College News
A clearinghouse of news stories from campuses across the nation.
Student Press Law Center: The College Top 10
Ten questions college student journalists most frequently ask about their rights.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Journalism Ethics at College Newspapers
A great site by Francis Frizzo at Hofstra University.
Associated Collegiate Press: Jobs Database
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
Poynter.org: Crime Coverage Tips for Broadcasters
Yahoo! List of College Newspapers
Poynter.org: Journalism Education Sites
A great list of resources for teachers.
Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
A short primer from the New York Times on the Web.
Research and Style Guides for Students
Nearly 100 links to helpful research sites.
Collegemedia.org
A site for college media advisers. Job listings, resources.
AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, writing/editing coach at the Tallahassee Democrat.
JHistory: A Discussion Site For History of Journalism & Mass Communications
EditBank
This site from University of North Carolina professor Frank Fee, is a collection of syllabi and links to online editing course syllabi that was created under the auspices of the Newspaper Division of AEJMC. (Note: Some of the links may be broken or outdated. The site is regularly being updated.)
ERIC Digest: A Review of Trends in Journalism Education
KnightCite Bibliography Writer
Based on input from the user, this tool generates bibliographic information for term and research papers. And it does so in any of three styles chosen by the user - Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA) or Chicago Manual of Style.
Study World: College Journalism Online
JScoopMedia
Offers blogs, job tips, journalism school statistics and "valuable industry news for tomorrow's editorial talent."
NewsCoach2
A social network for newsroom trainers, started by Steve Buttry of No Train, No Gain. The site grew from the old Newscoach listserv.
Link TV: Know the News
A set of free educational web-based News Literacy tools focusing on international television news. Students create their own news stories by editing video from a wide variety of U.S. and international TV news reports; and their own news-talk program using out-takes from a nationally broadcast studio-based discussion series.
OneDegree.com
Social networking site built for individual university communities.
College Affordability: State Rankings
A list from the Lumina Foundation. See how your state ranks.
Associated Collegiate Press
Jobs, articles on trends and more.
Poynter.org: Journalism History Links
Great resource for researching term papers.
EASI: Easy Access for Students and Institutions
U.S. Department of Education site on paying for college tuition. Some interesting background reading.
"Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and What Can Be Done About It"
Though short, this .PDF format report from The American Council of Trustees and Alumni(ACTA), a nonprofit co-founded by Lynne Cheney and Senator Joseph I.Lieberman, has been getting quite a bit of media attention. The report is a scathing condemnation of universities for being "the weak link in America's response to the [September 11th] attack," a label earned in part because faculty "invoked tolerance and diversity as antidotes to evil" and did not discuss the "difference between good and evil." The report charges academia with disseminating the message to "blame America first.
University and College Designers Association
A professional organization of designers and educators.
Student Media Listserv
Also see the Journalism Listservs Page
College Newspapers
Yahoo! has a complete list of college newspapers online.
MediaJobPod.org
A job/internship site tailored to college students looking for multimedia jobs. Watch imbedded videos from professionals on how to find jobs, interview, write cover letters, etc. If you are interested in Web reporting/production or TV production, take advantage of the advice on this site.
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.
Security on Campus
A non-profit group fighting campus violence has articles, studies and other research on campus crime.
Photojournalism e-book: Breaking into Photojournalism
Kenneth Wajda, an author and an award-winning photojournalist, wrote an e-book for students and other photographers interested in how to break into the business of photojournalism. He covers how to find and shoot spot news, the importance of professional ethics and respect, how to build a sports and people portfolio on the side, and how to approach news and photo editors with your photographs. A must-read for aspiring photojournalists.
Society for Collegiate Journalists
U.S. Journalism and Communications Schools
A journalism schools from Journalismjobs.com.
Education Writers Association
For education reporters.
Journalism & Mass Communication Annual Surveys
From the James M. Cox, Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research at the University of Georgia.
Photojournalism Ethics Timeless Issues
A paper from Paul Martin Lester, Ph.D. at Cal State Fullerton.
LA Community College Journalism 101
Links to dozens of helpful websites.
PICS: Photojournalism in Cyberspace
A cool college photojournalism project.
NY Times Campus Weblines: Interviewing Techniques
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.
NY Times Campus Weblines: Beat Reporting
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.
About.com: Basics of PR
Learn the fundamentals. Great for students.
College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health
Journalism & Mass Communication Annual Surveys
New York Times: College
You'll need a subscription to NY Times online.
PhD. Info Find
A great site for looking into schools, financial aid, etc.
University of Minnesota: Class Assignment Calculator
This handy little tool helps you sort out when projects and papers are due. It's from U of M but would work for any college student.
Universities.com
Nearly 5,000 listings of colleges, universities.
Reporter's Toolkit: Covering Sexual Assaults on Campus
From the Center for Public Integrity.
TurnItIn.com
A commercial service to detect Internet plagiarism.
MIT's World College and University Links
Journalism/Reporting/Student Listservs
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
Took effect October 2002.
ICue
An NBC News video archive site used for education purposes. Includes a lot of political video.
JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.
Journalism Education Association Press Rights Commission
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.
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