAR Skills Checklist
From Jeff South at Virginia Commonwealth.

Covering Courts
Tips from the St. Petersburg Times and Dr. Cecil Greek of Florida State.

Covering Courts Criminal Justice Links
Dr. Greek's criminal justice links.

What Reporters Need To Know About Municipal Budgets
Includes terms, and it walks you through the process.

LinkedIn.com
Good networking site for journalists seeking sources and for non-journalists looking to connect for business purposes.

Providence Journal: Journalists Primer to Budgets
From the Journal's Dave Herzog.

Poynter.org Suicide Coverage Guidelines
Tips from Poynter's Al Tompkins.

Obit Writing and Reporting Tips
Suggestions from journalist Gerry Goldstein.

GoodbyeMag.com
"An opinionated quarterly magazine that chronicles the dead -- famous, infamous and non-famous. Warning: Some is fictional.

JournalismTraining.org
Run by SPJ, this site offers a centralized location for journalists seeking development opportunities. It includes a database that allows you to search by zip code.

Providence Journal: Power of Words
A weekly lesson on writing. Tips, links, stories, etc.

Lee Newspapers: Writing Matters
Writing tips from reporters on staff of the Lee chain.

Poytner: Covering Political Speeches

Tips for Uncovering Sealed Cases

SLA News Division: Surveys and Forms Section
Great resources for public documents and research.

Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
A tips and ideas sheet from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School. The document recommends considering stories such as trends in suicide rates, recent treatment advances, individual stories of how treatment was lifesaving, myths about suicide, warning signs of suicide, etc.

Providence Journal: Reporters and Photographers Working Together
Tips from Bob Wyss of the Journal.

Journeys in Sound: Radio Storytelling Techniques
National Public Radio reporter John Burnett offers tips in this session, which includes audio clips.

Reporting Tips on Indo-Pak Tensions
From SAJA, background and links to news sources on relations between Indonesia and Pakistan.

No Train, No Gain
A great collection of handouts and contacts for newsroom training.

Newsnext.com
An independent editorial calendar, a forward planning tool for UK journalists to spot future feature ideas and story leads.

RobertNiles.com: Finding Basic Stats Online

Guru.net
A complete reference library available for a $40 annual fee. Includes reference books from dictionary to medical, government, etc.

Media Professional's Guide to the Net

Harvard's Nieman Narrative Digest
Updated every couple of weeks with tips and ideas about narrative writing.

Harvard's Notable Narratives Database
A database of narrative journalism samples. Search by dates, source, topic, etc.

NY Times Interviewing Techniques
A great set of tips from the paper's learning network.

HighSchoolJournalism.org: Covering a Beat

SportsJones: Good Sportswriting
Recommends examples of good sportswriting.

Reporter.org: The Sports Beat
Maintained by Investigative Reporters and Editors, includes Web links by sports category.

Poynter.org: Writing Tips from Buster Olney
New York Times beat reporter shares suggestions on writing on deadline, covering a beat and staying fresh.

Community Media Workshop (NewsTips.org)
Part of Columbia College, this site has resources on covering important issues in Chicago.

Scowling at Their Notebooks: How British Journalists Understand Their Writing
Donald Matheson Cardiff University, UK.

The IRE Resource Center: Tipsheets from CAR Conference Speakers
This is an actual database of tipsheets that IRE members can download as PDF files directly from the Web site. You have to be an IRE member to access the database.

Critical Thinking/Analysis/Accuracy

CriticalThinking.org
Many useful tips and techniques.

Longview (Mo.) Community College: Critical Thinking in Journalism

Common Nonsense
A free online textbook about the scientific method and critical thinking, written for students and professionals in business, law and journalism.

James Lett: Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Skeptical Inquirer Magazine
The magazine for science and reason.

JustThink.org
Resources for critical-thinking.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or Why It's A Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
From Susan E. Beck of the New Mexico State University Library.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators at DiscoverySchool.com
Tips on evaluating Web resource.

Evaluating Web Resources
From Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate of Widener University.

Bibliography on Evaluating Web Information
From Nicole J. Auer of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.

San Jose State University: Critical Thinking Resouces
Another good university site that features links to readings exercises and more.

Miscellaneous Reporting Techniques Sites

ASNE: The Local News Handbook

Consumer Price Index
Check the index for your area.

The Privacy Paradox Online
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.