November 2011 Archives

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

Poynter: Covering Immigrants When You Don't Speak Their Language

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.

International Civil Rights Center and Museum

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.

Image Database to Enhance Asian Studies

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

ADVERTISING

Advertising Research Foundation

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

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

Adweek.com
Stories on trends in the industry.

Advertising Age
News, features, job bank and more.

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

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

American Association of Advertising Agencies

Association of National Advertisers

AmericanBusinessMedia.com

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

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

Ad Resource
News about trends in the advertising industry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advertising World Directory
Search a comprehensive database of firms.

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

Google's AdWords Keyword Tool
Input a keyword or phrase and then it shows what search words Google users are using to find this particular subject. You can then use this data to place the right keywords into content of a story, PR release, photo, blog tags, etc.

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

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

Outdoor Advertising Association of America

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

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

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

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

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

YPulse Youth Marketing Blog

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

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

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

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

InternetExecutive.com

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

The Cool Hunter
Look up ad campaigns and creative work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marketing

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

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

Business Marketing Association

Direct Marketing Association

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

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

Marketing Vox News
An excellence marketing and research letter.

WebMarketeer.com

BusinessMarketing.net

Media Industry News

Flickr: Collection of Vintage Ads
Great teaching tool.

PR and Marketing Network

International Newspaper Marketing Association

International Association of Business Communicators

Iconocast
The weekly e-mail newsletter for Internet marketing.

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

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

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

Web Marketing Association

Forrester Research

AdBusters.org
Spoof ads and parodies.

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

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

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

Ethnic Marketing

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

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

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

Nonprofit Marketing Guide
Check out the articles and blog for lots of excellent advice. You can also sign up for a free e-mail newsletter, or to attend webinars.

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

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

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

IsabelValdes
Expert in Hispanic and in-culture marketing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Business Marketing Association

Direct Marketing Association

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

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

Marketing Vox News
An excellence marketing and research letter.

WebMarketeer.com

BusinessMarketing.net

Association of National Advertisers

House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet

Media Industry News

PR and Marketing Network

International Newspaper Marketing Association

International Association of Business Communicators

Iconocast
The weekly e-mail newsletter for Internet marketing.

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

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

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

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

Web Marketing Association

Forrester Research

AdBusters.org
Spoof ads and parodies.

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

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

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

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

Copyright Database
Use this Library of Congress database to track who owns copyright material.

LLRX.com: Debunking Copyright Myths

SUPER BOWL ADVERTISING

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

Google News: Super Bowl Advertising

NY Times: Super Bowl Ads 1984-2007
Database of past Super Bowl ads.

AdWeek

Advertising Age

POLITICAL ADVERTISING

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

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

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

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

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

Seth Godin's Blog
A very smart marketing blog.