April 2010 Archives

Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists
Helpful website includes a toll-free number to call. Loyola University Chicago's Center for Ethics and Social Justice has assembled this great service and web site for journalists. This is a free service!

RTNDA Code of Ethics

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics

RTNDF Ethics Guidelines

Poynter.org: Checklist for Recording Phone Conversations

Poynter.org: Balancing Business with Pressures and Journalism Values

Citizen Journalism Code of Ethics

Ethics Report on Non-Profit JournalismThe Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has released a report on nonprofit news organizations and ethics.

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

Sunshine Week Open Meetings
Events the week of March 12 promote open records.

Poynter On-Call Ethics
Poynter Institute professionals help with ethical issues reporters face. Call the toll-free number on the website.

API: Managing and Reporting a News Crisis
A page of tips with links off to stories and how they were handled. Great teaching tool.

National Coalition Against Censorship
"Free Expression After September 11th - An Online Index" site explores censorship in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

MediaPeace.org
A Paris-based, United Nations-sponsored institute within the University for Peace, set up by the UN in Costa Rica in 1980. The site includes annotated research sites on issues related to the interactions between media, conflict, peace and security.

SPJ Ethics Page
Codes of ethics, resources page, tip sheets/Q&A, message board and hotline.

More SPJ Ethics Links

Cyberjournalist.net: Ethics and Credibility
Feed of stories and blog posts on web ethics issues, etc.

Ethics on Campus: Journalism and College Newspapers
A great collection of tips and issues from Hofstra University.

Fairness and Accuracy in News Reporting

Harvard University: The Pluralism Project
A must-bookmark for anyone reporting on religion or ethics. Run by the Committee on the Study of Religion, this site offers current research, media resources, news stories and much, much more.

The Committee of Concerned Journalists
This is a group of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession, sponsors forums, etc.

National Freedom of Information Coalition

AJR: Journalists Are Questioning News Embargos

Resources for Journalism Ethics
From Steve Buttry.

MSN: Top Web News Gaffes
A few examples of publishing too soon.

World Association for Christian Communications
A media watchdog organization from England that offers an alternative perspective than the mainstream media's view of values and religious issues. Has commentary on the coverage of the 9-11 tragedies.

Indiana University Index of Journalism Ethics Cases

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

Ethics Matters Column from News Photographer Magazine

Yahoo!'s Links to Ethics
A handy collection of resources.

Accuracy in Media

Faking Images in Photojournalism
A student project with some great links.

Photojournalism Ethics Timeless Issues
A paper from Paul Martin Lester, Ph.D. at Cal State Fullerton.

YouTomb
MIT student project tracks videos kicked off YouTube for alleged copyright infringement.

Greenpeace: Stop Greenwashing
Greenwashing describe the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service. This Greenpeace site is a great resource to find more case studies of companies' greenwashing as well as other criteria and how to suggestions for businesses to go green ethically.

Poynter.org: Controversy Over NPPA Prize Photo
The image shows a woman being sexually assaulted during the violent culmination of Mardi Gras in Seattle last year. More discussion about the photo on the National Press Photographers Association site.

PressWise.org.uk: Global Directory of Journalism Codes
This site has one-stop shopping for ethics sites.

Journalism Ethics Directory
A small directory from San Francisco State University.

Media Ethics Directory
About a dozen links to various organizations.

Sree's Photo Ethics Page
Links and samples from a Columbia University professor.

Pew Center

Codes of Ethics in Asian Countries

MediaLaw.com's Ethics Page

Guide to Taping Conversations in All 50 States
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Poynter.org: Checklist for Recording Phone Conversations

Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
A tips and ideas sheet from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School. Designed to help journalists cover suicide responsibly.

RTDNA: Social Media Guidelines
Radio TV Digital News Association established guidelines for using Twitter and Facebook.

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

Slate's Scott Shuger: Journalism Ethics
Shuger weighs in on the USA Today-Palestinian suicide bomber issue.

Ethics and Public Policy Center
A Washington think-tank that puts together seminars and studies.

National Freedom of Information Coalition

Online Journalism Ethics
Ethics for cyberjournaists from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Journalism Ethics at College Newspapers
A great site by Francis Frizzo at Hofstra University.

PBS Bloodlines
This is an independent discussion site that accompanies the show about how conflicts at the intersection of science and the courts are defining the ways Americans will deal with the ethical, legal and social dilemmas created by new life technologies. The official site for the show is at PBS.org.

Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
A short primer from the New York Times on the Web.

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

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Libel Defense Resource Center

European Journalism Codes of Ethics

DigitalCustom: Model Ethics Guidelines
Basic ethics tips for news, travel and nature editors.

Codes of Ethics in Asian Countries

MediaLaw.com's Ethics Page

Media Watchdog

Ethics and Public Policy Center
A Washington think-tank that puts together seminars and studies.

ASNE Ethics Codes

APME National Credibility Roundtables Project

Regret the Error

AEJMC Media Ethics Division

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

Institute for Global Ethics

Indiana University: Journalism Ethics Cases Online

University of Missouri: Center for Religion, the Professions, and the Public

Ethics Connection

Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism

Current Online: Ethics in Public Broadcasting

EthicNet: European Codes of Journalism Ethics

FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

American Society of Business Publication Editors: Guide to Preferred Editorial Practices

Journalism Ethics for the Global Citizen

University of Minnesota: Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law

University of Hawaii: Web Resources for Studying Journalism Ethics

National Freedom of Information Coalition

Online Journalism Ethics
Ethics for cyberjournaists from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Journalism Ethics at College Newspapers
A great site by Francis Frizzo at Hofstra University.

Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
A short primer from the New York Times on the Web.

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

Libel Defense Resource Center

European Journalism Codes of Ethics

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.

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

International Center for Journalists: Disaster and Crisis Coverage Tips
A great guidebook of tips.

International Center for Journalists: Journalism and Trauma
Tips on dealing with victims, violence, our own experiences, etc.

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.

EditorsWeblog.org

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

PBS: MediaShift Idea Lab

Center for Citizen Media and PressThink: Placeblogger

Public Journalism Network

J-Learning
Explores community journalism.

Covering Communities
Helpful tips for citizen journalists.

Ourmedia: Citizen Journalism

Reflections of a Newsosaur

Online Journalism Blog

SEO for Journalists Blog

Editors Weblog

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.

Foreign Policy Blogs
Look up obscure useful words here, including slang and pop-culture language.

Typealyzer
Figures Myer-Briggs personality classification for blog authors.

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.

Blogcritics.com

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.

McClatchy News Wiki

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.

NewAssignment.net

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.

CapitolBeat Blog

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

Testy Copy Editors

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.

Media Bloggers Assocation

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,

Committee to Protect Journalists Blog

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.

Law and Policy Institutions
This site provides access for legal and legislative information. In addition to domestic legal topics, this site provides information on significant international treaties, journals and legal databases etc.

Auto Theft Information
Statistics and research on stolen cars.

Law Enforcement Sites
Includes a global guide to law enforcement resources. The site includes links to agencies, laws, magazines and other documents.

Criminal Justice Sourcebook
From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, links to several crime-related reference works from more than 100 sources.

Police Officers' Internet Directory
Links to state law enforcement agencies, law libraries, criminal justice information.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals

Findlaw Cases and Codes
Look up case summaries, jurisdictions, historical documents, etc.

E-Justice Blog

CopSeek Law Enforcement Links

Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Newsroom and list of commission members, contact information.

Global Legal Information Network
A public government database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the full texts of their published documents to the database in their original languages. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and, in many cases in additional languages, plus subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available for most jurisdictions.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Institute of Medicine: Military & Veterans
Studies, breaking news stories and experts.

MaptheFallen
This site uses Google Earth to enable the user to pinpoint where, when and how each service member died since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan. A line connects the service member's approximate location of death to his or her hometown. You can download the map off of this blog.

SAJA: Mumbai Attack Resources

Military.com
Latest headlines from U.S. military.

Armed Forces.com

U.S. Army

Army Technology

U.S. Marine Corps

Air Force

Air Forces in Europe

U.S. Navy

The Office of Naval Research
This office manages the science and technology programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard News
Designed to give journalists a one-stop resource for Coast Guard information.

Air National Guard

Stratfor.com Defense Information
The site charges a fee, but you can still get a decent amount of stories for free, and sign up for a free e-mail.

Paralyzed Veterans of America
Research, education, veteran's benefits, issues and expert sources.

Internet Resource Collection: Terrorism
UC-Irvine U.S. Government Librarian Kay Collins librarian gathered this great collection of links and references. It's easy to scan and offers some real gems, including an RSS feeds from the Department of Homeland Security.

USA.gov: Defense and International Relations Agencies
This site helps you identify government agencies at local, state, federal and international levels.

U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute
Publishes security and strategic reports that bridge the military and academia, and covers terrorism issues.

United Nations Action to Counter Terrorism

Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Newsroom and list of commission members, contact information.

Homeland Defense Journal
Full archives of publications, special reports, etc.

Center on Conscience and War
A nonprofit in Washington, D.C., that provides legal advice to U.S. troops.

Veteran's Day
History of the holiday and teaching resource guide.

Department of Defense: Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
A 734-page .PDF dictionary. It?s hard to print, but use a direct link or save to a hard drive or a CD-ROM.

ReligionLink: Iraq Resources
A great collection of organizations, information and links on values, ethics, etc. as they're applied to the war.

Iraq Deaths: Military Deaths by State
From the Vermont Valley News, deaths per capita by state, etc.

IRE: Terrorism-Related Materials
Information includes resources on terroist organizations and attacks, international reporting sources, guidelines on international sources and articles written for The IRE Journal and Uplink about covering international stories and terrorism.

Media Coverage--Iraq
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia.

BYU: World War I Document Archives
From the Brigham Young Library.

War in Iraq -- Economics
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia.

Network for Good: U.S. Troops Support
A great collection of links to troop support and resource sites.

Homeland Security Page
Tom Ridge's page gives the Current Nationwide Threat Level.

PBS Frontline: Foreign Affairs and the Military

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook

Afghan Recovery Report
Afghan journalists, working with support from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and Media Action International (MAI) offer a free service aimed at providing local and international media outlets with "objective and reliable news from local sources.

National Coalition of Homeless Veterans

Department of Veteran Affairs Homeless Page

MilitaryPhotos.net
Shots from Iraq, etc.

Veterans Day History

U.S. Army: Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System
Search through past stories.

Center for Security Policy

Department of Defense

DefenseLink
Site from the U.S. Department of Defense. Releases, photos, transcripts, speeches, e-mail advisories and more.

National Terrorism Alert Page

Heritage Foundation's National Security Page

PBS NOVA: Combat Hospital
Story of a war zone hospital.

Inside Defense
Defense industry news.

Military Tribunals

FirstWorldWar.com
Encyclopedia, maps, documents, photos, etc.

About.com: Listing of Military Marriage Sites

America's New War
Track the Terrorism conflict for a "good news, bad news" perspective.

GlobalSecurity: Track Troops in Middle East

American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services

Army Emergency Relief

Navy/Marine Relief Society

Air Force Aid Society

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance

Cyberjournalist.net 9/11 Attack Resources
Dozens of great resources.

The War in Context
News and commentary from the global press and alternative media relating to the war on terrorism and the Middle East conflict.

PBS Frontline: Terror and Tehran

Military Bomb Disposal Techniques

Armed Forces Epidemiological Board

Army Medical Monthly Surveillance Report

Naval Health Research Center

World War I Diaries
Listed by subject, author, period.

Defenselink: Department of Defense Almanac
A breakdown of the departments, employment stats, budgets and more.

CNN Fact Sheet: U.S. Attacks Terrorism
FAQ, bios of key players and background on the retaliatory attacks.

About.com's U.S. Military Page

About.com U.S. Newspapers Terrorist Links

MSNBC Interactive War Map
A great explanatory site that includes history, interpretations, etc. of the Islamic faith.

Marine Corps History and Museum Division
All sorts of historical information.

U.S. Use of Pre-emptive Military Force
A .PDF file.

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
This site is useful for anyone who is interested in international news. Each week, Global Beat runs stories and backgrounders on important areas of the world, such as Iraq, Chechnya, South Asia, etc.

Military Photojournalism Projects

Terrorist Attacks: Regional Maps of Afghanistan
Several maps of Afghanistan, Kabul and several other places in the country and region. From the University of Texas at Austin.

U.S. Army: Soldier Stories
Run by the U.S. Army, this site focuses on interesting stories that might not have made the mainstream news.

Pentagon Memorial
From MilitaryCity.com.

CIA Maps

EarthExplorer Maps Via USGS

Military History Encyclopedia
Reference for wars, individuals, weapons, concepts behind the wars, etc.

List of POW/MIAS
The Library of Congress has a list of prisoners of war and MIAs.

Not Forgotten
Track the Pentagon's efforts to clear up uncertainties about POWs.

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
The site includes a state-by-state listing of the missing.

Kitchen Table Gang: Helping Veterans
A veteran's group that helps hospitalized veterans.

Military Family Support Center
Links to dozens of organizations.

Medals Of Honor
The U.S. Army Center of Military History has a database of more than 3,400 Medals of Honor that ave been awarded since the decoration's creation in 1861. Transcripts are categorized by war.

CyberSeals.org
This site "outs" people falsely claiming to be a part of the elite Navy unit.

Military Law and Justice

Military Press

Center for Defense Information

Art of World War I
An archive of photography and artwork.

MilitaryCity.com (U.S.)
Links to all the official Armed Forces Web sites.

Inside Defense

Interagency Civil-Military

Pacific Stars & Stripes

Army Times

U.S. Army Association

U.S. European Command

U.S. Military Academy

Military Chaplains Association of the USA

National Funeral Directors: Military Funeral Section

Military Funeral Honors

Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans burial sites
This site offers information about funerals, ceremonies and sites.

Footnote.com: World War II Archives
Footnote and the National Archives assemble a collection of photos, news articles, case files about war crimes, accounts of air battles and much more.

Library of Congress: Experiencing War: Veterans' History Project

Wartime Contracting Commission

Veterans National Archives

Veteran's Day Home Page
The page includes a patriotic fact sheet, a listing of scheduled events in Washington DC, and links to other regional sites.

American Legion

Korean War 50th Anniversary
Great research on the "forgotten war."

Vietnam War History

Vietnam Vets

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

The Virtual Wall
An interactive tour of the Vietnam Memorial.

Veterans History Project
A great collection of military facts, stats and figures.

Online Vietnam Memorial
Features a database of more than 58,000 names.

D-Day Memorial

Desert Storm

U.S. Naval Observatory
Sun and moon data by year (from 1700 to 2100).

Korean War: 50th Anniversary
Dramatic images, maps, and online recollections from those who served.

Civil War Portal
Facts on units, weaponry, battles, etc.

20th Century Castles: Missile Bases

War Times Journal

Military: Surveying Engineering and Mapping Center of Expertise

Historic Government Publications from World War II [.pdf]
This new site from Southern Methodist University boasts more than 200 government documents from World War II.

ACES: Iraq Facts
Research from The American Copy Editors Society. Links to military, weapons, media outlets and more.

Washington Post's Dot Mil Column
Written by William Arkin, a former military intelligence analyst.

Washington Post: Fog of War

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.

Beliefnet.com: Memorial Day
Many features about Americans and the wars they fought.

DigitalJournalist.org: Bitter Passage: Kent State & the Fall of Saigon
A super multimedia package on the Vietnam War.

Sonshi.com: Sun--Tzu's "The Art of War"
Full translation of the 2,000-year-old Chinese book of strategy on and off the field of battle.

Photojournalism: A Record of War

Ancestry.com: Military Records
Organized by war or by timeline, the site offers thousands of records, old newsreels, etc.

Medals of Honor Breakdown
Stats on types of honors by military branch.

Military Brats Registry
This site is a riot: An online community for military brats to get in touch with one another.

Homeland Security Digital Library
Search engine allows you to scan more than 30 homeland security blogs.

G.I. Bill

British National Risk Register
Cabinet office assess threats to Great Britain, including flu, flooding, terrorist attacks, etc.

NYU Globalbeat Tips

Library of Congress: The Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database
Search U.S. Government documents on U.S. military listed as unaccounted for as of December 1991.

The Great War Archive
Materials on WWI.

Air&Space Magazine
Smithsonian online magazine includes History of Flight, Flight Today, Military Aviaton and Space Exploration.

Journalism Organizations and Helpful Resources

SPJ.org
Society of Professional Journalists' site.

Columbia Journalism Review

Who Owns What?
A great site from the Columbia Journalism Review that explains the holdings and conflicts of interest of large media companies.

American Journalism Review
Magazine's online site.

AJR: Journalists Are Questioning News Embargos

Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications

International Center for Journalists
Many free resources, guidebooks, news and tips.

Freedom Forum
Updates on First Amendment issues.

Newseum.org
Site for Gannett's cool journalism history museum.

Knight Digital Media Center
From the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, the site offers blogs, great journalism tips and industry trends. Includes a listing of training seminars and workshops.

Knight Foundation

American Review
Media and democracy page.

NewsTrust
An online community that rates the quality of mainstream and independent news stories.

Knight News Network

J-New Voices

J-Learning

Media Research Center
A media watchdog group.

Media Research Center
A dynamite site that has some commentary on media coverage of the political scene.

Center for Media and Public Affairs

Pew Foundation Internet

Society of Environmental Journalists

Radio-Info.com
News, message boards and statistics on the radio and radio new industry.

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

National Center on Disability and Journalism
An independent journalism organization, its mission is "to educate journalists and educators about disability reporting issues in order to produce more accurate, fair and diverse news reporting." Lists programs, links, mailing lists, etc.

Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Center for Media and Democracy
Combats misleading PR practices.

Communications Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)
Covers race and gender issues in communications.

Media People
Interviews with various folks in the media, including CEOs, editors and media writers.

NuzGeeks.com
Free journalism directory.

JHistory: A Discussion Site For History of Journalism & Mass Communications

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

No Train, No Gain
Compiles training materials by and for journalists around the world.

Reporter Pitch Story Information Exchange
Share story ideas, links and other resources.

Media Reader
MediaChannel's international, biweekly, multimedia magazine covers the best in the media about the media.

Pressnet: Journalists, Journalism and Mass Media in Internet
Journalists, journalism, mass media, students, studious, teachers and professors of the journalism and the social communication. World directory. Specialized directory.

News & Views Exchange Central: Discussion Board for Journalists

Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC)
A project of the Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School of Journalism that launched in April 2002. Among the articles, books and research: "Fiction or Fact: Hollywood Looks at the News," a 26-page essay written by Annenberg Associate Dean Joe Saltzman and Loren Ghiglione, former dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

CARMA: International Media Watch

SLA News Division Home Page

International Journalists' Network
Resources, headlines, seminars and more.

Criminal Justice Journalists

Sree.net: Journalist Web Sites
Personal sites of columnists, bloggers, reporters, etc.

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Excellent resources for journalists covering disasters, with resources on emotional trauma as it effects victims, survivors and journalists themselves. The site also set up a bulletin board for journalists to discuss their experiences covering the tragedy.

American Business Media

UK Journalism

UK: MousetrapMedia

Salon.com's Media Circus

Society of Editors
British press freedom and editorial standards site.

Jim Romenesko's Media News
Stay up on court cases and ethics issues from Poynter. Also, many links to TV and media columnists.

Press Access
It's a PR site, but it also tracks moves of reporters and editors to new newspapers, trade and business publications.

Looksmart.com's Journalism Profession Site
Links to dozens of research sites.

Benton Foundation: Journalism Headlines

Open Meetings and Records
News on court cases from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Media Industry News

American Society of Journalists and Authors

Center for Community Journalism: National Consortium on Community Journalism
Experts from across the nation to share their thoughts on the state of community journalism.

The Ad Critic
A mecca for popular TV commercials.

Fair.org's Global Media Giants Page
A listing of influential media moguls. A who's who of corporate media leaders.

Press Access
Lots of media news and gossip. Folks moving within the industry, etc.

HonestReporting.com
An unofficial media monitor weblog. Media critiques, e-mail newsletter and more.

ElectronicIntifada.com
This weblog keeps an eye on Middle East news coverage. Includes articles and an e-newsletter.

Media Kitty
An online exchange for international journalists and public relations professionals in travel and tourism.

Brizcomm.com
Aims to be the benchmark for online content in Australia. Includes an archive of content-related tips from a weekly e-mail newsletter; a database of Web site reviews from a weekly columnist and weekly radio show; a free content jobs database for web work and workers; FAQs for content employers and employees; and contributed columns and reviews.

American Statistical Association

Virginia Press Association Disaster Preparedness Plan
Go to the Association Services section and you will find information to help get your staffs thinking about what they'd do in such an event.

The Typing Injury FAQ
CTD Resource Network, Inc. offers information about repetitive strain injuries such as carpal tunnel, common to many journalists.

Mediachannel.com

Media Research Center

Association of American Business Publications
More than 60 independent business publications nationwide.

Featurewell.com
Featurewell.com is an electronic marketplace that enables editors to purchase the rights to publish articles by the world's finest journalists. Our contributors earn the majority of licensing fees.

MediaChannel: Global Ownership Chart
Thanks to the merger boom, media power is more concentrated than ever. A new online chart presents the global media overlords in vivid color.

MediaChannel's Media Reader Page
Several columns and stories on industry trends.

MediaTenor.com
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 is also a free newsletter sent twice a week with the latest articles about agenda-setting, the influence of media in public opinion.

URLwire.com
A news service just for site reviewers, portal guide editors, writers, and reporters who link to great Web content.

Fair.org
Stories taken off the air/out of print for sponsor and owner conflicts.

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

Kansas State University Community Journalism Page
Resources for small-town publications.

SUNY-Oswego Community Journalism Page

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

Project Censored

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

White House News Photographers Association
Member directory, gallery, contests and more.

Education Writers Association
For education reporters.

Society of American Business Editors and Writers

Alliance of Area Business Publications

Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association

MediaDisasterPrep.com

Center for Media and Public Affairs
A non-profit, non-partisan media research organization located in Washington, D.C.

Editorial Freelancers Association

Web Journal of Mass Communication Research

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

Institute for Public Relations Research and Education

Readership Institute

International Communication Association

National Communication Association

International Women's Media Federation
Works to strengthen the voice of women journalists around the world.

National Federation of Press Women

Journalism UK's Journalism Organizations Page

Paperloop.com
Online site for Pulp and Paper Week.

IwantMedia.com Job Layoffs Page
News industry gossip and stories on cutbacks.

Assn. of Health Care Journalists

National Association of Science Writers

International Journalists Network

Criminal Justice Journalists

IWantMedia.com's Organizations Page
Hundreds of links to global media contacts.

Malcontent Home for Disgruntled Journalists

Testy Copy Editors

Suite101.com: Journalism
Resources from Daryl Lease.

National Writers Union
A union of freelance writers who work for American publishers or employers.

National Association for Minorities in Communications

Association for Women in Communications

Association of Health Care Journalists
Newsletters, conventions, contacts, links and more.

Religion Newswriters Association

National Cartoon Museum

Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library

National Communication Association's Spectra newsletter

National Press Photographers Association
Tips, news, press releases, polls, event schedules and more.

Knight Center for Specialized Journalism

National Press Foundation

Media Democracy Now

Newspages.com
Alternative periodicals, university press releases, resource links.

World Press Photography
Non-profit organization commited to promoting photojournalism worldwide.

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 News Design
Workshop schedule, membership database and more.

Journalism/Reporting/Student Listservs

CannyLink Internet Guide: News Wires List
A great list of global news services.

Journalism UK
Targeted to British print journalists.

National Religious Broadcasters
A few news resources.

CoxNews.com
Links to the news service, the member papers, Washington bureau, jobs and more.

Southern California Media Guild

Concerned Media Consumers Committee

Communications Roundtable
An association of 24 public relations, journalism, marketing, advertising, graphics, writers, interactive communications, television, training, multi-media, Internet and information technology and other communications organizations with more than 12,000 professional members.

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.

First Amendment/Free Expression

First Amendment Handbook
From the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Reporters Committee of Freedom of the Press
Latest news and resources on First Amendment issues.

First Amendment Center

Cornell: Listing of Bill of Rights/First Amendment

Findlaw: First Amendment and Annotations

Library of Congress/Bill of Rights

SPJ First Amendment Page
News articles, publications, awards and many other resources.

Florida First Amendment Foundation
A source for information, expertise, and assistance to the public and news media. It was founded as a non-profit organization in 1984 by The Florida Press Association, the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, and the Florida Association of Broadcasters.

Free Expression Network Clearinghouse

The Free Expression Policy Project
An anti-censorship coalition to challenge Internet filters, v-chips, abstinence-only education, etc.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Committee of Concerned Journalists

The International Freedom of Expression eXchange
A virtual network of more than 50 organizations worldwide, the IFEX Clearing House monitors the state of free expression and transmits the information it collects to individuals and organizations in more than 120 countries.

Reporting Civil Rights

Newseum

Encyclopedia of USA History: Journalists

FCC: Historical Periods in Television Technology

University of North Carolina: History of Business Journalism

Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture

JHistory

Media History Monographs

Media History Project

PBS: Soldiers Without Swords -- The Black Press

PBS: Yellow Journalism

The International Journalists Network

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

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

CopyEditor.com

AssignmentEditor.com

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

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

Editors Weblog

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

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

University Writing Style Guides
A large collection of online style guides.

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

GrammarGuard.org

American Heritage Dictionary

ACES Copy Editing Tests

ACES Iraq Information Page

The Elements of Style

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stinky Journalism
Journalism, online journalism ethics and accuracy blog.

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, etc.

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

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

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

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Mispronounced Words

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Misspelled Words

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

The Vocabula Review

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

BBC Styleguide
.PDF format.

Economist Style Guide

CJR's Language Corner

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

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

Poynter.org: Why Copy Editing Matters

Reuters Handbook of Journalism

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

Copy Editing Web Sites

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

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

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

Pantheon: Encyclopedia of Myths

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

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

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

Jack Lynch's Guide to Style

Crash Blossoms: Headlines Gone Wrong
A great site that highlights awful headlines and implied meanings. A must-bookmark for copy editors and teachers.

Addictionary: What's Your Word?
Look up obscure useful words here, including slang and pop-culture language.

The Vocabulary Review (Vocabula.com)

The Writing Center's Online Handouts

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

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

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

Slipup.com
Today's Media Bloopers.

Newswriting Cliches

Cliche of the Day

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

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Tips on writing, punctuation, grammar, usage, etc. Great podcasts where GG answers user-submitted questions.

Guide to Grammar and Writing

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

RhymeZone Shakespeare Search Engine

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

Cornell University: Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

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

The Canadian Press Stylebook

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

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

JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.

JTeacher.com

Avoid Holiday Cliches
From the American Copy Editors Society.

CopyEditorJobs.com

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

My Favorite Word

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

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

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

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

Sun Microsystem's Style Guide

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

Tim Berners-Lee's CERN Style Guide

Food and Fuel: Myths and Facts
From the Council for Biotechnology Information, which communicates science-based information about the benefits and safety of agricultural and food biotechnology to sustainable development.

FoodandWaterWatch.org
Track studies, findings. Includes newsletter and RSS feed.

YouTractor.com
A video site for vintage tractors, farm tractors and new tractors.

National Weather Service: River Flooding Map Track what rivers are flooding around the country.

FEMA: What States Spend on Flood Damage

PBS: Running Dry Documentary
Is there a drought in the Southwest?

Carsey Institute
University of New Hampshire organization studies issues pertaining to the ag community. Newsletters, press releases, publications, research, etc.

ConsumerWorld.com: Consumer News Tips
Dozens of links to news alert sites. Very handy for business reporters.

Agricultural Media Summit
Seminars, resource pages and more.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Ag Census
Statistics galore, up to 2007.

U.S. Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Daily Yonder
From the Center for Rural Strategies, this blog includes news, commentary, research, etc.

RuralPovertyPortal.org

Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
News, stats and issues on agriculture and small communities.

The Rural Blog
Agriculture and rural living issues. Part of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.

National Cotton Council
Industry site with research, industry contacts, etc.

TheHorse.com
News and issues with the horse and breeding industry.

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.

Handmade Toy Alliance
A group of toy stores, toymakers and children's product manufacturers from across the country who want to preserve unique handmade toys, clothes, and all manner of children's goods in the USA.

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.

Federal Reserve 101
Basic facts, research, etc.

Fedstats.gov
Links to hundreds of government agencies.

Google: Government Sites
Search government-only sites with this special Google feature

FedStats
Studies and stats on federal government research..

GovExec.com
Magazine on federal government and military.

USASpending.gov

Federal News Service
FNS produces transcripts of Presidential statements; briefings at the White House, State, Defense and Justice departments; speeches and press conferences of major political leaders and spokespersons; and Congressional hearings. Also offers English translations of Russian political speeches.

Almanac of American Politics
Key votes, committee changes and election results.

ABA Administrative Procedures Database ABA Administrative Procedures Database
This site "is designed to facilitate the exchange of information about federal and state administrative law among legislators, lawyers, hearing officers, judges, and citizens. (It) contains links to federal and state Administrative Procedure Acts (APA), reform proposals, and organizational and other resources."

Catalaw
Organizes legal and government sites into a basic catalog.

CIA Biological Incidents--Handbooks
A recently released unclassified document.

Office of Personnel Management
Federal government human resource agency.

Students.gov: Guide to U.S. Government

Governing.com: What Government Does
Background story on fundamental functions and services the government performs at all levels.

The United States in International Context Summary Fast Facts

The United States in International Context Full-Text Report
A 12-page .PDF document.

Center for Digital Government
Affiliated with Government Technology magazine, this organization has people who will talk to you, although they tend to be on the technology-is-the-solution side of things.

The National Journal
A weekly on politics and government published in Washington, put out a Guide to the Web in its Dec. 8, 2001 issue that probably would be helpful because it includes lots of government sites.

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.

StudentPress.org Sourcebook
Tools for covering federal government.

Federal Consumer Information Center

FDA Tobacco Regulation
An FDA database of every business that has been cited for selling cigarettes to minors -- searchable by zip code.

Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government
Tracks happenings in online government sites.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Information from the nation's largest and fastest growing public service employees union.

GovExec.com
The online version of Government Executive magazine.

MissingMoney.com
Some states have their lists of people who are owed money online.

About.com's U.S. Government Info./Research

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
A non-partisan research organization focusing on analysis of government programs affecting low- and moderate-income people.

Searching Uncle Sam
Searching for online government info just got easier, thanks to the cutting-edge search engine Google.

National Archives and Records Administration Research Page
Sections for federal government, courts, textual records, microfilm, etc.

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

FedNews.com
A pay service that provides written transcriptions from government meetings and hearings the day of the event.

USInfo.state.gov
International strategic communications service that designs, develops, and implements a variety of information initiatives and strategic communications programs, including Internet and print publications, traveling and electronically transmitted speaker programs.

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FBI now gets authority to wiretap individuals, or under the secret FISA procedures, which is also a secret court proceeding.

Govspot.com
Government information portal: world, state, federal, etc.

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

Streetsblog Capitol Hill

NY Times: Newsroom Navigator Politics Section

Center for American Women and Politics

National Archives and Records Administration
Look up just about anything on this government-run database.

Common Cause
Washington watchdog group includes articles and studies the organization has done on the influence of campaign contributions on Congress.

Publicagenda.org
Inside source for public opinion and policy analysis on dozens of social issues.

Council on Foreign Relations

Justice for All

PoliticalResources.net
A fantastic site for researching global political issues.

Government Computer News
Leading provider of integrated information and media for the government information technology market. Blog, print magazine, white papers and more.

Social Security Administration Data on Women
A new site with demographic info. on women.

Social Security Death Records

Yahoo! Government Statistics

U.S. State Department Living Abroad Guidelines
Dozens of links to helpful resources for U.S. citizens on exchange rates, vital records, emergency services and more.

PBS Frontline: Government and Elections
A collection of companion Web sites on various political topics.

EditorsWeb.org
Internet portal to stories and news releases from Washington.

The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

U.S. Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2001
Full text available as .PDF and html documents.

U.S. Department of State: Additional Info and Past Editions
Full text available as .PDF and html documents.

GovernmentAttic.org
"Interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."

National Center for Education Statistics
A complete electronic catalog and fast facts.

Family Taxpayers Network
Look up Illinois teacher salaries at public schools. Helpful research tool.

Birth Rates by Country
An Infoplease chart containing both years and "selected countries."

Statehouse News Service
SNS provides Washington coverage for all the small newspapers of America.

Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies

State and Federal Government Surplus Sales
Search state-by-state for all kinds of items seized by the government or surplus items for sale. Can make for some interesting stories to see what bizarre things are up for auction in your state/area.

National Priorities Project Database
Search state data on socio-economic needs and federal expenditures.You also create your own customized tables, graphs and reports.

OMBWatch Blog

The Jamestown Foundation
The organization's mission is to "inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States and which frequently restrict access to such information." Includes a news archive, press releases and other resources.

Citizens Against Government Waste
A private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one million members and supporters to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the U.S. federal government.

Forms.gov: Federal Forms Catalog for Citizens
A hub for federal government forms. Search forms across government agencies.

Internal Government Forms for Federal Employees

Medicare.gov

U.S. Civil Air Patrol

American Enterprise Institute
This organization "conducts policy research supportive of limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong U.S. foreign policy and national defense."

FederalTimes
Federal government news, operations, agency management, etc.

ProPublica: How Much Stimulus Money is Your County Receiving?

Civics Quiz - Civic Literacy Report

New Deal Network
Background and documents from the New Deal.

GovGab Blog

Energy Information Administration
Resources from the U.S. Department of Energy.

MediaBistro: Fishbowl DC
Blog on Washington politics and buzz.

Flowing Data: Religious Geography of the United States
Maps where various faiths are located.

American Religious Identification Survey (2008)

United Methodist Church

Disciples of Christ (Christian Church)

United Methodist Reporter Interactive
Undergoing some upgrades.

RNS Christian News

Christian Coalition

Crosswalk.com News Channel
Provides up to the minute news and comment with a Christian perspective.

Faith and Values
Information about Christian and Jewish faiths, including doctrines, text of speeches, video and audio. The site was built by a coalition of 70 Jewish and Christian faith groups.

Relevant Magazine
A Christian teen pop culture magazine.

ReligiousTolerance.org
Useful for backgrounding Christianity.

Greatbooks.org: Religions
A helpful resource in researching books on Christianity.

ChristianCentury.org
A Christian magazine.

Christianity Today

America Magazine
Covers the basics of Christianity.

ChristianityBook.com
A mixture of editorial content and e-commerce, this site offers a Bible and religious song search as well as many other resources.

Gospelcom.net: Internet for Christians

A Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet

Christian Pirate Radio

The Catholic Encyclopedia

AmericanCatholic.org
Answers questions about catholicism.

Catholic Church Cardinal Biographies

U.S. Catholic Population by State, 2008
From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Time.com: The Papacy

The Vatican: Background on The Pope

PBS: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

National Catholic Reporter

American Family Association
America's largest pro-life family site, the AFA stands for traditional family values, focusing primarily on the influence of television and other media - including pornography - on our society.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
News, sources, issues, list of key dates/observances, church documents, year-in-review and dozens of other resources.

About.com: Pope Succession

Catholic.net

The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II
From Eternal Word Television Network.

Eternal Word Television Network
A source of news and information on the Roman Catholic Church.

Vatican Newspaper

Jewish Community Online
Ask a rabbi,torah, jewish news, jewish chats, etc.

Jewish World Review Magazine

Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Outreach Institute

Jewish Magazine Resources

American Jewish Committee

The Jerusalem Report

Azure Journal
Launched in 1996, Azure is a journal of philosophy, social thought and cultural criticism, which provides a forum for scholarship and opinion on issues of concern to the Jewish public in Israel and abroad. Azure has in-depth essays, articles and reviews that offer thought-provoking analysis in areas such as Israeli government policy, cultural trends in Israel, religion in public life, Israeli constitutionalism and judicial activism, Jewish philosophy, Jewish and Zionist history and much more.

UK Jewish Site

The Jewish Museum

FORWARD
An American Jewish newspaper.

JewFAQ

Virtual Jerusalem
A good community site.

Holidays.net: Rosh Hashana

Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem's English-speaking paper.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Jewish Geneaology

Shamash: The Jewish Network

The Simon Wiesenthal Center
An international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to "preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action."

Jewish Torah Audio

The Jewish Museum
More than 50 pieces from the renowned collection.

Noble Sanctuary/Temple Mount Guide
This online guide is a tour of what's called the Temple Mount by Jews, the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims.

American Baptist Churches, USA

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Information on missionary trips, building homes, spiritual guidance, etc.

What About Jesus?
Basics of Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Mormon: The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

Mormon.org
Background resources on the church, LDS chapels locator.

Orthodox Links

Presbyterian Church USA

MinistryWatch.com
Evaluates more than 500 religion-based charities.

The Bright Side.org: Wings of Support
This site posts stories about life experiences and coping with difficult situations.

Religious Tolerance: Native American Religions

Buddhanet.net

The Hindu Universe

Zen

CaoDai.org
Cao Dai is a religion that started in Vietnam in the 1920s.

The Secular Web

Sikh Network

Sikhs Religion

Bahai.org: Baha'i Faith

U.S. Baha'i

Baha'i.com

All About Sikhs

About.com's Alternative Religion Guide
A hosted directory of thousands of religion links.

National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom

Buddhist News Network

The Cutting Edge Ministries

Quakers: The Religious Society of Friends

Church of Christ, Scientist

Center of Traditional Taoist Studies

International Shinto Foundation
An introduction to the ancient Japanese religion.

American Atheists

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment, wages, unemployment broken down by region.

ACINet.org
Information on age and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, employer contracts and a career resource library.

U.S. Department of Labor: Annual Reports of Labor Unions
Office of Labor-Management Standards Internet Public Disclosure Room includes union annual financial reports and data searches at no charge Reports are searchable by a variety of criteria, including union name, file number, affiliation, designation name and number and location.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management
News releases, veteran's information, accountability reports, organization charts, FAQs and reports portal.

Department of Labor: Unemployment
Statistics, state laws and policies, etc.

National Employment Law Project
Policy center based in New York features publications, a newsroom and litigation summaries online.

American Federation of Government Employees
Blog, media section, studies and statistics and more. Site is helpful in finding expert sources as well.

Google's Labor Law Directory
Dozens of helpful links.

NICAR/IRE Occupational Safety and Health Administration Database
More than 3.6 million workplace inspections in all states and U.S. territories from 1972 into June 2008. Information is also available on persons injured in workplace accidents. Details include the person's gender, age, extent of injury, nature of injury and part of body and source of injury. It also includes whether any hazardous materials were involved. Journalists can use the data to investigate the safety of local industries and businesses over time.

State Departments of Labor
University of California at Berkeley site includes links to all state departments of labor.

Web-Strategist: Social Networking Statistics, 2009

Bureau of Labor Statistics: State Economies at a Glance
This handy image map helps you track census and economic statistics in all 50 states.

IRS: Tax Statistics

Federal Wage and Labor Law Institute
Links, reference materials, forms and more.

Carroll's Government Directories and Charts
Tips on finding government agency Web sites, including labor boards, workers compensation boards, etc.

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities by State
Use the image map to find your state's statistics.

National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans
A good contact site as unemployment rises and workers move off COBRA plans.

LaborLink
Labor law, relations, workplace issues and organized labor links.

Occupational Health and Safety Administration Stats Page

United Auto Workers
Home page and resources for one of the largest unions in the nation.

Teamsters Web site

AFL-CIO State Federations

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Industrial Workers of the World

Air Line Pilots Association
Represents most of the airline pilots in the U.S. and Canada for labor union and aviation safety issues.

CWA-Union.org
Includes links to NABET and other media-type unions.

National Labor Committee
Human rights advocacy group focusing on the promotion and defense of workers' rights.

Federal Trade Commission: Job Scams

Labor Research Association
Several studies and stats on labor issues.

Findlaw's Labor and Law Page
A great resources page from one of the best law sites on the Web.

Lectric Law Library
The Lawcopedia's Employment and Labor Topic Area has all sorts of workplace-related materials.

Federal Labor Law Agencies
From Albany Law.

GovExec.com: Top 200 Federal Contractors
Listed by agency with which they contracted and by amount.

Top 100 Prime Contractors with the Federal Government
Use to localize any stories about contractors or government agencies in your area.

Previous Top 10 Government Contractors by Year
Use to localize any stories about contractors or government agencies in your area.

WashingtonTechnology.com: State Government Contracts to Watch in 2002
Use to localize any stories about contractors or government agencies in your area.

University of California's Labor Issues Page

Google's Child Labor Directory

CareerBuilder: Most Dangerous Jobs

World Bank's Child Labor Issues page

Boycott Nike Page
The site is dedicated to news updates and media needs for Nike's sweatshop controversy.

NikeBiz.com Labor Index page
Get the other side of the story.

Online Newshour: Nike Labor Issue
From 1998, this PBS.org transcript offers some great background on the issue.

South African Labor Law and Industrial Links

Internet Resources on Child Labor

LaborNews.com
Articles, resources and more.

Community Labor News
Discussions and resources for community labor, labor unions and more.

Maritime Labor News

Bureau of Labor Statistics: State and Regional Unemployment, 2001 Annual Averages

AFL-CIO CEO Raise Calculator
Type in your pay and see what it would be like to be a CEO receiving a CEO's raise.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Information from the nation's largest and fastest growing public service employees union.

KnightRidderWatch.org
Watches labor issues at the newspaper chain, which had several layoffs this spring and summer.

History.net's Women Workers of the World

ETA Welfare to Work Program

Consumer's Choice Council
A non-profit association of organizations dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting human rights and basic labor standards.

Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations

United AutoWorkers
Union site has news stories, contacts, links and resources for covering the industry.

Curt Flood's Antitrust Lawsuit Against Baseball
A great background site on a landmark Supreme Court case.

MRA The Management Association
A not-for-profit employers association that features some statistics and studies.

Center for Labor Market Studies
An applied research, evaluation, and policy-oriented technical assistance unit located within the Department of Economics of Northeastern University.

A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers
Sponsored by the Illinois Labor History Society, this site offers a decade-by-decade chronology of labor history.

Labor Day Background

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Inflation Calculator

Food Timeline: Prices Over the Years
Track prices of various food items over decades.

Cornell: Institute for Workplace Studies
Created in 1999 to serve as an "interactive think-tank, bridging the gap between academics and the working world through research initiatives, educational programs and forums."

State-by-State Worker's Compensation Law

Society for Human Resource Management
News, press room, government affairs and volunteer resources.

National Association of Manufacturers

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Business & Economy
Thousands of documents on government communications and reports on the economy.

United Auto Workers
Union site.

Toll-Free Government Numbers
A must bookmark.

Smartpages.com

Switchboard.com

mobilephone.no.com
Look up cell phone numbers. Just don't call 'em while they're driving, OK?

PhoneNumber.com: Reverse Lookup Directory

Reverse Phone Directory.com

555-1212.com
Use for reverse-lookup on phone numbers and e-mails

Telephone Directories of the World

The Ultimates
Ultimate White Pages and e-mail directory. It lets you surf several databases simultaneously

Hard to Find 800 Numbers
Organizes companies alphabetically and displays phone numbers and hours of operation.

Payphone Project
Lists thousands of pay phones around the world.

Argali White & Yellow Pages
A new free telephone (and related) directories search engine that is useful to journalists. The main advantage is that it searches multiple directories at once. This is especially useful because different directories use different databases which on average overlap only 70-80%. Many different search types are supported: people, business, toll-free, reverse search (by phone or address), search for area and zip codes. It also searches for maps, email addresses and weather conditions and forecast. Search results can be sorted by name, address, street, city, state, zip code or phone number and can also be saved on disk in various formats (plain text, csv/excel, or html).

Reverselookup.com

Anywho.com
Phone directory and reverse-lookup capabilities.

WhitePages.com
A great reverse lookup tool.

Findlaw.com Reverse-Lookup Directory

The Real White Pages
Numbers, addresses and neighbors of. It occasionally has unlisted numbers.

People Finder

PhoneNumbers.net

Pay Phone Number Catalog
A list of pay phone numbers from around the world and their locations.

SuperPages.com

College Phonebook Gateway
More than 300 university phone books.

Bigbook.com
A national Yellow Pages directory.

Leadership Directories
Find leaders in government, foreign affairs, legal, media, etc.

Toll-Free Directory

U.S. City Directories
City directories, arguably one of the most over-looked resources by genealogists, have been around since the 1700s. This web site attempts to identify all printed, microfilmed, and online directories, and their repositories, for the United States.

Ringthem.com Directory

Search Bug
Web search site that locates people by name, phone number, address and e-mail address. The site also includes links to other Web sites by subject area.

Pallorium.com: Phone Archives

Voip Telephone Dictionaries
A glossary of terms and definitions that are commonly used in phone technology.

Business Telephone Directory

Yahoo: FireEagle Real-World Location
Send updates from your phone to let people know where you are (city, area, etc.)

PhoneDog.com
Tell this site your state, area code and exchange and pull up the top phone deals available in your area.

UK Phone Book

192.com: UK Directory
United Kingdom directory information.

Canada 411 Directory

Infospace UK
Phone directory for great Britain.

BT PhoneNet
Phone directory for great Britain.

Phone Company Complaints

PhoneSpell
A fun little site. What does your phone number spell?

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

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

BillShrink.com
Use this site to compare monthly cell phone plans.

National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury
Stats, studies and media contacts from the University of North Carolina. Includes annual reports, definitions and more.

DrugFreeSport.com
Stats, facts, news story links, testing information, etc. The National Center for Drug Free Sport was created because there was to focus on the specific needs of sports organizations.

Stanford University Human Performance Laboratory
Focuses on athletics and human performance.

BaseballsSteroidEra.com
News, lists of players who have tested positive, etc.

SportsMedicine.miningco.com

National Athletic Trainers Association

PubMed: Steroids
Go to this page and do a search for athletes steroids side effects. This search returns 183 articles published in medical journals on the side effects of steroid use in athletes.

SteroidLaw.com
Background on how the laws work, etc.

American College of Sports Medicine

Brain Injury Resource Center

National Association of Sports Medicine

University of Pittsburgh Sports Medical Center

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine.com
A great one-stop portal for organizations, tips, news, etc.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute
This site does more than hawk sports drinks. It also offers training types, hydration and diet suggestions. Good reading for athletes and trainers.

American College of Sports Medicine
Good for sourcing and features a newsroom, publications, and health & fitness information sections.

Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.

SportsMed.org: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Database of sports medicine experts, media room, updates on advances in sports medicine.

International Federation of Sports Medicine
A journal, newsletter and more.

MedStudents.com: Background on Steroids
A good quick-reference page.

USA Today: How Steroids Changed the Game
A cover story on steroid use in baseball. Includes a survey. Helpful in backgrounding steroid stories.

National Youth Sports Safety Foundation Links

The Physician and Sports Medicine

KidsHealth.org: Sports Injuries
A child-wellness site with tips, facts, links and many other resources about sports safety.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

National Association of Athletic Trainers: Tips for Avoiding Concussions

Medical College of Wisconsin Healthlink: Sports Concussions

University of Virginia Health System: Second Impact Syndrome and Sports Concussions

WebMD: Background on Sports Concussions
From 2004.

DrugFreeSport.com: Anabolic Steroid Facts
A great quick-reference sheet.

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.

Nature: The Science of Doping
Article on blood doping and athletics, by Donald A. Berry at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston.

ACL Injury Prevention

RXlist.com
Look up details of prescription drugs.

Sports Injuries
This handout from the National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease.

National Cheer Safety Foundation

National Association of Black Journalists

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

Asian American Journalists Association

National Gay Journalists Association

National Association for Minorities in Communications

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

ACLU.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Human Rights Watch

Unity Conference

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poynter.org: Diversity Links

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

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

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

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

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

Native News Online
Clearinghouse of stories on Native American issues.

LatinoLink.com
Clearinghouse of stories on Latino issues.

HispanicBusiness.com

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

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

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

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

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

International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience

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

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

BET Network
News and programming from Black Entertainment Television.

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

LatinAmericaPress.org

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

Digital Divide

PBS Frontline: Race and Religion

IndyPressNY's Ethnic Press Guide

NewsWatch Style Guide for Covering Minorities

SAJA Stylebook

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

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

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

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

Chicago Tribune: Race in America

NYU's Race in Sports Site

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

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

African-American Sites in the Digital Collections of the Library of Congress

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

Indianz.com

Native Times

Nativeweb.org

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

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

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

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

UNITY

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications

National Association of Minority Media Executives

Reporting Civil Rights

PBS: Soldiers Without Swords -- The Black Press

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

Maynard Institute
Covers diversity issues in journalism.

Latin American Journalism Handbook

Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism

No Train, No Gain Diversity Resources

DiversityWeb

FCC Diversity Resource Directory

LSU: The Forum on Media Diversity

Freedom Forum: Newsroom Diversity

National Association of Minority Media Executives

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications

Poynter Online's Diversity Resources

National Federation of Press Women

American Women in Radio and Television

Center for Education and Study of Diverse Populations

Immigration Blog

EbonyJet.com
Web site for Ebony and Jet magazines, which cover African-American culture, celebrity and lifestyle.

U.S. Census: Facts for Black History Month

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Harvard University: The Pluralism Project
A must-bookmark for anyone reporting on religion or ethics. Run by the Committee on the Study of Religion, this site offers current research, media resources, news stories and much, much more.

Rutgers University's Virtual Religion Index
Links to denominations, philosophy and psychology of religion sites. A must bookmark!

Rutgers University Journal of Law and Religion
Another must bookmark, this site features journal articles, links on the Nuremburg Project, an e-mail news update and a collection of related religion links.

The American Religion Data Archive
Includes database of church membership, denomination studies, attitude surveys and polls.

Beliefnet's Sacred Texts Online

Adherents.com
Basic stats and data about religions. Information is drawn from many sources, including surveys and the census.

FindtheDivine.com
Over 1,000 religions retreats listed.

SermonCentral.com
A searchable resource center for sermon materials.

Talking Bible
A searchable resource center for sermon materials.

Bible Gateway

Religion Academic Departments
Good for sourcing for stories.

Ethics and Public Policy Center
A Washington think-tank that puts together seminars and studies.

Internet Sacred Text Archive
Hundreds of religion books and documents.

Google's Religion History

The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion
A federation of learned societies in religion and the publisher of Religious Studies Review and the CSSR Bulletin.

American Academy of Religion

World Association for Christian Communications
A media watchdog organization from England that offers an alternative perspective than the mainstream media's view of values and religious issues. Has commentary on the coverage of the 9-11 tragedies.

Material History of American Religion Project

Yahoo! Religion Listings
Links to dozens of faiths and practices.

Adherents.com
Covers religion, belief and faith with citations from historical resources. Includes more than 41,000 statistics.

Institute on Religion in an Age of Science
A non-denominational, independent society "working for a dynamic and positive relationship between science and religion since 1954."

BIOTN: Best Information on the Net
A search site for controversial issues compiled by Catholic university librarians (death penalty, gun control, human rights, censorship, etc.)

Psychology of Religion

World Journalism Institute

Religion and Philosophy Resources
A good site from the Boston University School of Theology.

Freedom From Religion Foundation
Protecting the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state.

Trinity College: Religion in the News
The Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life's critique of the media's religion coverage. Supported by the Pew Foundation.

123World Religion
An online index/guide in the spirit of About.com.

American Theological Library Association

English Literature and Religion
This site features a deep index of religious research.

Academic Info's Religion Page

Prayer and Prayers: Dinner Blessings

William Lobdell's Religion Blog
Blog by former LA Times religion writer.

CB Gazette Slang Dictionary
CB radio lingo definitions. Learn what a "Kojak with a Kodak" is.

JobSchmob.com
Employees spout off on bosses and each other.

Campaign Against Political Correctness

SkyMaps.com
Free maps of the night sky and stars.

Chicago Sun-Times: ChicagoPedia
Learn Windy City lingo.

MapMyRun.com
This site enables you to use Google Maps to plot your running or walking routes. It's fun and easy to use, and you can see exactly how much mileage you're racking up. Fun for a local story.

Yes.com
This site tracks what is playing on radio stations nationally and keeps a log.

Lazy Blogger Generator
A funny site that fills in the blanks for you!

The Art of Manliness: The Essential Men's Movie Library

Sailwx.info
Site tracks commercial ships at sea.

AdamWest.com
All you'd ever want to know about the old Batman series.

Holiday Excuse Generator

World Names Profiler
Use this tool to track a surname and map the results.

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

OverSharers
Read about embarrassing things people Tweet about.

Dethroner
A blog about things guys like.

American Nudist Research Library
Established in 1979 to preserve the history of the social nudist movement in North America.

AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
Funny, offbeat family photos scanned in from years past. Good for a laugh.

YackPack
Web-based service that lets people create groups and leave audio messages for one another.

FutureMe.org
Write an e-mail and designate it to be sent to someone at a later date.

RetroFuture
A look back at all of the futuristic stuff that was supposed to be in use in 2000 (flying cars, rocket belts, etc.)

The Resignator
This fun tool helps you draft a resignation letter.

LivingOprah.com
Woman blogs about "Living Oprah" - for one year taking all of the advice given by Oprah Winfrey, her magazine, text updates, etc. She buys products Oprah endorses on the show, eats the food recommends and follows medical and lifestyle advice given on the show.

FamousLocations.com
Locations sites of famous movies.

Star Wars Name Generator

Jedi Name Generator

BadGolfer.com
Funny tips on hitting into bunkers, etc.

The Cuss Control Academy Tips
Tame your tongue!

NetDisaster.com
Hate a site? Type in the URL and blow it up, shoot holes in it, etc.

Worst Jobs in History
From a British news station, a collection of worst jobs of the past 2,000 years.

The Beatles
Video, sound clips and more.

Short Celebrities
A hilarious site from Liquid Generation.

Comedy Central's Joke of the Day

Shakespearean Insulter
Hysterical putdowns, Bard-style.

Mizpee
Find the coolest, cleanest toilets in your area. Type in zip code and it lists public toilets that are rated sanitary by users.

Dialectizer
A fun translation site.

Crazy Sytes
Dozens of links to fun pages.

Dumb Laws Database
Titled: Big Government. Small Brains. Dumb Laws. A collection of silly laws in the United States and othe countries. Good for news feature writing.

TerrorReady.net
A joke site about homeland panic.

Wordspy.com
Read about new trendy words that have been used in recent media.

ZeFrank.com
Includes great games, videos, art. How to Impress Your Date" and "Naughtybird.?

Rinkworks.com
This site ultra-condenses classic books and is quite hilarious.

Things to Think About
All kinds of funny, offbeat "facts" and other things that will bend your noodle.

SmallTownMisfit
Colorful crime news stories from a roundup of police blotters throughout the nation.

Foreign Policy Blogs
Look up obscure useful words here, including slang and pop-culture language.

NORAD Santa Tracker
Follow Santa's Christmas Eve travels with this GPS site. Very funny.

YouTractor.com
A video site for vintage tractors, farm tractors and new tractors.

Fark.com
Stories about stupid people doing stupid things ... and the media who cover them. Stories submitted by readers.

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

Typealyzer
Figures Myer-Briggs personality classification for blog authors.

FunBureau.com
A site completely devoted to finding lost socks.

ShoppingCartAbuse.com
As the URL indicates, this is a site that works to prevent "shopping cart abuse."

The Weird Site
Links to many unusual sites.

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

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

All Things William
Find quotes from folks named Bill, a history of the name "William" and links to columns by famous "Bills.

TheLeftHand.com
A site for lefty-friendly items such as ball gloves, address books, tools and Danish soup spoons.

Wedding Betting
Predict if a couple will stay together based on what's in their wedding announcement.

America's Sweatiest Cities

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

YouTube.com
Searchable database of video clips from around the world. Type in a name and search, chances are, you'll find some video clips.

AllWeatherSports.com
Cool tips on how to you?re your bike in the snow, etc.

Physics of Cow-Tipping

NewYorkish
A quirky, cool site about New York City.

SpamGourmet
Set up a temporary address for online shopping purposes.

TypoGenerator
This Flash tool converts text into a typographically gorgeous but hard-to-read image using images from Google. They are called typoPosters, a poster, created from images and letters/text that doesn?t have any sense, just to look good.

Tourist of Death
This poor slob is never in the right place.

HappyNews.com
As the title implies, the site focuses only on positive news.

RadioLovers.com
Look up old-time radio shows online.

FuckFrance.com

Toilet Facts
There?s a website for everything.

UglyChristmasLights.com

Demotivators 2002
A hilarious job site from Despair, Inc.

Bored.com
Lots of links to unusual (and usually useless) web sites.

Talkingonline.com
Type in sentences and your computer repeats them back to you.

Who Shares Your Surname?
Searches back to 1850.

The Onion
Is there anything cooler?

3-D Glasses Download

Notes from the Road

Japanese Name Translation
Type in your first and last name, and get it back in katakana, the Japanese alphabet used to write foreign words.

ThatWasRandom.com
Quirky photos and other random stuff.

Sled Riding Locations
This site makes recommendations all across the country.

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

BabyNameWizard.com
Uses JAVA to map the popularity of baby names over time.

Clientcopia
Work with clients? Here are some dumb quotes from some.

GripeSites.com
Links to more than 70 gripe sites. People complaining about everything in the corporate, consumer world, etc.

Hangman Game
Great for killing time!

WhattheHeck.com
A good humor site aimed at the web audience.

GoElvis.com

Belly Button Lint Study
The science of lint. Very strange site.

Soulmate Calculator
Use this database to determine your ideal mate. Funny.

Sixties City
Relive the decade of cool.

Hipster Handbook
A fun site on dressing, walking and talking the hip look.

Internet Anagram Server
What do the letters in your name spell?

TotallyOffTheRecord.com
Features silly, offbeat work stories from every business sector.

RoadsidePeek.com
Offbeat roadside locations like drive-ins, tiki villages, petrol pumps, etc ...

Inspice: Lost and Found Database
Search this database/bulletin boards for lost items such as pets, lap tops, etc.

MyCatHatesYou.com
This site has no journalistic value. We just think it?s funny.

NewWavePhotos.com
New wave music photos.

E-Bituaries: Home of Dead Dot-Coms
Look up dead sites.

Free Winona.com
A fan site dedicated to "freeing" Winona Ryder, who's accused of shoplifting. Order a T-shirt!

UglyDress.com
A site about ugly bridesmaids dresses. Links like this can add some humor to a boring weddings special section.

The 80s Server
ChiPs, New Wave and more.

Zombo.com

Age Gauge
Type in a birthday and this calculator gives returns what your age was at certain points in history, how much older and younger you are than celebrities, etc.

TourBus.com

RatherGood.com

MamaRocks.com

The Amazing Baconizer
Give the Baconizer any two books, CDs, films or the like, and it'll determine for you how many degree of Bacon-esque separation there are between them.

Fark.com
People think it?s cool. So it must be.

Super70s.com
A great flashback site.

Boston Guide to Local English
It?s not a car, it?s a cah.

Wacky Patent of the Month

eyeEnvision.com
This site features unusual flash cartoons, home of litterbox, lethal llama, and more.

Idea-a-Day
A great site devoted to creative ideas, including inventions, themes for stores and restaurants and products.

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things
Cool uses of household items. A new way of thinking.

Advertising Humor Site: Had Enough Info.
A mock agency site that is an absolute riot and is sadly true in many cases.

The Dialectizer
Convert English to several comic dialects. Hilarious.

Mr. Beller's Neighborhood
A collaborative online journal. The "table of contents" is a satellite photograph of New York City. Pick one of the areas highlighted as you scroll over the photo and get a bird's eye view image of landmarks in the area, or open up a text box with a story that happened in that area.

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

TextsFromLastNight.com
You'll die laughing.

This Is Why You're Fat
Submit a photo of fat-filled food. Funny blog.

Twinkies Project
See people torture Twinkie cakes. Cool stuff!

ClumsyCrooks.com
Anecdotes about foolish criminals.

Liquid Generation
A great pop culture humor site that uses cool Flash animations.

Underwater Hockey Society

AdoptaPuck.com
Stop the abuse!

Cyborger: Cyborg Name Converter
See what the acronym the letters of your name would spell if you were a cyborg.

TIME Magazine Cover Search Database
In conjunction with the 80th anniversary of TIME magazine, all of the magazine's covers (around 4,200 of them) are now searchable and can be viewed individually as high-resolution 400x527 images. Some of the topic searches are listed below.

TIME Magazine 80th Anniversary Special

TIME Magazine: Watergate Covers

TIME Magazine: Movie Covers

TIME Magazine: Sports Covers

Naked News
Mature Audiences Only: TV-style news delivered by newscasters in the buff!

StupidVideos

Anecdotage.com
A fun site with hilarious stories about famous people. Searchable index and organized by industries such as music, film, politics, etc.

Web Pages That Suck

ForteanTimes.com
A great offbeat/joke news site in the spirit of the Onion.

JunkScience.com
Tons of offbeat, goofy stories.

The Dialectizer
This mock site translates any Web site or block of text into several English dialects.

UglyWeddingDresses.com
A mean, but funny, site.

Infinite Teen Slang Directory
?There are a near-infinite number of slang words which are still only in hypothetical usage among the youth of today and tomorrow - this service attempts to pre-emptively catalogue them, for the benefit of baby namers, dot-com registrars and other dangerously bored people.?

Infiltration.org
This is a 'zine published by a private author, but it has some good content of underground tunnels and buildings.

Time Capsule
Type in your birthdate and get a digest of news headlines, top song titles and other timely factoids covering that era.

Telemarketing Revenge Site
Links to resources that can help consumers gain vengeance, or maybe a monetary settlement, from obnoxious telemarketers.

Annoying or Not? Rate Celebrities

AmIRight.com
A veritable hit parade of song lyrics: parodies, misheard lyrics, and lyrics that are repetitive, funny, insulting, etc.

AmIAnnoying.com

Pinball Database
A searchable database of specific designs. Very cool.

E-mail Joke.com

JunkFoodNews.com
Get the lowdown on Twinkies and Ho Ho's.

Etiquette Hell
A special cyberplace created for the truly etiquette challenged, the purposely greedy, the ungrateful, and the uncivil members of society.

HeroBuilders.com: Action Figures
Get your own George W. Bush or Osama bin Laden action figures.

NerdWorld.com
Your online resource for nerd culture, life and work styles. Links, rankings, submit stories and more.

CastFetisch.com
Attractive models with casts on their legs. Way cool.

Boston Guide to Local English
It?s not a car, it?s a cah.

Famous Name Changes
Track celebrities, politicians.

Graveyards of Chicago
Look for names of folks who've voted in Chicago elections. Twice.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A BBC site that sees the world through hitchhikers' eyes.

American Heritage: Overrated, Underrated
Do you buy the hype? Check this site out.

No More AOL CDs
Join the crusade to rid the world of those mailed AOL CD-ROMS by donating them to the guys who built this site. They're attemptiing to collect 1 million of them to return to AOL with a "no thank you" note.

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy

Funeral Broadcasts

OtherTimelines.com
A chance to rewrite history, giving the user the chance to write their own scenarios and sequels to historical events. Example: What would have happened had JFK not been killed?

National Debt Clock
A cool tool that measures the debt and provides links to stories about the debt. MSNBC: Government Tax Refund Database
Does a state and/or the IRS owe you money? Type your name into this database and see.

Some states also have now put their lists of people who are owed money online.

Alternative Uses for Everyday Products

Check Your Weight on Other Planets

Where's George Money Tracker
This silly site allows people to track their American dollar bills.

Bushlexia
Ridiculous things the President says. More fodder for Comedy Central.

The Ad Graveyard
Examples of ridiculous advertising that almost made it.

Famous Mugshots
Police mugs of celebrities.

Periodic Table of Funk
A tribute to all things funky.

GoodQuotes.com
Funny and some meaningful quotes and who said them.

Oxymoron List
Has a top 20 list.

You Guys Are Stupid
A group of guys walking from Chicago to San Francisco. Photo gallery, diary, etc.

AlDaily.com

The Toque.net

Sportspages.com
Rich Johnson's site has become a must-read for sports journalists and sports nuts. Great discussion forums.

PhoneSpell
What does your phone number spell?

Virtual Beer Server

UselessKnowledge.com
Some people REALLY have too much time on their hands.

Worst Case Scenarios
A hilarious survival handbook. Example: How to jump off a bridge.

Listology.com
Share your favorite lists of everything.

Make Your Own Newspaper

Corn Cam
Iowa Farmer magazine site's Web cam lets you watch the corn grow. The site also has a Dairy Cam and Soybean Cam.

Atom.com
Comedy video shorts posted online.

Mark Twain Guide
A great site on Twain from the Hannibal Courier-Post.

CoolSiteoftheDay.com
A cool clearinghouse of trick sites.

Swell.com
Look up real surfing spots.

Bogus News Network
Another news parody site.

The Political Graveyard
This page tells us where dead politicians are buried. Search by name, state, cemetery name, etc.

Timeless Mail
This product allows you to send e-mail after you're dead. Ties into your social security number and delivers pre-authored message.

RichDudes.com
Don't rely on accuracy of this site, but it posts a lot of executive salaries. Hilarious site!

PBS.org: Mark Twain
Web site that accompanies Ken Burns' documentary on the author.

San Diego Chicken
Nice Flash opening. I'm a big fan of the Chicken.

Look up the grave site of your favorite dead public figure at www.findagrave.com

WalkScore.com
Type in an address, and it'll rate its walkability on a scale of 1 to 100.

DailyDoubter Blog

VoteVets.org

National Gallery of Art Searchable Database
Search for all of their pieces by artist, title, etc.

National Portrait Gallery Searchable Database
Search for all of their pieces by artist, title, etc.

BlueDonut: Your Car's Age in Human Years