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http://sunsite.unc.edu/slanews/intranets/ajc/STYLBOOK.HTM American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Includes a job bank, tips on editing and copy editors’ critiques of their own copy desks. http://copydesk.org/ Crusty Old Slot Man’s Copy-Editing Peeve Page is run by Bill Walsh of the Washington Post http://www.theslot.com ESL Grammar Links http://www.eslpartyland.com/articles/esl-grammar-links.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Stylebook http://starbulletin.com/sbstyle/noframe.htm National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Association Stylebook Supplement offers gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender terminology http://www.nlgja.org/pubs/stylebook.html National Public Radio Ethics and Style Guidebook http://www.npr.org/inside/styleguide/stylmain.htm The Slot was set up by Washington Post slot editor Bill Walsh. Includes his own stylebook. http://www.theslot.com/ Associated Collegiate Press http://www.studentpress.org/acp First Amendment, FoI and other legal and crime-related matters documents academic freedom, including freedom of college press. Includes links to other Web sites. http://collegefreedom.org Communications Law Institute is a "continuing and distance education service of the College of Communications and the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment. The Communications Law Institute at Penn State brings together instructors of media law, First Amendment specialists, professional journalists, and other communicators for a refresher on substantive law and a look at new ways to communicate this material. http://www.cde.psu.edu/C&I/Commlaw.html Criminal Justice is Columbia Journalism Review’s "Guide to Covering Criminal Justice." The booklet provides a list of reliable resources to assist the criminal justice reporter. http://www.cjr.org/Resources/crime99/ or www.soros.org/crime First Amendment Center is an organization working to protect and preserve the First Amendment. It's affiliated with the Freedom Forum and Newseum. http://www.fac.org First Amendment Online From the Web site: "1st Amendment Online is a website The Freedom Forum http://www.freedomforum.org Freedom of Information Center is a unit of the Missouri School of Journalism, the center offers updates on FOI issues. You can subscribe to its newsletter from the Web site. http://web.missouri.edu/~foiwww/newsletter/ The International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (IJCLP) http://www.digital-law.net/IJCLP http://www.digital-law.net/IJCLP The International Trademark Association is a not-for-profit organization of trademark owners and advisors. The site includes a list of trademarks. http://www.inta.org/ NarcoNews.com From the NarcoNews.com Web site: "This newsletter relays what the Mexican and Latin American press is saying about the drug war. Many of these stories will appear to English-speaking readers as out-of-context to the media-driven "consensus’ within the United States regarding the drug war. These stories are not reported in the United States..." http://NarcoNews.com/ Media law Professor Wayne Overbeck at California State University, Fullerton, catalogs court rulings affecting open meetings and access to records as well as other media-related topics. Student Law Press Center http://www.splc.org/ Victims and the Media is the Web site for the Victims and the Media Program at Michigan State University's School of Journalism. Includes a newsletters and information about the $10,000 Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence. http://www.victims.jrn.msu.edu/ Weapons Hollowell and Co. weapons terms http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm for Journalists posts jobs in both print and broadcast journalism. http://www.newslink.org/joblink.html AP Summer Internship Program in New York is tailored for black, Hispanic, Asian and native American students; For print, photo, graphics, broadcast or multimedia journalists; Up to 17 interns selected. http://www.ap.org/apjobs California Journalism Job Bank is a service of the California Society of Newspaper Editors. http://www.csne.org/jobs/postings.html California Newspapers Publishers Association Classified Bulletin includes many entry-level jobs. The CNPA will also send your resume newspapers seeking journalists. http://www.cnpa.com/classified/classified.html http://www.fastweb.com/ lists many scholarships, but you need to register and will probably be targeted by advertisers. Jobs Page offers career tips on writing resumes, preparing clips and interviews. It also announces Knight Ridder internships and job fairs and includes other helpful links. http://www.freep.com/jobspage JournalismJobs.Com announces job opening and lets you post resumes and subscribe to a job-notification list. http://www.journalismjobs.com/ News Job Networks has links to myriad communciations job banks, including those for advertising, broadcast and print journalism, and e-zines. http://www.newsjobs.net/ UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Job Bank http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/ http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html Common Dreams News Center describes itself as "breaking news and views for the progressive community." Has many links to international media. http://www.commondreams.org/index.htm Editor & Publisher Media Links http://www.editorandpublisher.com BroadcastAMERICA.com officers breaking news and links to radio stations. http://broadcastamerica.com/ IFRA http://www.ifra.com/IfraV7.nsf/On_Line_Newspapers_NJ Newspaper Association of America Includes numerous state organizations in addition to the publisher associations, it also contains a good number of links to electronic newspaper editions. http://www.naa.org NewsLink has links to newspapers, magazines and TV networks through the world http://www.newslink.org The Ultimate Collection of News Links Comprehensive index containing more than 6,004 links to online print news sources from the following continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. http://pppp.net/links/news/
’ Web site lists three purposes of the organization: "1. To protect and promote the interests of photographers whose work is for publication. 2. To promote high professional standards and ethics. 3. To cultivate friendship and mutual understanding between photographers." http://www.asmp.org/ The Center for Creative Photography is a museum and research center devoted to photography as an art format the University of Arizona. http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/ccphome.html has links to several newsroom-related Web sites as well as includes copy editors’ critiques of their own copy desks. http://copydesk.org/ American Medical Writers Association http://www.amwa.org/ American Society of Feature and Sunday Editors is an international organization of editors dedicated to the quality of features in newspapers. http://www.aasfe.org/ American Society of Journalists and Authors says it’s nation’s leading organization of freelance writers. http://www.asja.org American Society of Newspaper Editors Many newspaper associations are featured on this Web site. http://www.infi.net/asne/ http://www.asne.org . Internship information: http://www.asne.org/kiosk/careers/interndate.htm Asian American Journalists Association http://www.aaja.org/ The Associated Press includes breaking news from The AP. http://www.ap.org Associated Press Managing Editors http://www.apme.com/index.shtml Association of American Editorial Cartoonists members include full-time editorial cartoonists, student cartoonists, and others with a professional interest in cartooning. http://www.detnews.com/AAEC/AAEC.html The Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors is a national organization whose members cover state governments. http://www.capitolbeat.org/ The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication "is an international association of some 3,300 journalism/mass communication faculty, students, administrators, and professionals." The site includes links to other organizations and resources. http://www.aejmc.org/ Hollywood Foreign Press Association, known for it annual Golden Globe Awards, is an organization of foreign correspondents covering the entertainment for publications throughout the world. Its weekly schedules announce press conferences, screenings, premieres, film festivals and meetings. http://www.goldenglobes.org/ The International Federation of Journalists "aims to defend the freedom of the press and independent journalism, encourage trade unions for journalists and promote professionalism." http://www.ifj.org International Museum of Cartoon Art http://cartoon.org/ Journalism and Women's Symposium describes itself as an organization for women journalists which combats gender bias and fosters education. The site includes a job bank. http://www.jaws.org Los Angeles Press Club http://www.lapressclub.org/ Orange County Press Club http://www.ocpressclub.org/ Military Reporters & Editors Formed in 2002, the part of the group's mission to help reporters and the public understand how the military operates and to lobby officials to grant access to military operations. http://m_r_es.tripod.com/index.htmNational Cartoonist Society members are involved in magazine and newspaper comics and editorial cartoons. Has links to other graphics-related cartoonists', advertising etc. Web sites. http://reuben.org/ National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting http://www.nicar.org/ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association "within the journalism industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues." http://www.nlgja.org/ National Newspapers Publishers Association From the NNPA Website: The associated was founded "in 1940 to bring together publishers of African-American-owned newspapers toward the advancement of their mutual interests and professional concerns." The group has more that 200 members whose readership top 15 million each week. http://www.nnpa.org/ National Press Club http://npc.press.org/ National Society of Newspaper Columnists http://www.columnists.com National Writers Union serves freelance writers. It provides member benefits and the use of grievance officers to recover money earned from publishers. The site includes legal updates, job postings and special help for journalists. http://www.nwu.org/ Native American Journalists Association http://www.naja.com/ Newspaper Association of America Includes numerous state organizations in addition to the publisher associations, it also contains a good number of links to electronic newspaper editions. http://www.naa.org Radio-Television News Directors Foundation http://www.rtnda.org/rtnda/ Religion Newswriters Association "strives to help improve and encourage religion writing excellence in the secular press." The site includes a job bank. http://www.religionwriters.com/ Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) defends press freedom around the report in part by making the world aware of governments that oppress or intimidate the news media. http://www.rsf.org/ Society for News Design http://www.snd.org/ Society of Professional Journalists http://spj.org South Asia Journalists Association http://www.saja.org/ World Association of Newspapers is an umbrella group that represents more than 17,000 publications on the five continents. From the Web site: The World Association of Newspapers has three major objectives: 1. Defending and promoting press freedom and the economic independence of newspapers as an essential condition for that freedom. 2. Contributing to the development of newspaper publishing by fostering communications and contacts between newspaper executives from different regions and cultures. and 3.Promoting co-operation between its member organisations, whether national, regional or worldwide. http://www.fiej.org/
Science, medicine and the environment
http://ajr.newslink.org/ Audit Bureau of Circulations established independent audits of newspaper and periodical circulation when it was formed in 1914. Its total membership of 4,225 publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies makes ABC the world's first and largest circulation auditing organization. http://www.accessabc.com/ California First Amendment Coalition http://www.cfac.org/ Center for Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org/ Committee of Concerned Journalists "is a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession." http://www.journalism.org/ccj/ Committee to Protect Journalist http://www.cpj.org/ Columbia Journalism Review http://www.cjr.org The Crimes of War Project Web states that it "is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers Drudge Report Though in my opinion Matt Drudge is not a creditable news source, his site has some interesting links. http://drudgereport.com/ Editor & Publisher magazine http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) From the Web site: FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. http://www.fair.org/fair The Freedom Forum http://www.freedomforum.org Insert Text Here compiled Michelle Nicolosi's offers a media-news digest, resources for reporters job opportunties. http://www.inserttexthere.com/ International Press Institute http://www.freemedia.at/ Journalism Access is a treasure trove of useful lines. It was created by Mindy McAdams, an online journalist and Knight Chair Professor of journalism technologies and the democratic process at the University of Florida. http://mindy.mcadams.com/jaccess/ Magazines Publishers of America http://www.magazine.org MediaChannel From the Web site: "MediaChannel is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. As the media watch the world, we watch the media." http://www.mediachannel.org/ Media Research Center is a conservative media watchdog organization that hires full-time monitors to watch and evaluate network newscasts http://www.mediaresearch.org/ Pew Center for Civic Journalism Civic journalism advocates argue that the news media need to find ways of reporting news that re-connects people with their communities and public life in general. http://www.cpn.org/sections/affiliates/pew.html also http://www.pewcenter.org/index.php Pew Internet and American Life http://www.pewinternet.org/ Pew Research Center for the People and the Press From the Web sit: "We are an independent opinion research group, sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, that studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. The Center's main purpose is to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through its research." http://www.people-press.org/ Newseum Media museum established in Washington, D.C., by the Freedom Forum http://www.newseum.org Newspaper Association of America Includes numerous state organizations in addition to the publisher associations, it also contains a good number of links to electronic newspaper editions. http://www.naa.org The Newspaper Guild The union representing many newspapers. Includes the salaries of guild newspapers. http://newsguild.org/ Poynter Institute From the Web site: "The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism." http://www.poynter.org Project Censored Top news stories underplayed by the media each year. http://www.projectcensored.org Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press http://www.rcfp.org/ U.S. Copyright Office http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html The Virtual Trail: Political Journalism on the Internet traces some of the changes in political journalism caused by the Internet, particularly changes in campaign finance reporting. This aid political reporters includes lists of the top 10 favorite websites among journalists, a glossary of online terms, and a review of new ethical challenges online. http://www.ipdi.org WittyWorld International Cartoon Magazine offers "the creative wit and art of many of the world's best cartoonists, along with interesting articles, interviews, and profiles." http://www.wittyworld.com Wooden Horse Publishing offers updates on the magazine industry and is a good resource for freelancers. http://www.woodenhorsepub.com/ Yahoo's newspaper Web site offers sites related to the history of journalism and newspapers as well as links about collecting and preserving historical newspapers. http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/History/ |
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