Associations
American Press Institute :: includes a Journalist's Toolbox; dedicated to training people in journalism education and the news industry; the research area will be useful to students
Associated Collegiate Press :: dedicated to college student journalists
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) :: an organization for journalism and mass communication faculty, administrators, students, and media professionals
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) :: the federation represents more than 500,000 journalists in 100 countries; IFJ promotes press freedom and social justice through strong, free, and independent trade unions of journalists; a list of links to organizations is useful
Journalism Education Association :: an independent scholastic journalism organization for teachers and advisors; headquartered at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Society of Environmental Journalists :: a U.S.-based organization of working journalists dedicated to improving environmental reporting; the site includes updates on environmental issues as well as a list of resources and tools
Society of Professional Journalists :: members are journalists, educators, and students; supports freedom of information and open records through programs; has a legal defense fund for journalists
Advocacy/Support Sites
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) :: tracks press conditions around the world; provides information on journalists killed and missing
Freedom Forum :: a non-partisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free spirit; three priorities include the Newseum, First Amendment and newsroom diversity
Freedom House ::
an independent non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world; founded in 1941 by a group including Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendell Wellkie, the organization annually surveys the extent of press freedom around the world; excepts from the report are available online
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press :: sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts the center uses public opinion research to explore the public's ideas about the media and public policy
Student Press Law Center :: an advocate for student free-press rights; provides information, advice, and legal assistance to student journalists and the educators who work with them
Help for Working Journalists
Computer-Assisted Reporting :: a list of more than 600 links to resources on computer assisted reporting and freedom of information
Cyberjournalist.net :: focuses on the Internet and new technologies, always looking to see how technology is affecting jorunalism -- don't miss the section
FACSNET :: a group dedicated to better journalism by providing educational opportunities for journalists; the site includes great lists of resources for journalists and techniques for writing stories; Top Issues includes the day's top stories, Reporting Tools finds tips for using the site, and Internet Resources includes traditional news beats, links to topics within those beats, and a way to search for information
Freepress :: a nonprofit, public-interest organization that advocates free expression, decentralized ownership, and enhanced federal stewardship of the US news and mass media -- spearheaded by media economics and policy experty Robert McChesney - students will find interesting commentaries of media decentralization and other reports in the ; the list at the left will help with site navigation
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE) :: provides education services to reporters and others interested in investigative journalism; works to maintain high professional standards; use the list at the left side of the pages to help navigate through the site; some information is restricted to members
Journlism.org :: web presence of the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists. The goal of the site is to raise the standards of American journalism and to provide journalists with tools to do better work; biggest value on the site is the section on
National Press Club - Reporters' Resources :: a list of resources maintained by the Eric Friedheim Library & News Information Center at the National Press Club
News University :: a project of the Poynter Institute, it offers online, interactive, inexpensive courses to journalists of all levels of experience
Newswise :: offers press releases from more than 400 universities, nonprofit research institutes, public relations firms, governmental agencies, and corporations
Pew Global Attitudes Project :: makes available to the public data sets and reports on cross-cultural public opinion surveys
Pew Internet & American life project :: information on the digital divide, generational differences in Internet use, or Internet use in everday life
Poynter Institute :: a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists; lots of resources
Statistical resources on the web :: organizes online statistical sources into 24 topical areas
STATS :: the mission of the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) is to bring quality and reliability to the reporting of statistics; the organization tries to weed out bad studies by reporting on the statistics behind current issues
Media Watchdogs
Accuracy in Media :: a politically conservate citizens watchdog of the news that critiques new stories and sets the record straight on issues that receive slanted coverage
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) :: a progressive group that provides well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship
Mediachannel.org :: nonprofit group dedicated to the political social and cultural impacts of the media; a politically liberal group
Media Matters for America :: a progressive group dedicated to monitoring conservative groups for misinformation
Media Research Center :: a group of conservatives that seeks to prove that liberal bias exists in the media
Media Transparency :: organization tracing funding sources of many conservative media and political organizations
Media Watch :: a group that challenges abusive stereotypes and other biased images commonly found in the media, particularly of marginalized groups
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