Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use
Turnitin.com
A state-by-state breakdown of cybercheating, based on papers tested through Plagiarism.org's Turnitin.com program.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The official government site has a myriad of resources.
PRNewswire
Another release clearinghouse.
Businesswire.com
A clearinghouse of corporate releases.
National School Public Relations Association
YoungPRPros.com
An excellence reference site for PR pros starting their careers.
PitchEngine.com
Allows you to get media PR pitches via RSS instead of traditional e-mail or voicemail.
The Publicity Hound
An e-zine with free PR advice.
WebSite-Watcher
A clipping-type tool that automatically looks for changes on web pages, any page at any level), as often as you like (every 30 minutes, hourly, daily, etc.) and then highlights precisely where on the page changes occur. Results are delivered via the tool or via e-mail.
TrackEngine.com
A clipping-type tool similar to WebSite-Watcher.
WhatsNextOnline.com
A bi-weekly newsletter on Internet marketing and PR.
Press Access
Free PR resources, and the site also tracks moves of reporters and editors to new newspapers, trade and business publications.
Ragan Communications Interactive Public Relations
A great online PR newsletter that features a free online forum.
MediaSource
This site provides headline and feature news, allows users to get online press kits for a variety of companies, to contact industry experts, obtain press releases and provides news on trends and new products.
Best Practices in Public Relations WritingWithClarity.com HelpaReporterOut.com Newswise.com iPR Newsletter Ereleases.com Press Release Network 24-7 Press Release Newswire News Bios MediaSource.com
Online Press Release Factory ClickPress Government Policy Newslinks: Press Releases, Statements on Supreme Court Vacancy PR Newswire Press Room Center for Media and Democracy Kirk Hallahan's PR Links Colorado State University: PR-Education.org Public Relations Online Resources and Organizations Internet Press Guild: Care and Feeding of Journalists Monday Morning Media Minute FrugalMarketing.com PR Talent FrugalMarketing.com National PR Network EditorsWeb.org About.com PR/Advertising Page The NewsMarket PolicyNewsLinks.com: Hurricane Katrina Press Releases PRFirms.org: Council of Public Relations Firms Media Kitty The NewsMarket, Inc. MediaTenor.com Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Association Creativebusiness.com AgPR.com Online Public Relations ContentBiz Newsletter Entertainment PR Council of Public Relations Firms DigitalWork.com PR News Press Access ARA Content MediaCampaign.org PRSA: Silver Anvil Award Case Studies The Holmes Report NAMA: Agricultural Relations Council PR Point Deloitte Press Room LeFile.com The PR Place PR Professional Daily USA News Net MediaMavens.com PressAccess.com's Links to Publications and Broadcast Media Press Access Free PR Links InternetPRGuide PR Web Newstream CyberAlert SpeakerNetNews.com Ezine Tips MediaPost.com PromoteYourself.com ODwyerpr.com URLwire.com TVEyes.com AGpr.com Tecagrinews.com Writing Releases The Traditional Press Release is Dead Press Releases Are a Colossal Waste of Time The Measurement Standard Media Kitty WorldPressOnline Featuresexec.com eworldwire Press Release Distribution and Writing Service Institute for PR Education Prime Point Foundation PR Web Vocus Public Relations Software MediaMap
From the Strategic Public Relations Center at USC's Annenberg School of Communications, this document outlines best practices for public relations practitioners.
An excellent site from Ken O'Quinn, a former news journalist turned writing coach/consultant.
Run by blogger and PR pro Peter Shankman, is a free subscription site that allows reporters to submit a query looking for sources. Simply enter your query into a form, and it will get posted on the site's next e-mailing. Queries are sent out three a day to a list of more than 18,000 global sources. If a source has knowledge of a specific query, that source can just e-mail the reporter directly. Note that PR people are kicked off the list for off-topic pitching.
Press releases and expert referrals in several academic areas.
A good online media relations site for news and trends.
Writes and faxes press releases to more than 10,000 journalists.
Tips and tools for circulating press releases. Listing of top releases and newsletters.
Press release newswire distribution and rss syndication service with dissemination to opt in journalists, online media, freelance writers, newspapers and more. Offers daily top news, and free journalist registration to receive daily headlines by email.
This is a Denver-based pay site, but it's a great resource. Bios of 3,500 influential journalists.
A press release posting system.
A press release posting system.
A free press release distribution service which is crawled and aggregated by all the main web-based news search operations, including Google and MSN.
Statements on who should replace O'Connor on the high court from websites of 32 public policy groups, and 68 more on the websites of Capitol Hill lawmakers.
A journalist-only site that has an archive of news releases and photos, expert sources through ProfNet, multimedia, a directory of company contacts and more.
Combats misleading PR practices.
Hundreds of useful resources from Colorado State University.
Dozens of helpful resources for students and teachers.
Dozens of helpful links from ImpulseResearch.com.
Tips on the care and feeding of journalists.
PR tips and trends. Also available as an e-update.
This site offers dozens of articles on press releases and other marketing strategies, always focusing on low costs and high return.
An excellent job-hunting site. Includes job alerts, RSS feed, forum page and job-hunting tips.
Resources for business, arts, and travel, as well as on how to have fun cheaply, sustainable business practices and a page of peace resources. More than 500 articles.
Resources for business, arts, and travel, as well as on how to have fun cheaply, sustainable business practices and a page of peace resources. More than 500 articles.
Our daily service, which gathers links to governmental and congressional press releases, is used by hundreds of editors and reporters.
Links to dozens of helpful industry sites.
Provides free broadcast-standard video and multimedia content from corporations, government agencies and non-profits. Journalists can search, preview and request video and other content on demand, online, via digital download or can choose to receive tape-by-mail.
Resources galore, including job-hunting materials.
A newly launched business information exchange that unites journalists with PR professionals in travel and lifestyle industries worldwide.
A journalist's resource for B-roll, this site provides thousands of images free to television newsrooms. Users can preview video, read press materials and order video clips online. Delivery options include digital file transfer via FTP, whereby the material moves from TNM's server to the user's server; satellite feeds via APTN or tape delivery can also be requested. There is no cost to news professionals. The NewsMarket's primary service is providing broadcasters with video from the world's leading companies and organizations; news stories and archived stock shots from a large and growing range of sources. Particularly helpful to business and medical-health reporters.
Features extensive data on media content analysis available free of charge. Every week the site updates with new data, such as the most quoted CEO, companies, politicians of the month in International media. There�s also a free newsletter sent twice a week with the latest articles about agenda-setting, the influence of media in public opinion.
Site offers forms as base for interviewing a prospective client. All are in pdf and cover everything from an assignment questionnaire to pricing to how to prepare a marketing plan. Free too.
More than a PR site, it allows you to search farm legislation and links to many helpful resources.
The site offers lots of links, including links to research sites, career resources and public affairs resources.
It goes out weekly to about 10,000 publishing industry execs.
A Yahoo! Group that for a PR industry that is one of the hardest to enter. The community's goal is to provide advice and support to those seeking to enter the field as well as those already established.
Affordable press release distribution.
A newsletter on pr and marketing.
Lots of media news and gossip. Folks moving within the industry, etc.
PRNewswire and Business Wire, but we specialize in feature articles. There are two ways we can be a resource. On the PR side, we distribute articles. On the editors side, editors use our articles to fill supplement and special sections and for filler copy. Articles are educational, informational, high-quality feature articles with very little commercialism.
A site for campaign stakeholders.
A resource for those interested in reviewing examples of "best practice" case studies as well as a resource center for entrants. Offerings include a Reading Room as well as a Power Point presentation prepared by members of the Honors & Awards Committee.
Several free PR resources (ideas, white papers, etc.)
Contains lot of useful resource materials.
Several interesting studies by the consulting firm.
This site comments on best practices of corporate (and government) Web sites using in-the-news events to prompt site reviews and commentary. The site includes a Homeland Security page.
Lots of links.
An online newsletter devoted to the profession.
Press releases, corporate directory and more. Pay site.
An Internet wire service for the media only. Publicity, celebrity marketing and mroe.
Dozens of dynamite links.
Public Relations Strategy and Tips for Internet professionals offers tips on press release writing, distribution and trade shows. Internet publicity pointers also cover dealing with the media and crisis management.
A press release database, help writing press releases, help finding a PR firm, and more. Billed as "by PR professionals for PR professionals.
More wire-service content.
Monitors Web traffic; offers news and news groups.
A weekly e-zine for professional speakers. A good way to promote PR seminars, books, etc.
A great online e-zine published on weekdays.
MediaPost provides an electronic directory of radio, TV and print media.
Sign up for several e-zines on promotions. Viz-Ability Marketing Tips is highly recommended.
Jack O'Dwyer Newsletter's daily PR news. Jack, by the way, is retiring soon as editor.
A news service just for site reviewers, portal guide editors, writers, and reporters who link to great web content.
Search software that tracks what's being said on TV scripts.
Get your press releases sent to hundreds of editors.
A great site for dozens of ag press releases.
Great tips on the do's and don'ts of writing a press release.
An article by strategist B.L. Ochman, an Internet and Outernet marketing and PR consultant, speaker, journalist and publisher of What's Next Online marketing tactics newsletter.
An article by strategist B.L. Ochman, an Internet and Outernet marketing and PR consultant, speaker, journalist and publisher of What's Next Online marketing tactics newsletter.
Product/service reviews of three media reputation indexes, as well as a detailed guide to measuring in cyberspace. There's also a piece on "if you have six months to turn your PR around, what are the six things you need to do? -- a month-by-month timetable. For the media there are the results of a recent survey of PR in the UK that indicates that PR's reputation is at an all-time low.
An online exchange for international journalists and public relations professionals in travel and tourism.
"Dedicated to online press relations for corporate communicators and trade press editors in the packaging industry. It's a business-to-press site in which trade press editors, PR agencies and companies of the packaging industry can exchange information."
A British site for public relations professionals in business and technology.
With a full-time research department, this site claims its distribution databases are the most up-to-date in the industry.
Links, resources and more.
The only non-profit trust promoted by any Indian public relations agency for promoting pr and communication awareness.
Press release distribution site.
Publishes free monthly white papers and plays host to free webinars on PR-themed topics.
Send a query to PR.
Futurestep.org
Individual Earnings Profile.
Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Statement
Salary.com
A comprehensive career, salary site.
Diversityinc.com
Warehouse site uses news stories and depth reporting to cover diversity in the business world.
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.
Assn. of Area Business Publications
CNNfn.com's Financial Briefs
Short, breaking stories on stocks, tech and more.
CapitalistPig.com
Financial and investor news.
Tip'd
Financial tips site.
Treasury Direct Government Site
Interest.com
Publishing consumer financial information since 1995. Consumers can compare mortgage, auto, CD and credit card rates for financial institutions across the country. The site also publishes daily analysis on the financial markets and how they impact mortgage rates. It can provide journalists with the average interest rate on popular mortgage loan products for any day for the past two years.
BankRate.com
Surveys thousands of U.S. institutions about the best loan and credit card rates.
How Much Is That?
A database of facts regarding various monetary values, etc. Good for conversions.
Bankrate.com Gas Price Calculators
Enewswire.com's Financial News
Updates every 15 minutes.
Motley Fool Mutual Funds Page
Great background, facts, projected returns and other resources.
IndexFunds.com
A great library, video and other information presented in a semi-blog format.
U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.
Lowcards Free Credit Card Guide
Download a handbook that helps clarify confusion in the credit card industry.
USA.gov: Replacing Vital Documents
Tips on how to replace documents that could be stolen or lost in a disaster.
MoneyAisle
Look for interest rates on long- and short-term savings.
ANALYSIS, ADVICE AND FINANCIAL MODELING
SCREENING AND COMPARING
STOCK CHARTS
COMPARING BROKERS
OTHER BROKERS
INTERNATIONAL
BANKING
CREDIT CARDS
RETIREMENT PLANNING
FinanceCCH.com: Retirement Planning Calculator
CNNMoney.com: Retirement Planning Calculator
AOL Retirement Planning Calculator
INSURANCE
MORTGAGES
CARS
TRAVEL
INVESTOR GROUPS
PREMIUM SITES FOR SERIOUS INVESTORS
MISCELLANEOUS
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Site includes data tables, newsroom, digital library, RSS feed and a handy U.S. Economy at a Glance section.
DueDee.com
A stock market research investment site. Traders share tips, etc.
RentoMeter
Enter your address and rent and it compares what others in your neighborhood are paying.
Columbia University: Writing About Derivatives
American Bankruptcy Institute
Newsroom, links, publications and experts.
PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Money and Careers
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts to many business sites.
The Biz Toolkit
From the James J. Hill Reference Library, this free site offers links to various business research topics.
National Institute on Retirement Security
Planet Retail
Track business trends with in-depth company profiles, market analysis, virtual tours and breaking news from a market intelligence company.
NPR: Planet Money
A great blog about the economy and personal finance.
Bellwether Report
Investor analyst site has helpful media resources section.
MAPLight.org: Money and Politics
Database makes connections between legislative votes and campaign donations.
RealtyTrac
Map allows you to track foreclosures nationwide.
ConsumerSearch.com
Reviews on thousands of consumer products, organized by type of product. It includes a searchable database. It's very helpful for getting a quick snapshot of a new product you might be writing about.
Super Couponing
Coupons galore, but the site also offers consumer shopping and savings tips that are helpful for readers.
Coupon Mom
Coupons galore, but the site also offers consumer shopping and savings tips that are helpful for readers.
World Privacy Forum
Nonprofit that helps identity theft victims.
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Nonprofit that helps identity theft victims.
Forbes Investopedia
Dictionary of business terms, articles, tutorials, calculators and other helpful tools.
Credit Card.com: Identity Theft Tips
Tips on what to do if someone steals your identity, credit cards, etc.
National Credit Union Administration Deposit Insurance Estimator
FDIC: Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator
Bauer Financial
Ranks banks and offers critiques free on its web site.
My FICO
For a fee, this site will get you a copy of your credit score.
Employee Benefit Research Corp.: Savings Rate Analysis
Projects savings/investments over periods of time. Click on "Ballpark Estimate" tool.
T. Rowe Price: Retirement Calculator
Wall Street Journal Wallet Blog
Personal finance, investing news and trends.
Fare Compare
Compare competitive airline fares on this site.
Investigator's Guide to Info. Sources
GAO site explains types of records kept by local/state governments, links to federal agencies, businesses, directories, investigation databases.
SOS Social Security Number Watch
Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab has a tool to validate a Social Security number and match it to a person.
Public Records Online
Search state-by-state criminal records, real estate information and more.
BRB Public Records online.
A huge sites with links to free and pay public records sites.
Social Security Death Index
Get the SSN of the deceased.
Searchsystems.net
Links to almost 5,000 public records databases. Claims to be the largest free collection of public records databases on the Web. Formerly the PAC-Info. site, just click on a state and you'll get a list of all free public record collections for that state. Most include incorporation filings.
Public-Information.com
This site charges a fee. Search state/local criminal, DMV, prison records and more.
Center for Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Resource Center
Story samples, tip sheets and more.
Investigative Desktop
Investigative Reporters and Editors links page for investigative journalists.
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.
InvestigateWest
West Coast investigative journalism news site from former Seattle Post-Intelligencer journalists.
FEC: Detailed Files About Candidates, Parties and Other Committees
Information on contributors, including city, state and ZIP.
AFL-CIO: 2009 Executive Pay Watch
The CEO pay database is extremely helpful in research for executive stories .
Vanno: The Company Reputation Index
Captures gossip, news, opinion and personal insight about companies and their reputations, and turns it all into numerical scores and rankings.
Datamasher.org
Charts government stats and other data.
Data.gov
A government data mashup that is an initiative of the Obama administration.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
From the World Security Institute, this site provides in-depth resources on global affairs.
Truthdig.com
An investigative reporting site from former LA Times columnist Robert Sheer.
FBI Cyber Scams
Tips on scams involving bogus e-mails, greeting cards, etc.
Los Angeles Times Data Desk
Databases galore, from tropical storm names, charities, entertainment, politics, etc.
ShareSleuth
An independent Web-based reporting aimed at "exposing securities fraud and corporate chicanery."
Foundation Center
Tax forms and other documents about several charitable organizations.
National Attorney Generals Association
This site has links to state attorney general's offices. Most attorney general sites, such as New York's have information on nonprofit organizations that make more than $150,000 a year.
ProPublica
An independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Covers topics such as justice, business, environment/energy and health.
LegiStorm
A database of congressional staff salaries and other valuable public records, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.
IRE: Resources for Investigating Highway and Water Transportation Deaths
Reporter.org: Who is John Doe? Investigative Tools
From the Reporter's Desktop, this is a simple list of resources you can access to get personal information about almost anyone in the United States.
Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
A resource for journalists who want to stay current on open government developments or to learn more about access issues at the federal level.
Student Press Law Center: FOIA Letter Generator
Just fill in the blanks.
The Innocence Project
A searchable database of states offering projects to free wrongfully accused prisoners through DNA and other evidence. Run by the Cardozo School of Law in NYC.
Terrorism Research Center
Resources and research including comprehensive listing of links to terrorism-related Web pages including profiles of individual terrorist groups compiled by the U.S. Navy's Dudley Knox Library.
University of Miami: Online News and Computer-Assisted Reporting Research Project
Syracuse University: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
The Associated Press and Freedom of Information
Child Abduction Site
Several helpful research tools if you're covering this topic and a wealth of media contact information.
Criminal-Records.com
Search federal court, divorce court, marriage licenses, military records and more.
Criminal Searches Criminal History Check
Good quick-reference, but assumptions should NOT be made solely on the offense displayed on this web site. The data includes more than criminal records, such as civil filings and traffic and other minor offenses, so people listed may not be actual criminals.
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.
World Corruption Site
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."
Center for Public Integrity
Tips and resources on using public documents, including campaign finance research.
Knowx.com
Comprehensive searches for public records. You must register to use the site.
Dataquick.com
Real property info. center.
The Smoking Gun
This is a good FOIA site that claims to find documents that can't be found elsewhere on the Web. Its material is gleaned from government documents, court files, etc.
GovernmentAttic.org
"Interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."
Opensecrets.org
A fantastic site for researching campaign finance statistics.
CampaignFinance.org FOI
Includes campaign finance research and a clearinghouse of key FOIA sites.
IRE Archive of Hot Stories
Good to check every few days for ideas, news, etc.
U.S. Search Background Information
IBB Voice of America: Pronunciation Guide
An invaluable tool to broadcasters on deadline.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Uniform Crime Report and Supplementary Homicide Report
Data by state is available since 1960 and data by local reporting agency since 1985.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FBI now gets authority to wiretap individuals, or under the secret FISA procedures, which is also a secret court proceeding.
IRE: Dam Resources
Resources for covering dam inspections and dam deterioration.
Docusearch.com
This site claims to be "the place to find, locate & track down anybody! We offer locate searches, DMV driver & vehicle searches, telephone record searches, financial and bank searches, criminal and property records. Some searches are free, others you must pay for.
ActivistCash.com
A great site. Roots out the funding sources of the most notorious anti-consumer groups. It continually adds profiles on the first of every month.
Medicare Nursing Home Finder
Can be helpful in investigating nursing homes in your area as it includes information on recent inspections, number of beds, etc.
GAO's Congressional Investigations
Track investigations through the General Accounting Office.
Lobbyist Database
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has a database of registered lobbyists. Also tracks spending in particular sectors of lobbyists.
Special Interest Groups List
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has downloadable lists of special-interest groups.
Government Audits
State inspector general's offices that audit federal programs that the agency oversees.
TRAY.com
A good site for FEC and PAC data.
Securities & Exchange Commission
SNAP: Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
SNAP: Investigating Abuse by Priests
Tips for the media.
Investigative Resources on the Web (WebGater)
Links to motor vehicle departments, missing persons bureaus, vital records, medical examiner records.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
FOI Advocate
The University of Missouri's newsletter on using the Freedom of Information Act.
Cemetery Records Online
Maintains records from 4,307 cemeteries both nationwide and abroad. The site regularly updates users on which cemeteries have been added to their database.
Sunlight Foundation: Public Markup
Opens legislative bills to online public review.
Sunlight Foundation: Earmark Watch
Resources for citizens to track congressional spending. You have to register for the site, but it helps you investigate earmarks - spending measures inserted by members of Congress into bills that direct taxpayer dollars to their pet projects. The site has more than 3,000 of them.
GlassDoor.com
Ratings, reviews and salaries for more than 11,000 employers. It's information posted by anonymous employees, so be careful with the information you use. Fact-check everything. It can be helpful as a quick snapshot of a company you're backgrounding.
Sunlight Foundation: Open Congress
Sunlight and the Participatory Politics Foundation run this site, which tracks bills, votes, senators and representatives. It includes an RSS feed that registers your zip code to track all the actions by your elected officials and what people are saying about them.
Library of Congress: Ask a Librarian
Submit questions to a librarian. Includes a chat feature and links to various collections.
Vital Records Online
An extensive list of adoption resources.
Justice Department FOIA Guide
Good for anticipating the other side's arguments and interpretation of case history, especially when you are appealing a denial.
Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws 2002
A guide for working through the FOIA/open government process. It is published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
IRE's Campaign Finance Information Center
This site features a database of campaign finance story ideas and tips from reporters across the country.
Tips for Uncovering Sealed Cases
SecretNoMore: Publicly Accessible FBI Files
World's 300 Largest Pension Funds
Wall Street Journal: Markets Data Center
A great quick-reference tool. Access to this does not require a subscription to the WSJ.
ProPublica.org
An independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Submit questions to a librarian. Includes a chat feature and links to various collections.
Sunlight Foundation
Political watchdog group that tracks lobbyists and fundraising.
Sunlight Foundation: PoliticalPartyTime.org
This political watchdog group's blog tracks parties thrown at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as well as fundraising activities by all lawmakers running.
How to Use the Federal FOI Act
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
APME: The People's Right to Know
A good FOIA guide.
Society of Professional Journalists: Freedom of Information Resources
University of Missouri Freedom of Information Center
Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press: FOIA Letter Generator
Just fill in the blanks.
The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
National Security Archive: Freedom of Information Act Resources
From George Washington University.
American Library Association: Key Principles on Government Information
U.S. Department of Justice Freedom of Information Act Information
Society of Environmental Journalists FOI Resources
Federal Citizens' Information Center: Privacy Resources
University of Texas: Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
The Scoop Blog
CAR and investigative reporting.
MAPLight.org: Money and Politics
Database makes connections between legislative votes and campaign donations.
Spot.Us
Warning: There may ethical concerns with content produced on this site! This community funded journalism site is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change. The public can commission journalists to do investigations on important and perhaps overlooked stories. All donations are tax deductible and if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content, your donation will be reimbursed.
Institute for Analytic Journalism
Blog, podcast, tools, data analysis tools, graphics and more. Resources are managed by a team of working journalists and academics throughout the country.
MattWaite.com
Blog, tips and resources from web developer and CAR expert from the St. Petersburg Times.
Center on Executive Compensation
The center is dedicated to developing and promoting principled pay and governance practices and advocating compensation policies that serve the best interests of shareholders and other corporate stakeholders. This site might be helpful in sourcing and finding statistics for stories about overpaid CEOs.
USC Sports Business Institute
Great for source. Site includes research projects, press room, upcoming events and contacts.
National Sports Journalism Center
Indiana University organization features blogs and columns about trends in the industry. It's a must-bookmark for sports journalists.
University of Oregon: Warsaw Sports Marketing Center
Good for finding experts, research and statistics on sports marketing trends and marketability of athletes.
SportsBiz Blog
Written by a corporate attorney who also practices sports law, this site covers both pro and college issues. It includes NCAA recruiting, lawsuits, NASCAR, etc. A great resource for finding experts on sports law and sports business.
The Sports Economist
Started by a Clemson economics professor, this blog offers in-depth business and statistical analysis of revenue data. Good place for coming up with story ideas.
National Sports Collectors Convention
Helpful in looking up value of memorabilia, autographs, etc.
The Sports Law Blog
Sports law professors weigh in the financial impact of off-field legal and economic issues. Great for sourcing.
NFL Players Association
Site provides background and details about the salary cap.
Sports Illustrated: Rising Ticket Costs
This database compares average prices of pro tickets in all the top markets.
USA Today Sports Salaries Database
Search pro football, basketball, baseball and hockey salaries through the years. Very handy for covering free agency.
PlayoffPac.com
A political action committee that supports a playoff system.
PlayoffProblem.com
Started by BCS officials and former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer to oppose a playoff.
Indianapolis Star: NCAA Athletic Department Financial Database
Use the pulldown menu to select by school, or topics such as ticket sales, concessions, advertisements and sponsorships and much more. You can also sort the data. This only covers public universities, as private institutions aren't required to disclose information via Freedom of Information Act filings. You can sort by football conference, basketball conference or see rankings by topics (ticket sales, etc.)
BCSFootball.org
Explains how the BCS works and how revenue is distributed in Division I football.
Team Marketing Report
Chicago-based sports research firm supplies stats on ticket prices, fan cost indexes, stadium leases, etc. An invaluable tool for sports journalists.
BizJournals: Sports Business News Ticker
Constant feed of sports headlines.
CNNMoney: The Business of Sports
Howard Bloom's Sports Business News
Includes a daily newsletter.
The Business of Baseball
Resources galore on how the game works. Read archives of articles, links, bios, etc. Subscribe to the newsletter.
BaseballTips.com
Suggestions on equipment, radar guns, safety, etc.
GoodNewsforSports.com
Background, research and statistics on the sports gear industry.
JoyceJulius.com
This firm specializes in sports marketing research and has information sports writers might find useful. In particular, sponsorship valuation numbers for the major auto racing series, as well as for the PGA, NFL, MLB, etc.
BusinessWeek 2007 Power 100: Most Powerful People in Sports
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association International
Good source for participation and sales statistics.
International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association
Tracks memberships to health clubs and provides other consumer research. It also can connect you with experts on health/lifestyle.
Michigan State Instutute for the Study of Youth Sport
Great resource for experts, links, etc. on sportsmanship, participation, etc.
Baseball Play America
A trove of information on youth baseball.
Good Sports.org
Nonprofit partners with sporting goods manufacturers to get equipment to urban and disadvantaged youth. Good for finding sources and participation statistics.
American Council on Exercise
One of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world. ACE currently has more than 40,000 certified fitness professionals in 107 countries. Has research, experts, information on faulty exercise products and scams.
Good Sports
A non-profit organization that works to increase youth sports participation and fitness by getting sports equipment into the hands of the disadvantaged. The group has many statistics on youth sports participation at many levels.
Uni Watch
Blog about sports uniforms.
FOOTBALL
DraftInsiders.com
Complete NFL draft preview and coverage.
Footballsfuture.com
A site dedicated to pre-draft coverage.
SuperBowl.com
Offbeat facts and figures on Super Bowl.
Billwallacesports.com
Veteran Pro Football Weekly columnist has his own site.
DatabaseFootball.com
NFL stats, player information, records, draft data, and more.
PFWsports.com
Archives of Pro Football Weekly publications.
Sports Illustrated: Inside the NFL
Don Banks' NFL site.
Europe Basketball Resources
A directory that provides links to European basketball Websites. It is unique in that it only lists English language sites. The directory is arranged by country and is updated frequently.
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Hoops Hype
NBA basketball web site.
DraftExpress.com
NBA Draft projection site.
RemembertheABA.com
Archives of player stats, standings, FAQ, newspaper articles and fashion guide from the 1970s league. It's a fan site.
BASEBALL
USA Today: Baseball Salaries Database
Find salaries of specific players on specific teams, going back several years.
MinorLeagueBaseball.com
Good source for stats.
Baseball-Reference.com
Stats on players, managers, etc.
Major League Baseball Blogs
Players and others blog on the game, life.
Major League Baseball Trade Rumors
A great blog that tracks trades, gossip and news. Links off to several national publications. One-stop shopping for trade information.
Ballpark Reviews
A web site dedicated to major- and minor-league ballparks.
About.com: Baseball Rules
Learn the basics of the game.
BaseballsSteroidEra.com
News, lists of players who have tested positive, etc.
The Business of Baseball
Resources galore on how the game works. Read archives of articles, links, bios, etc. Subscribe to the newsletter.
Library of Congress: Historical Baseball Resources
Baseball Prospectus
Covering all levels of baseball, this site features stats, blog, newsletter, archived radio broadcasts and more.
BaseballTips.com
Suggestions on equipment, radar guns, safety, etc.
Library of Congress: Selected Baseball Sites
Minor League News
Feature stories on players throughout minor league sports (baseball, basketball, football, and hockey), investigative pieces, industry news, editorials and even a kids publication written by and for kids (MLNKids.com).
Understanding Baseball Signs
St. Petersburg Times helps you understand how base coaches send/interpret signs.
BaseballAmerica.com
Another good source for minor league baseball information.
Society for American Baseball Research
Original research and links to many studies.
BaldEagle.com
RBI: Research in Baseball Index. Links to every type of baseball study under the sun.
Knuckleball Headquarters
Profiles on pitchers who throw that freak of physics -- the knuckleball.
ESPN: Understanding Baseball Waivers
Baseball analyst Jayson Stark provides the answers.
Sports Illustrated: Inside Baseball
Jon Heyman's baseball page.
HOCKEY
The Hockey Database
A quick way to check bios, stats and other info. on players, coaches and legends at several levels of hockey. Message boards and link pages too!
Hockey Research Association
History of the game and many, many links to other research sites. One-stop shopping for puck history.
European Hockey Net
Bios, standings and news from the European leagues.
US CollegeHockey.com
News and info. from NCAA and USCHO hockey.
CNNSI's Minor League Hockey page
News, standings and other updates.
The Hockey Database Links Page
Links to dozens of research, history and fan pages.
German Elite Hockey League DEL (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) Magazine
More than 100 North Americans currently play in the DEL, including ex- NHLers like coaches Dave King and Pierre Page, GM Butch Goring or players Dave McLlwain, Derek Plante or Ken Sutton."
AUTO RACING
How Stuff Works: NASCAR
Breaks down how NASCAR race cars work.
GOLF
Golf Stars Online
Find online information and resources on the world's top golfers. Included are the top 200+ players from the PGA, senior PGA, LPGA and European tours.
BadGolfer.com
Funny tips on hitting into bunkers, etc.
National Golf Foundation
Insights and research on the business of golf.
Golf Course Superintendents Assn.
of America
TENNIS
Indianapolis Star: NCAA Athletic Department Financial Database
Use the pulldown menu to select by school, or topics such as ticket sales, concessions, advertisements and sponsorships and much more. You can also sort the data. This only covers public universities, as private institutions aren't required to disclose information via Freedom of Information Act filings. You can sort by football conference, basketball conference or see rankings by topics (ticket sales, etc.)
BCSFootball.org
Official web site for background and news on the Bowl Championship Series.
PlayoffPac.com
A political action committee that supports a playoff system.
PlayoffProblem.com
Started by BCS officials and former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer to oppose a playoff.
College BCS
Track the process for determining college football's national champion (not an official BCS site).
Heisman Pundit
Tracks the Heisman Trophy race throughout the college football season. Weighs in with voters and other experts.
College Football Data Warehouse
Facts, stats and anything of interest to college football.
NCAA Databases
A clearinghouse of college sports links.
CollegeFootballHistory.com
Another good football background site.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Resources page usually lists many college sports issues.
Sports Illustrated: Inside College Football
Stewart Mandel's college football blog.
Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Outstanding site for hard-to-find college recruiting info. and breaking news. A network of sports team and specialty sites.
Uwire.com/
Daily updates of national college sports.
PowerBasketball
Offers many articles for coaches and athletes.
InsideHoops.com
An in-depth site run by a professional sportswriter
MapGameday.com
Maps college football recruits by hometown. Sort by conference, school, etc. A very helpful tool.
CollegeRPI.com
College basketball rankings that influence NCAA tournament seeding.
College Insider
A great collection of news and interactive polls and contests.
Division III College Basketball
ESPN Football Recruiting
Expertise from Tom Lemming and others.
USA Today Football Recruiting
An archive of stories and columns from prep football recruiting guru Max Emfinger.
Super Prep
This magazine is the prep football recruiting bible.
College Hoops Insider
A great collection of news and interactive polls and contests.
Mhoops.com
Lists search engines regarding basketball recruiting.
CollegeSportsScholarships.com
This is an information and resource site for high school athletes who want to apply for college athletic scholarships. Teaches students basic communication skills.
Chicago Sun-Times: YourSeason.com
A comprehensive high school sports site that incorporates many Web 2.0 features. Site has a lot of recruiting news.
2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
Look up crimes by state, classification, population group, etc.
2007 FBI Bank Robbery Statistics
2006 FBI Violent Crimes Statistics
Review nationally, by region, state, county, city, universities, etc.
2001 FBI Crime Statistics Summary
Also available as a full-text document.
Safest Cities List
A list of America's safest and most dangerous cities (as of December 2001).
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
From the State University of New York at Albany.
Interpol Most Wanted "Red Notices"
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Searchable databases of 500+ criminal-justice data collections.
Property Room: Stolen Property Lookup
Crimenet.com
A combined information service on criminal records, stolen property, missing persons, wanted persons, con artists and unsolved crimes.
PoliceForum.org
Site features cops from large jurisdictions and has done lots of stuff on police shootings, etc.
National Registry of Sex Offenders
Links to all the state sex offender databases run by state or local police. Search by zip code for names and addresses of sex offenders in a particular community. Some of these sites, such as Illinois have fairly complete databases. However, some have less than one-third of all sex offenders registered. Be sure to double-check any information you get.
State Sex Offender Registries
Thirty-four states have them, but many are under review for accuracy.
PsychLaws: Tragedies Database
Search by state.
Poynter.org: Crime Coverage Tips for Broadcasters
WHO@ (Working to Halt Online Abuse)
Resources, stats, facts and protection tips about online stalking.
MotherJones.com: Debt to Society/Prison Issues
The site offers a searchable database on the prison systems of all 50 states over a 20-year period, including details on prison spending vs. education spending.
Crime Spider
Links you to one of the best sites on the Web. Type in a word and find information on cybercrime, forensics, the FBI, investigation techniques, serial killers, missing persons, gang violence and more.
Bureau of Justics Statistics: Household Crimes Study
ChicagoCrime.org
Uses Google maps to track crime patterns.
Department of Justice: National Crime Victimization Survey
A searchable database of stats and studies on various crimes.
CriminalWatchDog.com
Provides criminal background reports to employers, landlords or anyone wishing to ensure their safety. Users can access their own private database of saved criminal record reports. U.S. state, county, national, federal and sex offender registry reports are available.
IRE/NICAR Homicide Database
Contains new FBI database that details the age, sex and race information of offenders and victims, as well as other details.
Jury Verdict Research
A for-profit company that maintains a database of nearly 200,000 verdicts and settlements resulting from personal injury claims.
Disastercenter.com Crime Stats
Search nationally and by state.
Corrections.com Inmate Database
Includes searchable databases of inmates in several states, as well as links to crime fighting organizations and agencies.
IRE and NICAR: Legal Databases
There is a fee for the legal databases.
U.S. DOT: Fatal Accident Reporting System Database
This links to details and samples of the data. NICAR charges for the full database. The data covers 1975-2001 and contains information on automobile accidents on public U.S. roads that resulted in the death of one or more people within 30 days of the accident.
North Carolina Corrections Database
Prisoners & fun facts about prisoners, such as what they're in for and for how long.
Stanford University: Prison Experiment
An online tour of a 1971 psychology experiment on California college students sent to prison. Photos, video, background. Interesting research.
U.S. Surveillance Statistics
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts. 2001 Wiretap Report.
BlackBookInfo
Contains links to a number of databases including unclaimed property, railroad accidents, currency converter, attorney and physician profiles, language translators, crime reports, etc.
Public Records Online
Search state-by-state criminal records, real estate information and more.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Several different kinds of federal statistics on crime and justice.
Department of Justice's Stats Page
Criminal-Records.com
Search federal court, divorce court, marriage licenses, military records and more.
JoinTogether.org
A study was released project associated with Boston University School of Public Health that found that the 1989 Massachusetts statute that adds jail time when drugs are sold when 1,000 feet of a school (which many states have on their books) has failed to drive drug dealers from school yards.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
A guide to official government statistics and information on various crime stats.
CrimeLynx.com
Legal resource center with expert links, policy and research links.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Population Study
Study: More than 6.5 million adults were jailed, on probation or on parole at the end of last year, a record-high number that represents 3.1 p of the country's total population or 1 of every 32 adults. Look up your state.
Campus Security Statistics
Reported incidents at U.S. colleges.
TBO.com: Crime Tracker
A tool to track crime statistics, neighborhood by neighborhood; from Tampa Bay Online & WFLA-TV.
Snopes2.com Urban Legends Reference Pages
Think a story or tip might be made up? Use this page to search for some urban legends.
Urban Legends and Net Hoaxes for 2001
About.com's list of hoaxes.
Truth or Fiction?
This site takes "rumor mill" e-mails we all receive and determines if they are true or false. There is a good list of Attack on America information.
The AFU and Urban Legends Archive
Sophos: Tsunami Relief Hoaxes
A great collection of hoax e-mails and other scams.
HoaxBusters.org
Check this site to verify virus hoaxes, chain e-mails and urban myths.
Purportal: Urban Legends Portal
Great search functions and fact-checking resources. This site can quickly assist you in sorting the myths from the half-truths and the actual facts. The site consists of database search engines to check keywords from e-mails you have received, the latest headlines on hoaxes, special reports on 9-11 misinformation, and links to official and commercial sites on fraud, hoaxes and scams
BreaktheChain.org
A site dedicated to online-myth-busting. Search for fake e-chain letters.
Purportal's 9/11 Hoaxes
Bad quotes, media mistakes, scams and more.
StrangeFacts.com
A cool resource for offbeat stats and facts.
VMyths.com
Myths about viruses.
Sree Tips on Hoax Sites
Tips from Columbia School of Journalism dean.
Museum of Hoaxes
Don't be fooled by urban legends. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Cyberjournalist.net: April Fool's in the News 2002
A great summary of stories (and links) to online hoaxes and pranks.
Symnantec Security's Hoaxes Site
Symantec Security Response uncovers hoaxes that usually arrive in the form of an e-mail.
VMyths.com
The truth about computer viruses and hoaxes. Sections dedicated to hoaxes, rantings, tips on spotting a virus myth, hot news, "the absurd" and more. Check out the resources page.
Time Magazine Story on 9/11 Rumors
HoaxKill.com
Researches several kinds of hoaxes; nice links page.
Sree's Tips on Hoax Sites
Don't get fooled. A Columbia University prof. has a great list of tips and examples of online hoaxes.
DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.
Cyveillance.com
Tracks how brands, people are under attack on the Web.
ConsumerWebWatch.org
It's mission is to "investigate, inform and improve the credibility of information published on the World Wide Web."
Yahoo!'s WTC/Pentagon Attack Hoaxes and Conspiracy Theories
Dozens of helpful fact-checking sites.
SmokingGun.com: Accidental Obits
A listing of mistaken obits on public figures.
Pantheon: Encyclopedia of Myths
Department of Energy's Internet Hoaxes
Information about the fraudulent e-mail chain letters, warnings, offers, and pleas for help; computer viruses, and more.
NBC: Debunking Hoaxes
From NBC Reports by Mike Wendland.
Bogus CNN.com Story: "Singer Britney Spears Killed in Car Accident"
This fake story swept across the Internet in October 2001. Read a copy of it.
Cyber Slip-Ups
Don't believe everything you read in an e-mail.
Quash Those Dead People Rumors Page
A celebrity you may have thought was dead isn't. See Abe Vigoda.
Who's Dead and Who's Alive
A celebrity you may have thought was dead isn't. See Abe Vigoda.
Vmyths
Separate truths from tall tales.
PhonyVeterans.com
Tips how to/what to do if you spot a phony veteran.
POW Network
How to spot phony POWs.
VeriSeal.org
How to check to make sure someone claiming to be a Navy Seal really is one.
Navy Frogmen
How to check to make sure someone claiming to be a Navy Frogman really is one.
MIA Facts: Phony POWS
How to check to make sure someone claiming to have a family member MIA is telling the truth.
Poynter.org: Computer Virus Resources
Ghosts of the Prairie Unexplained America
Full of odd stories and legends. Need to seriously fact-check any of the information you use from this site.
Google Directory of Web Site Evaluation Tools
Tutorials on how to check a site?s credibility.
Argus Clearinghouse: Web Site Evaluations
This University of Michigan site rates Web sites on a scale of 1-5. Helps evaluate a site?s credibility. Note: The site is no longer actively maintained, but its archives are still useful.
HotBot: 10 Most Requested List
Ranks sites based on how often they?re visited.
SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, quotes, TV shows, etc.
CataLaw: Site Credibility
Check a site?s credibility using tools on this page.
Evaluating Information Found on the Net
10 C?s for Evaluating Internet Resources
Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
Widener University: Evaluating Web Resources
Virtual Chase Accuracy Page
Law librarian Gene Tyburski offers tips on evaluating information on the Web.
Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net
Johns Hopkins: Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Cornell University: Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Example of a Bogus Site: HollywoodPulse.com
A great example of a made-up Hollywood news site that Fox News Channel took for a professional site, interviewing a member of the satirical site for a serious news story. Remember: If your mother says she loves you, check it out! Just because it looks professional, doesn't mean it is professional.
Fortune 500 Business Blog Wiki
Links to hundreds of corporate blogs. Some are generated by the companies, some are written anonymously by current/former employees. Some are consumer watchdog sites that focus on specific industries. Be sure to fact-check and confirm any information you find on these blogs.
2012: Six End of the World Myths Debunked
Information Week: Seven Fantastic Internet Hoaxes
MSN: 10 Biggest Internet Hoaxes of All Time
List from PC World.
The Consumerist
This corporate watchdog site blows the whistle on bad customer service, poor products and corporate waste. It's a great resource for tracking local companies (through the site's search) and tracking how consumers are dissatisfied. Be careful using material on the site, as some of it may be unconfirmed material. But it serves as a good road map for finding business stories.
StrangeFacts.com
A cool resource for offbeat stats and facts.
Museum of Hoaxes
Don't be fooled by urban legends and if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Sree's Tips on hoax sites
Don't get fooled. A Columbia University prof. has a great list of tips and examples of online hoaxes.
NewsPlace.org
A search site that features a "Grammar Matters" review section.
Cyveillance.com
Tracks how brands, people are under attack on the Web.
Snopes2.com Urban Legends Reference Pages
Think a story or tip might be made up? Use this page to search for some urban legends.
Truth or Fiction?
This site takes "rumor mill" e-mails we all receive and determines if they are true or false. There is a good list of Attack on America information.
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
DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.
Fortune 500 Business Blog Wiki
Links to hundreds of corporate blogs. Some are generated by the companies, some are written anonymously by current/former employees. Some are consumer watchdog sites that focus on specific industries. Be sure to fact-check and confirm any information you find on these blogs.
Naymz.com
Free tool to track your online identity.
ReputationDefender.com
Tool that tracks and helps correct online identity. Some of it is fee-based.
SPJ Journalism Blogs
Topics include: Ethics, legal issues, teaching, student journalism, freelancing, education and technology.
Poynter.org: Romensko's Media Blog
A daily must-read for tracking industry news.
Press Think
Blog from NYU's Jay Rosen on new media and other timely topics.
Online Journalism Review
Knight Digital Media Center and the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC produce this timely blog on media topics.
Knight Digital Media Center: News Leadership 3.0 Blog
SensibleTalk.com
Robert Niles, formerly of the USC-Annenberg's Online Journalism Review, writes in a community forum "devoted to media, business, arts and technology criticism." He invites readers to share their observations in a public journal on the site.
10000Words.net: Where Journalism and Technology Meet
A blog on technology and multimedia storytelling, written by Mark S. Luckie, a print journalist who studied multimedia journalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He has produced multimedia and interactive projects for Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and Contra Costa Times (Ca.).
Teaching Online Journalism Blog
Another must-read, from Mindy McAdams at the University of Florida.
The Future of News
A blog by University of North Carolina professor Ryan Thornburg.
Daggle
Danny Sullivan's blog on the online news business. He's an expert on search engine optimization and marketing.
Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About
Links to 37 blogs on data, statistics, visualization, maps, design, etc.
The Journalism Iconoclast
A blog on new media journalism run by Patrick Thornton, a new media journalist and Web developer. The blog provides commentary, news and advice on the ever-changing face of journalism. It also posts original research and solicit comments and advice from industry experts.
Capitol Beat
Blog from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.
Institute for Analytic Journalism
Blog, podcast, tools, data analysis tools, graphics and more. Resources are managed by a team of working journalists and academics throughout the country.
Old Media New Tricks
Run by journalists from the Chicago Tribune and Austin American-Statesman, this site offers hands-on advice from many in media who using social networking and Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. The site also offers great blogging tips.
Reinventing the Newsroom
This blog is from Jason Fry, Web CMS evangelist for EidosMedia, a supplier of cross-media editorial platforms for news organizations. Fry worked at The Wall Street Journal Online and has also worked for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Fresno Bee.
10000Words.net: Where Journalism and Technology Meet
A blog on technology and multimedia storytelling, written by Mark S. Luckie, a print journalist who studied multimedia journalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He has produced multimedia and interactive projects for Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and Contra Costa Times (Ca.).
Media Bloggers Association
A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of blogging or citizen journalism.
Copyright Database
Use this Library of Congress database to track who owns copyright material.
LLRX.com: Debunking Copyright Myths
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Bloggers Legal Guide
MattWaite.com
Blog, tips and resources from web developer and CAR expert from the St. Petersburg Times.
Center for Social Media
From American University.
Mediaite
News and opinion on TV, print, and online media. It includes a media influence index and a jobs board.
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
From the Center for Social Media at American University.
Washington Journalism Education Association Blog
Center for Citizen Media and PressThink: Placeblogger
J-Learning
Explores community journalism.
Covering Communities
Helpful tips for citizen journalists.
100 of the Best Authors on Twitter
Multimedia Evangelist Blog
Great tips on products, tools and gadgets.
Cyberjournalist.net: Blog-Scan
Links to various industry-related stories.
Cyberjournalist.net: Indpendent Journalist Blogs
In Wiki format, a list of blogs published by independent journalists.
Cyberjournalist.net: J-Blogs
List of ongoing blogs published by news sites.
How to Change the World
Guy Kawasaki's Blog on technology and communication.
OnlineJournalism Blog
Great discussion of web-media industry trends.
Stanford's Innovation Journalism Blog
JD Lasica's New Media Musings
Former Sacramento Bee editor writes about social media trends.
NewsDesigner.com
A blogger covers news and trends in the newspaper design world.
The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.
The Mario Classroom
Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.
Wired Journalists
Resource site for reporters, editors, executives, students and faculty interested in online journalism. Blog and other resources.
Sree's Twitter Guide for Skeptics and Newbies
Extensive list of Twitter tools from Sree Sreenivasan of the Columbia University journalism school.
Twitter for Journalists Podcast
Blog on tweeting from Sree Sreenivasan. You may need to set the audio (upper right corner) to your default player (iTunes, etc.)
Tell Zell
Run by someone claiming to be a Los Angeles Times staffer, this blog has a lot of inside dish about the staff layoffs, sales, etc. involving Sam Zell's ownership of Tribune Company.
Knight Digital Media: Michele McLellan's Leadership Blog
Blog discusses the challenges and opportunities of transforming their news organizations into creative, adaptive, multi-platform engines of journalism and information.
Weblogs and the News
Explores some of the emerging forms of journalism online, including weblogs, collaborative news and community journalism.
Paul Mallasch Journalism Blog
A journalism blog/community. The site contains news about journalism, the ability to rant and rave about your job as a journalist, material about the Internet and how it's affecting journalism, pointers to innovative and useful online tools for journalists, etc.
RandallRothenberg.com
Blog from the president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
Sree.net: Journalist Web Sites and Blogs
Personal sites of columnists, editors, reporters, etc.
Chicagoist
Gothamist site covers breaking news in the Chicago area.
GeekBrief.tv
Video blog from Cali Lewis.
BeatBlogging.org
A collaboration between 13 news organizations from around the country and NewAssignment.net on how journalists can use social networks to improve beat reporting.
Sixthw
Brian Boyer's blog about the intersection of technology and journalism.
PBS: MediaShift Idea Lab
A group blog by "innovators who are reinventing community news for the Digital Age."
ResearchBuzz News Weblog
This site keeps you up on the latest research tools.
Newsless.org
This blog by Matt Thompson aims to "advance the discussion of how we can better use the Web to deliver context in journalism."
Angry Journalist
Moderated bulletin board for journalists to complain about their jobs, the industry, etc.
Friend or Follow
A helpful database for tracking Twitter followers and to track who's following you.
Tweetake
Lets you back up your followers and people you are following.
Topify
Receive an e-mail notification that someone is following you on Twitter. It includes information about that person (how many followers, updates, etc.)
Malcontent Home for Disgruntled Journalists
CrankyGeeks.com
A great technology blog by John C. Dvorak, a contributing editor at PC Magazine. Many entries on the future on online journalism.
Reuters MediaFile Blog
A great blog on timely media and technology topics.
NetworkWorld
Technology news and blogs.
Beet.tv
Blog about technology and the media.
Voike
A free Web application that allows users to post and share their spoken word, and music on blogs and other social networking sites including their own blog. Voike allows journalists to call in their reports: spoken word, text, and photos from their cell phones producing rich multimedia content.
JobMob: Resume Mistakes
Watch archived shows from the network.
NAA: Imagining the Future of Newspapers Blog
Online News Association: Interactive Narratives Blog
World Editors Forum Editors Blog
NYU PressThink Blog
From NYU's Jay Rosen.
The Scoop Blog
CAR and investigative reporting.
BreakingTweets.com
Publishes edited and organized news from Twitter.
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.
Online Journalism Blog
Publishes comment and analysis on developments in online journalism and online news, citizen journalism, blogging, mobile journalism, etc.. It's written by Paul Bradshaw, course director of the MA Online Journalism at Birmingham City University's (UK) School of Media,
LooseWireBlog
Great commentary on online journalism trends.
Short Form Blog
Blog of short news items.
VervePhoto Documentary Photojournalism Blog
Tongue-in-cheek tips.
Digital Photography School
Great tips and tricks.
Digital Photography School: How Twitter Can Make You a Photojournalist
OutsideIn Story Maps
Allows you to map where you did your stories. Great tool to add to a blog.
Bouphonia
This "Friday Hope" news blog turns up some positive news stories.
Journalism Research Social Network
Videos, blogs, discussion and other networking tools to cover what areas of online journalism you're researching. Site is founded by Paul Bradshaw from Great Britain.
LegiStorm
A database of congressional staff salaries and other valuable public records, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.
Congressional Quarterly
Breaking Washington news and scheduling updates.
Sunlight Foundation: Public Markup
Opens legislative bills to online public review.
Sunlight Foundation: Earmark Watch
Resources for citizens to track congressional spending. You have to register for the site, but it helps you investigate earmarks - spending measures inserted by members of Congress into bills that direct taxpayer dollars to their pet projects. The site has more than 3,000 of them.
YouTube: Library of Congress Channel
Sunlight Foundation: Open Congress
Sunlight and the Participatory Politics Foundation run this site, which tracks bills, votes, senators and representatives. It includes an RSS feed that registers your zip code to track all the actions by your elected officials and what people are saying about them.
Roll Call: Politics Links
Links to dozens of think tanks, etc.
Center for Responsive Politics' Congressional Travel Database
Track how congressmen spend our tax money. This database is searchable by lawmaker, special-interest group sponsor or destination.
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.
GAO's Congressional Investigations
Track investigations through the General Accounting Office.
Vote-smart.org
Easy way to track a Congressman's voting record.
Library of Congress
The library's catalogs, full-text access to bills under consideration in both the House and Senate.
Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog
Analysis of proposed legislation from the official government site.
Open Congress: 50 Key Senate Votes
Library of Congress: State Resource Guides
Provides links to external Web sites and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers. This site will be updated on a regular basis.
Library of Congress Thomas Legislative Information
Find bill summaries, legislative agendas, roll call, etc.
Library of Congress: Thomas Search Engine
Tracks congressional bills as they pass through the system.
Washington Post Bill Tracker
Search bills by state, voters, those who missed a vote, vote margin, etc.
Congressional Research Service Reports
Office of the Congressional Clerk
Obtain copies of House documents that the Clerk makes available as part of the official duties of this office, including public disclosure. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
LII.org: U.S. Patriot Act Resources
Resources from the Librarian?s Index to the Internet.
House.gov
U.S. House of Representatives info. and directory
Senate.gov
U.S. Senate info. And directory.
EditorsWeb.org
Our daily service, which gathers links to governmental and congressional press releases, is used by hundreds of editors and reporters.
Lobbyist Database
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has a database of registered lobbyists. Also tracks spending in particular sectors of lobbyists.
USPresidency.com
Bios and facts on past presidents.
Special Interest Groups List
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has downloadable lists of special-interest groups.
Wisconsin Advertising Project
Studies campaign spending and advertising.
FEC Info/Political Moneyline
Search PAC, soft money, lobby databases and more.
Office of Management and Budget
Technet.org
Bipartisan tech network allows you to look up tech-related bills being considered in Congress.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
Library of Congress: Time Capsule
An online collection of broadsheets, pamphlets and more, which lets you examine early American life as it was lived.
Center for Public Integrity
Has background on congressional spending, including travel.
Technet.org
Bipartisan tech network allows you to look up tech-related bills being considered in Congress.
OurDocuments.gov
Defining moments in American history, famous documents.
Congressional Accountability Project
Site, which claims to fight corruption in Congress, offers information ranging from pay and perks to ethics.
United States Constitution Search
This search engine allows you to search for words and phrases and find lists of links to the location within the text of your search terms.
Constitution Facts
This site provides insights into the men who wrote the Constitution and how it's been interpreted over the years.
U.S. Senate Glossary Page
Alphabetical list of hundreds of terms.
Presidential/Congressional nominees history
Information about all nominees (received, rejected, confirmed) for the current session of Congress. It gives names, position for which the individual was nominated and the status of their nomination.
House Energy and Commerce Committee: Majority
House Energy and Commerce Committee: Minority
Congress Online: Assessing and Improving Capitol Hill Web Sites
An analysis project funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Roll Call 2008: Richest Members of Congress
History of the United States Capitol
The site's described as "a chronicle of design, construction, and politics.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
National Association of Counties
WashingtonPost.com: Congress
Track daily votes in Congress. Organized by states, bills, most voted-on, etc.
Resource Shelf: Congressional Research Service Reports
Great site to visit on a regular basis. Roundups on updates, recent reports and updated old reports. You also can get an RSS feed from this page.
WSJ: 2008 Campaign Fundraising Totals
Access to this does not require a subscription to the WSJ.
Appropriations Earmarks by Agency
From the Office of Management and Budget.
Appropriations Earmarks by State
From the Office of Management and Budget.
Library of Congress: Ask a Librarian
Submit questions to a librarian. Includes a chat feature and links to various collections.
Slate.com: Online Guide to Following the Health Care Legislation
Death of Senator Ted Kennedy
Boston.com: Senator Kennedy
A deep archive on Kennedy from the Boston Globe.
Library of Congress: Links to Ted Kennedy
Books, video, bios and other resources.
Ted Kennedy Official Senate Bio
NY Times: Ted Kennedy's New York
ABCNews Politics: Ted Kennedy
Photos, story about death, archives and Facebook chat.
YouTube: Video of Kennedy's Speech at 2008 Democratic National Convention
Consumer Product Safety Commission
World Against Toys Causing Harm: 10 Most Dangerous Toys 2005
An annual list dating back to 1973.
U.S. Public Interest Research Group: Toy Safety
A downloadable .PDF of the annual report that finds toys for sale that violate a federal ban on small parts in toys.
MSNBC: Most Dangerous Toys List 2005
Sight & Hearing Association: Noisy Toys
Lion and Lamb Project: Dirty Dozen Violent Toys
A watchdog group that monitors the marketing of violence to children.
ToySafety.org
Another dangerous toy watchdog group. Does a 10 worst toys list.
FamilyEducation.com: Dangerous Toys
U.S. Consumer Protection: Recalled Toys 2000
National Safe Kids Campaign
A searchable site that features news and research on restraint laws for transportation, playground safety, holiday safety, etc.
Firehouse.com Safe Kids Fact Sheets
American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
Largest association for companies in the toy and children's products arenas. Good for sourcing, research, retail statistics, parental tips, safety and industry links.
HealthyToys.org
Consumer action guide to toxic chemicals in toys.
Time to Play Magazine
Safety, types of toys, blogs and some retail information.
Chicago Tribune: Toy Safety
Warnings on how to avoid buying secondhand toys that could be tainted with lead.
Swine Flu
Centers for Disease Control: Swine Flu
World Health Organization Disease Outbreak News Center
Nieman Foundation Guide to Covering Pandemic Flu
HealthMap Global Disease Alert Map
Medical Symptoms Database: Swine Flu Symptoms
HealthFinder.gov
A good government health news clearinghouse site. Takes feeds from several departments and agencies.
Wellsphere:Swine Flu Resources
CNET: Resources for Covering Swine Flu
A great list of links and social-networking sites covering the Swine Flu.
Health Law Prof Blog: Swine Flu
Articles, links and other helpful information on the outbreak.
FluWiki Forum
Links, tips and news on the new flu.
Medicine.net: Swine Flu Symptoms, Treatments, Facts
Google Maps Swine Flu Outbreak Map
PandemicFlu.gov: Stories from Survivors, Families and Friends
Association of Health Care Journalists: Covering Flu and Pandemics
Dart Center: Tips for Covering Swine Flu
National Pork Producers Council: Pork Safe to Eat
Science Magazine: Naval Researchers Spot Swine Flu
NewScientist.com: Swine Flu -- What You Need to Know
NewScientist.com Blog: Swine Flu a Bioterrorist Virus?
Nieman Foundation: Reporting from the Front Lines of Flu
A 2007 report from Harvard University.
Nieman Foundation: Communicating News of a Flu Outbreak
LA Times: How Swine Flu Spreads in Humans
New York Times Health Guide: The Flu
Tips on dealing with the flu and new outbreaks, definitions, etc.
Poynter.org: Preparing Newsrooms to Cover Swine Flu as Pandemic, Local Story Foreign Policy: Net Effect -- Twitter Misinformation on Swine Flu Twitter: StopSwineFlu Twitter: Track Swine Flu Facebook: Swine Flu U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 1918 Pandemic Flu Map
Be careful with the accuracy of information found on these tweets.
Be careful with the accuracy of information found on these tweets.
One of several Facebook pages on the topic.
Flu Resources
Flu Shot Locator
Type in your zip code and find where to get a shot.
FluStar: Flu Tracker
Tracks flu outbreaks by city. From drug company Roche.
MedLine Plus
This site "brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations." News archives, press releases, research, etc.
Avian Flu
Avian Flu Pandemic
From Nature.com.
AvianFlu.gov
Updates from the federal government on the pandemic.
CDC: Current Bird Flu Situation
Miscellaneous Medical/Health Sites
Life Expectancy Calculator
Answer questions to project how long you might live.
Database of Individual Patient Experiences
A not-for-profit organization that provides information from a patient's perspective.
MEDLINEplus: Evaluating Health Information
SteroidLaw.com
Background on how the laws work, etc.
MedStudents.com
Papers and other resources on medical issues.
HealthWriting.com Links
A must bookmark for any health writer and includes tips for health writers.
DoctorsKnow.us
This site provides physicians (and media) with a searchable database of patients, malpractice attorneys, etc. through court records.
WebMD: Common Cold and Remedies
eMedicine Health
Health statistics, studies, etc.
University of Iowa: Student Health Survival Guidelines
Virtual Hospital
From the University of Iowa, this site offers booklets, links, databases, etc.
Skin Deep
A site about skin care products and what goes in them from the Environmental Working Group.
ExceptionalNurse.com
This site offers a wealth of information about nurses and nursing students with disabilities for journalists writing stories on this topic. The nursing shortage is an important story, and this site provides information regarding the number of nurses with disabilities who are often unable to find employment.
National Library of Medicine Rapid Research Notes
Access to research shared through online forums. Great for health and science writers scanning for latest research. Low-graphic, so it works well on mobile media.
Nova's Secret of Photo 51 Site
Includes 'Journey into DNA,' a Java presentation that explains where DNA is and what it does.
Amputee-Coalition.org
Includes an OPAC that deals with limb loss, its secondary conditions and causes. A useful source for health reporters.
PBS: The Forgetting, A Portrait of Alzheimers
BBC: Your Amazing Brain
A brain anatomy site.
Asbestos Resource Center
Links, definitions, history, litigation, etc.
Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
Links to about 10-12 good sites.
Cancer: Prostate Cancer Research Institute
Captain Dave's Survival Center
Tips and guidelines on burn treatments, wildnerness survival.
All Refer Health
Medical resource provides comprehensive and authorative information and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries, nutrition, medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community health.
Family Medicine Notes
Notes from a family physician. Some helpful tips. Written as a weblog.
Public Safety: Household Products
Check this National Library of Medicine database (4,000 items) about health risks of products you might have around the house.
American Massage Therapy Association
Sets ethical standards. Good background reading.
Ethnomed.org
Explores different cultural ideas of sickness and health and offers a lot of information on medical beliefs and practices.
National Council of Interpreting in Health Care
Center for Cross Cultural Health
Diversity Rx
Promoting cultural competence in health care.
Limited English Proficient
Federal government working group on issues.
Net Connections for Communications Disorders and Sciences
Partners Online Specialty Consultations
The Physician and Sports Medicine
British Medical Association: Worldwide Smoking
Studies, stats, etc.
Dr. Weil
Many alternative health tips, including the Vitamin Advisor.
FoodFit.com
Eating and dieting tips.
WebMD: Compare Presidential Candidates' Health Stances
American Heart Association: Cardiac Rehab Site
MedHelp.org
Patients pose questions to doctors. Fee-based.
MayoClinic.com
Free site, but answers and publishes only a small percentage of questions.
NetLiveMD.com
Fee-based. Online health assessments. Lists of specific doctors.
AskaDoctor.com
A fee-based site that e-mails answers from three anonymous doctors.
WebMD
Daily health news written for "consumers" (i.e. non-health professionals) and also have tons of medical reference material, message boards, live chats with health experts, and much more.
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
Spine-health.com
Spine-health.com provides in-depth information and resources about back pain, neck pain and spinal disorders, as well as a range of treatment options. The site is written and peer-reviewed by a multi-disciplinary group of leading spine specialists, and meets all of the quality criteria of the US National Institutes of Health.
Tools for Wellness
A product site for alternative medicine, but it does have some background helpful to the media.
Healingwell.com
Full of tips, suggestions, bulletin boards on alternative healing. Great for trend stories and finding sources for offbeat stories.
Medicine Malpractice Links
Part of the Electric Law Library.
Index of State Malpractice Laws
Princeton University Global Consciousness Study
The effect of global consciousness, from dozens of sites around the world, from the shocks and reverberations, recorded on Sept 11, 2001.
Nutrition.gov
This government site offers tips and all sorts of nutritional facts, including dieting.
Families USA Health Page
A non-profit, non-partisan perspective on health issues.
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Trials Listing
Lists all of the places looking for patients.
Medical History of American Presidents
Chronicles illnesses of past presidents and other well-known people.
Virtual Museum of Bacteria
Tips on bacteria and keeping yourself safe, definitions, etc.
The PUSH Journal
Gain access to Nexis stories from 5,000 news sources back to May 2002. The acronym stands for "Periodic Updates of Sexual and reproductive Health issues around the world."
Achenet.org: Research on Headaches
National Institute of Health: Headache Information
Tamiflu.com
An interactive site that lets the user track flu trends.
RealAge.com
A fine online health guide.
TheBody.com
AIDS and HIV resource sponsored by several pharmaceutical companies.
Chemotherapy and You
This free online booklet from the National Institute of Health is for patients who are receiving chemotherapy for cancer. It describes what to expect during chemotherapy and what you can do to take care of yourself during and after treatment.
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
Harvard's Research Matters Site
A portal to news articles that span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.
TravelHealth.com
Locate clinics and find out local names for your medications.
SportsSci.org
Look up all kinds of information on sports medicine and science. Links, studies, e-mail lists, news and more.
Teen Pregnancy Facts
TeenPregnancy.org offers dozens of factoids on the topic. Also check out the site's state-by-state map of teen pregnancy statistics.
ElderWeb.com
This site offers legal, insurance and medical advice (regional and national) for people facing elder-care options.
Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
Washington Post: Archive of West Nile Virus Stories
Track and Animal and Human West Nile Virus
Choking: A First-Aid Refresher
Some good basic terms and steps if you're doing a graphic or how-to article.
MedLine Plus
This site "brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations." News archives, press releases, research, etc.
CommonCold.org
Tips, remedies and recipes for what ails you.
Children's National Medical Center
Based in Washington, D.C., this organization offers studies, links and backgrounds on pediatric medicine.
Institute of Motion Analysis and Research
University of Dundee site is helpful for stories on sports injuries.
Urban Institute
Non-partisan economic and social policy research. Covers issues such as crime, education, health, housing, economy, etc.
iMedix
A community site for health issues.
State Legislation on Comprehensive Health Care Coverage
Health Effects of Wildfires
Links from the National Library of Medicine.
Dietary Supplements Labels Database
From the National Library of Medicine, this database offers information from the labels of over 2,000 brands of dietary supplements in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements.
National Institute of Mental Health
American College Health Association
National Association of Athletic Trainers: Tips for Avoiding Concussions
Combined Health Information
A searchable database of health research.
Jimmy Fund
Launched in October 2001, this site is an offshoot of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute fundraising.
OMNI
A good UK medical site.
NMAP
Another good UK medical site.
BIOME
A British biosciences site.
Accessible Society
Disability issues for journalists. Dozens of stories, studies, links and other resources for anyone covering this topic.
Pollen.com
A great site for allergy sufferers or anyone writing about allergy season.
SARS Resources
The Centers for Disease Control: SARS Fact Sheet
World Health Organization: SARS Information Page
Government Views of SARS
This site concentrates on government documents and information about SARS both from the United States and from international resources. Topics covered include Blood Supply, Case Definitions, Cases Reported, Countries & Governments, General Background, Healthcare Facilities, Healthcare Personnel, Laboratories, Legal Resources, Presidential Communications, Prevention & Precautions, Public Health Campaigns, Quarantine, Travel Advisories, Travel & Transport, the Virus and the World Health Organization.
National Institutes of Health: SARS Research
Medline Plus: Latest SARS News
U.S. State Department: SARS Travel Warnings
SARS World Map
Track the disease globally.
Washington Post: SARS Coverage
Lung Association Saskatchewan: SARS Updates
DisasterCenter.com: SARS Growth Rate
NCAA Sports: Members Alert for SARS
Forbes: Disease Hot Zones
A handy chart showing what countries are dealing with certain lethal diseases.
JohnnyJet: SARS Concern Links for Travelers
The NewsMarket, Inc.
A journalist's resource for B-roll, this site provides thousands of images free to television newsrooms. Users can preview video, read press materials and order video clips online. Delivery options include digital file transfer via FTP, whereby the material moves from TNM's server to the user's server; satellite feeds via APTN or tape delivery can also be requested. There is no cost to news professionals. The NewsMarket's primary service is providing broadcasters with video from the world's leading companies and organizations; news stories and archived stock shots from a large and growing range of sources. Particularly helpful to business and medical-health reporters.
MPassport.com
Access a database of more than 4,000 English-speaking doctors in 180 countries.
U.S. Pharmacopeia: Medication Errors Index
Type in a name of a medication and this index provides a list of drugs often confused with that drug.
Medi Clim
Weather health warning system offers research that ties health to climate changes.
American Lung Association: State of the Air We Breathe
.PDF format of 2009 report.
Slate.com: Online Guide to Following the Health Care Legislation
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Government site, part of the National Institutes of Health.
National Retail Federation
This site offers many stats and studies on shopping trends.
National Retail Federation: Holiday Survey Report
Public Interest Research Groups
Consumer protection, environmental groups, dangerous toys, etc.
BlackFridayAds.com
Use it to track sale trends for the holidays.
Purdue University: Holiday Shopping Facts and Figures
A study done in conjunction with the National Retail Federation.
National Consumers League: Holiday Shopping
Federal Trade Commission: Tips for Holiday Shopping Online
Consumer Federation of America
Bizrate.com
Site features holiday shopping statistics.
Shop.org
A division of National Retail Federation that gathers consumer survey information.
Identity Theft Resource Center
ConsumerSearch.com
Product reviews and research galore.
BlackFriday.info
Lists retailers and best deals.
SpamGourmet
Set up a temporary address for online shopping purposes.
Planetfeedback.com
Site measures online and offline shopping habits.
eMarketer
Has holiday shopping projections/stats.
Economy.com
Stories and indexes tracking the economy. Could be good for sourcing stories as well.
Federal Trade Commission: Holiday Shopping Tips/Protection
About.com: Consumer Retail Habits
Dozens of helpful links.
This to That: How to Fix Things
How to fix broken things. Handy during the holidays.
Lycos 50
What keywords are people searching during the holiday season?
CNN Money: Holiday Tipping Tips
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