DraftInsiders.com
Complete NFL draft preview and coverage.
Footballsfuture.com
A site dedicated to pre-draft coverage.
SuperBowl.com
Offbeat facts and figures on Super Bowl.
Billwallacesports.com
Veteran Pro Football Weekly columnist has his own site.
DatabaseFootball.com
NFL stats, player information, records, draft data, and more.
PFWsports.com
Archives of Pro Football Weekly publications.
Football Outsiders
Pro football extreme statistical analysis.
Sports Illustrated: Inside the NFL
Don Banks' NFL site.
Europe Basketball Resources
A directory that provides links to European basketball Websites. It is unique in that it only lists English language sites. The directory is arranged by country and is updated frequently.
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Hoops Hype
NBA basketball web site.
DraftExpress.com
NBA Draft projection site.
RemembertheABA.com
Archives of player stats, standings, FAQ, newspaper articles and fashion guide from the 1970s league. It's a fan site.
BASEBALL
USA Today: Baseball Salaries Database
Find salaries of specific players on specific teams, going back several years.
MinorLeagueBaseball.com
Good source for stats.
Baseball-Reference.com
Stats on players, managers, etc.
Major League Baseball Blogs
Players and others blog on the game, life.
Major League Baseball Trade Rumors
A great blog that tracks trades, gossip and news. Links off to several national publications. One-stop shopping for trade information.
Ballpark Reviews
A web site dedicated to major- and minor-league ballparks.
About.com: Baseball Rules
Learn the basics of the game.
BaseballsSteroidEra.com
News, lists of players who have tested positive, etc.
The Business of Baseball
Resources galore on how the game works. Read archives of articles, links, bios, etc. Subscribe to the newsletter.
Library of Congress: Historical Baseball Resources
Baseball Prospectus
Covering all levels of baseball, this site features stats, blog, newsletter, archived radio broadcasts and more.
BaseballTips.com
Suggestions on equipment, radar guns, safety, etc.
Library of Congress: Selected Baseball Sites
Minor League News
Feature stories on players throughout minor league sports (baseball, basketball, football, and hockey), investigative pieces, industry news, editorials and even a kids publication written by and for kids (MLNKids.com).
Understanding Baseball Signs
St. Petersburg Times helps you understand how base coaches send/interpret signs.
BaseballAmerica.com
Another good source for minor league baseball information.
Society for American Baseball Research
Original research and links to many studies.
BaldEagle.com
RBI: Research in Baseball Index. Links to every type of baseball study under the sun.
Knuckleball Headquarters
Profiles on pitchers who throw that freak of physics -- the knuckleball.
ESPN: Understanding Baseball Waivers
Baseball analyst Jayson Stark provides the answers.
Sports Illustrated: Inside Baseball
Jon Heyman's baseball page.
HOCKEY
The Hockey Database
A quick way to check bios, stats and other info. on players, coaches and legends at several levels of hockey. Message boards and link pages too!
Hockey Research Association
History of the game and many, many links to other research sites. One-stop shopping for puck history.
European Hockey Net
Bios, standings and news from the European leagues.
US CollegeHockey.com
News and info. from NCAA and USCHO hockey.
CNNSI's Minor League Hockey page
News, standings and other updates.
The Hockey Database Links Page
Links to dozens of research, history and fan pages.
German Elite Hockey League DEL (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) Magazine
More than 100 North Americans currently play in the DEL, including ex- NHLers like coaches Dave King and Pierre Page, GM Butch Goring or players Dave McLlwain, Derek Plante or Ken Sutton."
AUTO RACING
How Stuff Works: NASCAR
Breaks down how NASCAR race cars work.
GOLF
Golf Stars Online
Find online information and resources on the world's top golfers. Included are the top 200+ players from the PGA, senior PGA, LPGA and European tours.
BadGolfer.com
Funny tips on hitting into bunkers, etc.
National Golf Foundation
Insights and research on the business of golf.
Golf Course Superintendents Assn.
of America
TENNIS
]]>USCourts.gov: Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts
CourtReference.com
Offers state-by-state links to online court record search services at trial courts and government agencies. Find court locations, other legal services offered and more.
Court Records Blog
Part of CourtReference.org's site, this blog covers some of the basics of court records, understanding documents, how a court room works, etc.
Free Public Records Directory
Free state court resources.
MegaLaw.com
A meta-search engine that scans law sites.
Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
World Law
A comprehensive legal search tool. It gives you multiple ways to search legal opinions, legislation, law libraries, etc.
USACops.com
Handy image map links you to local law enforcement agencies. Great for sourcing out-of-state.
ExpertPages.com
A legal site that lists more than 140 expert witnesses on litigation issues. Can be helpful for sourcing stories on various topics, which are listed alphabetically.
Law Library of Congress
Links galore to research, other law centers, collections databases, reading room, bibliographies, etc.
Violence Policy Center
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.
Institute for Justice
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.
ElectionLawBlog.com
Run by a Loyola Law School professor.
Sunshine Week Open Meetings
Events the week of March 12 promote open records.
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
Hundreds of hours of audio materials delivered through a free player available from Real.com as well as summaries of cases before the court, organized by year.
2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
Look up crimes by state, classification, population group, etc.
2006 FBI Violent Crimes Statistics
Review nationally, by region, state, county, city, universities, etc.
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.
USLegalForms.com
Database has more than 36,000 documents written to comply with the laws of each of the 50 states.
State-by-State Guide to Shield Laws
Poynter site offers image map for easy search.
National District Attorneys Association
Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund
R-CALF site offers industry info., links, contacts and an FAQ.
Institute for Justice
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.
On the Issues: Rehnquist Decisions
U.S. Courts
Findlaw.com: 9-11 Legal Cases
A full listing of the civil and criminal cases. A valuable resource!
A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources
UScourts.gov
A good starting page for research on federal courts.
Pacer's U.S. Courts
Search district and bankruptcy courts.
Federal Courts Finder
Image map guide to courts from Emory University.
Department of Justice: Office of Solicitor General
Search government briefs filed with the United States Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Collection
A database of upcoming Supreme Court cases compiled by Cornell Univeristy.
Syllabi of Current U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
On the Docket
A database of upcoming Supreme Court cases.
CNN.com: Supreme Court Candidate Bios
C-SPAN Judiciary and Supreme Court Resources
Yahoo!: Supreme Court Nominees
PBS Newshour: Supreme Court Candidates
Full of quotes from politicos on who should be named.
PollingReport.com: Supreme Court Candidates
Full of quotes from politicos on who should be named.
Copyright Database
Use this Library of Congress database to track who owns copyright material.
LLRX.com: Debunking Copyright Myths
Supreme Court Historical Society
Law.com's Supreme Court Monitor
On the Issues: Rehnquist Decisions
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
Links to the full-text opinions of all 11 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Federal Laws and Regulations
The National Archives and Records Administration has a database of public laws, presidential orders and more.
Center for Information, Law and Policy
Information on federal and state courts.
JudgePedia.org
A great election resource that tracks state supreme courts, their elections and news on judges.
National Center for State Courts: Listing of Courts
Links to state appellate, circuit and county courts Web sites organized by states.
360Degrees.org: The U.S. Criminal Justice System
Perspectives on the U.S. justice system.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Several tools for journalists needing legal resources.
Legal Directories
LawCrawler
Powered by Google, the Web?s best search engine, it hunts down anything legal online.
Old Bailey Online: History Site
From the famous British courthouse, this online database covers more than 22,000 trials dating between 1714 and 1759. Read the actual transcripts from historic proceedings, view the original documents, etc.
Lawyer Locator
Search a free database of legal experts.
Federal Judicial Center: Judge Bios
Search federal court judge bios, past and present.
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Directory
The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law has a searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world. ICNL's Online Library currently contains 2,300 resources from 144 countries in 37 languages. The center is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world.
Lawyers.com
Look up a lawyer's credentials.
USLegalForms.com
Database has more than 36,000 documents written to comply with the laws of each of the 50 states.
State-by-State Guide to Shield Laws
Poynter site offers image map for easy search.
American Law Sources Online (ALSO)
This site provides "a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all online sources of American law."
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.
LegalSurvival.com
A comprehensive source of legal information, tools and news covering 30 topics. The site features a newsletter, forms, FAQs, checklists, bookstore, legal plans, Find an Attorney, attorney marketing services and helpful links.
Internet Legal Research Guide
More than 4,000 sites from 238 countries, this site lists law firms, legal experts, journals and more.
WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.
Global Legal Information Network
Part of the Library of Congress, this site features hundreds of legal links and resources.
Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
The Law Engine
A free site with dozens of legal resources.
Counsel.net
A collection of chat rooms and discussion groups for lawyers, legal resources and job boards.
All Law
Search engine and legal directory that has state resources.
FairContracts.org
What have you agreed to today? This site goes over fine print in contracts that many of us never even read.
Finding Law-Related Resources
Dozens of global law links.
Student Press Law Center: Classroom Resources
Presentations, handouts, online quizzes and more. Great tools for teaching the First Amendment.
Legal Transcript Library, Inc.
A legal research tool for medical defense attorneys containing thousands of transcripts of medical expert testimony.
The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Bankruptcy Law
A directory of state, national and international bankruptcy laws.
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Electronic Law Library
Targeted to small business owners, but it has a lot of helpful research for anyone.
ElectionLawBlog.com
Run by a Loyola Law School professor.
HG Law Directory
Search more than 500 law directories worldwide.
Strategic Research Investigative Services
Specializes in discrete, sophisticated, and cost-effective fact-finding for law firms, corporations, governments, news organizations and individuals.
Class Action Database
A collection of class action lawsuits broken down by topics.
BRB Public Records online.
A huge sites with links to free and pay public records sites.
Cornell University: Legal Information Institute
Links, libraries, constitutions, codes, legal opinions and some legal news.
Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool
Analyze college campus crime statistics with this resource from the Office of Postsecondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
Prairie Net: Full-Text State Statutes and Legislation
Fagan Finder
A great search tool that added several new features in May 2002. Journalists will be especially interested in the search engines, reference, news and law sections.
Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents
Contact information for more than 25,000 attorneys.
Jaffe Legal News Service
The JLNS is a free weekly email tipsheet with sources and story ideas from some of the top law firms in North America and the UK. Each issue has a section providing expert commentary on some of the key issues of the day, an area where by-lined articles written by some of the top legal experts on North America and the UK are available for free, and a wire-like service that lists law firm press releases. Each e-mail also features a link to a form where reporters can request help with specific stories.
TVSpy's Agent List
Includes client names, companies and agent contact information.
Legal Databases, Documents and Statistics
State Laws Database
Searchable index of state laws and legislation for all 50 states.
WHO@ (Working to Halt Online Abuse)
Resources, stats, facts and protection tips about online stalking.
National Women's Law Center
Blog, health care, expert sources, information center and recent publications on issues.
Covering Crime and Justice: A Guide for Journalists
National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
National Asian American Bar Association
SmallTownMisfit
Colorful crime news stories from a roundup of police blotters throughout the nation.
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.
Findforms.com
A database of thousands of free legal forms.
Cornell University State Laws Database
Look up laws by industry/topic.
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
A great database from Cal-San Francisco that contains 11.2 million fully searchable documents from the1930s to the 1990s -- previously secret stuff from tobacco industry files obtained as part of the Minnesota AG and Blue Cross lawsuit settled in 1998.
Legacy Drug Industry Document Archive
More than 2,500 documents from drug companies about industry-sponsored clinical trials, publication of study results, pricing, marketing, relations with physicians and involvement in continuing medical education.
Sunshine Week Open Meetings
Events the week of March 12 promote open records.
Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.
Jury Verdict Research
A for-profit company that maintains a database of nearly 200,000 verdicts and settlements resulting from personal injury claims.
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."
North America's Largest Class Action Law Site
Lots of pending class actions and class action settlements. Updated daily. Also offers ability to register for possible class actions.
Catalaw
Organizes legal and government sites into a basic catalog.
Supreme Court Preview
The Supreme Court forwards its briefs to the American Bar Association as they are filed. This site makes them available to the public for free.
State Sex Offender Registries
Thirty-four states have them, but many are under review for accuracy.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Population Study
Study: More than 6.5 million adults were jailed, on probation or on parole at the end of last year, a record-high number that represents 3.1 p of the country's total population or 1 of every 32 adults. Look up your state.
LawCommerce.com Recommended Law Database
A list of sites you can use to look up federal and state laws. A great shortcut..
FBI Crime Statistics: 2001 Summary
Also available as a full-text document.
University of Tennessee: Legal Information
A set of helpful journalism and law links from professor Dorothy Bowles.
Legal Associations and Organizations
American Bar Association Lawinfo.org
American Civil Liberties Union
Material on FOI and Sunshine laws.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America Links Page
Dozens of great links to law schools, law organizations, attorney referral sites and more.
National Board of Trial Advocacy
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Directory
The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law has a searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world. ICNL's Online Library currently contains 2,300 resources from 144 countries in 37 languages. The center is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world.
The Innocence Project
A searchable database of states offering projects to free wrongfully accused prisoners through DNA and other evidence. Run by the Cardozo School of Law in NYC.
National Center for State Courts
National District Attorneys Association
National Center for State Courts
Readers First is an E.W. Scripps initiative for readership-builders in all departments of newspapers.
SPJ Legal Advocacy
Legal defense fund, annual report, other resources.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Statistics on the homeless, links, public policy, child abuse, health, job training, minimum wage and more.
Institute for Justice
A law firm site with helpful online resources.
National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
National Women's Law Center
A great resource with tips, research and news stories on a variety of topics, including sexual harassment, athletics, women in the military and more.
Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund
R-CALF site offers industry info., links, contacts and an FAQ.
National Resources Defense Council
Environmental issues
Student Press Law Center
Legal issues facing high school and college students.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Police Executive Research Forum
News page, free document library, sources.
Center for Identity Management and Information Protection
Part of Utica College, the site offers a media center, research projects and can connect you with expert sources.
Identity Theft Resource Center
A nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to the understanding and prevention of identity theft. Site includes a media page and a resource library.
PhotoEnforced.com
Allows users to upload locations of photo-enforced traffic lights around the country.
National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running
U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Has sections on abuse, library search, statistics, online catalog, adoption information and more.
Law Journals and News
Legal Journals Online
A listing of hundreds of journals from all over the world.
Findlaw.com
Legal publications and state/local bar association information.
VineLink: Who's in Jail/Prison
Use this image map to select a state, then sort through the listed jails and prisons to track who's in jail and who is about to be released. A great resource.
National Center for State Courts
Research, newsletter, links to other organizations.
NPR: Justice Talking
Debates, polls, resources on justice issues.
The Business Lawyer
An online business law magazine from the American Bar Association.
National Law Journal: Survey of the 250 Largest Law Firms
Contact information for more than 25,000 attorneys.
University Law Review: Search Law Journals
Links, listings and search.
States with Sex-Offender Registries
In the News
Blog by a forensic psychologist about psychology and the law.
The Jurist: Terrorism Law & Policy Guide
The legal education and information portal at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has posted an online guide to Terrorism Law & Policy. The guide features breaking news, U.S. policy documents, Executive Orders and federal legislation, academic commentary and an extensive bibliography.
Truth in Justice
A private investigations site with several recent case studies, news stories, trend pieces, related links, a discussion forum and more. A great resource.
Law.com Newswire
Updated several times a day with great stories.
Nolo.com
A super legal site.
CNN.com's Law Page
Several good trend pieces, some breaking news.
Medical Liability Monitor
A monthly online publication on trends and issues in medical malpractice.
LLRX.com
Bills itself as "the premier free web-zine on research and technology related issues for the legal community.
Jeff Flax's Super Legal Links Page
JustInfo Newsletter
An online newsletter sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Government Sites
SEC Law
Securities legal resource includes message boards, links to other sites, bookstore and more.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The official government site has a myriad of resources, including a way to track the status of patents and trademarks pending.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Population Study
Study: More than 6.5 million adults were jailed, on probation or on parole at the end of last year, a record-high number that represents 3.1 p of the country's total population or 1 of every 32 adults. Look up your state.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
Library of Congress: Religion and the Government
Takes effect October 2002.
Cyberspace Law
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers
UCLA Cyberspace Law and Policy
Intellectual Property and Technology Forum
Boston College Law School site offers current news and in-depth articles on intellectual property and technology law.
Publishing Law Center
Links and articles on intellectual property and legal issues..
TechnoLawyer Community
Free subscriptions to TechnoRelease Tuesdays.
Treatment Advocacy Center
Studies on mental illness, treatments, and various laws and legal interpretations.
Copyright Law
Internet Law Library
A free collection of articles, statutes, cases and resources on Internet issues such as copyright law, trademark law, domain name law, cookies, data retrieval, etc.
Miscellaneous Sites
FBI Uniform Crime Report (.pdf)
The site features an image map that helps locate stats from major cities. Sort stats by type of crime, too.
2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
Look up crimes by state, classification, population group, etc.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Juvenile Hearings
Guidelines on access to juvenile courts.
Criminal Justice Links
Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
TheSmokingGun.com
Tips for filing FOIAs, "Document of the Week."
The Stanford University School of Law
The school's site has full-text complaints, summaries and briefs on securities class action complaints.
60 Sites in 60 Minutes
A site full of legal research tools on one page.
IRE and NICAR: Legal Databases
There is a fee for the legal databases.
U.S. DOT: Fatal Accident Reporting System Database
This links to details and samples of the data. NICAR charges for the full database. The data covers 1975-2001 and contains information on automobile accidents on public U.S. roads that resulted in the death of one or more people within 30 days of the accident.
Law and Policy Institutions Guide
A great collection of legal and legislative information.
PI Newslink
A blog for private investigators/researchers.
DogBiteLaw.com
Developed by an attorney specializing in dog bites, this is an extensive research site for dog bite victims, dog owners, parents, journalists and others. Covers topics such as the legal rights of victims, how to protect children, and other aspects of the dog bite epidemic.
PBS Frontline: Criminal Justice
A collection of companion Web sites on various crime, legal system and justice topics.
Tobacco Links
Dozens of links in alphabetical order about pro and anti-smoking, farming, etc.
Law Library of Congress
Law guides, databases and historical documents back to 1774.
PoliceForum.org
Site features cops from large jurisdictions and has done lots of stuff on police shootings, etc.
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
Takes effect October 2002.
Stanford University: Prison Experiment
An online tour of a 1971 psychology experiment on California college students sent to prison. Photos, video, background. Interesting research.
LLRX: Clustering With Search Engines
LLRX: Latest Links
An archive of reviews of legal sites.
MyLemon.com
The site contains an informative guide to the lemon law as well as answers to frequently asked questions. Focuses on New Jersey and Pennsylvania law, but it has helpful resources for anyone.
Purportal.com
This site can quickly assist you in sorting the myths from the half-truths and the actual facts. The site consists of database search engines to check keywords from e-mails you have received, the latest headlines on hoaxes, special reports on 9-11 misinformation, and links to official and commercial sites on fraud, hoaxes and scams.
LLRX.com: 9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources
This site is updated daily.
Newsaic
Legal issues behind TV shows.
LemonLaw.com
Laws on auto purchasing.
Overlawyered.com
This site chronicles the high cost of the legal system.
Police Foundation Research Brief: Catching Career Criminals
The Florida Medical Malpractice Web Site
Focuses on medical malpractice matters, primarily from a Florida perspective, but also contains info of more national interest. Handy for looking up malpractice information about doctors.
LawMall
A collection of legal links for lawyers and people not associated with the legal system.
Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
Site from the UK.
Capital Defense Network
The ultimate resource for federal death penalty defense practitioners.
CivicMind.com
Civic resources for lawyers and journalists.
Equal Justice Network
An information source for lawyers and advocates involved in providing legal assistance to low-income people.
IJ.org Media Links
Links to stories and cases of national and local interest. Great place to look for offbeat trend stories. Also has a media center, other links.
CrimeLynx.com
Legal resource center with expert links, policy and research links.
National Coalition Against Censorship
National Center for State Courts
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
CyberLaw Encylopedia: Copyright Law
Sports Law Links
Some great resources from Professor Walter T. Champion, Jr., author of Fundamentals of Sports Law and Sports Law in a Nutshell.
Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News (MELON)
Medicine Malpractice Links
Part of the Electric Law Library.
Index of State Malpractice Laws
SafeShopping.org: Tips
Tips on online shopping safety tips from the American Bar Association.
ElderWeb.com
This site offers legal, insurance and medical advice (regional and national) for people facing elder-care options.
Mother Jones.com Prisons Study
Lemon Law America
Lists legal rights for car buyers.
Chicago Council of Lawyers
Evaluations of judicial candidates and much more.
Oklahoma State Court Network
Search legal files from divorces, civil, criminal and every document filed at the court clerk by date. You can search by last name, first name, case number.
NRA: State Gun Laws
Use this image map to check gun laws state by state.
CrimeLibrary.com
CourtTV site with news stories, backgrounding, etc.
National Assn. of Legal Professionals
Resource center, studies on employment, etc.
Law Library of Congress
Links galore to research, other law centers, collections databases, reading room, bibliographies, etc.
Insurance Information Institute
Public safety, crime and other stats.
USACops.com
Handy image map links you to local law enforcement agencies. Great for sourcing out-of-state.
ExpertPages.com
A legal site that lists more than 140 expert witnesses on litigation issues. Can be helpful for sourcing stories on various topics, which are listed alphabetically.
Automated Access to Court Electronic Records
Provider of United States bankruptcy data to attorneys, lenders, employers and individuals. Has a helpful press center with statistics, news and trends.
NFL Player Arrests 2000-Present
List compiled by the San Diego Tribune and published in May 2007. Great for reference.
Courts and Law Coverage Beat Guide
From the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. Simply go to the website and page click on "Learn more" on the "New Resource" box.
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
Has several helpful resources, including a blood alcohol content calculator.
Tips for Uncovering Sealed Cases
FBI Violent Crimes Statistics 2006
Review nationally, by region, state, county, city, universities, etc.
Death Penalty Information Center
Opposes capital punishment.
Federal Hate Crime Legislation
DocStoc
Free business forms and legal templates.
TopClassActions.com
Search through top class-action lawsuits. Includes an RSS news feed.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
"The oldest criminal justice research organization in America, NCCD promotes effective, humane, fair, and economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems. The organization conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work with individuals, public and private organizations, and the media to prevent and reduce crime and delinquency."
American Library Association: Notable First Amendment Court Cases
Knight Center Beat Guide: Courts & the Law
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern University School of Law site about a group freeing prisoners wrongfully accused of serious crimes. Includes resources, experts, news and events page and bios of many of the people freed.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers
Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
Findlaw Cases and Codes
Look up case summaries, jurisdictions, historical documents, etc.
Knight Center: A Beat Guide to: Courts and the Law
From the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Cornell: Courts Federal Law Materials and Judicial Opinions
Cornell Law: State Courts Opinions
National Runaway Switchboard
Media page and expert sources on the topic.
National Legal Aid & Defenders Association
Cyberjournalist.net: Legal Issues
Feed of stories and blog posts on web legals issues, etc.
Poynter: Tips for Covering Mass Shootings
Track who is tweeting a site or blog.
Legal Information Institute: First Amendment Overview
Federal Citizens' Information Center: Privacy Resources
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Technology/civil rights site. Great for finding cases against the FCC and the record industry.
Citizen Media Law Project Legal Guide
Search by keyword or state-by-state map.
World Intellectual Property Organization
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.
BlogInsurance FAQ
Stream video straight from your cell phone.
Library of Congress: Sonia Sotomayor Resources
Articles and books by her, congressional documents, cases and web resources by the Supreme Court nominee.
Chicago Law Blog
Chicago Tribune blog on legal issues in the city.
SocialNATO.com
Social media streams for all things NATO related. Track them all here.
Adbusters.org
Protest group.
The Red Line Project: G8/NATO Coverage
Curated links, social media coverage and more.
Resources for Covering Uprising in Egypt
Several helpful tools and links from Sree Sreenivasan.
Egypt: A Complete Guide to the 2011 Revolution
Curation of dozens of resources.
Wired: Guide to Arab World Protests Online
Al Jazeera: Live Feed
Coverage of the uprising in Egypt.
Hoover Institution
Think tank at Stanford University includes a library, op-eds, news, publications and other resources on public policy.
EmbassyWorld.com
A directory for embassies around the world.
EmbassyWorld Maps
Claims to have online maps for every country.
Foreign Policy
Global magazine of economics, politics and ideas.
IJnet: Online Resources for Business Journalists Covering Asia
Population Reference Bureau
World health, environment, population and other issues.
Center for International Media Ethics
Chicago-based organization has a goal supporting journalists in "maintaining high ethical standards that contribute to the media's consolidation as a fourth power in their country's governance."
UN.org
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.
NationMaster.com
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.
TradeStats
See what each state exports and where they are shipping. Who is trading with Iraq.
TheMajlis.org
A clearinghouse for "unbiased Middle East news, analysis and commentary in an age when traditional journalism is shrinking and Americans are missing out on news from the region." Discuss current events in the Middle East, delivered in a frank and non-partisan fashion.
International Center for Journalists
Many free resources, guidebooks, news and tips.
Asian-Nation
Concisely but comprehensively combines interactive content, in-depth research, statistics, and a casual style -- like an online version of Asian Americans 101.
CountryReports.org
Stats and facts on countries. More than 26,000 pages.
PBS Frontline: Private Companies That Make America's War in Iraq Run
Pakistan Way
A Pakistan portal and lifestyle page.
ForeignPolicy.com: Worldwide Links
Users have instant access to the best the Web has to offer on global affairs, governments, think tanks, libraries and multilateral institutions.
Foreign Agents Registration Act Database
People or organizations who lobby or perform other services (such as public for foreign interests must register with the Department of Justice. Check out this recent list, organized by country.
MDTravelHealth
List of clinics, global diseases, inoculations, helpful links.
The Globalist
Articles, facts and book quotes of the day are browsable by countries and regions, and by globalization topics such as children, development, markets, religion, technology, etc.
Breaking Tweets
Global news delivered Twitter-style.
BBC: Iran Government and How It Works
Spiritual magazine for people in their 20s and 30s.
BBC: Middle East
A helpful structural chart.
World Tourism News
A helpful structural chart.
Digital Library of the Caribbean
Center for Public Integrity: The Data Mine
An online series that will highlight inaccessible or poorly presented information from the federal government.
BBC Country Profiles
Guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories. Lists key institutions and contacts. Great place to start when researching the basics of a country.
News Media Coalition
An "international organisation and network focusing on the specific threat to legitimate editorial, press and publishing freedoms from the controls placed on news-gathering and news-distribution practices by the organizers of major news events."
Sunlight Foundation: Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database
The Foreign Agent Registration Act requires the Justice Department to maintain detailed reports of lobbying firms hired by foreign governments and by organizations. Just select legislators from a menu and it will show their records, lobbyist ties, etc.
Multimap
Online maps to everywhere.
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook
International Affairs Resources
Lists news sites by region.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting Global Links
Links to hundreds of international media and press agencies.
Transparency International
Site says it is run by "global non-governmental organization devoted to combating corruption. Its mission is to create change toward a world free of corruption."
United Nations Infonation
Database allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the members of the UN.
Society of Editors
British press freedom and editorial standards site.
GRA Research Hotlinks
More than 100 links on global economic, political and business research.
The European Commission
British Parliament resources, including the latest official press releases, photos and live TV coverage of EU affairs, details of forthcoming events, links to the policies administered and implemented by the Commission and direct links to its key information services.
Foreign Policy Blogs
A great bookmark for anyone covering foreign affairs.
AfriGadget
Products invented in Africa.
Timbuktu Chronicles
A blog about business trends in Africa.
Offbeat Guides
Build your own personalized travel guide.
UBS: Switzerland Economic Figures
Aneki.com
Rankings and statistics on hundreds of topics and countries. The cleanest country, the country with the most mobile phones per capita, etc.
THOMAS Federal Legislation on the Terrorist Attacks
A list of all legislation related to the New York and Washington attacks.
MyNewsDesk.com
Press release share site that includes a network feature for journalists who want to receive news items exclusively from chosen companies.
Columbia University's Human Rights Web Site
The Center for the Study of Human Rights, The School of Journalism and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University launched a new media portal and Web sites for human rights teaching and learning. The portal links human rights-related resources, such as case studies, course Web sites, etc.
Great Buildings Collection
Tours, reviews of architecture around the world.
Global Beat
A must-bookmark for the global journalist. NYU's page for journalists covering international beats. The site has everything from an experts database, tip, archives on key issues and a helpful links page.
WriteClick
A one-stop resource for PR reps and tourism professionals researching press trips and searching for travel writers. Created by Australian travel writer Christine Retschlag, the program touts more than 300 travel writers from around the world.
Written Road
A blog for travel writers. This specific page offers resources for writers.
Committee to Protect Journalists
This site offers "comprehensive regional overviews and reports on press freedom conditions in more than 100 countries," plus case histories of attacks against journalists, information on "dangerous assignments," and links to other human rights and press freedom sites.
International Press Institute
Another good press freedom site. The site covers conditions journalists face around the world, and also offers information about conferences on related topics.
Council on Foreign Relations
Links, stories, updates, etc. Helps with breaking down complex international issues.
RAND Corporation International Affairs Research
Federally funded documents center has a variety of links, reports and resources on global issues.
ForeignAffairs.org
Council on Foreign Relations publication. Helps with breaking down complex international issues.
Europeana
A collection of cultural collections from European countries. Provides access to four million digital items categorized in broad topics such as Text, Images, Video, and Sound. Text. Searchable in various languages.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
"One of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics and economic and social data."
TerrorismAnswers.com
A helpful terrorism encyclopedia from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Research on global safety, cybersecurity, etc.
IRE and NICAR: Jordan Hotel Bombing Resources
Resources on terrorist organizations and attacks, international reporting sources, guidelines on international sources and articles written for The IRE Journal and Uplink about covering international stories and terrorism.
Geobloggers
Google maps and Flikr use a global image map to show updated blogs in various cities.
International Center for Journalists
History of Nations
A handy quick-reference portal but be careful with the information on this homemade site. It?s part of a larger history webring.
UN Programs: Afghanistan Online
Infonation
A United Nations site allows you to "view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."
Library of Congress Country Studies
This site "contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army."
Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
Backgrounders for anyone interested in international news.
SearchSystems.net
State-by-state public records and phone book information as well as a good international information section. Search by state or country!
Foreign Policy Magazine
Foreign affairs publication.
ComeBackAlive.com
Provides background for travelers going abroad, focusing on dangerous places.
The European Journalism Centre
An independent, non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators.
Library and Archives Canada: Book History
Five databases that catalogue thousands of publications on the history of print culture in Canada.
WorldInformation.com
Basic facts on each county, along with a visitor's guide, maps, current news links, and Web resources.
MediaLens.org
A good blog-like site for global news, trends and criticism.
UK Journalism Job Search
Full-time, freelancers, etc.
UK Journalism: Recruiting Editorial Staff?
River Bend: Iraq Blog
Search through past stories.
WeaponSurvey.com
A site looking at Palestinian weapons production and smuggling.
WorldStatesmen.org
Though this site is run by a hobbyist, it features complete lists of the heads of state and government for every country and colony in the world over the past 300 years. It also has pocket histories of each country/colony, images of each country and colony's flags, and in many cases links to constitutions, national anthems, and so on. Also updated fairly regularly. Again, double-check the information you find on this site, but it appears to be very, very helpful.
BBC News Country Profiles
Features include an overview, historical timelines and links to the media from each country. Also some audio of newsmaking moments.
WorldInformation.com
The London-based site offers many useful features, including basic facts on 200-plus countries and territories, along with a visitor's guide, maps, current news links, etc.
Infobel International Phone Directory
CountryReports.org
Stats on most nations. A great resource.
Statistical Databases for UN Research
United Nations InfoNation claims to be "a rich information resource on country-wise statistical data on all UN related subject fields."
News and Resource Portal for Moscow-Based Journalists
World Press Institute
WPI's main goal is to promote a free press. The organization brings 10 journalists a year to the U.S. for four months of intensive briefings and interviews across the country. Applications can be found at the Web site.
UN Wire
An independent news aggregator sponsored by the United Nations Foundation. It gathers all the U.N.-related news from around the world daily.
World Statesmen
Run by a hobbyist (so double-check information), this site lists of the heads of state and government for every country and colony in the world over the past 300 years. It also features pocket histories of each country/colony, images of each country and colony's flags, and some links to constitutions, national anthems, etc.
SunOasis.com: Global Media Job Openings
A great site for writers, editors and copy editors. Internships, media resources and more.
Institute of War and Peace Reporting
This group's goal is to support media development through practical assistance and concrete journalistic projects.
Borgen Project
Explores global issues and defense spending that reporters might find useful. It also lists various organizations and their media contacts.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Blood and Honey
Photojournalist Ron Haviv went to Yugoslavia in 1991, intrigued by the nascent independence movement in one of the last countries still intact after the Cold War.
International Committee of the Red Cross
Maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on more than 50 countries the committee is active.
European Journalism Ethics Codes
MediaChannel's News Dissector: Covering Riots
As "riots" erupted in the north of England, journalists in London, including Danny Schechter, took part in a seminar aimed at improving coverage of conflict.
Afghanistan Digital Library
Search texts and various projects organized by the library.
European Journalism Centre
This is a non-profit institute for further training, a forum for journalists, media executives and journalism educators. A good networking organization.
National Geographic's Map Machine
Maybe the best online atlas on the Web.
Newsnext.com
An independent editorial calendar, a forward planning tool for UK journalists to spot future feature ideas and story leads.
PRposts.com
A free jobs board for the UK's public relations industry.
PRfinder.com
A dynamic directory of UK and global public relations web sites and resources.
International Radio and TV Society
Harvard University: Center for International Development
Part of the Kennedy School of Government, this site features breaking news, research updates and archives, etc.
CountryWatch.com: Web Site to the World
Free country informaton on people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals and environment; but you get more for a fee.
Global Health Facts
Data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more. You can search data by country and create customized data sheets.
Global Health Reporting
Information on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more.
Government of Canada New Centre: RSS Feeds
Subscribe to feeds from various agencies.
National Geographic Traveler: Chris Elliott
Magazine ombudsman offers great travel tips on this blog.
The Washington Diplomat
Includes a diplomat list, but watch for spelling errors.
CIA List of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
Search alphabetically by country.
Australian Journalists Site
Much like the Journalist's Toolbox, this site is organized by beat, but it also has a search engine. Tools include a good government section and a mailing list called OZCAR for Australian journalists.
Globalpolicy.org
Features some links and opinions on Iraq, the war and the United States.
Asia-Pacific Network
The site offers news headlines relating to events, links to regional media, country profiles, and various movements and groups.
University of Texas Latin America Journalism Page
Dozens of helpful links and resources.
Oanda.com Travel Language Converter
This site provides handy cheat sheets for language and money converters for travel.
Travel-Library.com
A travel site that focuses on offbeat travel and tips.
Journalism UK International Links Page
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Look up international development data.
Diplomacy Monitor.com
From the St. Thomas University School of Law, a real time feed of documents from governments from around the globe.
AfriGadget
Blogging team explores issues in Africa.
Worldwide Words
Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British perspective. Fun with pop culture catch phrases.
UT Latin American Network: Journalism in Latin America
Latin American Journalism Handbook
EthicNet: European Codes of Journalism Ethics
International Journalists' Network
UT Latin American Network: Journalism in Latin America
Latin American Journalism Handbook
EthicNet: European Codes of Journalism Ethics
International Journalists' Network
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
From the World Security Institute, this site provides in-depth resources on global affairs.
TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Travel
An easy run-down on what kind of phone you need for your type of travel.
TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Trav GSM World: Cell Phones and Travel
Site that tells you which country is on which GSM frequency.
British Sociological Association
Experts, research, publications, schedule of events around the world.
United Nations CyberSchoolBus InfoNation
able2act
A service from Infosphere that delivers information and records on military warfare, terrorism, organization profiles, company profiles, long reports on global countries, cybercrime, etc. More than 2,000 records are added each week.
Library of Congress: Guide to Russian Business Resources
MsFreckles
Will search the entire web, or you can limit the search to UK-based sites.
ConvoTrack
A great new tool for tracking how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.
BackTweets.com
Similar to ConvoTrack, this site tracks how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.
MSN: Top Web News Gaffes
A few examples of publishing too soon.
Food in Every Country
Look up ethnic dishes by country.
Yahoo! Pipes
A cool tool from Yahoo! That can help you with news gathering from a variety or resources. The site builds a page and collect posts, tweets, images, videos, RSS feeds and news related to a specific event or topic.
Tweetbeep
Track who is tweeting a site or blog.
Poynter: Tips for Covering Mass Shootings
Track who is tweeting a site or blog.
International Center for Journalists
Many free resources, guidebooks, news and tips.
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.
CDC: Concussion in Youth Sports
Tips, research and statistics on concussions. Great resource.
Stanford University Human Performance Laboratory
Focuses on athletics and human performance.
BaseballsSteroidEra.com
News, lists of players who have tested positive, etc.
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
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.
RXlist.com
Look up details of prescription drugs.
Sports Injuries
This handout from the National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease.
Twitter for Newsrooms
Resources from the team at Twitter on how to integrate it into the newsroom.
Mashable
A great guide to all things social media. A must-bookmark for Twitter users.
Twitter Guide for Skeptics and Newbies
Tailored to journalists, this guide from Columbia University Journalism Dean of Students Sree Sreenivathan gives you everything you need to know.
Poynter: How to Use Social Media to Cover Elections
Twitter: A Producer's Guide
A video Twitter primer of great examples of how to incorporate social media into a broadcast. A combination of news and TV shows.
MuckRack.com
A huge directory of journalists on Twitter. A must-bookmark for journalists.
Search.Twitter.com
Twitter's version of Google.
TwitterJournalism
Coverage of breaking news events and Twitter reaction from Craig Kanalley of the Huffington Post.
Yahoo! News: Five News Stories That Broke on Twitter
Examples of early news stories that moved on Twitter before mainstream media.
Directory of All Congressional Twitter Handles
Hootsuite
Great Twitter management tool. Built-in link compressor, manage multiple accounts, schedule tweets for later, etc.
TweetDeck
Another great Twitter management tool.
Twitterfall
Great for chats, just type in a keyword and follow/participate in the discussion.
Monitter
As the name suggests, you can track three trending topics at once.
Flipboard
Revolutionary iPad app allows you to read your Twitter and Facebook feeds like a magazine.
InsideFlipboard
In-house blog offers a few tips and tricks. You have to dig for them.
TweepsMap
Track where your Twitter followers are.
Poynter: Types of Stories That Make Good Storifies
Good examples: weather, breaking news, etc.
How to Use Storify as a Journalism Teaching Tool
Great tips from Poynter.
TwitterFeed
Feed your blog updates to your Twitter account using an RSS feed. Very cool.
WeFollow
A Yellow Pages for Twitter.
Topsy.com
Twitter search that doesn't suck.
TopTwitterShare.info
Track who has unfollowed you on Twitter.
TweetStats
Reports on how often you tweet, what times, replies, etc. Key to developing a social media strategy.
TweetBeep
Sends any mentions from your Twitter account to an e-mail address you choose. You also can use Twitter alerts in your settings to notify you of any mentions.
Tools for Managing Your Twitter Followers
Radian6
Similar to ConvoTrack but with more features, this tool tracks online conversations about your tweets, hashtags, etc.
Twiends: Twitter How-To Page
Twitter basics in an easy-to-follow graphic.
Al Tompkins Online Tools for Journalists and Educators
Trendistic
Track Twitter trends.
Twittervision
Live Trendsmap, it lets you see a visualization of tweets.
Twittearth
Similar to TrendsMap and Twittervision.
20 Feet Twitter Metrics Aggregator
Time Hop
Sends you daily emails with what you were doing on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram that day.
Friend or Follow
Track people you follow who are not following you back. Great for clearing out your Twitter stream. Many of us do this quarterly.
TweepSearch
A search tool more powerful than the one built into Twitter. You can detail searches and track down someone whose Twitter handle you can't remember.
MyTweeple
A combined search and Twitter account management tool. Good for handling a large following.
TweetBeep
Sends any mentions from your Twitter account to an e-mail address you choose. You also can use Twitter alerts in your settings to notify you of any mentions.
Twitterless
Tells you who has stopped following you.
Storify.com
Created by Burt Herman, former AP foreign correspondent, this site allows you to curate social media into an archived story.
Storify and Social Media Curation Skills
Great tips and examples from the Knight Digital Media Center.
Social Media Today
A daily chronicle of Internet, mobile and tablet publishing news, information and opinion.
Mashable: 11 Sportswriters You Should Follow on Twitter
KDMC Twitter for Journalists
Helpful tips from the Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley.
Five Rules for Journalists Using Storify
From Staci Baird from San Francisco State University.
Facebook Search
Great way to search for sources, other journalists.
Emphas.is
Crowdsourced funding for photojournalism projects, similar to Spot.us.
Postpo.st
Allows you to search for old tweets.
Lockerz
Makes it easy to move mobile phone or desktop photos to Twitter.
TwitPic
Makes it easy to move mobile phone or desktop photos to Twitter.
MediaBistro: Five Tools to Measure Your Twitter Influence
Peer Index
How effective is your Twitter account?
Twitalyzer
Analytics for your social media. Graphics, other stats on how influential you are as a tweeter.
Klout .com
Another Twitter analytics site.
Twittergrader
Evaluates how influential you are on Twitter.
Socialoomph
Twitter management tool that allows you to schedule tweets. Free and professional versions.
Retweet Rank
Are people retweeting what you post? See how you stack up with others.
TwitterCounter
Track Twitter statistics.
Trendistic.com
Tracks Twitter trends.
TwitScoop
See what's trending on Twitter.
TweetBeep
Set up alerts to track certain keywords on Twitter.
Twittercal
Sync your Twitter account with your Google Calendar.
Twtvite
A Twitter invitation tool that helps you schedule tweet-ups.
Wordpress: Twitter Tools Plug-in
Mashable: 10 Twitter Tools to Organize Your Tweeps
OneForty
Lists the best Twitter tools by category: desktop, mobile, media sharing, analytics, etc.
OneForty: News Twitter Tools
A must-bookmark list of key Twitter tools for news journalists.
Tweetmeme
Digg for Twitter. Very cool tool.
Listorious
Find and interview experts on Twitter
Tools for Managing Twitter Accounts
Five Tools for Building a Targeted Twitter Following
Formulists
Builds your Twitter lists for you. You can organize by location of follower.
Twitscoop
Operates somewhat like Hootsuite. Available for iPhone and iPod Touch.
BackType
Much like ConvoTrack and BackTweets, enter a Web site's address and measure it's social media impact.
Government Computer News: Who Tweets in Government?
Twackle
Aggregates tweets about sports leagues, teams, athletes, events, etc.
Lanyrd
A social conference directory. Think of it as an IMDB for conferences.
Sportsin140.com
Tracks official athlete, coach and league Twitter accounts.
Coyle Media: Sports Fan Graph
Ranks pro and college teams and leagues by their Facebook and Twitter followers.
TweetMeNews
Create your own custom Twitter feed, similar to an RSS. Great tool.
Eight Great Twitter Directories
22 Sites for Twitter Backgrounds
Twitter Basics Powerpoint
A Powerpoint on Twitter fundamentals. Nice links and examples from Kathy Schrock.
MicroPlaza
Find information filtered by the people you follow.
TwitHorus
Aggregates and displays real-time tweet updates of tech companies by category.
GeoMeMe
Measure and share real-time local twitter trends.
iNewz
International news aggregator for the iPhone and iPod touch. Find it in the iTunes app store.
Smashing Magazine: 99 Essential Twitter Tools and Applications
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2011
IsParade
A fun tool that animates your Twitter followers into a parade, with music and pop-up tweets.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Twitter
A great list of resources from Charles Curle Design.
Sociable Blog: 100 Twitter Tools
OpenJason: 100 Top Twitter Tools
27 Twitter Tools to Find and Manage Followers
SPJ: Twenty Journalists to Follow on Twitter
Eight Tools to Filter Your Twitter Stream and News
RTDNA: Social Media Guidelines
Radio TV Digital News Association established guidelines for using Twitter and Facebook.
Onehub Transfers
Easily share files with your social network for free using Onehub Transfers. Upload files and post to twitter it's that easy. Upload any file type including .zip, .pdf, .jpg, .png, .gif, .mp3 and .txt.
URL Shorteners
bit.ly
One of the more popular link compressors.
TinyURL
A popular link compressor that allows you to customize your compressed links.
Doiop.com
Choose a keyword to shorten your link to.
tr.im
Use cautiously, this site shut down for a short period in August 2009
Backgrounds
TwitterBackgrounds.com
Liven up your page with different designs and colors for your page. Easy-to-use. Many designs are free but some cost a small fee.
TwitRounds Free Twitter backgrounds
TLists
Allows you to search Twitter lists. Great tool that's used by Twitter itself and by Flipboard
Twilk
Use your followers' icons to make your background.
Mobile Applications
For iPhone: Tweetie 2, Hootsuite or Simply Tweet in the iTunes store.
For BlackBerry: TwitterBerry.
]]>American Society of Picture Professionals
National Press Photographer Assocation's Region 6 Site
AmericanPhotojournalist.com
"For photojournalists, by photojournalists," this site features more than 600 portfolios, forums for technical and editorial topics, and a section that lists contact information for photographers and editors."
Reportage Blog
Great photojournalism blog from Getty Images.
White House News Photographers Association
Advertising Photographers of America
World Press Photography
Non-profit organization committed to promoting photojournalism worldwide.
Multimedia Shooter
Workshops, e-updates, critiques, columns, featured video and galleries.
zReportage
Multimedia portal launched by Scott McKiernan that features a new in-depth socially concerned picture and text essay every Tuesday.
Providence Journal: Reporters and Photographers Working Together
Tips from Bob Wyss of the Journal.
EditorialPhotographers.com
Hundreds of resources, including a database of photographers and magazines, news stories, links to top magazines, copyright lawyers and more.
Advertising Photographers of America National
Error Level Analysis
Enter the web address of an online photo and this free site analyzes how much Photoshop work has been done to the photo.
ASMP: American Society of Media Photographers
Search a database of photographers. Dozens of links to stories and events relating to press photographers.
Media Storm
Brian Storm's multimedia and photojournalism site.
Multimedia Muse
Photojournalism and online visual storytelling site.
Online Photo Magazines to Follow
Kobre Guide
Web's best multimedia and video journalism.
NPPA: News Photographer Magazine
Archive of famous news photos.
Photos that Changed the World
Archive of famous news photos.
World War II in Color
A great collection of rare photographs from WWII.
Blood and Honey
Photojournalist Ron Haviv went to Yugoslavia in 1991, intrigued by the nascent independence movement in one of the last countries still intact after the Cold War.
LIFE Magazine Covers and Photo Essays
Life Magazine's Photos of the Year
PhotoBetty.com
A photography/photojournalism Weblog with a focus on women photographers. The site includes reviews, listservs and more.
DigitalJournalist: Ground Zero
A photog's trip to Ground Zero in New York City for a small weekly newspaper.
Prime Collective
Great showcase of photojournalism from around the world.
Vincent Laforet Photography
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
Joel Sartore Photography
From the National Geographic photographer.
Photo Marketing Association International
Society for News Design
Workshop schedule, membership database and more.
Society for News Design: World's Best Designed Newspapers
Database of winners in various categories.
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.
NewsInPictures.com
Hundreds of links to photo essays and non-linear storytelling sites.
Things Never to Say to or About a Photojournalist
Funny column from www.ronreason.com.
Photo District News Newsletter
Includes a newswire, resources, trend stories, etc.
Photo News Network
Studies, business and law and other resources.
American Society of Media Photographers -- Midwest Chapter
Smithsonian Wild
A photostream of animals and birds from around the world.
The Camera Watch Site
From USA Today: Part of the Surveillance of Surveillance project, this site aims to catalog the disquieting number of publicly accessible Webcams that are pointing at public spaces."
National Association of Photoshop Users
NPR Picture Show
Updated daily with photos from around the world.
Fotophile.com
A super site! Books, galleries and links for photography of all kinds, including photojournalism.
Photojournalism Ethics: Photo Manipulation
A great ethics paper on altering photos. A must-read for photojournalists.
Photographers Index Database
Search a database of professional photographers. (Many are not photojournalists but commercial photographers.
Photographers.com Global Search
University of Missouri Workshop
Workshops for documentary photography.
Mountain Workshops
Western Kentucky University workshops in documentary photography and picture editing.
National Geographic: Photo Tips
Sree's Photography Tips
From a Columbia University professor.
Sree's Photo Ethics Page
Links and samples from a Columbia University professor.
OReilly Digital Media
A digital photography tips site that includes a weblog.
PhotoLeap.com
A free program that compresses digital photo files. Helps when e-mailing photos.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Hundreds of online photos/paintings, etc.
Emphas.is
Crowdsourced funding for photojournalism projects, similar to Spot.us.
Art of World War I
An archive of photography and artwork.
Reportage
An online e-zine of photojournalism.
Foto8 Magazine: Photojournalism Today
FotoSearch Stock Photography
Allows users to search from over 90 stock photography companies. You can find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, video clips, and vector maps.
Congressional Pictoral Directory
Photojournalism and Reportage
A great listing of links from About.com.
PBS.org: Ansel Adams -- A Commentary Film
This is a centennial site of photographer Ansel Adams.
Rangefinder
Online magazine for professional photographers.
ShareALot.com
A free Internet photo-swapping service.
Picture History
This site from the Kohlberg Foundation offers a digital library of images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history.
Digital Journalist
Operated by photojournalist Dirck Halstead, this site features works from world reknown photojournalists such as Peter Turnley, Diana Walker, Nubar Alexanian, Doug Kirland, Ami Vitale, and others. It also features a series of regular columnists that discuss the state of the industry, best practices and equipment reviews.
VervePhoto Documentary Photojournalism Blog
Tongue-in-cheek tips.
Livebooks RESOLVE Photojournalism Site
The Atlantic: World War II in Photos
National Geographic: How to Take Pictures with a Camera Phone
Doug Menuez Photo Journalism Blog
Digital Photography School
Great tips and tricks.
Digital Photography School: How Twitter Can Make You a Photojournalist
Gawno: 78 Photography Rules for Complete Idiots
Tongue-in-cheek tips.
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.
The American Museum of Photography
A great collection of themed, offbeat-topic photo slideshows, links and more.
Associated Press Photo Managers
Ethics Matters Column from News Photographer Magazine
Finding Free Photographs and Images on the Net
Deeply Curious
An archive of thousands of ocean and land photos from world-renowned photographers.
Sports Shooter
An e-zine from USA Today's Robert Hanashiro.
VisualJournalism.com
A great design site from a UK journalist.
Photosig
Amateur photographers can critique others' work or have their work analyzed in a number of categories.
Non-Photography: No Rules Street Photography
A gallery of some cool feature images that aren't staged. You can pick up some great composition ideas from this site.
Bob Gruen: Rock N' Roll Photographer
Portfolio of one of the best rock photographers around.
PictureEditor.com
Photojournalism-related site (my site) you might want to add, some galleries, forums, resources, a photography news blog, etc.
Formerly 669
A daily photoblog. Quirky and offbeat.
Digital Photography: The Textbook
DigitalJournalist.org: State of Photojournalism: Photojournalism and the Web
Strategy and Design: Developing the Photographer's Web Site
Tips and ideas from Don Luce.
Vewd
Photography portfolio site with great storytelling slideshows.
DigitalJournalist.org: 20 Years -- AIDS & Photography
A look at how AIDS has been documented by photographs. The site won a 2001 Online News award.
Charlie Rose: Interviews with Photographers
PhotoBlogs.org
Features pictorial diaries from professional and amateur photographers.
BleakBeauty.com
This site is devoted to documentary photography and photojournalism. A good teaching resource.
MyImager.com: Edit Photos Online
Resources to help you crop, retouch and edit your photos.
SoulEyes
A collection of different photographers' personal projects.
MSNBC.com: The Week in Pictures
MagnumPhotos.com Portfolios
Some very cool portfolios from some great photographers.
Ali: Through the Lens of Howard Bingham
A photo essay on boxing champ Muhammad Ali.
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
More than 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States, from 1868 to present. Search through earthquakes, volcanoes, state parks, etc.
Indivisible: Stories of an American Community
"An exploration of community life in America by some of this country's most accomplished photographers, radio producers, and folklorists."
Visual Diaries
Check out personal images of photographers everywhere.
Military Photojournalism Projects
Beyond the Viewfinder: A Year in the Life of Photojournalism
A cool photojournalism Web journal.
Mastering Multimedia
A blog about photojournalism and online journalism.
MultimediaShooter.com
A photojournalism site that offers tips, news and commentary about digital storytelling.
KobreGuide.com
Guide to the best in multimedia and video journalism.
DigitalJournalist.org: 20 Years -- AIDS & Photography
A look at how AIDS has been documented by photographs. The site won a 2001 Online News award.
DigitalJournalist.org: Amy Bowers' TV Column
An archive of Amy Bowers' monthly television columns for digitaljournalist.org, a photojournalism site.
AirPhotoUSA.com
Provides satellite photos and aerial maps. Popular among TV news, this site charges a fee.
PhotoSource.com
Stock photography meeting place. Search a database of hundreds of images.
PPA.com: Professional Photographers of America's Photo Central
Some links and stories. Photo expos and convention schedules.
Operation Photo Rescue
A group of photographers who work to repair damaged photos after disasters (floods, etc.)
American Society of Media Photographers' Copyright Page
EPUK: Editorial Photographers -- UK and Ireland
Contacts, stories, archives, newsletters and links for photojournalists.
British Association of Picture Libraries and Archives
Friends of Photography at the Ansel Adams Center
World Press Photography
Non-profit organization commited to promoting photojournalism worldwide.
Kenneth Christian: 20 Years of Photojournalism
SendSpace.com
Free file sharing site allows you to move large photo and video files.
Faking Images in Photojournalism
A student project with some great links.
ProfessorDeVigal.org
Great primers and resources from Drew DeVigal, NY Times multimedia editor.
iLovePhotoBlogs
A collection of great photo blogs, tips and resources.
Photojournalism Ethics Timeless Issues
A paper from Paul Martin Lester, Ph.D. at Cal State Fullerton.
Photojournalism: A Record of War
PhotoLinks.net
Boasts that it has more than 5,000 links for professional photographers.
Photographer's Index
Search a database of photographers and professional associations. Also has stock photos and lists copyright and image security information and a stock photo price calculator.
Media Photographers' Copyright Agency
Washington Post's Camera Works Section
The best in online photo slideshows.
b-roll Online
A great site for print and broadcast photojournalists.
HistoricAerials
Provides free online access to historic and current aerial photography.
Library of Congress Wartime Photo Archive
International Photo Journalism Festival
Photo Central: Professional Photographers of America
Proof Positive: Freelance Photographers and Writers
American Society of Media Photographers
Chicago chapter links off to many helpful sites.
Visual Edge
A journalism multimedia design seminar conducted by the Poynter Institute created this site that features 12 multimedia feature stories ranging from a tightly knit group of longtime domino players to handicapped sailors.
Ask.com: News Photos Database
An ongoing feed of news photos sortable by topics.
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
From the Center for Social Media at American University.
FotoPedia
Encyclopedia of photography. Share your photos and document them.
PicSearch
Searches the web for photos.
Kartoo
A great meta-search tool for visuals.
iStockPhoto.com
Purchase rights-free photos for a small fee.
Kodak's Web Site
Site includes some copyright guidelines for media professionals.
Diggit.com
A search engine for online photos. Claims to have access to more than 12 million online images.
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Ponopresse
Online photo archive and many helpful links.
PBS: A Century of Photos
A dynamite cinematography site.
MediaStorm
Sponsored by the Washington Post, this multimedia storytelling site is run by Brian Storm. It uses some great photography and simple, but effective, use of Flash. The site has a newsletter you can subscribe to.
Google LIFE Photo Archive
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive.
BigStormPicture
Storm chaser Ryan McGinnis' photo blog. Some great storm shots.
Stealing Kids' Dreams
A gallery of photos of children at work in different parts of the world. From a doctor at Harvard School of Public Health, the site focuses on working conditions and raises about employment for kids.
Zoetrope: All-Story
Take a cool digital tour of a variety of topics.
Digital Photography
Canadian photojournalist Rob Galbraith's site on digital cameras and digital photography.
PhotographyTips.com
A site that covers the basics. Beginners only.
Photographer Sacha Biyan's Site
PictoryMag
A cool online showcase for photography/slideshows.
TakeGreatPictures.com
Photography tips from former U.N. chief photographer John Isaac. Pretty basic stuff, but some good tips nonetheless.
NewsDesigner.com
A blogger covers news and trends in the newspaper design world.
The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.
The Mario Classroom
Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.
Associated Press Photo Managers
American Society of Media Photographers
American Society of Picture Professionals
PBS: American Photography -- A Century of Images
Documentary Blog
News and reviews of the latest documentary films.
B-Roll.net
Television photojournalism site.
WebEcoist: Nature Photographers
Layers Magazine
A how-to magazine for everything Adobe. Great tips and tutorials.
FlowingData.com: Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis
Flickr
The dread of many photojournalists, this site allows users to upload and share photos. Easy way to search for photos, and some wires have bought photos from people who post to this. Be careful as some "news" photos could have been doctored.
Delicious: ShutterRay
Bookmarked web sites helpful in learning more about photography, digital image processing and printing.
ffffound
A great image gallery.
OddWall
Another great image gallery.
National Geographic Your Shot
Submit your best shots of nature to this online gallery.
Picnik
Free photo-editing tools.
PhotoBucket
Image hosting, photo and video sharing.
Dispatch Press Images
Press photo agency based in New York, representing photojournalists around the world. Specializing in current news stories, editorial essays and stock photography. Posted biographies of all contributing photographers. Become a contributor or license imagery.
National Geographic Global Contest Winners 2009
Examples of great photography. Good teaching tool.
NASA: The Space Shuttle
History of the shuttle flights.
NASA Earth Image Database
Thousands of pictures of earth and other research materials.
Space.com
Great research and interactive tools.
NASA: Space Shuttle and International Space Station
SpaceWeather.com
Tracks solar wind, meteors, planet temps, etc.
SpaceBusiness.com
Links to several industry sites.
Accuweather.com: Astronomy Center
NASA Watch
Track articles that criticize NASA.
We Choose the Moon
Cool Flash animation of the Apollo 11 mission. Includes a desktop tracker.
NASA Restored Footage of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Space.com: The Story of Apollo 11
Poynter: History of U.S. Space Flight Links and Bibliography
NASA: Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Regular updates on the findings of the shuttle crash.
The Center for Orbital and Re-entry Debris Studies
Space Shuttle: Thermal Stress
A 1987 .PDF report about thermal stress on the orbiter upon re-entry.
The Hubble Site
Space research and astronomy galore. Includes the telescope, education/museums, reference desk, photo galleries and more.
Shuttle Independent Assessment Team(SIAT)Report, 2000 (.PDF file)
CNN:Shuttle Independent Assessment Team
CNN: NASA Summary of Shuttle Independent Assessment Team(SIAT)Report
IRE: Federal Contractors/Space Shuttle Database
NASA: STS 107 Press Kit
157 pages of .pdf.
NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia: Quick Facts and Issues for Congress
Six pages in .PDF format.
CRS Issue Brief: Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports
Twenty pages in .PDF format.
CRS Issue Brief: Space Stations
Twenty pages in .PDF format.
NASA: International Space Station
Space.com: Photos and Background of Columbia Crew
Interviews with each crew member while they were in space on this mission.
SAJA: Bio of Astronaut Kalpana C. Chawla
A detailed biography and links to stories about her.
NASA: STS-107 Media Archive (Photos)
Air&Space Magazine
Smithsonian online magazine includes History of Flight, Flight Today, Military Aviaton and Space Exploration.
NASA: STS-107 Research Mission
Columbia Missions (with STS-107)
Google: Columbia Shuttle Links
NASA Shuttle Press Kit on STS 107
In .PDF format.
A Primer for Journalists Covering Space
An excellent master's thesis full of tips and ideas.
Goddard Space Flight Center (Maryland)
Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, Ala.)
Howstuffworks: How Space Shuttles Work
Google Search on Shuttle Re-Entry
Houston Chronicle: .PDFs Shuttle Coverage
Every page of the Chronicle's Shuttle disaster coverage, from Saturday's Extra edition through today (Wednesday).
NASA: Space Shuttle Mission Basics
George Washington University: Space Policy Institute
Benefits of space research, satellites, etc.
Presidential Commission Report on Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Rogers Commission Report - not all parts are online at this location.
NASA Space Shuttle Challenger: Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle
A part of the Rogers Commission Report.
Houston Chronicle Space Page
In-depth coverage of the explosion.
IRE Space Shuttle Disaster Resources
There are at least 13 stories in our Resource Center about the Space Shuttle that might be of assistance.
Orlando Sentinel Coverage of Columbia
MSNBC: Space Shuttle Timeline 1981-2002
Google Moon
Use the image map to track past Apollo missions and zoom in on various areas.
Google Earth
Free site that allows you to zoom in on your address/zip code from a satellite image.
PhysLink Astronomy and Physics Online
WikiSky
Images of galaxies, comets, etc.
Astrophysics Data System
NASA-funded site at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics features scientific explanations of astronomy.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
High-resolution images of the night sky.
CyberJournalist.net: Sites Covering the Columbia
A gallery of cover snapshots from a sampling of sites and analysis of the effectiveness of their approach.
National Academy of Sciences
Links to publications, news and other resources.
International Dark Sky Association
NASA Space Shuttle Challenger: Federation of American Scientists
A part of the Rogers Commission Report.
NASA: Space Shuttle Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 7.
Google: Challenger Accident Links
Yahoo!: Challenger Accident Links
Fear of Physics
Covers fundamentals, teaching resources.
National Center for Atmospheric Research: Radar Loops
Shows debris trail from shuttle.
Fragile Oasis
A space blog about how to improve the environment on Earth.
CBS News: Stats on Space Fatalities
Features many key stats.
SpaceFlightNow: Radar Images
Radar image of debris field and links to data on mission.
Sky High Pix
NASA's Remote Sensing Tutorial offers a big collection of overhead shots across the country.
Space.com
Great research and interactive tools.
NASA: Space Shuttle and International Space Station
Vanderbilt Space & Science Exploration Site
Stardate.org
McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas offers stargazing tools, moon calculator, search and other resources.
Vanderbilt Space & Science Exploration Site
Hubble Space Telescope
The official website.
Sky High Pix
NASA's Remote Sensing Tutorial offers a big collection of overhead shots across the country.
Earth Observatory
These satellite images allow you to see things such as bush fires in southeastern Australia and air pollution over China.
Windows on the Universe: Astronomy
Harvard's Interactive Observatory
Sciencemaster: Space and Astronomy
Hubble Telescope Press Releases and Images
USA Today: Solar Storms
Origins of solar wind, etc.
Exploratorium.edu
This online museum features a collection of more than 600 innovative, interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, technology, etc.
ScopeReviews.com: Basics of Telescopes
Heavens Above
A very cool site. Register and identify your location, and the site tells you when to look in the sky for satellites, space station or shuttle.
Franklin Institute Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
Check Your Weight on Other Planets
The Center for Science in the Public Interest
Articles, studies, news releases, safety tips.
Marshall Center Newsroom
The official Newsroom for Marshall Space Flight Center.
Space Station Science Operations News
The latest news about Space Station Science Operations, managed by the Marshall Center.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory News
NASA's official site for news and photos on the latest discoveries by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Sky & Telescope
This site offers a simulated view of the nighttime sky from anyplace on earth.
Stardate.org
A top-notch astronomy site.
WorldWideScience: The Global Science Gateway
Science portal and databases.
Library of Congress: e-Science Tracer Bullets
Designed to put the reader on target as far as science research and reference. Common terminology includes cyberinfrastructure, grids, grid computing, distributed networks, and high performance computing.
USGS: World's Earthquakes Ranked by Magnitude
Great quick reference for breaking news reporting on earthquakes.
NY Times: Dangers of Aging Dams, Flooding
Out of Context Science
Great reference site that puts science information in context.
RAND Corporation Science and Technology Research
Federally funded documents center has a variety of links, reports and resources on science and technology issues.
The Ethics of Online Science Journalism
This article that claims journalists in the United States do not discuss the same types of things when discussing ethics. Values outlined in professional association codes of ethics are addressed but social and ethical factors are not.
SpaceMediaInc.com
A great Flash presentation of space exploration.
U.K. National Archives: UFO Files
Documents and research on whether UFOs exist.
Lunar Journals
Read nearly all of the audio transcripts from the Apollo moon missions, as well as images and backgrounders on each.
StarsAcademy.com
Educational space site.
NOAA Photo Library
Shots from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel.
Powers of 10
Interactive site explains the universe and interrelationships.
100 Useful Search Engines for Science
A great quick-reference site if you're looking for a specific topic.
Space Media Inc.'s Movies in Orbit
Astronautix Soviet Space History
Dozens of links to background, chronology and more.
Virtual Space Museum
History, canceled projects, etc.
University of Iowa: Space Audio
To The Moon
Apollo astronauts on the moon's surface provide 360-degree panoramas at this companion site to the PBS special that chronicles the untold science and engineering story of how they got there. (QuickTime plug-in required.)
U.S. Naval Observatory
Sun and moon data by year (from 1700 to 2100).
NASA: Apollo 8 Spaceflight Anniversary
Chicago Tribune: Apollo 8 Revisited
Smithsonian: The Apollo 8 Mission
Images, audio/video, facts, crew and mission summary.
Exploring the Moon: Apollo 8 Mission Quick Facts
Images, audio/video, facts, crew and mission summary.
Apollo 8 Video Search
YouTube video, images, etc.
SCIENCE NEWS SITES
Newswise
News releases from medical and science research.
Space.com: Leonid Meteor Showers
Stanford University's Highwire Press
Links to databases of 150,000 articles from medical and scientific journals. Many full text articles are free.
The Scientist
A bi-weekly magazine for life scientists. In addition to bi-weekly print content (free with registration), the site also features a daily news service in which users can get a daily e-mail digest.
NewScientist.com
Health, environment, etc. Includes articles, research, statistics, podcasts and more.
Physical Sciences Information Gateway
Launched on Sept. 17, 2001, PSIgate is the physical sciences hub for the UK's Resource Discovery Network (RDN). From this page, users can search the PSIgate database, search an expanded catalog (PSIgate+) generated by harvesting pages from the PSIgate database, or search across RDN databases. Returns include resources focused on astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, history of science, and more.
Climate Central
The site describes itself as "an independent, non-profit journalism and research organization...helping mainstream Americans understand how climate change connects to them."
Popular Science: How It Works Throughout History in Pictures
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
The Why Files
From the National Science Foundation, this site looks at the science, math and technology questions behind the news.
Open Access Eprint Archives in Science, Technology and Medicine
Research and reports on hundreds of topics.
National Academy of Sciences: U.S. Earthquake Resilience Needs Strengthening
Library of Congress: Science Reference Services
Symphony of Science
Science explained in music. Cool site.
Harvard's Research Matters Site
It is a portal to news articles about research. Right now there are about 214 articles in it and it will grow weekly. It's contents span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.
National Science Foundation News Page
Links to a digest, publications, legislative affairs and more.
Science News
One of the first and most reliable science news sites on the Web.
Artigen Science News
A great search engine with regular news updates.
Google's Science News Directory
E!Science News
Aggregated news on science news and sources.
SciCentral
Provides links to the best science news in a variety of topic areas. It is an ideal site for a journalist seeking story ideas.
Skeptical Science: The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism
Cyanova Science News
An easy-to-use table of science news stories.
Stem Cell Research Archive
A great collection of stories from the Washington Post.
National Council for Science and Environment
EurekAlert: Science Dictionaries and Glossaries
Environmental Information Resources
Exploratorium
A site run by the Museum of Science, Art and Perception offers webcasts, a science news wire, a digital library and cool studies and presentations.
SelectSurf Science-Technology Links
Links to several great science sites.
Fagan Finder: Science Resources
Inside Science News Service
This site from the American Institute of Physics publicizes science stories that may have been missed by the general press. All of the material in the "Stories" section is original reporting that is available for journalists to use as source material. The "links" section has stories from elsewhere that may be of interest to journalists.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Newsletters, studies and more.
Fusion Power
A British research site on a new type of energy that could make oil obsolete.
LOCATE RESEARCH/ORGANIZATIONS/EXPERTS/AGENCIES
Community of Science
Search a free database of science experts.
The Greatest Women in Science History
Highlights many of the greatest women pioneers in science history with in-depth information and resources.
Media Resource Service
Search a database of reputable sources on science info. from the Scientific Research Society.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
WebElements.com
From Cyberjournalist.net: The WebElements interactive periodic table allows you to click on any of the elements to get in-depth information. The information includes not just detailed descriptions and specifications of all the elements, but an audio clip describing the element, photos of the elements, and video clips in some cases. The site also includes a printable periodic table and a version for Palm Pilots.
The Office of Naval Research
This office manages the science and technology programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Science Centric
Information source for natural sciences and technology, and breaking news. The site is searchable, and browsable by disciplines, videos, editorials, art and style.
U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Science and Math
Thousands of documents dating back decades.
U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Science and Technology
Thousands of documents and technical reports dating back decades.
True Cost Clearinghouse
Tips From the Science & Environmental Health Network, this site links to dozens of stories, policies and research on a variety of issues.
The American Institute of Physics: History of Global Warming
Small Science Collective: Mini-zines
MDTV Medical News Now Inc.
A New Jersey-based organization that presents a television medical news program that airs on cable in about 20 states.
Access Research Network
A great science and design portal.
SciTopics
Research summaries by science experts.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
A consumer-watchdog group in Washington.
Genomic Glossaries and Taxonomies
Biotechnology & pharmaceutical terms (& definitions) not found in most dictionaries. About 3,500 + definitions for applications, biochemistry, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, drug discovery and development, genomics, molecular biology, proteomics (and beyond), tools and technologies.
ActionBioScience.org: Ethics on Human Cloning
The Federation of American Scientists
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE SITES
Journalism UK Science and Environment Page
Dozens of links to issues in Great Britian.
Megastories
Find cool global news pieces.
PSCI
This Web site is a gateway to high-quality Internet resources on science communication and public engagement with science.
European Science Links
It's somewhat limited compared to the Journalists Toolbox, but you can give it a try.
YouTube: Minute Physics Channel
Short videos of physics lessons.
Geo Currents
A map-illustrated forum dedicated to exploring global geography. Most posts link to current events, supplying historical background, spatial analysis, and political and intellectual context.
Europe's Science Media Center
Links to hundreds of research studies and stories.
American Math Society: What's New in Mathematics
Includes a 'Feature Column' monthly essays on mathematical topics), 'Math in the Media' (highlights of math news from science literature and the current media), 'Math Digest' (summaries of articles on mathematics), and the 'AMS Public Awareness Office'(press releases, contacts for journalists, and more).
MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE SITES
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
World Federation of Science Journalists
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Martindale's The Reference Desk
An extensive set of health science links.
100 Useful Search Engines for Science
A great quick-reference site if you're looking for a specific topic.
ZIP Code Zoo
From Neat New Stuff on the Web: This site helps you identify animals, plants, birds, butterflies and more in your area. Just type in your ZIP Code.
Eco-Labels.org
Resources that monitor a company's claim on a label. Also helps customers decipher what?s on a label. Very handy in covering consumer issues.
Online Science Museum
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England, has virtual exhibits on everything from aircraft and locomotives to photography and scientific instruments. You'll need a Shockwave plug-in to run it.
Biology Online
A comprehensive dictionary of biology facts contains links to related terms within its definitions. It also offers detailed tutorials on biology-related topics.
FuelCells.org
Answers basic questions about fuel cell technology and links to companies and universities doing research in that area.
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Provides a broad sampling of the past day's science news and, where possible, of news releases or other news tips related to publication of science news in the general circulation news media. Posts are up by 2 p.m. Eastern time most weekdays.
WorldWideScience
A "Global Science Gateway" that features scientific databases and portals.
Knight Center Beat Guide: Energy Resources
Science Blog
Science news straight from the source. The site provides helpful links to press releases from research organizations.
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT
National UFO Reporting Center
Continuous reporting site since 1974. Double-check sourcing on anything pulled from this site.
USGS: Track Invasive Plant and Animal Species
BIOME
A British biosciences site.
InstantAnatomy.net
An anatomy education site.
Physics of Baseball Web Site
Links to academic research and studies about various aspects of baseball physics.
Baseball Research Center
Describes itself as the "Center of Excellence for the Science and Engineering of Baseball" for both experimental and analytical methods. The center focuses on baseball bat performance and durability, and the Center is the official certification center for all NCAA baseball bats and Major League Baseball bats.
Research Blogging
Bloggers about research in their fields, including neuroscience, anthropology, computer science, medicine, physics, etc. A good place to go for story ideas and finding expert sources.
Discovery News
Browse science news by category.
National Academies Press
More than 4,000 .pdf of science books and other research.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
More than 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States, from 1868 to present. Search through earthquakes, volcanoes, state parks, etc.
MediaResource Linking Journalists and Scientists
Disaster Finder
Run by the NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program, this service was created for the disaster community at-large so that the best links in disaster information could be found quickly and easily. Links are categorized within the Disaster Finder database according the Disaster services section of the Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field.
MSNBC/Live Science: How Earthquakes Work
Molecular Weight Calculator
Just input the formula, and it returns the molecular weight to 13 decimal places.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
BBC: Science of Superheroes
The BBC examines the "science" behind comic-book superheroes. How can they do what they do.
Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians and Publishers
This academic research focuses mostly on scientists' perspective as authors and readers, how changes over the years by publishers and librarians have affected scientists, and what they should expect from electronic journal and digital journal article databases. We describe some myths concerning scholarly journals and attempt to assess the future in a realistic manner.
PBS: The Gene Hunters
Companion site to the documentary on the mysteries of human disease.
All Species: Whole Earth Catalog
An attempt to name every plant, animal in microbe on earth.
Visual Physics
Interactive simulations and quizzes help you mine basic physics answers.
Stephen Hawking's Universe
Topics ranging from cosmology to real unsolved mysteries, including an "Ask the Experts" section.
NewScientist.com
Features, research and tools from the magazine site.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
Internet Connections for Engineers
An extensive listing of engineering and science resources.
American Engineering Campaign
Facts on engineering (an engineer created the snowboard, you know) and the 20 greatest achievements in engineering (Hint: The snowboard wasn't one of them.)
Harvard's Research Matters Site
A portal to news articles that span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.
Scitable: Learn Science
Search science and nature topics, find experts, discussion forums, etc.
Wild Film History
Wildlife films and television programs from 1896 to the present. It includes oral histories and video interviews.
Popular Science
Tech news with some focus on science and medicine.
Scientific American
Magazine focusing on domestic science issues.
Science Week
A weekly that posts daily news briefs with science content.
Scientific Illustration
Tumblr blog on science issues.
ScienceforCitizens.net
The Network for Citizen Science Projects and Resources.
SciTechResources.gov
This site provides scientists, researchers, engineers, and others with easy access to government resources related to science and technology.
Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.
American Journal of Physiology
Advanced Cell Technology
A cloning business that is simply "giving Mother Nature a hand in producing duplicates of animals.
How Stuff Works: Human Cloning
Grossology: The (Impolite Science of the Human Body)
Rachel Carson Institute: Environment
Carson is considered the mother of the environmental movement. Learn more about her and her career.
PhysLink.com
Links to dozens of great physics education and reference sites.
Library of Congress: Science Reference Guides
ScienceResearch.com
Science research portal features news, conferences, studies and more.
Scitopia.org
Research and data from more than 15 science associations and publications.
ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
From George Mason University this site offer links to more than 5,000 history sites about science, technology and industry.
National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII]
Federal, state, and local government agencies, and their partners from universities, nonprofit agencies, industry, have created this "broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."
SciTopics
Current information for researchers on scientific, technical and medical topics.
Library of Congress: Science Tracer Bullets
Research guides that help you locate information on science and technology subjects.
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.
Public Library of Science
A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
WorldWideScience.org
This site is a "global science gateway connecting you to national and international scientific databases and portals."
Online Periodic Table
An award-winning site that lists and explains all the periodic tables.
Becoming Human
A great site on paleoanthropology, human evolution and origins. Flash 5 is required and a high-speed connection recommended for the video.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
AndreaCampbell.com
A forensic scientist, Campbell will soon have a book out, "Legal Ease: A Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure" and is offers contact information as a source at her Web site.
PBS Animal Encyclopedia
Hundreds of helpful facts and stats.
Women in Technology International
Active group in promoting women in the science and tech industries.
The Last Word: Science Questions
Pose questions about science topics.
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Smart Mouth
A site about food science for kids.
USGS: Track River and Stream Flows
Helpful in covering floods, hurricanes.
Museum of Science and Industry
Promotional site for Chicago museum.
StarScientific.com
Tobacco processing tech company.
Northwest Science Writers Association
Geared toward the region, but the site has many resources helpful to science writers anywhere.
Archaeology Info.
Glossary, gallery of fossil examples, timeline of human evolution.
ResourceShelf: Tips on Free Science Search Tools
Discover Magazine: Top Science Stories, 2008
European Organization for Nuclear Research: Large Hadron Collider
Milestones, safety, facts and figures, background, how it works, etc.
Wikipedia: The Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider Home Page
ScienceDaily
News and articles on science, health, environment and technology.
Food & Water Watch: Genetically Engineered Food: An Overview
WorldChanging: Global Warming Animations
NPR Science Friday: SciFri Videos
Chicago Council for Science and Technology
American Lung Association: State of the Air We Breathe
.PDF format of 2009 report.
Science U
A spinoff site from the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota, this site explains science in basic terms.
National Library of Medicine Rapid Research Notes
Access to research shared through online forums. Great for health and science writers scanning for latest research. Low-graphic, so it works well on mobile media.
Energy Information Administration Energy Statistics
Official stats from the U.S. government.
Google Scholar
Search journals, articles, academic papers and more.
Scirus
Science search tool is "the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web."
Online Journal Science Search Engine
American Wind Energy Association
American Wind Energy Association: Wind Entergy Basics
PubGene
Biology and genetics research.
NCBI: Entrez
Search life sciences publications.
Futurity
News source featuring the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, and more from North America's leading research universities.
Women in Science and Technology: Past, Present and Future Blog
]]> EPA Mobile Site
This EPA site downloads fast on a small screen and provides a wealth of information for reporters: blogs, contacts, press releases, information by ZIP code, etc.
Environmental Working Group
Research on health and the environment.
Full Frontal Scrutiny
Studies advocacy groups with green names that are actually funded by corporations.
EPA: ACToR Database
Collects information on more than 500,000 man-made chemicals from over 200 public sources.
EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology
GreenerChoices.org: EcoLabels Center
Tests the validity of a product label that claims to be "green."
Exploratorium.edu
This online museum features a collection of more than 600 innovative, interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, technology, etc.
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
More than 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States, from 1868 to present. Search through earthquakes, volcanoes, state parks, etc.
Yahoo!'s Environment and Science page
Updated news stories and links galore. Video and audio too!
IfItWasMyHome
offers a great mapping tool to help you visualize how big the BP oil spill is in your area. It also includes a widget of the livecam of the leak.
Arbor Day Foundation
Media page has press releases, logos/illustrations, PSAs, storm recovery kit and more.
GreenPeace
Environmental activist group with dozens of blogs, press center, sources, etc.
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.
Council on Foreign Relations Climate Crisis Guide
An excellent multimedia site on climate change issues.
Global Wind Energy Council
The council is a global forum for the wind energy sector, uniting the wind industry and its representative associations.
EnviroVote
A project by two journalism graduate students that aims to show the potential environmental impact of the 2008 elections.
World Meteorological Organization
FightGlobalWarming
Helpful press section includes a "low-carbon diet kit." Good source for experts on the topic.
Environmental Organization Web Directory
Natural Resources Defense Council
Reader's Digest: 50 Cleanest-Dirtiest Cities
Society of Environmental Journalists
Formyworld.com
A cool database that allows you to call up environmental news by zip code.
Natural Resources Defense Council
A nice resource for expert sources and studies. The organization releases studies on the environment, including beaches, erosion and water quality. The organization claims it "works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth."
Fragile Oasis
A space blog about how to improve the environment on Earth.
The Sierra Club
Conservation site has a press room, politics and issues section, video and more.
Washington Post: The Climate Agenda
USGS Earthquake Terms
A quick-reference glossary.
Farmer's Almanac Weather Page
Provides some of the forecast information from the print almanac, including full moons and meteor showers.
National Wildfire Update
This site tracks wildfires around the country.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Center
Research, education, newsletter and links.
National Zoo
Photos and information on all kinds of animals.
USGS Earthquake Regional Sites
Detailed stats and discoveries in your area.
Scorecard.org
This site leads you to high-risk areas for environmental problems. Just use a zip code for a complete list of top pollutants and polluters in that area. A very easy-to-use database.
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Publications, news, netcasts, etc.
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Society of Environmental Journalists FOI Resources
National Governor's Association: Greener Fuels, Vehicles Guide
Download in .PDF format.
ScienceDaily
News and articles on science, health, environment and technology.
SolarBuzz.com
All about solar power, industry stats and solar power equipment managers.
Climate Central
The site describes itself as "an independent, non-profit journalism and research organization...helping mainstream Americans understand how climate change connects to them."
Eco-Index
Managed by the Rainforest Alliance, the Eco-Index is a bilingual, searchable database of more than 1,250 biodiversity conservation and sustainable development projects in the North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
PaperCalculator.org
Developed by Enviornmental Defense, a nonprofit group. Offers U.S. average wood consumption energy use, and other environmental impacts of different kinds of paper.
AutoblogGreen
Tracks green efforts, or lack thereof, of the Big Three automakers.
Smithsonian Wild
A photostream of animals and birds from around the world.
Envirolink
A clearinghouse of breaking news and studies of environmental issues.
Environmental News Network
This started as a print newsletter but is a news site updated constantly.
Science and Technology News Network
Award-winning site with high-end news headlines.
EnviroInfo
A list of links and information on organizations, business, publications, online databases and software, research, and education for air pollution, biotechnology, chemistry, ecology, impact and risk assessment, laws, pollution, sustainable development, soil and wetlands, and water and wastewater.
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.
Whooping Crane Trust
This site follows the annual spring migration of the Sandhill cranes, among others.
Dept. of Energy: Active Oil Rigs
Use this state-by-state map to see where oil rigs are running in the United States.
National Priorities
A must-bookmark for any reporter, this site has a state-by-state breakdown of what's happening environmentally across the country. The site offers community groups resources to shape public policy and influence the national budget.
ZIP Code Zoo
From Neat New Stuff on the Web: This site helps you identify animals, plants, birds, butterflies and more in your area. Just type in your ZIP Code.
California Coastal Records Project
This site features an aerial photographic survey of the California Coast and updates on a periodic basis. This photographic database contains over 12,000 frames of the California coast shot since 2002.
Alternative Fueling Station Locator
National Academy of Sciences: U.S. Earthquake Resilience Needs Strengthening
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
Official energy stats from the U.S. government. Use this image map to look up information.
Earth911.org
Recycling tips galore.
FuelCells.org
Answers basic questions about fuel cell technology and links to companies and universities doing research in that area.
Preservation nation: America's Most Endangered Places, 2011
WikiSpecies
From Wikipedia, this site explores the environment.
American Society for Microbiology
Environmental Information Resources
A great collection of quick-reference links to environment sites, studies and other resources.
MODIS Rapid Response System
Developed to provide daily satellite images of the Earth's landmasses in near real time. Great for tracking storms, earthquakes, etc.
USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS: Track Invasive Plant and Animal Species
National Gardening Association
USGS: Track River and Stream Flows
Helpful in covering floods, hurricanes.
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center
Government site offers tip sheets, contacts, studies and other resources.
Petroleum Reduction Planning Tool
Consumer guide to cutting fuel costs. From the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center.
Nature
An international weekly science journal that publishes full-length research papers in all disciplines of science.
Macauly Library of Animal Video and Sound
A sort of You Tube meets Wild Kingdom, this site lets you search its vast database for all things animals.
RestoreTheGulf.gov
Government site on the post-BP oil spill and what it's doing to clean it up.
Cool Green Science
Conservation blog of the Nature Conservancy.
EPA Study: Coastlines
Detailed by region, this report shows the poor conditions the U.S. coastlines are in.
NOAA Photo Library
Shots from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel.
Deeply Curious
An archive of thousands of ocean and land photos from world-renowned photographers.
U.S. National Parks Listing
Describes all 388 national parks in the U.S. Includes travel pointers/services.
TrailLink Trails Database
A database of free trail information that allows you to acess surface types, locations, distances and even photos.
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International non-profit that works on a variety of wild and domestic animal issues. It has offices in 15 countries and more than 2 million supporters. It was founded in 1969 to stop the Canadian baby seal hunt and now works on animal issues ranging from whales to elephants to the bushmeat crisis in Africa. The site has a plethora of information, statistics, white papers and scientific reports that may be an asset to any journalist writing about wild or domestic animal issue.
Academic Earth: World's Top Scholars
Search this database of video lectures.
Tsunami
Tsunami Basics
From the University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences department.
NOAA: Tsunami Research Program
BlogPulse: Tsunami Coverage
An in-depth analysis of tsunami-related coverage.
Sophos: Tsunami Relief Hoaxes
A great collection of hoax e-mails and other scams.
International Bird Rescue Gulf Oil Spill Response
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
AirNow
Air-quality conditions and forecasts.
SAJA: Tsunami Resources
Lists experts, links, sources and more.
Wikipedia: Tsunamis
Basics on the Indian Ocean earthquake.
ReligionLink: Tsunami Stories
Several stories on religion angles in the wake of the disaster.
AlertNet.org
Lists tsunami relief efforts.
Tsunamihelp.blogspot.com
Dozens of bloggers in Asia update their tsunami sites daily.
Tsunami Missing Persons Blog
This site attempts to track down and pair up missing with families.
Physical Sciences Information Gateway
Launched on Sept. 17, 2001, PSIgate is the physical sciences hub for the UK's Resource Discovery Network (RDN). From this page, users can search the PSIgate database, search an expanded catalog (PSIgate+) generated by harvesting pages from the PSIgate database, or search across RDN databases. Returns include resources focused on astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, history of science, and more.
PollingReport.com: Environment Poll Collection
Search by group name, incident, leaders, members and cases.
StoriesThatMatter.org
A great source of environmental story ideas from an organization that targets career investigative journalists who develop general interest, nationally significant environmental and national security stories and then work to break them in the commercial media.
OceansFuture.org
Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the Northwestern Hawaiian islands.
Online Archaeology
Field notes, profiles, find of the week, etc.
Food & Water Watch
Consumer group site targeted at abuse of enviornmental resources by corporations, such as water companies, fish farms and factories.
Geologists and Earth Scientists
Biographies of leaders in these fields of study.
American Society of Testing and Materials
News and information from this regulatory agency includes a consultants directory.
National Geographic: Conservation
Interactive maps and other resources.
PBS: Evolution
Web site based on the miniseries. Includes background information, photos and videos.
Faultline
A new California's environmental magazine.
The Ecology Center
Publishes a paper quarterly, Terrain; there's a link on the main site.
The National Atlas of the United States
A set of interactive maps, including some special maps on volcanoes, exotic species, vegetationgrowth, federal Indian land areas, hazardous waste, nuclear sites, etc. The site is updated weekly.
National Parks Conservation Association
365 Days of Trash Blog
Dave Chameides blogs about yearlong project to save all of his refuse to help the environment. Interesting.
U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politcs, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.
American Society of Civil Engineers
A 2005 report on failing structures in U.S. infrastructure.
ENF PV Industry Directory
A global photovoltaic industry directory published in seven languages, showing details of more than 5,000 solar companies.
WorldChanging: Global Warming Animations
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
A superb environment site.
HealthyBuilding.net
Another superb environment site.
Planeta.com
Eco-travels in Latin America. News articles, search, resources and more!
GreenBiz.com
Comprehensive resource of environmental information, tools and data aimed at the mainstream business community.
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Ask a Biologist
From the National Science Foundation and Arizona State University.
The Why Files
From the National Science Foundation, this site looks at the science, math and technology questions behind the news.
Plants for a Future: 7,000 Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plants
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Environmental Coverage
Daily news coverage of Pacific Northwest, national and international environmental issues.
Recycler's World
Information on recycling just about any material you can think of.
Lycos Environment News
A daily update of environmental news.
Yahoo! Environmental News
Another daily news feed.
The Amicus Journal
A quarterly environmental magazine online.
BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
More than 6,700 terms with biochemestry, toxicology, medicine, ecology and more.
FuelEconomy.gov
Several price comparison tools and more.
Internet Resources for Earth Sciences
A super set of links from Cal Berkeley.
WWW Virtual Library: Earth Sciences
Official U.S. Earthquake Hazards Program
Background, research, regional sites, seismic networks and more.
Volcano Live
Updated news and Webcams on eruptions around the world.
Pollen.com
A great site for allergy sufferers or anyone writing about allergy season.
California's Pacific Gas & Electric
The site features several pages related to the blackouts, including maps, company bankruptcy documents and more.
Society of American Foresters
Scientific organization for the profession.
Wildlife Society
Scientific organization for the profession.
North Dakota State University Extension Service: Flooding
Tips on dealing with floods.
GlobalStewards.org: Environmental Tips
Tips on dealing with floods.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Story Ideas
A great place for news tips, stats and more.
Food and Agriculture Organization of America
Stories and press releases on global trends, economics, forestry and more.
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Geo Currents
A map-illustrated forum dedicated to exploring global geography. Most posts link to current events, supplying historical background, spatial analysis, and political and intellectual context.
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Wavegen.com
A cool site about using oceans to generate electricity.
The Natural History Museum Dinosaur Directory
Your kid knows 'em all, but you don't.
LizardHouse
Graphics, tips and background on various types of lizards.
U.S. Geological Society
Detailed explanations tailored to the media.
Swell.com
Look up real surfing spots.
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
NOVA
PBS show has a site dedicated to science, environmental issues and math. Links to top news stories in the categories.
Discover the Outdoors
It's more of an outdoor sportsmen's site, but it does have some helpful links.
Center for Environment and Population
CEP partners with leading experts and organizations to link science, to policy, and public outreach to better understand and address the issues. It helps compile, assess, and advance current knowledge and emerging trends on population and the environment.
Environmental Media Services
EMS is a private non-profit foundation-supported educational organization, is dedicated to encouraging environmental public health scientists and medical practitioners to contribute to public discussions about their work through the media. It has a helpful listing of environmental news on the site's left rail.
National Weather Service: National Tornado Fatality Map
This image map allows you to click on states/cities where deaths occurred.
International Dark Sky Association
Looks at city lights pollution.
National Gardening Association
Electronics Takeback Coalition
Nonprofit group offers tips and ideas for recycling and disposing of electronics. Includes news/resources, corporate responsibility and legislation/policy sections.
National Institute of Medicine: Environment
Studies, breaking news stories and experts.
MSNBC/Live Science: How Earthquakes Work
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Has a great links, press and glossary sections.
Blue Planet Foundation
Advocates for safe drinking water.
FilterforGood.com
Group that opposes bottled water.
Think Outside the Bottle
Corprorate Accountability International's campaign to challenge corporate control of water, including the bottled water industry.
We Can Solve the Climate Crisis
A project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years. Our economy, national security, and climate can't afford to wait.Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.
National Geographic's Map Machine
Maps tied to government statistics.
Newsweek: 2009 Green Rankings for U.S. Companies
List of 500.
The Alliance for Climate Protection
A nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
American Geological Society: Earth Science World Image Bank
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
EPA Fuel Economy Guide
Lists vehicles that get the best/worst gas mileage, fuel-saving tips, etc.
American Planning Association: Great Places in America
Site examines what makes for great neighborhoods, streets, and public spaces work.
Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment
Puts on educational seminars for journalists.
ClimateCounts.org
Ranks companies based on their impact on global warming.
EcoWorldly - International Environmental News for the World Citizen
American Wind Energy Association
American Wind Energy Association: Wind Entergy Basics
U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Savers Blog
National Center for Healthy Housing
American Lung Association: State of the Air We Breathe
.PDF format of 2009 report.
Park Histories: National Park Service
Ken Burns' documentary.
Maritime Knowledge Centre Sea Library
Bibliographic catalog of the Maritime Knowledge Center's collections of books, conference proceedings, key IMO documents, articles, videos and DVD's (over 70,000 records).
Association of Battery Recyclers
Water Resources Center Archives
CleanSkies.tv
From the American Clean Skies Network, this site offers energy and environmental news, information, discussion and commentary.
Scitable: Learn Science
Search science and nature topics, find experts, discussion forums, etc.
USGS: World's Earthquakes Ranked by Magnitude
Great quick reference for breaking news reporting on earthquakes.
NY Times: Dangers of Aging Dams, Flooding
Wild Film History
Wildlife films and television programs from 1896 to the present. It includes oral histories and video interviews.
MNN - Mother Nature Network
Breaking news, articles, blogs, videos, and how-to guides. You can search by format or category.
American Progress: Green Recovery
A program to create jobs and a low-carbon economy.
The Glass Packaging Institute Recycling Page
Geology.com: U.S. Map Collections for All 50 States
Knight Center Beat Guide: Energy Resources
Energy Savers
From the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Energy Information Administration
Resources from the U.S. Department of Energy.
CarbonRally
Tips to reduce your carbon footprint.
The Internet Bird Collection
Free online audiovisual library. The site is searchable by species or keyword and includes more than 30,000 videos and 2,000 photos.
Household Products Database
Search this to find what is safe/not safe for yourself and the environment.
100 Resources and Links for Writers
The Author's Guild
Dozens of great resources for writers and publishers. Legal information, tips, etc.
WritingWithClarity.com
An excellent site from Ken O'Quinn, a former news journalist turned writing coach/consultant.
The Power of Words
Bob Wyss of The Providence Journal has a great site on writing and writing well.
Gutenberg.net: Public Domain Books
Thousands of public domain books.
ClickZ: Seven Qualities of Good Online Writing
An online directory of writing education for journalism, poetry, screenwriting, etc.
Connect Online, LLC
An online directory of writing education for journalism, poetry, screenwriting, etc.
The WorkingReporter.com
Information and links for all reporting needs.
Reporter Pitch Story Information Exchange
Share story ideas, links and other resources.
FindHow's Writing Page
A great resource for accomplishing everyday tasks with a particular emphasis on writing topics.
Virtual Reference Desk
Quick research on almanac questions.
Libraryspot.com
One-stop shopping for dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference materials.
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.
Writers' Forum
Forum members are in the process of writing a debut novel/non-fiction volume of prose or poetry. The online community discusses the process of researching and writing a first book. Members get access to exclusive podcasts and interviews, plus original articles and tips for amateur and professional writers, artists, etc.
"No Train, No Gain"
A helpful site for training tips from newsroom trainers around the world.
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 web site.
30 Useful Tools for Freelancers
Free online tools to manage workflow, revenues, expenses, etc.
Ragan: 14 Apps That Will Jumpstart Your Writing
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.
Jared Spool's User Interface Engineering
Jacob Nielsen's Alertbox
An ongoing series on topics such as "How users read on the Web", "Why Web users scan instead of read".
Freelance Writing Organization International
A free site that hosts thousands of writing resources and writing links in a massive online database. 40-plus genres, funds for writers, job listings, education, news, submission calls, research library. Writing resources range from adventure to westerns, agents to publishers. Professional resources for all writers, editors, journalists of all mediums.
Newslab's "Getting the Numbers Right"
NetLingo.com Internet Dictionary
This is a modern dictionary of everyday jargon used at work, in cyberspace, and in "the real world." Easy-to-understand, its mission is to help all computer users learn some basic concepts about what the Internet is, how the Web works, and what you need to know to take part in the online world.
Allwords.com
Look up spellings quickly.
Freelance Writing Organization
International
A free site that hosts thousands of writing resources and writing links in a massive online database. 40+ genres, funds for writers, job listings, education, news, submission calls, research library. Writing resources range from adventure to westerns, agents to publishers. Professional resources for all writers, editors, journalists of all mediums.
Garbl's Writing Center
A great collection of free writing tips, resources, links, etc.
Today in Literature
A calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history.
Dictionaries on the Web
More than 100 links to dictionaries in 40 languages
Thesaurus.com
Look up words quickly.
Acronym Finder
Not sure what alphabet soup means? Look up the acronym for the full spelling.
Dictionary
Quick reference for word searches.
Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Misspelled Words
Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Mispronounced Words
University Writing Style Guides
A large collection of online style guides.
Liam's Pictures from Old Books
More than 2,400 high-resolution images from more than 160 antique books.
Slanguage: Slang Terms
A collection of regional, national and international slang terms.
Internet Resources for Writers
A great one-page stop for helpful writing and reporting links.
Webopedia
Look up the latest in high-tech jargon; definitions in layman's terms.
Netlingo
The Internet Language Dictionary
Onelook Dictionary
A glossary of 743 subjects.
Bartleby's Familiar Quotations
Not sure who said it? Look it up!
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.
Newscript: Writing for Radio
This site is run by Michael Meckler, a professor of classical and medieval Latin literature at Ohio State University. A useful guide to various forms of audio journalism, along with practical tips on writing for the ear.
Community Media Workshop
Dozens of resources and tips pages on reporting issues.
E-journals.org
Search for journals on hundreds of wide-ranging topics.
Webgrammar.com
Writing tips, grammar index, online tips and more.
WritePath
Blog on writing, history, e-updates and more!
Children's Literature Database
This database has thousands of listings of award-winning children's literature books.
Literary Web
Compiled by the University of Virginia this site offers author directories, book collections, journals, literary resources, etc.
Lit Line Links
More than 100 listings of links to organizations and other literature directories.
Harvard's Nieman Narrative Digest
Updated every couple of weeks with tips and ideas about narrative writing.
Liam's Pictures from Old Books
More than 2,400 high-resolution images from more than 160 antique books.
Harvard's Notable Narratives Database
A database of narrative journalism samples. Search by dates, source, topic, etc.
Bull's Eye Business Writing Tips
More than 400 tips.
KnightCite Bibliography Writer
Based on input from the user, this tool generates bibliographic information for term and research papers. And it does so in any of three styles chosen by the user - Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA) or Chicago Manual of Style.
Jim's Word/Writer's Links
A great collection of writing resources for journalists and others.
WritersHome.com: Freelance Writing Resources
Chip on Your Shoulder Writing Column
From Poynter.org's Chip Scanlan.
Columbia Journalism Review Resource Guides
Covers a variety of journalism topics.
Obit Writing Tips
Suggestions from journalist Gerry Goldstein.
WritePath.com
Reference materials for writers to address the questions journalists do.
Logophilia.com
Features terms tied to current events. A very helpful resource. You have to pay for some items, though.
AmericanDialect.org
The site selects "Words of the Year." Hilarious.
ReverseSpeech.com
Ever wonder what you're saying backwards?
World Clock
Convert time, date to anywhere in the world.
Who, What, When Database
A cool tool that allows you to quickly search historical timelines.
Common Errors in English
Is it further or farther? Settle all newsroom bets.
Simpli.com
For finding words in their proper context, this directory is also useful for finding alternate words to concepts or ideas.
Oingo.com
For finding words in their proper context, this directory is also useful for finding alternate words to concepts or ideas.
The Writer's Guru
Reporters can post queries about research, grammar, spelling, etc.
Buzzwhack's Buzzword Complaint Dictionary
A funny site that helps you clarify what your boss or client is talking about.
Reporter's Desktop
Several great reporting tools.
Itools.com
Language and library aids, research materials
Writers on America
Fifteen writers enlisted by the State Department to contribute essays (for overseas consumption) on what it means to be a writer in America.
Research and Style Guides for Students
Nearly 100 links to helpful research sites.
Webster's Guide to Grammar and Writing
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.
LSU's Ready Reference Style Guide
The Writing Center's Online Handouts
Garrison Keillor's Writers Almanac
Citation Styles to Electronic and Internet Sources
Studs Turkel: Conversation with America
Interviews, links, stories from the famous Chicago-based author.
SFLink.net
Puts journalists in touch with science fiction experts including authors, artists and fans.
Openweb Analysts
This company helps journalists and news people with the concepts behind Open Source software, such as Linux, Apache web server and OpenOffice.
Wacky Writer's World
A web site for writers about the writer's craft, the "business" side of writing, and other topics of interest to writers and others.
Internet-Resources.com: Writers
More than 1,900 useful links for writers.
Editorial Freelancers Association
The WritersManual.com
Great resources and industry news.
Writers Weekly
A great E-zine full of writing tips, publishing news, etc.
NewsPlace.org
A search site that features a "Grammar Matters" review section.
Dictionaries on the Web
More than 100 links to dictionaries in 40 languages
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Bedford St. Martin's Web Resources for Writers
Columbia Encyclopedia
The sixth edition has 51,000 entries and 80,000 cross references and search capabilities.
Writing for the Web/Online Tools
Jakob Nielsen's Writing for the Web
Dozens of great tips and research on developing online content.
Gahran.com
Web consultant Amy Gahran, who offers super tips on writing, editing and designing for the Web.
WritetheWeb.com
News for Web users who write back.
Writing for the Web and Creating Effective Online Content
A Webword.com interview with online writing expert Amy Gahran.
Writing for the Web
The basic do's and don'ts from Webnovice.com.
SearchSpell.com
Check your spelling as you submit a query.
TimeTicker.com
Use this database to check what time it is anywhere in the world.
EditAvenue.com
Claims to be the he Internet?s "premier editing resource." You can select English professors, technical writers, lawyers, copy editors, scientists, or more than 200 other editing experts to correct and enhance your writing.
Web Writer Weekly
Resources and links for writers.
American Society of Journalists and Authors
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Tips on writing, punctuation, grammar, usage, etc. Great podcasts where GG answers user-submitted questions.
Internet Public Library Pathfinder
University of Michigan librarians organize subject pages that included annotated suggestions for both the Web and library books. A great starting point for any story.
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.
Writing and Publishing Links
Wordorigins.org
The truth and myth about where words come from.
TipsforWriters.com
Advice and instruction on contracts, copyrights, plagiarism.
The Beat Page
A literature and publishing news site.
Eliterature.org
Dozens of resources for all types of writing. A great site!
PublishersLunch
News and notes on the book business. Sign up for a free daily e-mail newsletter.
TipsforWriters.com
Advice and instruction on contracts, copyrights, plagiarism.
Eliterature.org
Dozens of resources for all types of writing. A great site!
Modern Library: 100 Best Novels
American Booksellers Association
National trade association.
Bookwire.com
Publishing news, features and interviews.
AuthorsDen
Gathering place to share information between unpublished authors.
Authorlink
Buys and sells rights to unpublished manuscripts.
Small Publishers Association of North America
American Self-Publisher Association
Devoted to teaching authors how to self-publish and market their books.
The Complete Review
A literary review site.
Neil Gaiman's Writing Journal
A regularly-updated journal as quirky as his professional work.
American Booksellers Association
National trade association.
Bookwire.com
Publishing news, features and interviews.
BookFinder.com
Links to 20,000 independent book-sellers and lists more than 30 million books (new, used, rare, etc.).
AuthorsDen
Gathering place to share information between unpublished authors.
Authorlink
Buys and sells rights to unpublished manuscripts.
Small Publishers Association of North America
American Self-Publisher Association
Devoted to teaching authors how to self-publish and market their books.
Arts & Letters Daily
Updated sets of links each day.
3 a.m. Magazine
A contemporary art and literature site that features photo essays, poems, essays, stories and more.
Indentity Theory
A contemporary art and literature site that features photo essays, poems, essays, stories and more.
Corpse
A contemporary art and literature site that features photo essays, poems, essays, stories and more.
Rosetta Project
Archive of lost languages, pronunciation guides and writing samples.
Chapter-a-Day
The site will e-mail you a chapter or two of a book each day. Very cool.
Publink.net
A database of authors, author bios, interviews, etc.
Written Road
A blog for travel
writers. This specific page offers resources for
writers.
Writer's Digest: 101 Best Websites for Writers
BookTV.org
A very handy search tool allows you to locate video interviews with non-fiction book editors.
Usable Web: Guide to Resources about Web Usability
Homesite Journal
A treasure trove of tips and tricks.
Tim Berners-Lee's CERN Style Guide
In the First Person
Site claims to be a "free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world."
National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII]
Federal, state, and local government agencies, and their partners from universities provide data to biological information. This site helps you track it down.
Resources for Technical Writers
Project Gutenberg
More than 35,000 eBooks representing more than 50 languages.
The Book Report Network
Book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of new releases, literary games and contests
Good Culture: The Longform Journalism Renaissance
Short list of links to good narrative writing sites.
Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing
CyberLaw Encylopedia: Copyright Law
LongForm.org: Best of 2011
The best in long-form writing.
PubMed Medical Library
Search a large database of journal articles by title, author, publication, etc.
Hospital Comparison Database
Type in your ZIP code to get mortality rates for a limited list of illnesses at hospitals in your area.
Hospital Select
Search a national database of hospitals.
ClinicalTrials.gov
A National Institutes of Health Web site with more than 4,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at more than 47,000 locations.
Drugs.com
Claims it provides "a convenient, unbiased and reliable source of drug information at one of the most easily remembered Web site addresses on the Internet." Of particular interest is the drug interaction program.
Health Policy Tracking Service
WhoIsSick.org
This site maps cold and flu symptoms by ZIP code. Users can log their ailments.
County Health Rankings
Use this image map to track how healthy your county or surrounding counties are.
Spine-Health.com
Doctors database, research, announcements, etc.
America's Health Rankings
Pick a state to find stats, rankings in various categories such as immunizations, heart attacks, cancer deaths, etc.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
Studies, stats, links, newsletters, contacts and more.
CNN: Health Library
A great library of dozens of multimedia packages on diseases and health-related issues. Great for quick-reference.
PharmacyChecker.com
Look up facts about drugs.
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
A great database from Cal-San Francisco that contains 20 million fully searchable documents from the1930s to the 1990s -- previously secret stuff from tobacco industry files obtained as part of the Minnesota AG and Blue Cross lawsuit settled in 1998.
Reporter's Guide to U.S. Global Health PolicyFrom Kaiser Family Foundation, this is an easy-to-use online reference for the media covering global health.
Sports Injuries
This handout from the National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease.
State Health Facts Online
A super collection of statistics.
American Association for Homecare
Healthmap: Global Health, Local Information
Open Access Eprint Archives in Science, Technology and Medicine
Research and reports on hundreds of topics.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Features a research clearinghouse so you can track what experts, drug companies say about imported medicines.
Medline Plus: Memory Impairment
Public Citizen: Questionable Doctors
A non-profit watchdog organization that keeps a list of 6,700 "questionable" doctors in 12 states. Cost is $10.
Fact Sheets from NCHS
Healthy weight, overweight, and obesity among U.S. adults. A .PDF file.
Informed Patient Institute
Ranks healthcare websites on content, timeliness, presentation to help people find more reliable information. Good for sourcing for reporters.
American Chronic Pain Association
Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
U.S. News: Top American Hospitals 2009
Kaiser State Health Facts
From Marylaine Block's Neat New Stuff on the Net: Find out how well your state is doing in regard to health coverage and the uninsured.
Kaiser Family Foundation: The Uninsured
Resources for writing about people without medical insurance.
Calypte Biomedical
Resources, news and research on cancer, heart disease, AIDS, neurological diseases, etc.
eMedicine Journal
A fee-based medical index of online peer-reviewed journals, reference books, and articles.
NIH Research Matters
Weekly medical news update with podcasts, videos and more.
MedlinePlus: Exercise and Physical Fitness
U.S. Census: Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
Download data and map of households with and without health insurance. Sort by county, area, etc.
Cholesterol Status Among Adults in the United States
BBC: Human Body Site
A walk through human anatomy 101.
Medical World Search
Searchable database of 100,000+ documents, reports, papers on medical research and diseases from universities, teaching hospitals, research centers.
VMyths.com
Myths about viruses.
Gray's Anatomy at Bartleby.com
Pubmed Medical Studies Database
Health A to Z
A comprehensive health guide that features links, interactive tools, info centers and e-mail updates. Good for some quick research.
HealthGrades.com
Evaluates hospitals, doctors, executives, managed care, etc.
Healthindex.org
Links to dozens of research stats, etc.
DocFinder Doctors Database
American State Medical Association Data from state medical boards, which provide data on licensed doctors, including their specialties, medical school, license number and whether there is regulatory action pending.
Martindale's The Reference Desk
An extensive set of health science links.
DrugStory.org
This site presents the latest drug-related information to help writers quickly locate and research critical information on specific drugs and provides writers with the opportunity to e-mail specific questions to a select list of drug experts. Also, the site features interviews with people whose lives have been affected by drugs, as well as summaries of Writers Roundtables on specific drug-related topics.
National Institute of Health: U.S. Health Care Research
Use this to keep up with what's going on at the company.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
A searchable database of more than 1,100 diseases.
Prevline.com
National clearinghouse for alcohol and drug information.
QuestforCures.com
A search engine dedicated to searching the Web for cures for specific diseases. Also has a news search feature.
National Trauma Data Bank Data Center
Claims to be "the largest aggregation of trauma registry data ever assembled." The goal of the NTDB is to inform the medical community, the public, and decision makers about a wide variety of issues that characterize the current state of care for injured persons.
OmniMedicalSearch: Medical Image Search Engine
College Drinking Study (April 2002)
A study by the federally supported Task Force on College Drinking estimated that drinking by college students contributes to 1,400 deaths, 500,000 injuries and 70,000 cases of sexual assault or date rape a year.
Lasker Foundation.org
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation presents premiere prizes in basic and clinical medical research (America's Nobel's), and has built a site with lots of information and links about biomedical research issues, leaders, etc. It recently connected with www.publicagenda.org to provide info/research/tools for journalists, elected officials, etc.
BeMedWise.org
From the National Council on Parent Information and Education, this site is a coalition of health-related organizations to help people better understand over-the-counter medicines. Good background information on drug contents and interactions.
American Social Health Association: STDs
Background and history of sexually transmitted diseases.
Treatment Advocacy Center
Studies on mental illness, treatments, and various laws and legal interpretations.
Global Health Facts
Data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more. You can search data by country and create customized data sheets.
Global Health Reporting
Information on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more.
State Health Facts
Use image map or category to mine statistics by state.
CDC: National Center for Health Statistics
The National Library of Medicine Dietary Supplements Labels Database
Labels from more than 3,000 brands of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc.
American Hospital Directory
Search for a hospital by name, city, zip code, phone number, etc.
Legacy Drug Industry Document Archive
More than 2,500 documents from drug companies about industry-sponsored clinical trials, publication of study results, pricing, marketing, relations with physicians and involvement in continuing medical education.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.
Cochrane Reviews
Database of free, searchable abstracts of medical treatments.
MedNets
Search medical journals, databases, medical societies.
MedicineNet
Search medical journals, databases, medical societies.
Healthline
Another WebMD-like site.
Omni Medical Search
Search news, images, discussion forums, MedPro, etc. A great quick-search tool.
Washington Post: Mention Machine
Tracks Twitter and media mentions of candidates.
U.S. Election Atlas
A pay site that's full of past election statistics, including county-by-county presidential election results going back to the 1960s.
ABC News OTUS Site
Covers politics and elections "Of the United States" (OTUS).
Des Moines Register: Storify of Iowa Caucuses
Washington Post Politics Coverage
In-depth coverage from the campaign trail., including blogs and other commentary.
The Caucus: NY Times Political Blog
The Trail: Washington Post Political Blog
LA Times: Top of the Ticket Blog
Chicago Tribune: The Swamp Blog
Political blog with a focus on the national elections.
CNN Cafferty File Blog
Political analyst Jack Cafferty's blog is often updated several times a day.
RealClearPolitics
Culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass. The site's political commentary, blogs, election analysis and polling averages have been featured in several national media outlets, including The New York Times, FOX News, CNN, The Economist, etc.
Presidential Election Reader
A great feed of news stories, videos, blog updates and polls.
Politico.com
Covers politics in three areas: Congress and the constant flow of agendas, personalities and power struggles that define daily life on Capitol Hill; the 2008 presidential campaign; lobbying and advocacy.
Daily Dish
Andrew Sullivan's political blog.
PowerLine
Political blog that focuses on liberal media.
Politicker
Political insider blog.
Captain's Quarters
Must-read right wing blog.
Hit & Run
From Reason magazine.
Chicago Sun-Times: DNC Coverage
Disaboom Politcal Blog
Focuses on interests and issues of people with disabilities.
Square State Blog
Main focus is on Colorado politics but covers some of the national elections, too.
Washington Post Fact-Checker Blog
USA Today Politics
Poll tracking in all 50 states, electoral vote tracker, campaign ad tracker, stories, photos and blogs.
Google Election 2008 Resources
Yahoo! Election 2008 Resources
MSNBC Politics: Candidate Brain Trusts
Profiles of the top advisers to the presidential candidates.
MSNBC: Mayors' Cries to Help for Obama
Survey, presented as an image map, of advice to Obama from mayor's of large and small U.S. cities.
Sunlight Foundation: PoliticalPartyTime.org
This political watchdog group's blog tracks fundraising activities by parties and candidates.
FindLaw: Election 2008
Video, stories, documents and other materials relating to the 2008 Presidential Election.
National Association of State Election Directors
University of Michigan: Election Maps 2008
Analysis of voting maps, FAQ, etc.
Our Vote Live Nationwide Voting Data
State-by-state tabulation of voter problems from the 2008 elections.
League of Women Voters: Vote411.org
Voting information by state: deadlines, polling finders, ballot measures and more.
FEC: How the Electoral College Works
FairVote.org
Operating for many years as the Center for Voting and Democracy, FairVote was founded in 1992 and tracks voter turnout, and research reports on election administration, among other things.
Election Assistance Commission
A national clearinghouse of information about election administration. Includes FOIAs, news center, voter information, etc.
Election Assistance Commission: Voter Turnout from Past Elections
Poynter: How to Use Social Media to Cover Elections
Kaiser Family Foundation: Health '08
News links, podcasts, journalists' page, polls, analysis and more on the election and healthcare issues.
Kaiser Family Foundation: Candidate Healthcare Stances
Side-by-side comparison of Obama and McCain healthcare plans.
Center for Public Integrity: Paper Trail Blog
A non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The blog explores many political issues and tracks what politicians own, lobbying, etc.
Pew Internet & American Life Project
An initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.
MAPLight.org: Money and Politics
Database makes connections between legislative votes and campaign donations.
WSJ: 2008 Campaign Fundraising Totals
Access to this does not require a subscription to the WSJ.
FedSpending.org
Use this database to track what companies receive federal grants and contracts. You can sort by state, district, agency, etc.
HuffingtonPost.com: Fundrace
Use this interactive map and database to track presidential contributions by zip code, party, candidate,
USA Today Campaign Finance Tracker
Sunlight Foundation
Political watchdog group that tracks lobbyists and fundraising.
Everyzing
This search tool finds campaign-related audio/video.
Google Political Audio Indexing
Search audio from the presidential candidates on a specific topic.
Perspctv.com
Tracks news mentions, blog mentions and tracks other information on the presidential candidates.
Tech President
A great blog run by the Presidential Democracy Forum that tracks various campaign sites, postings on YouTube, etc. A great snapshot of how candidates are using the web.
PBS/YouTube: Video Your Vote
Site invites you to share your voting experience with a video post. Some of the best videos will be featured on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on Election Day.
WebMD: Compare Presidential Candidates' Health Stances
PBS Frontline: The Choice 2008
An in-depth look at the presidential candidates.
Open Congress: 50 Key Senate Votes
PolitiFact.com Truth-o-Meter
A project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly, created the site to help voters separate fact from falsehood in the 2008 presidential campaign. Journalists and researchers from the Times and CQ will fact-check the accuracy of speeches, TV ads, interviews and other campaign communications.
SpinSpotter
An interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf.
IRE's Campaign Finance Information Center
This site features a database of campaign finance story ideas and tips from reporters across the country.
Gallup: Election 2008
Survey results on the presidential race and the issues.
The Associated Press Polls
This page lists links to recently released AP polls on various topics.
Harris Interactive Client News
Links to poll results on political issues.
Zogby International
Polling information on elections and other issues. Has a good newsroom section.
Guide to Public Opinion Poll Websites
Links galore from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Twenty Questions Journalists Should Ask About Poll Results
FiveThirtyEight Pollster Blog
Named for the number of votes in the Electoral College, this blog is written by pollster Nate Silver, managing partner or Baseball Prospectus who created a system for making baseball player performance predictions.
Scripps Howard News Service: White House Candidate Rumors Poll
Electoral-Vote.com
Computer science professor tracks state polls and provides a graphic summary of the electoral vote outlook.
All About Redistricting
A comprehensive guide to the process of drawing electoral lines, allowing users to drill down state-by-state. Created by Justin Levitt teaches Law of the Political Process and Constitutional Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.
Vote-Smart.org
Covers candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
Political Irony: Humor and Hypocrisy from the World of Politics
A blog with political cartoons, videos, commentary, etc.
Campaign Legal Center
FEC proceedings, media policies, redistricting, court cases, blog, press releases, links and other resources.
VoteView
Princeton site ranks how liberal or conservative politicians are, based on software and a spatial map tracking roll-call votes. The research is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation.
The Cato Institute
A non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.
Common Cause
Election watchdog organization.
Black Box Voting
Voting watchdog group.
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
Election Protection
The nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition.
NewsMeat: Celebrity Political Donations
Database of celebrity donations to parties, candidates and special interest groups. (Claims to track them from 1978 to present.)
CJR Campaign Desk
A Columbia Journalism Review blog devoted to watchdogging the media.
Opensecrets.org
A fantastic site for researching campaign financing statistics.
Sunlight Foundation: Influence Explorer
From Marylaine Block: "Type in the names of lawmakers, corporations, or individuals here to find out who is providing the most funding for your congressional candidates."
IRE's Campaign Finance Information Center
This site features a database of campaign finance story ideas and tips from reporters across the country.
Campaignfinance.org
Includes campaign finance research and a clearinghouse of key FOIA sites.
Campaign Finance Information Center
Use the handy image map to call up information by state.
FEC Info/Political Moneyline
Search PAC, soft money, lobby databases and more.
Federal Election Commission Home Page
Loaded with contribution statistics.
FEC: Detailed Files About Candidates, Parties and Other Committees
Information on contributors, including city, state and ZIP.
Politics1.com
Links to various races around the country.
Fund Race: Money Maps
Trace where presidential candidates get their money.
Roll Call: Politics Links
Links to dozens of think tanks, etc.
JudgePedia.org
A great election resource that tracks state supreme courts, their elections and news on judges.
Robert Niles: Questions to Ask Candidates
A great list of key questions for candidates at all levels. Great for new and intermediate reporters.
Obama's Family Tree
Chicago Sun-Times' Scott Fornek traces the presidential candidate's family tree and profiles key family members<./p>
The Progressive
Liberal political site.
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Public Interest Research Groups
Consumer protection, environmental groups, dangerous toys, etc.
Our Vote Live
From the Election Protection Coalition, this site review in real-time reports of voter assistance calls made to 866-OUR-VOTE. It includes, maps, a blog and allows you to search reports.
Twitter Vote Report
Track wait times and other voting news live.
Newseum: On the Campaign Trail
National Public Radio
Several great resources for political coverage.
Congressional Quarterly's Campaigns & Elections Magazine
The Hill
Magazine covers Capitol Hill.
Roll Call
Another publication covering Congress.
PBS Frontline: Government and Elections
A collection of companion Web sites on various political topics.
Dirty Money
The Environmental Working Group's site shows which elected representatives get the biggest contributions from the filthiest polluters. A dynamite database.
EnviroVote
A project by two journalism graduate students that aims to show the potential environmental impact of the 2008 elections.
Guide to Public Opinion Poll Websites
Links galore from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
PollingReport.com
A clearinghouse of election polls. Updated whenever they come out.
Voting in America: 1840-2008
Interactive maps, commentary and analysis on voting patterns.
C-SPAN Politics: Campaign 2008
E-Democracy
Election news, information and links.
Cursor.org
A handy collection of news and political stories.
Pew Forum: Religion Issues in 2008 Presidential Campaign
Beliefnet: The 12 Tribes of American Politics
Survey breaks down 12 religious voting blocs.
AAAS: Science & Technology in the 2008 Election
From the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Counter Punch Political Newsletter
Great commentary and super links section to political, economic and media sites.
Reliable Resources
Search state-by-state for political stories. Run by the Pew Center and USC.
Center for Public Integrity
A D.C. watchdog group that explores many issues and special interests.
Wisconsin Advertising Project
Studies campaign spending and advertising.
Almanac of American Politics
Key votes, committee changes and election results.
ElectionWorld.org
Elections around the world.
Elections and Electoral Systems Around the World
A collection of links to various election and electoral sites. Compiled by a UK academic.
Lijphart Elections Archive
Housed at the University of California, San Diego campus, is a research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries.
ElectionLine: State Election Law Charts
E-Democracy: U.S. Elections
An excellent politics portal.
National Review: Election 2008
News, blogs and more from the conservative publication.
U.S. House Clerk's Office: Election Statistics 1920-2002 Directory
The official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.
Campaign Finance Institute
Resources galore, including congressional statistics back to 1978, breaking news, interest groups, disclosure, election coverage and more.
FactCheck.org
Annenberg's political fact-checking resource.
C-SPAN Politics: Campaign 2008
Speech and Transcript Center
Links to key speeches and transcripts (English language) by key government, military and other leaders. It also includes direct links to related full-text docs and other reference type materials.
Congressional Accountability Project
Site, which claims to fight corruption in Congress, offers information ranging from pay and perks to ethics.
Record Verification for Political Candidates
Check a candidates military record, etc.
National Personnel Records Center
A central repository of personnel-related records, both military and civil service. The site's mission is to "provide world-class service to government agencies, military veterans, former civilian Federal employees, family members, as well as researchers and historians."
Washingtonpost.com's On Politics
A deep site that includes a searchable database of all political races, sorted by state and federal levels.
CNN's AllPolitics site
Another great site for following the elections.
OpenDemocracy.net
A non-profit site who's aim is to stimulate debate on global issues. It is non-partisan and presents a range of views on any subject. For journalists, it is an invaluable source of quality background information on international relations, European and Islamic cultures, world opinion and much more. The media section currently features a multi-article debate on journalism and war, and a world media monitor of news coverage on SARS and the war on Iraq.
BusinessWeek
Where to get coverage on Election Day.
Talking Points Blog
A left-leaning political blog.
Memeoandum
Focusing primarily on U.S. politics and current affairs, this site auto-generates a news summary every five minutes, drawing on experts and pundits, insiders and outsiders, media professionals and amateur bloggers.
MSNBC: MySpace Decision '08 Page
U.S. Department of Justice: Voting Rights
U.S. Department of Justice: Federal Voting Rights Laws
Youth04.org
Targeted to voters 18-25. Studies, discussions, etc. Hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology but run by college students.
Stump
The Poynter Institute built this site to cover the California recall but continued it for the presidential campaign. Features various blogs, coverage, advertising, etc.
League of Conservation Voters
Scorecard on environmental issues.
Conservative News Service
Places emphasis on its political position.
The Political Compass
Fill out this form to find out what political party you should be in. A fun site!
CapSteps.com: Political Satire
Internet Public Library: Presidents of the United States
Library of Congress: American Memory
TRAC Government Site
A super site developed by Syracuse University to guide you to and through several government sites, including the IRS, FBI, DEA and ATF.
TruthOut
A free politics and social issues newsletter.
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.
WebWhiteBlue.org
Site's no longer live but is archived.
Media Research Center
A dynamite site that has some commentary on media coverage of the political scene.
Issues2000.org
Easy-to-use site to check where candidates stand on issues.
C-SPAN: Nixon Tapes 1971-73
Excerpts from his foreign relations dealings, Supreme Court issues, etc.
Counter Views
Run by a group of conservative political commentators who have have been in politics each for about two decades, this site has been used by many national media outlets. One hosts a political TV show, anotherhosts a political radio show, one is a Hoover Institute fellow and the otherthe former head of a west coast conservative think tank. Topics have included education reform, Enron, John Walker and campaign politics.
ThisNation.com
Dozens of resources for tracking politics.
Policy.com
Non-partisan site offers "unbiased news and analysis." It includes some great research and analysis on policy issues such as education, technology, environment and healthcare.
VoteLink.com
Votelink highlights current topics and newsmakers. Organized by business, politics, teen vote, etc.
Taxpayer.net
An advocacy group that touches on a variety of current issues. Includes links to news stories all over the globe.
SelectSurf Politics Links
Links to several great politics sites.
The Political Graveyard
This page tells us where dead politicians are buried. Search by name, state, cemetery name, etc.
Vote411.org
Non-partisan election coverage on the Democracy Network.
Spinsanity
This site breaks down political spin.
Center for Policy Alternatives/StateAction.org
Washington think tank.
30Issues Wiki
Part of the Brian Lehrer Show's 30 Issues in 30 Days on WNYC.
News21: Politics and the Environment
From the Carnegie-Knight initiative on journalism education.
University of Michigan Library: Political Science Resources
Mother Jones Political News Page
Links to dozens of current news stories.
Influence Explorer
From the Sunlight Foundation, OpenSecrets.org, and the Project on Government Oversight, this site tracks voting trends of politicians. Great first-stop for tracking conflicts of interest or investigating a politician.
Institute for Public Accuracy
As a nationwide group of policy researchers. Great source for public policy issues!
History and Politics Out Loud
A database of famous political speeches, including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon. Search by speech title, speaker's name or date. Note: Your browser may need plug-ins to hear the audio.
California Voter Foundation
News, stats and studies.
NATO News.com
Dozens of global news updates and helpful links.
Capitol Hill Blue
Political news with a twist.
Andrew Sullivan
A good politics site with an edge -- usually enjoyed by liberals, conservatives and moderates alike.
Mickey Kaus' KausFiles.com
Links, story ideas and spin from an author and public policy guru.
Adherents.com
A religion site that includes a list of religions of past presidents.
Political Site of the Day
From Totalnews.com.
American Rhetoric: Top Political Speeches of All-Time
Download video from the "speech bank."
SnagFilms
Browse political programming and other videos.
Talking Points Memo
Political commentary from Josh Marshall, a Washington, D.C.-based writer and former Washington Editor of the American Prospect. His articles on politics and culture have appeared in The American Prospect, The Columbia Journalism, Review, Feed, The New Republic, The New York Post, The New York Times, Newsday, Salon and Slate, among others.
Front Page.com
A right-wing political site edited by David Horowitz.
Sports Illustrated: Political Arena Politics
Essay on how sports and politics relate, photo galleries of athletes turned politicians.
TomPaine.com
A political journal with links to professional and personal posts.
The Rothenberg Political Report
HuffingtonPost.com
A good political site from the syndicated political columnist.
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Watchdog group on wasteful government spending. Site includes a media page and is organized by categories such as government contracts, energy, transportation, national security, etc.
Columbia Journalism Review Campaign Desk
Silobreaker: 2008 Election News
National Absentee Ballot Guide
Ballotpedia
A free wiki that offers information on ballots, ballot measures, ballot access for initiatives and candidates, petition drives, etc. It's sponsored by a group called Citizens in Charge Foundation. It offers a recent changes section and a good search tips page. It also has news linked and "Judgepedia" and "Sunshine Review" pages. Be careful to fact-check anything you use on a wiki site, as it can be edited by anyone..
CivilRights.org: Voting Resources
FreeRepublic.com
Conservative site news.
Chicago Council of Lawyers
Evaluations of judicial candidates and much more.
Adherents.com
A religion site that includes a list of religions of past presidents.
Amnesty International
Links to stories, studies and more.
Greenpeace
Environmental activist group.
Poligraft
This Sunlight Foundation site adds political context to news stories by scanning news articles you enter for the names of donors, corporations, lobbyists and politicians and shows how they are connected by contributions. Free site.
National Coalition for the Homeless
The Nation
A progressive journal on politics and culture.
National Freedom of Information Coalition
Political BS
Web-based political discussion forums and to government and media source around the world.
Electionline.org: Pew Center on the States
Center for Citizen Media: State Law: Documenting Your Vote
Center for Citizen Media: State Law: Documenting Your Vote
WorkingforChange.com
A left-leaning news and links site launched in spring of 2000 is owned by the liberal long-distance telephone company Working Assets./p>
ABC News: Match-o-Matic
Match your opinions with the presidential candidates'.
Chiefs of State Specialized Biography Search
Prominent Anarchists Specialized Biography Search
Pew Center's The People, The Press Research Center
Polls, articles and helpful links.
American Politics Journal
A hilarious parody site.
Scoop08: National Student Newspaper Election Coverage
First online national student newspaper will cover the 2008 elections.
PBS: The American Experience - The President
A great interactive video site that lets you pick a question that a past president will answer in a video. (Examples: "How Influential is the First Lady?" and "How Do You End a War?"
PublicCampaign.org: Clean Elections
How public financed elections work.
Nieman Reports: Politics and New Media
Nieman Reports: Linking Newspapers to the Best Political Coverage
Nieman Reports: Young Reporters, New Tools and Political Reporting
Nieman Reports: Election Coverage Becomes Time for 'Instant Innovation'
Nieman Reports: Campaign 2008 - It's on YouTube
Poynter: History of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Links to historical resources and information dating back to the 1850s.
PBS: The American Experience
Explores history of U.S. Presidents.
Library of Congress: Votes for Women Timeline
ComputerWorld: Voting Technology
RTNDA: Avoiding Election Day Problems
A great list of tips and advice from legal counsel.
WorldChanging.com
A 501(c)3 media organization that "comprises a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers covering the world's most intelligent solutions to today's problems."
DEBATES
Poynter.org: Past Presidential Debates
An archive of links to media coverage, books, etc.
Museum of Broadcast Communications: History of Presidential Debates
Commission on Presidential Debates
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.
CNN Video: Voters React to Negative Campaign Ads
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.
ICue
An NBC News video archive site used for education. Includes a lot of political video.
Cyberjournalist: Nieman Reports Articles on Politics and New Media
Center for Media and Democracy Source Watch
IDs PR firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations that work on political ads and special interests.
Twitter 2008 Election
Sign up for various Twitter feeds off the election.
Twitter: NPR Politics
A great blog on timely media and technology topics.
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Republican National Convention
Democratic National Convention
Twitter Feeds from the Democratic National Convention
Denver Post: Politics West Democratic National Convention Coverage
Includes a link to convention reporting from all 50 states.
Rocky Mountain News: DNC Coverage
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Republican National Convention Coverage
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Republican National Convention Coverage
Chicago Tribune: 1968 Democratic National Convention
Stories, historical video and more from the demonstrations and violence at the convention 40 years ago in Chicago.
SARAH PALIN LINKS
Sarah Palin Official Web Site
Archive of speeches, bio, etc.
Video and Transcript of Palin Resignation
Huffington Post: Sarah Palin Page
Blog Posts About Palin Resignation
Google News: Sara Palin Stories
NPR: Palin RNC Acceptance Speech
Audio and full transcript.
PolitiFact.com Truth-o-Meter
A project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly, created the site to help voters separate fact from falsehood in the 2008 presidential campaign. Journalists and researchers from the Times and CQ will fact-check the accuracy of speeches, TV ads, interviews and other campaign communications.
SpinSpotter
An interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Republican National Convention Coverage
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Republican National Convention Coverage
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION AND INAUGURATION
Change.gov
President-elect Obama's transition web site.
SourceWatch Encyclopedia: Presidential Transition Resources
Council for Excellence in Government: Presidential Transition
The White House Transition Project
Program formed in 1997 to ease the transition between presidents. Includes resources from policy organizations, scholars, etc.
General Services Administration: Presidential Transition
Provides the services and facilities needed for the new administration's official duties. Helpful in tracking technology needs and other improvements (and costs) a new administration may have.
Government Accountability Office: 2009 Congressional and Presidential Transition
Library of Congress: Presidential Inaugurations
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations is a collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files relating to inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.
Library of Congress: Inauguration Dates
Great for quick reference.
infoPlease: Inauguraton File
A treasure trove of facts and background, including media coverage, famous addresses, inaugural trivia, and life after the presidency.
WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Includes history and traditions with the ceremony.
WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Scroll to the bottom of the page for a chronological chart of details of details from past ceremonies.
TeacherVision: History of Presidential Inaugurations
Truman Library & Museum: Inauguration Quiz
Obama's Office of Urban Policy
Citizens can contribute ideas on policies to improve cities.
Society for News Design: Multimedia Toolkit
A great collection of resources, many of them free, to help journalists develop great stories online. Resources include audio, video, charts, mapping, databases and more. This is a must-bookmark and a great resource for student journalists learning to develop content for the Web.
Society for News Design: World's Best Designed Newspapers
Database of winners in various categories.
Font Dragr
Browser based tool that checks for web-friendly fonts. Just drag and drop!
NewsDesigner.com
Links, industry news updates, contests, etc. for newspaper designers.
VisualEditors.com
A classroom for visual journalism, this site offers a job board, tips, ideas, etc. A super site.
NewsPageDesigner.com
A portfolio site for newspaper designers. Includes a job bank, tips and tricks.
NewsDesigner.com Blog
A blogger covers news and trends in the newspaper design world.
SportsDesigner.com
A blog for sports newspaper page designers. Great samples, tips, etc.
Mario Garcia: Garcia-Media.com
Design page from the nation's top page designer. News, speaking dates and more.
The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.
Google Public Data Explorer
Makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand.
The Mario Classroom
Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.
Ron Reason.com
A great tips, training and resources page for designers.
Media Storm
Brian Storm's multimedia and photojournalism site.
22 Things Never to Say to a News Designer
W3 Web Tutorials
Learn HTML, CSS, etc.
Devigal.com
A great Web design site by Andrew Devigal and Co. See the latest and best technology used on dynamite sites. Devigal is a former Chicago Tribune and Knight-Ridder Tribune Web designer who has done research and taught at the Poynter Institute.
Society of Professional Designers
Hex Codes of Crayon Colors
Great for picking Photoshop colors. It's a Wikipedia page so take it for what it's worth. Accuracy looks good.
11 Most Important Digital Fonts Ever Created
Education resources written by teachers.
Error Level Analysis
Enter the web address of an online photo and this free site analyzes how much Photoshop work has been done to the photo.
Data Visualization Tutorial
Examples, steps and video of how to create data visualizations
Visual Edge
A journalism multimedia design seminar conducted by the Poynter Institute created this site that features 12 multimedia feature stories ranging from a tightly knit group of longtime domino players to handicapped sailors.
About.com's Graphic Design Page
A great page. Tips, resources and more.
Paul Nixon's Graphic Design Weblog
Has links to 9-11 graphics.
BrassTacksDesign
This site contains dozens of stories about what's going in with the newspaper business right now -- both in print and online -- and what newspapers and journalists should be doing about it. It includes a list of designs, which links to hundreds of examples of redesigned newspapers - all of which should serve as a source of inspiration to anyone considering a redesign. There's also a before-and-after gallery showing the extent to which newspapers and websites have been transformed.
MacroMedia Showcase
This page highlights four or five cool Web sites a day. Many are Flash presentations.
Poynter Online's Design/Graphics Resources
FreedomToPhotograph.com
Created to allow photographers to tell their stories about run-ins with law enforcement agencies and what really happened. Sharing stories and trading experiences is what drives this site! It is important to know your rights.
Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
From the Poynter Institute.
FlashChallenge.com
This is a contest site for Flash presentations. Log-in and evaluate different Flash sites, or enter your own. A very highly regarded site for Flash designers.
Font Bureau
One of the best type foundries around.
ProfessorDeVigal.org
Great primers and resources from Drew DeVigal, NY Times multimedia editor.
iLovePhotoBlogs
A collection of great photo blogs, tips and resources.
Socrata
Journalists use this tool to embed interactive tables, charts and maps on blogs or web pages.
HillmanCurtis.com
Great Web design resources from a leading authority on the topic. New York-based design firm's client list includes MTV.com, RollingStone.com, HP, Adobe, Macromedia, Ogilvy One and Sun.
Lynda.com
One of the leading design sites on the Web offers tip sheet, downloads, newsletters, training CD-ROMs and much, much more.
Strategy and Design: Developing the Photographer's Web Site
Tips and ideas from Don Luce.
Flowing Data: Data Visualization, Infographics and Statistics
DigitalJournalist.org: State of Photojournalism: Photojournalism and the Web
Gallery of Graphic Design
A collection of magazine designs from 1930-1969.
Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About
Links to 37 blogs on data, statistics, visualization, maps, design, etc.
NY Public Library Treasure Trove
A huge cache of 337,000 pieces of art . Browse by names, search history.
BBC: How Big Really? Dimensions
Gives spatial context for events by presenting them against the background of a place (city or ZIP code) whose dimensions a reader understands. Very similar to IfItWereMyHome.com during the BP Gulf oil spill.
Stanford: Journalism in the Age of Data
A great video tutorial on how to use data visualization online as a journalist.
Olga's Gallery
Search artists by name.
Light Link Graphic Design Resources
Includes software tutorials, font resources, image viewers, Web design tools and much, much more.
Poynter.org: Design Desk
From Design Editor Anne Conneen.
Cyberjournalist.net: Design and Usability
Feed of stories and blog posts on web design trends, etc.
Museum of E-Failure
More than 800 screen shots of dot-bomb designs.
World Wide Arts Resources
Featured artists and other interesting materials.
DesignInMotion.com
Broadcast Designers Association offers the latest broadcast spots, film trailers, and video for the Web. Also has some interviews with designers and tech help.
BornMag.com
Web design and literature.
Design-Agency.com
Showcases new designers.
Digital Thread
This is another great site that showcases new work from designers all over the world.
NewsDesign.net
A great design site featuring several articles from various magazines that should beof interest.
Flowing Data: The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2011
E-Company's Web Site Design Page
Tip sheets, news stories, organizations and other resource links.
Illustrators.net
Search a database of great illustrators, some of whom are listed below.
Google Art Illustration Page
Tons of links to design portfolios, some of which are listed below.
Andrew Skwish
Illustrations, links and more from artist Andrew Skwish. His work has appeared in many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He also has a portfolio at Poynter.org.
ColourLovers
For designers who want to share information on color. Palettes galore!
Office of Newspaper Design
A great set of global design links.
Michael Bartalos.com
More super illustration examples!
Wesley Bedrosian
Illustrations, paintings, drawings.
MyFonts.com
Links to about 25 news page designers.
Desktoppublishing.com's Graphic Designer's Paradise
Hundreds of links in alphabetical order.
Statistical Graphic Resources
A great site from the York University Math Department.
Flot
Google program helps turn numbers into visual stories.
Excite's Computer Graphics Directory
Links to hundreds of sites.
3D Cafe
Dozens of links for graphic artists, including Web tools, newsletters, jobs and more.
Visualize This
How to create data visualizations. Includes an embedded video and link to a book.
VisualJournalism.com
A great design site from a UK journalist.
Digital Producer.com
Bills itself as a site that has "news, tools and techniques for content creation."
Director Online User Group
Articles, resource links and more.
LogoMotives
A good graphic design site.
Editing for the Web
Covers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.
Web Page Design for Designers
This site is helps graphic designers make the transition from print to the web.
Web Review
Targeted to designers, this site covers various aspects of developing a web site, developing a database, news and Web tools and include columns about creating a site.
Excite's Web Designers in UK/Europe Directory
Tom Tomorrow's Weblog
A cartoonist's weblog.
Nolo.com
A legal site that includes a copyright protection page.
CoolHomePages.com: The Only Cure for Designer's Block
Cool HomePages.com: Design Resource Links
Links to design magazines, coding pages, tip sheets and more.
FineArtForum.org
A 14-year-old international news service specializing in new technologies in the arts and design. The majority readers are professionals in the arts and design world.
Kira's Web Toolbox
Dozens of great resources, from mail to javascript, to add to your site.
Adobe.com
Several tips sheets and software news.
TheColorOf
From Poynter's Sara Quinn: Queries and aggregates image data from flickr to represent the color of words.
StockXchng
Stock photos of pretty much anything can be found here.
Artcyclopedia
The fine arts encyclopedia. One of the top reference sites around, according to the American Library Association. Search by artist, etc.
Five Elements of Digital Storytelling
From the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies offers a site that provides a common vocabulary and structure for understanding new media content.
FlowingData.com: Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Reportage Blog
Great photojournalism blog from Getty Images.
PicSearch
Searches the web for photos.
Kartoo
A great meta-search tool for visuals.
Multimedia Shooter
Workshops, e-updates, critiques, columns, featured video and galleries.
Multimedia Muse
Photojournalism and online visual storytelling site.
Online Photo Magazines to Follow
Kobre Guide
Web's best multimedia and video journalism.
Ushahidi
Open source code for interactive mapping.
Crowdmap
Helps you collect data from web, cell phones, etc., aggregate it and visualize it on a map.
Momentus
Designers, others depict famous moments in history.
LucidChart
Build imbedded flow charts for free.
Gephi
Open source graph visualization tool.
National Sports Journalism Center
Indiana University organization features blogs and columns about trends in the industry. It's a must-bookmark for sports journalists.
University of Oregon: Warsaw Sports Marketing Center
Good for finding experts, research and statistics on sports marketing trends and marketability of athletes.
SportsBiz Blog
Written by a corporate attorney who also practices sports law, this site covers both pro and college issues. It includes NCAA recruiting, lawsuits, NASCAR, etc. A great resource for finding experts on sports law and sports business.
The Sports Economist
Started by a Clemson economics professor, this blog offers in-depth business and statistical analysis of revenue data. Good place for coming up with story ideas.
National Sports Collectors Convention
Helpful in looking up value of memorabilia, autographs, etc.
The Sports Law Blog
Sports law professors weigh in the financial impact of off-field legal and economic issues. Great for sourcing.
NFL Players Association
Site provides background and details about the salary cap.
Sports Illustrated: Rising Ticket Costs
This database compares average prices of pro tickets in all the top markets.
USA Today Sports Salaries Database
Search pro football, basketball, baseball and hockey salaries through the years. Very handy for covering free agency.
PlayoffPac.com
A political action committee that supports a playoff system.
PlayoffProblem.com
Started by BCS officials and former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer to oppose a playoff.
Indianapolis Star: NCAA Athletic Department Financial Database
Use the pulldown menu to select by school, or topics such as ticket sales, concessions, advertisements and sponsorships and much more. You can also sort the data. This only covers public universities, as private institutions aren't required to disclose information via Freedom of Information Act filings. You can sort by football conference, basketball conference or see rankings by topics (ticket sales, etc.)
BCSFootball.org
Explains how the BCS works and how revenue is distributed in Division I football.
Team Marketing Report
Chicago-based sports research firm supplies stats on ticket prices, fan cost indexes, stadium leases, etc. An invaluable tool for sports journalists.
BizJournals: Sports Business News Ticker
Constant feed of sports headlines.
CNNMoney: The Business of Sports
Howard Bloom's Sports Business News
Includes a daily newsletter.
The Business of Baseball
Resources galore on how the game works. Read archives of articles, links, bios, etc. Subscribe to the newsletter.
BaseballTips.com
Suggestions on equipment, radar guns, safety, etc.
GoodNewsforSports.com
Background, research and statistics on the sports gear industry.
JoyceJulius.com
This firm specializes in sports marketing research and has information sports writers might find useful. In particular, sponsorship valuation numbers for the major auto racing series, as well as for the PGA, NFL, MLB, etc.
BusinessWeek 2007 Power 100: Most Powerful People in Sports
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association International
Good source for participation and sales statistics.
International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association
Tracks memberships to health clubs and provides other consumer research. It also can connect you with experts on health/lifestyle.
Michigan State Instutute for the Study of Youth Sport
Great resource for experts, links, etc. on sportsmanship, participation, etc.
JEA: Tips for Writing Sports Recaps on Deadline
Mashable: 11 Sportswriters You Should Follow on Twitter
Baseball Play America
A trove of information on youth baseball.
Good Sports.org
Nonprofit partners with sporting goods manufacturers to get equipment to urban and disadvantaged youth. Good for finding sources and participation statistics.
American Council on Exercise
One of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world. ACE currently has more than 40,000 certified fitness professionals in 107 countries. Has research, experts, information on faulty exercise products and scams.
Good Sports
A non-profit organization that works to increase youth sports participation and fitness by getting sports equipment into the hands of the disadvantaged. The group has many statistics on youth sports participation at many levels.
Uni Watch
Blog about sports uniforms.
The Root: Why Are So Many Athletes Broke?
TicketNews.com: Sellers Rankings and Events Rankings
Keeps industry professionals and fans informed about tour dates, current and pending ticket resale legislation, rankings, ticket 'steals and deals', and more.
Team Marketing Report Fan Cost Index
Tracks fan attendance costs for NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.
World Golf Foundation
A collection of the sport's top governing bodies, industry-leading companies and course operators.
National Education Association
National Education Writer's Association
National School Boards Association
National School Boards Association Blog
Center for Public Education
National School Boards Association research site.
SchoolMatters.com
Free access to the largest collection of public education data ever assembled.
ERIC Database
National Education Resources Information Center at Syracuse University offers research and materials from all federally funded labs.
Council of Chief State School Officers
EdMoney.org
From the Education Writers Association, this site tracks education spending across the country. Full of data, sources and other helpful research.
Association of School Business Officials
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Elementary School Principals
School Nutrition Association
Many helpful resources, including food safety, legislative action, newsroom, recipes, nutritional facts, studies, etc.
No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Database
Association of Boarding Schools
National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators
Only a bunch of academics could have a title this long. It's a good site though, with links of interest and a newsletter.
The American School Board Journal
Several trend stories and educational resources and studies.
EdWeek: Early Childhood Education Rankings (By State)
See how your state scored.
National Association of College Admissions Counseling
State-by-State Teacher Salary Survey
Averages by state. Starting salaries, etc.
National Public School Locator Search
Searchable database on schools, number of students, student-teacher ratio, student body ethnic makeup; search by school name, location, zip, grade.
American School Directory
Do searches for schools.
SchoolFinder.com
Track down Canadian schools.
U.S. Educational Resource Directory
A searchable directory of educational organizations. Search by form or by image map.
Parents United for Responsible Education
Public school parent advocacy group provides news, analysis and background information on issues.
American Association of University Professors
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
ParentAdvocates.org
"Establish a national forum on the design and implementation of education policies that empower all children to achieve their personal bests in school and in life."
National Center for Education Statistics
A complete electronic catalog and fast facts.
International Archive of Education Data
Includes results of elementary, secondary, post-secondary and school library surveys, including synopses and raw data.
SPJ: Reporter's Guide to FERPA
Newsweek: America's Top 100 High Schools
100 Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers
Department of Education: Public Education Data
Covers elementary and secondary schools from U.S.
Education Nation Scorecard
This site provides readers "useful, easily understandable information about performance at individual schools, as well as in districts, states, and the nation as a whole."
Grad Money Matters
Tips on managing money, including top 10 lists. Helpful to journalists looking for tips/graphics to accompany finance stories.
MyResourceCloud.net
Education resources written by teachers.
National Center for Education Statistics Data Center
CollegeResults.org
Track graduation rates and other data on universities.
Family Taxpayers Network
Look up teacher salaries at Illinois public schools. Helpful research tool.
U.S. Department of Education Statistics
Index of various manuals you can buy.
Academe Today
Chronicle of Higher Education.
PublicSchoolReview.com
Site offers free, detailed information on U.S. public schools combined with useful community data (e.g., housing costs) and maps of the surrounding areas.
PrivateSchoolReview.com
Site offers free, detailed information on U.S. private schools combined with useful community data (e.g., housing costs) and maps of the surrounding areas.
School Bus Data
Injury, accidents and other national statistics.
SyllabusFinder
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has this search tool that helps you track down online course syllabi at universities around the world.
The National Commission on Writing
Reports, press releases and information on writing and education from The College Board.
School Bus Seat Belt Issue FAQ
National Association of Pupil Transportation: School Bus Safety
Nation's Report Card
The Department of Education administers NAEP in several subject areas and publishes quantitative results in the participating states. state results.
National Center for Education Stats: School Locator
A great search tool.
Overview of Public School Districts, 2001-02
From the National Center for Education Stats.
Educating School Leaders Report
Public School Student, Staff and Graduate Counts (2001-02)
Miami Herald: Crumbling Schools
A great in-depth series on the poor shape of Miami-Dade County schools.
College Opportunities Online
Links to more than 9,000 colleges, trade schools and universities in the United States.
U.S. Census: Back-to-School Statistics
Peterson's Grad School Resources
A good directory of graduate school links and background materials.
Journalism Journeyman: 22 Useful Sites to Find Journalism Internships
College and University Pages
Links to nearly every school imaginable.
Education Week
Electronic version of the magazine. Daily news updates.
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAEP was mandated by Congress to monitor knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children.
National Institute for Early Education Research
Washington Monthly College Guide
Worldwide ETD Index: Electronic Theses and Dissertations
"A global index of freely available electronic theses and dissertations."
MSN.com: Beating Scholarship Fraud
Seven tips from experts.
FinAid.org: Basics on College Financial Aid
Gap Year
Offers resources on taking a year off before college.
Year Out Group
Offers resources on taking a year off before college.
Beloit College Mindset List
This is an annual compilation that offers a glimpse of the world as seen through the eyes of each incoming freshman class at the Wisconsin college.
Taking Off
Offers resources on taking a year off before college.
Washington Post Education Coverage
The National Home Education Research Institute
Children's Defense Fund
The press releases section is a great source for new studies and news about poverty, safety, school cuts, etc.
CNN's Education Page
Great breaking news and trend stories in education.
The Ounce of Prevention Fund
Early childhood program provider and advocacy organization whose experts can help journalists with stories on the benefits of preschool, Head Start, and other early education programs for low-income children.
School Facility Manufacturers' Association
EduCause
Links to several good stories and education sites.
Coalition for Student and Academic Rights (COSTAR)
A network of lawyers, professors and students aimed at protecting academic rights. Good for finding sources and backgrounding.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
The Digest of Education Statistics, 2001
FREE: Education Resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) makes hundreds of Net-based education resources easier to find. Features sections on technology, safety, etc.
Quality Schools Now
This site allows people to share information about public schools and school staff who are either exceptionally helpful, or exceptional duds. It initially focusing on Genesee County, Mich., but it will be expanded until it acts as a gateway site to similar material for all of the United States.
TeacherTube
Lesson plans, video, etc.
Journalist's Guide to Covering Adoption
Sparknotes.com
This site has a section dedicated to the new SAT (new in 2004) that features stories, tips and answers questions about the exam.
The Internet in Public Schools
The National Center for Education Statistics has survey results measuring Internet access in U.S. public schools from 1994 to 2000.
SelectSurf Education Links
Links to several great education sites.
GreatSchools.net
Privately run site covers mostly Arizona and California; may expand to other states.
School Wise Press
Compare California schools by using variables such as test scores and demographics.
MIT's World College and University Links
Galaxy Directions Education Site
NEA: National Teacher Shortage
Offers studies and stats.
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Home Page
Office of Research and Improvement (OERI)
Generation YES: Youth and Educators Succeeding
Several cool projects, including a youth technology mentorship program.
Council of the Great City Schools
Institute of International Education
RAND Corporation Education Research
Federally funded documents center has a variety of links, reports and resources on education issues.
Going2College.org
Look up state-specific aid programs for college tuition.
FinAid.org
Online guide to college financial aid.
TheClassConnection.com
Blog for college and high school students and teachers.
TeachforAmerica
National corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools. Site has statistics and other education research on it.
RateMyProfessors.com
A different kind of teaching evaluation form. Produces some interesting answers.
LessonTutor.com: Study Tools
Great for back-to-school stories, this is a list of study tools for school kids.
StudyWeb.com
Find helpful sites for research.
AcademicInfo.net Research Resources
Has links on the 9-11 tragedy and other information.
Socratic Tutor
This service requires a fee, but it coaches you on the Socratic method of asking questions.
National Commission on the Senior Year
An education research and watchdog group on education standards.
Special Ed News
Focuses on special education and student/teaching needs.
Learning Exchange
News updates, education links and more.
Nonprofitresearch.org
Awards non-profit and philanthropy grants. Site has a publications, newsletters, research and sources page that could be helpful to journalists.
Schools to Watch
Organization promoting middle-grades school reform. Good place to find sources to speak on the topic.
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
A good links/resource page, state resources and more.
Turnitin.com
A state-by-state breakdown of cybercheating, based on papers tested through Plagiarism.org's Turnitin.com program.
CollegeSportsScholarships.com
This is an information and resource site for high school athletes who want to apply for college athletic scholarships. Teaches students basic communication skills.
The Youth Free Expression Network (Y-FEN)
An anti-censorship coalition to challenge Internet filters, v-chips, abstinence-only education, etc.
SchoolNews.com
Features an alumni directory and more.
Bullying Online
A UK journalist shares this site, which is based in England but deals with school bullying issues from all over the world. Many reference and tips for parents, administrators, kids, etc.
Scholastic Research Tools: Women's History
Universities.com
Nearly 5,000 listings of colleges, universities.
Five College Archives Digital Access Project
Women In World History Curriculum
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Storydog.com
A children's reading website, where kids (ages 7-10) can go online everyday
(except Friday and Saturday), and read a short story which begins every
Sunday and continues with the same plot through the following Thursday.
Edutopia.org: George Lucas Educational Foundation
Video library, teacher training, development tools and more.
Teacher Planet
Lesson plans, research, calendar of events and other resources for teachers. Includes some current events and journalism teaching resources.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Has sections on abuse, library search, statistics, online catalog, adoption information and more.
Project on Student Debt
Newsroom, experts, publications and other resources on student loans.
FinAid.org
Tips, calculators and other student loan information.
Videolectures.net
More than 11,000 lectures searchable by topic, instructor, school, etc.
TeacherVision: History of Presidential Inaugurations
Amethyst Initiative
College presidents and chancellors who support informed and unimpeded debate on the 21 year-old drinking age.
Department of Education: What Works Clearinghouse
Educational intervention strategies site.
Play the News
This interactive game helps readers understand current events and news. It's created by a company called Impact Games.
College QuickFinder
Shows the average SAT exam scores of students that a college admits.
CollegeResults.org
Look up what percentage of a college's students graduate in four years.
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
National Cheer Safety Foundation
Deals with high school and college cheerleading safety issues.
Campus Explorer
Helps match students to prospective colleges. Full of background information on universities and colleges.
Student Press Law Center: Classroom Resources
Presentations, handouts, online quizzes and more. Great tools for teaching the First Amendment.
Education Social Networks
From EducationalNeworking.com, this page lists dozens of social networks for various levels of teaching and learning A must-bookmark.
100 Helpful Web Sites for New Teachers
Inside High Ed: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs
OneDegree.com
Social networking site built for individual university communities.
Reporter's Toolkit: Covering Sexual Assaults on Campus
From the Center for Public Integrity.
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.
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
News, events, curriculum, etc.
Academia.edu
Displays academics around the world in a tree format, according to what university/department they are affiliated with. It enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain academic Web page.
The Student Newspaper Survival Guide
Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool
Analyze college campus crime statistics with this resource from the Office of Postsecondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
Open Culture
Free audiobooks, e-books, courses, language lessons, etc.
The History Channel
A good fact-checking database from the TV network.
Best History Sites
A portal of more than 1,000 history sites. Great one-stop site. Organized by periods, wars, etc.
History and Politics Out Loud
A database of famous political speeches, including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon. Search by speech title, speaker's name or date. Note: Your browser may need plug-ins to hear the audio.
Poynter.org: Past Presidential Debates
An archive of links to media coverage, books, etc.
Museum of Broadcast Communications: History of Presidential Debates
Commission on Presidential Debates
Footnote
Uses the National Archives to digitize and upload every document housed there. You can cull through thousands of famous documents.
University of Texas: Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
Cold War Civil Defense Museum
Historical site about civil defense in the 1960s and 1970s.
National Archives and Records Administration
Look up just about anything on this government-run database.
PBS' Power of an Illusion
Explore traits of all races. Sit includes many interesting statistics and facts.
Veteran's Day
History of the holiday and teaching resource guide.
National Museum of American History
Part of the Smithsonian Institute, the site offers collections, research and a timeline. A commercial site with some research uses.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
Notable Names Database
More than 20,000 bios of famous people.
Who, What, When Database
A cool tool that allows you to quickly search historical timelines.
Biography of America
A great historical timeline site. Easy-to-use and in-depth on major events in American history.
Library of Congress: Time Capsule
An online collection of broadsheets, pamphlets and more, which lets you examine early American life as it was lived.
Ancient Mexico
A great Flash presentation of Mexico's history.
History Detectives
PBS series that explores historical mysteries.
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.
Archaeology Info.
Glossary, gallery of fossil examples, timeline of human evolution.
OurDocuments.gov
Defining moments in American history, famous documents.
Constitution Facts
This site provides insights into the men who wrote the Constitution and how it's been interpreted over the years.
ExplorePAHistory
A historical online tour of Pennsylvania.
Moment in Time
NPR radio show's site offers transcripts, audio and a daily history list.
Speech & Transcripts Center
Current and past speech transcripts.
HistoryChannel.com: Speech Transcripts
Historical transcripts and audio.
Native American Rhymes
A history site full of great, hard-to-find facts.
Hyper History Online
More than 3,000 pages of historical facts. Very cool site.
HistoryBuff.com
Stories, facts and audio from famous moments in history. Good quick-reference tool.
Cold War Museum
A complete history of the cold war. Stories, photos, etc.
American Built
American Memory exhibit documents achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the USA.
HistoryWorld
This interactive resource offers a vast array of tools designed to "make history make sense."
2012: Six End of the World Myths Debunked
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Park Histories: National Park Service
Ken Burns' documentary.
British Library: Archival Sound Recordings
Music, speeches, natural sounds.
101 Historical Moments on YouTube
Events from both political and cultural history.
Library of Congress: State Digital Resources
Includes memory projects, online encyclopedias, history and cultural materials.
World War I Diaries
Listed by subject, author, period.
Old Bailey Online: History Site
From the famous British courthouse, this online database covers more than 22,000 trials dating between 1714 and 1759. Read the actual transcripts from historic proceedings, view the original documents, etc.
Early Manuscripts
This site "provides access to over 80 early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the University of Oxford. Between 1995 and 2000 the Early Manuscripts Imaging Project created high resolution digital images from manuscripts which were selected as major treasures from their respective libraries."
Time Capsule
Type in your birthdate and get a digest of news headlines, top song titles and other timely factoids covering that era.
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.
Veterans Administration: Memorial Day
HookedonFacts.com
This site generates offbeat facts and stats. Click the fact generator repeatedly for a list of of fun, interesting facts.
National Digital Library
Detailed multimedia presentations on significant historical events provide access to the highlights of the collections at the Library of Congress.
World History Compass
Explore by topic, geographic region or categories such as math and medicine.
Library of Congress: Maps Archives
The Library of Congress offers a massive collection of maps spanning more than 1,000 years.
Virtual Library Museums
Find whatever you want, whether it's art, history, science or a natural park.
JHistory: A Discussion Site For History of Journalism & Mass Communications
World War II in Color
A great collection of rare photographs from WWII.
Library of Congress: Experiencing War: Veterans' History Project
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
This newszine follows preservation of landmarks and buildings. It allows you to browse through a list of historic properties for sale, 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.
History Happens
A collection of music videos about characters from American history.
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?
The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
USPresidency.com
Bios and facts on past presidents.
Presidents of the United States
Library of Congress: Wise Guide
This portal is designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government.It is monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library's online materials.
Exploratorium.edu
This online museum features a collection of more than 600 innovative, interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, technology, etc.
Sonic Memorial Project
An open archive on the history of the World Trade Center.
BYU: World War One Document Archives
From the Brigham Young Library.
History of the Eugenics Movement
Art of World War I
An archive of photography and artwork.
Library of Congress: American Memory
EyeWitness
Discover the past through narratives and first-hand sources.
Internet History
The Internet Society offers some authoritative pieces on Internet history. The site also chronicles current net-related issues.
Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 Years, 100 Great Web Moments
Part of the Yahoo! 10th-anniversary celebration.
DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.
BBC: WWII - The Peoples War
An in-depth historical site.
Writers on America
Fifteen writers enlisted by the State Department to contribute essays (for overseas consumption) on what it means to be a writer in America.
Natural History Notebooks
A directory of animals, nature, etc. from a Canadian site.
Groceteria
The history of grocery stores.
The Atlantic: World War II in Photos
FirstWorldWar.com
Encyclopedia, maps, documents, photos, etc.
BBC: Audio Slideshow of Media, Publishing History
Poynter.org: History of U.S. Space Flight
American Social History Online
19th and 20th century resources that you can search by time, place, name, etc. More than 500,000 digital materials in nine formats.
Museum of the Moving Image
Articles by leading critics and scholars.
Air&Space Magazine
Smithsonian online magazine includes History of Flight, Flight Today, Military Aviaton and Space Exploration.
Mostly Medieval
A collection of research articles on medieval religion, festivals, ballads, etc.
Afghanistan Digital Library
Search texts and various projects organized by the library.
Conversations With History
UC Berkeley site provides "lively and unedited interviews, distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work."
HistoryLink
An encyclopedic history of Seattle and surrounding communities. The site contains sourced essays, photo features and a detailed timeline of regional history, including live webcam footage of the WTO riots.
Women's History Museum
National Museum of Women's History offers an online tour of the political culture and imagery of American suffrage.
British Newspapers (1860-90)
More than 2 million pages online from the British Library.
National Geographic: Treasures of Egypt
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Site features 11 most endangered historic places, encompassing Urban districts, sports arenas and Native American landmarks.
Historical Timelines
This site links to more than 230 various timelines about major historical events.
The Oregon Trail: A Virtual History
NPR: Middle East Conflict
A seven-part series on the history of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict
Travel in America 1750-1920
This Library of Congress site features 253 published narratives from American travelers.
Roots Web
Provides a listing of searchable indexes for family history as well as a listing of federal and state resources, such as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
MyTrees.com
This site allows you to search other popular sites simultaneously for family names which are then returned in alphabetical order.
BigMap Blog
Historical maps galore.
Chronicling America
Library of Congress database of historic newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922. Part of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Find out who said it.
Center for History and New Media
George Mason University site offers links to other history sites, other history departments and more.
Afghanistan Yesterday
A flashback to the 1960s and '70s in this photo essay.
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
An online exhibition produced by the Chicago Historical Society and Academic Technologies of Northwestern University to mark the 125th anniversary of one of the most famous events in American history, as well as the most formative event in the history of Chicago.
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.
EyeWitness First Person History
PBS: Reconstruction - The Second Civil War
A great site of historical resources.
Future Just Just Happened BBC Site
Library of Congress American Memory Project
A great source of American history data.
Roman-Empire.net
Stories, photos, dates and more.
Guggenheim.com
Online exhibits of art, etc.
Shattered! 50 Years of Silence
An informative site about the Romanian Holocaust.
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.
History of the United States Capitol
The site's described as "a chronicle of design, construction, and politics. "
Military History Encyclopedia
Reference for wars, individuals, weapons, concepts behind the wars, etc.
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Think a story or tip might be made up? Use this page to search for some urban legends.
The Greatest Women in Science History
Highlights many of the greatest women pioneers in science history with in-depth information and resources.
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
TheCommunity.com Peacemakers Speak Site
Seventeen living Nobel Peace Prize winners issue statements on 9-11.
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.
Annenberg's Biography of America
Site is organized by different industrial and cultural eras. It accompanies the video series and telecourse.
Stanford Women's Legal History Biography Project
Bios of 100 prominent women in the legal industry.
Rosetta Project
Archive of lost languages, pronunciation guides and writing samples.
Conelrad.com
A historical site dedicated to the cold war.
National Geographic Underground Railroad
Convert English to several comic dialects. Hilarious.
CNN's Mideast 101
Stories and video backgrounding the Mideast conflict. Great history and quick-reference resource that should come in handy for fact-checking. Includes a timeline, maps, refugee locator, list of key players, etc.
CNN.com: Israeli-Palestine Links
A list of about 20 key Web sites.
Women In World History Curriculum
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
About.com's Women's History Month Special
Smithsonian Institute: History of Disability Rights Movement
Disability Social History Project
C-SPAN: The Nixon Tapes
An archive of what went on in the White House during the Richard Nixon years.
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
A religious tolerance and scholarship site that has deep resources on the human race's religious heritage.
The British Museum: Currency History
Encyclopedia Titanica: Titanic Research
A wealth of historical information, including passenger lists, crew bios, survivors, deckplans, articles and more.
Occultopedia: Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge
An A to Z encyclopedia of metaphysical, curious and supernatural people, things, practices and events; an online treasury of unusual and occult knowledge and information.
Salem Witch Trials Archive
History of the trials, including maps, transcripts, bios of notable people, etc.
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.
Medical History of American Presidents
Chronicles illnesses of past presidents and other well-known people.
The Letter Repository
A database of historical personal letters from the early 1700s through to the 1940s.
The History Channel: Fireworks History
Uses video and text to explain celebrations from China to the U.S.
LatinoBaseball.com
Traces the history of Hispanics in the big leagues.
Medals of Honor
A list of all military medal winners from the Civil War up to the War on Iraq.
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: Chronicling America -- Historic American Newspapers
An ever-expanding database of newspaper archives.
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
More than 2,500 pages on black history.
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.
Library of Congress: Votes for Women Timeline
Poynter.org: Backgrounding Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Links, documents, photos, news announcements, statements, etc.
Gerald R. Ford Historical Photographs
Links, documents, photos, news announcements, statements, etc.
Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library
AARP Magazine: 1968 - The Year That Rocked Our World
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
President Obama's Inaugural Address
Video and text.
AskSam.com: Database of Obama Speeches
From 2002 to present.
New York Times: Most-Used Words in Presidential Inaugural Addresses
From 1789 to the present.
Bartleby: Inauguration Speeches of Past Presidents
Searchable database of speeches.
Library of Congress: Presidential Inaugurations
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations is a collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files relating to inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.
Library of Congress: Inauguration Dates
Great for quick reference.
infoPlease: Inauguraton File
A treasure trove of facts and background, including media coverage, famous addresses, inaugural trivia, and life after the presidency.
WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Includes history and traditions with the ceremony.
WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Scroll to the bottom of the page for a chronological chart of details of details from past ceremonies.
TeacherVision: History of Presidential Inaugurations
CNN: Interactive Inauguration Event Map
ABC News: Obama's CabinetTruman Library & Museum: Inauguration Quiz
CIA Office of Strategic Services
National Archives: Office of Strategic Services Personnel Files
History Matters: FDR's 1933 Inauguration Speech
Famous speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt given in Washington, D.C., March 4th, 1933. "We have nothing to fear ... but fear itself."
Poynter.org: Inauguration Resources List
MSNBC: Estimating Large Crowds
Steve Doig of Arizona State University uses a process to estimate large crowds. He uses Obama's Presidential Inauguration as an example.
National Museum of American History
Academic Earth
Videos of academic lectures by top scholars on various topics.
ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
From George Mason University this site offer links to more than 5,000 history sites about science, technology and industry.
National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII]
Federal, state, and local government agencies, and their partners from universities, nonprofit agencies, industry, have created this "broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."
History Crawler
A history search engine that includes audio, forums, magazines, podcasts and more.
HistoricAerials
Provides free online access to historic and current aerial photography.
History House
Online magazine devoted to history: column archives, book reviews, forums, mailing lists and much more.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Terminology, history of the city, from the Chicago Historical Society.
Watson.org
African-American history, ancient Egypt, Celtic Europe, Greek history, Shakespeare, etc.
Photos that Changed the World
Archive of famous news photos.
Museum of Broadcast Communications
History Cooperative
A nonprofit humanities resource offering top-level online history scholarship.
Digital History
A new Web resource that aims to cover the latest trends in digital history and to keep up with the state-of-the-field. From the New Media Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the site is a clearinghouse of current events and news items of interest, and provides selected bibliography of resources. Targeted to scholars, the site has many helpful tools for journalists.
American Journalism Historians Association
American Women's History: Journalism
The Online Timeline
From David Carlson at the University of Florida.
FCC: The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected
U.S. Census: Facts for Black History Month
TV History
Links, FAQ, decade-by-decade breakdown the evolution of television and TV manufacturers. Look at past TV guides, TV models, etc.
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
PBS: Soldiers Without Swords -- The Black Press
Best of History Web Sites
Links to more than 1,200 sites.
Wild Film History
Wildlife films and television programs from 1896 to the present. It includes oral histories and video interviews.
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
White House Museum
Unaffiliated with the government, this site gives a tour, stats, details about the building and surrounding area.
Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
Tips on caring for documents, works of art, historic buildings, etc.
Momentus
Designers, others depict famous moments in history.
National Museum of American History Blog
The Great War Archive
Materials on WWI.
Student Press Law Center: The College Top 10
Ten questions college student journalists most frequently ask about their rights.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Journalism Ethics at College Newspapers
A great site by Francis Frizzo at Hofstra University.
The Student Newspaper Survival Guide
Associated Collegiate Press: Jobs Database
International Federation of Journalists
Represents more than 600,000 members in more than 100 countries. Promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through "strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists."
USF St. Petersburg: Links to U.S. Journalism Schools
British Library: International List of Journalism Departments
SPJ Campus Access Page
Resources and tips for helping students find documents, sources, etc. on campus.
Should Students Journalists Carry Press Passes?
National Center for Education Statistics Data Center
CollegeResults.org
Track graduation rates and other data on universities.
Poynter.org: Crime Coverage Tips for Broadcasters
Yahoo! List of College Newspapers
Poynter.org: Journalism Education Sites
A great list of resources for teachers.
Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
A short primer from the New York Times on the Web.
Research and Style Guides for Students
Nearly 100 links to helpful research sites.
Collegemedia.org
A site for college media advisers. Job listings, resources.
AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, writing/editing coach at the Tallahassee Democrat.
JHistory: A Discussion Site For History of Journalism & Mass Communications
EditBank
This site from University of North Carolina professor Frank Fee, is a collection of syllabi and links to online editing course syllabi that was created under the auspices of the Newspaper Division of AEJMC. (Note: Some of the links may be broken or outdated. The site is regularly being updated.)
ERIC Digest: A Review of Trends in Journalism Education
KnightCite Bibliography Writer
Based on input from the user, this tool generates bibliographic information for term and research papers. And it does so in any of three styles chosen by the user - Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA) or Chicago Manual of Style.
Study World: College Journalism Online
JScoopMedia
Offers blogs, job tips, journalism school statistics and "valuable industry news for tomorrow's editorial talent."
Student Press Law Center: Classroom Resources
Presentations, handouts, online quizzes and more. Great tools for teaching the First Amendment.
Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool
Analyze college campus crime statistics with this resource from the Office of Postsecondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
NewsCoach2
A social network for newsroom trainers, started by Steve Buttry of No Train, No Gain. The site grew from the old Newscoach listserv.
WannaBeHacks
Advice from UK student journalists.
WannaBeHacks: How to Create a Professional Journalism Portfolio
Journalism advice on job-hunting from UK student journalists.
Link TV: Know the News
A set of free educational web-based News Literacy tools focusing on international television news. Students create their own news stories by editing video from a wide variety of U.S. and international TV news reports; and their own news-talk program using out-takes from a nationally broadcast studio-based discussion series.
OneDegree.com
Social networking site built for individual university communities.
College Affordability: State Rankings
A list from the Lumina Foundation. See how your state ranks.
Associated Collegiate Press
Jobs, articles on trends and more.
Poynter.org: Journalism History Links
Great resource for researching term papers.
EASI: Easy Access for Students and Institutions
U.S. Department of Education site on paying for college tuition. Some interesting background reading.
"Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and What Can Be Done About It"
Though short, this .PDF format report from The American Council of Trustees and Alumni(ACTA), a nonprofit co-founded by Lynne Cheney and Senator Joseph I.Lieberman, has been getting quite a bit of media attention. The report is a scathing condemnation of universities for being "the weak link in America's response to the [September 11th] attack," a label earned in part because faculty "invoked tolerance and diversity as antidotes to evil" and did not discuss the "difference between good and evil." The report charges academia with disseminating the message to "blame America first.
University and College Designers Association
A professional organization of designers and educators.
Student Media Listserv
Also see the Journalism Listservs Page
Journalism Journeyman: 22 Useful Sites to Find Journalism Internships
College Newspapers
Yahoo! has a complete list of college newspapers online.
MediaJobPod.org
A job/internship site tailored to college students looking for multimedia jobs. Watch imbedded videos from professionals on how to find jobs, interview, write cover letters, etc. If you are interested in Web reporting/production or TV production, take advantage of the advice on this site.
U.S. Department of Education Campus Security Stats
A searchable database of crime at more than 6,000 colleges and universities. The database contains statistics for criminal offenses, hate offenses and arrests for the past three years.
Security on Campus
A non-profit group fighting campus violence has articles, studies and other research on campus crime.
Photojournalism e-book: Breaking into Photojournalism
Kenneth Wajda, an author and an award-winning photojournalist, wrote an e-book for students and other photographers interested in how to break into the business of photojournalism. He covers how to find and shoot spot news, the importance of professional ethics and respect, how to build a sports and people portfolio on the side, and how to approach news and photo editors with your photographs. A must-read for aspiring photojournalists.
Society for Collegiate Journalists
U.S. Journalism and Communications Schools
A journalism schools from Journalismjobs.com.
Education Writers Association
For education reporters.
Journalism & Mass Communication Annual Surveys
From the James M. Cox, Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research at the University of Georgia.
Photojournalism Ethics Timeless Issues
A paper from Paul Martin Lester, Ph.D. at Cal State Fullerton.
LA Community College Journalism 101
Links to dozens of helpful websites.
PICS: Photojournalism in Cyberspace
A cool college photojournalism project.
NY Times Campus Weblines: Interviewing Techniques
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.
NY Times Campus Weblines: Beat Reporting
Covers the basics very well. Good for college, high school journalists.
About.com: Basics of PR
Learn the fundamentals. Great for students.
College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health
Journalism & Mass Communication Annual Surveys
New York Times: College
You'll need a subscription to NY Times online.
PhD. Info Find
A great site for looking into schools, financial aid, etc.
University of Minnesota: Class Assignment Calculator
This handy little tool helps you sort out when projects and papers are due. It's from U of M but would work for any college student.
Universities.com
Nearly 5,000 listings of colleges, universities.
Reporter's Toolkit: Covering Sexual Assaults on Campus
From the Center for Public Integrity.
TurnItIn.com
A commercial service to detect Internet plagiarism.
MIT's World College and University Links
Journalism/Reporting/Student Listservs
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
Took effect October 2002.
ICue
An NBC News video archive site used for education purposes. Includes a lot of political video.
JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.
Journalism Education Association Press Rights Commission
Journalism Research Social Network
Videos, blogs, discussion and other networking tools to cover what areas of online journalism you're researching. Site is founded by Paul Bradshaw from Great Britain.