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EdWeek: A Student Journalist’s Plea: Stop Censoring Us (and Our Advisers)
Database for tracking financial and money laundering investigations.
Student Debt Crisis Center
Data, expert sources and other resources for covering this issue.
Washington Post: Digital Mobs Are Now Coming for Student Media
Poynter: Tips for Helping Students Pitch Freelance Ideas
Muck Rack for Students
Free access to industry-recognized certifications, research, and professional tools used by thousands of journalists and PR professionals around the world.
VettNews Cx Tool
The VettNews Cx tool improves the news organization’s process of correcting mistakes, receiving feedback and involves the public in doing so. This improves audience loyalty and subscription revenue. The Cx Tool button and dashboard system also offers monetization possibilities through advertising / underwriting.
Associated Collegiate Press
Jobs, articles on trends and more.
Flytedesk
Create, book and manage college media ad campaigns all in one place.
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
Teaching Students to Earn Trust
Resources from Joy Mayer with TrustingNews.org.
Student Reporting Guidelines During COVID-19
A list of tips for educators and students.
Journalist’s Resource: Covering College Student Homelessness and Food Insecurity
Division I College Sports FOIA Directory – The Intercollegiate
List of PIOs for each Division I athletic department.
A College Journalist’s Guide to Public Records
SPLC: Tips for Covering Walkouts and Protests
Investigative Journalism Education Consortium
PBS MediaShift: Where to Get Journalism Grants
Great list.
Poynter: Reliable Resources for College Media Covering COVID-19
Newseum: Covering a Catastrophe
A teaching portal on how to handle coverage of catastrophic events.
Journalism.co.uk: Journalism Student’s Survival Guide to Online Lectures
Wiki: How to Be a Journalism Student
Student Press Freedom Day Toolkit
Resources from the Student Press Law Center.
Dart Center: Resources for Educators Training Journalists Covering Sensitive Issues
Resources from San Diego State professor Amy Schmitz Weiss on teaching students to cover topics such as suicide, homicides, sexual assaults and other traumatic news events.
Clery Center for Security on Campus
Campus crime data and compliance information.
US Dept. of Education: Campus Safety and Security
Download nationwide campus crime data.
National Center for Education Statistics Data Center
Nationwide data on colleges and universities.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Tracking Sexual Assault Investigations
College COVID-19 Data Dashboards
Google Sheet is a deep collection of links to college dashboards.
Journalist’s Resource: Tips for Journalism Students on Higher Education Sources, Databases
Forecasts, safety resources and more.
Student Press Law Center: FERPA Law Basics
CubReporters.org
How-to videos, tips, jobs and more.
New School Journalism + Design: Tools for Educators
PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs
The PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) connects students with a network of public broadcasting mentors and an innovative journalism curriculum to develop digital media, critical thinking, and communication skills while producing original news reports.
CollegeResults.org
Track graduation rates and other data on universities.
Newseum: EdCollection Fact-Finder Guide
Reading List for Innovative Ideas on Journalism Education
From the Online News Association.
These videos were created by the SPJ Education Committee. Here’s a playlist of all of its training videos.
TrollBusters: Staying Safe Online and Offline (Student Edition)
Textbook you can order online.
Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
A short primer from the New York Times on the Web.
AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, writing/editing coach at the Tallahassee Democrat.
PBS Media Shift: Platforms for Educators to Share Student Work
CJR: Lessons in Saving Your Student Paper, Before It’s Too Late
Great advice that centers on the SMU student paper’s issues.
CJR: College Newsrooms Challenge an Industry’s Status Quo
A look at college newsroom diversity.
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.
FIRE: Guide to Free Speech on Campus
Book/ebook from the Foundation of Individual Rights on Campus.
Poynter: Tips for Helping Students Pitch Freelance Ideas
How to be a Journalism Student
University and College Designers Association
A professional organization of designers and educators.
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.
Education Writers Association
For education reporters.
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.
New York Times: College
You’ll need a subscription to NY Times online.
Universities.com
Nearly 5,000 listings of colleges, universities.
EdWeek: A Student Journalist’s Plea: Stop Censoring Us (and Our Advisers)
Database for tracking financial and money laundering investigations.
Student Debt Crisis Center
Data, expert sources and other resources for covering this issue.
The Baloney Detection Collection
Great checklist of fact-checking for “facts” we find on the web.
TurnItIn.com
A commercial service to detect Internet plagiarism.
Getting Started in Data Journalism
A guide to help students and professional journalists get into data journalism.
JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.
Muck Rack for Students
Free access to industry-recognized certifications, research, and professional tools used by thousands of journalists and PR professionals around the world.
BrainTrack College and University Lookup
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