Useful Web Links
• Journalism tools
• Publications
• Journalism organizations
• Journalism training
• Useful government organizations for international information
• Sources of international news
• Press freedom groups
• "Americana"
Journalism tools
GlobalHealthReporting.org is project developed and operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide journalists and others — including researchers, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations — with the latest news and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.
http://www.globalhealthreporting.org
Measures distance between two U.S. cities and a few hundred outside the U.S.
http://www.indo.com/distance
Selection of telephone books in countries other than U.S.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir
Converts some 300,000 measurements and additional useful links.
http://www.onlineconversion.com
Currency converter calculator
http://quote.yahoo.com/m3
Currency inflator and deflator
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateCPI.html
On-line dictionary (English and some other languages, thesauras and translator
http://www.dictionary.com
World time zones
http://www.koalanet.com/world-time-zones.html
Internet tutorial: Learning the Net
http://www.centerspan.org/tutorial/net.htm
The Slot: A spot for copy editors
http://www.theslot.com
CopyEditor
http://www.copyeditor.com
Online Dictionary/Thesaurus
http://www.wordsmyth.net
American Copy Editors Society
http://copydesk.org
Center for Business Research international business web sites
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/cbr/cbrvl.htm#international
Richmond Times-Dispatch Hot List (links to sources by topic)
http://timesdispatch.com
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
http://www.rrmtf.org
Statistical Assessment Service (Help on statistics)
http://www.stats.org
Finding data on the Internet
http://nilesonline.com/data
Statistics every writer should know
http://www.nilesonline.com/stats
Statistical sites on the World Wide Web
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm
Newswise guide to journalism grants and fellowships, 1998-1999
http://www.newswise.com/grants.htm
Journalism Newsgroups
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/documentation/journ/newsgroups.html
News, issues and alternative media
http://home.about.com/newsissues/index.htm
FACSNET Directory of Database Services
http://www.facsnet.org
Internet Spy Online Detective
http://rbay.com/Spy/spy.htm
Anonymizer anonymous Web surfing tool
http://www.anonymizer.com
US Politics: current events
http://usnewspapers.miningco.com/index.htm?COB-looksmart
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Search tool for magazine articles
http://www.magportal.com
Great tools for looking things up.
http://www.refdesk.com
Frequently asked Internet questions answered
http://www.faqs.com
Comprehensive directory for information on religion
http://www.Adherents.com
Access to about 20,000 government sites
http://www.FirstGov.gov
Sources of information on how to do just about anything
http://www.ehow.com
News resource for journalists working in hostile environments
http://www.themediasafety.net
Encyclopedia & reference resource
http://www.1upinfo.com
Internet Search Engines and Directories:
AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com
Google
http://www.google.com
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com
Hotbot
http://www.hotbot.com
Excite
http://www.excite.com
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com
Looksmart
http://www.looksmart.com
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com
Go.com
http://www.go.com
Northernlight
http://www.northernlight.com
Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Publications
American Journalism Review
http://ajr.org
Newslink
http://www.newslink.org
Columbia Journalism Review
http://www.cjr.org
Editor&Publisher magazine
http://www.mediainfo.com
Online Journalism Review published by the Annenberg School for
Communication at the University of Southern California.
http://www.ojr.org
Journalism U.K. — resources for British journalists
http://www.journalismuk.co.uk
Pressnet: Journalists, journalism and mass media on the Internet
http://www.pressnetweb.com
On-line Magazines covering politics, media, technology and social trends:
Salon
http://www.salon.com
Slate
http://www.slate.msn.com
Journalism organizations
American Society of Journalists and Authors
http://www.asja.org
American Society of Newspaper Editors
http://www.asne.org
Asian American Journalists Associations
http://www.aaja.org
Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org
Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Scholarship Fund.
(Brings promising journalists from the developing countries of the world to New York to report on international affairs during the UN General Assembly.)
www.unjournalismfellowship.org
Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
Institute for Alternative Journalism
http://www.alternet.org
Institute for International Journalism
http://www.scrippsjschool.org
International Center for Journalism
http://www.icfj.org
ICFJ International Journalists' Network
http://www.ijnet.org
Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org
Military Reporters & Editors
http://www.militaryreporters.org
National Association of Black Journalists
http://nabj.org
National Association of Broadcasters
http://www.nab.org
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
http://www.nahj.org
National Association of Science Writers
http://nasw.org
National Federation of Press Women
http://www.nfpw.org
National Writers Union
http://www.nwu.org
Native American Journalists Association
http://www.naja.com
Newspaper Association of America
http://www.naa.org
Poets and Writers Online
http://www.pw.org
The Poynter Institute: a school for journalists
http://www.poynter.org
Project for Excellence in Journalism/Committee of Concerned Journalists
http://www.journalism.org
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org
Reporters sans frontières
http://www.rsf.org
Society of Environmental Journalists
http://www.sej.org
Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org
Writers Guild of America
http://www.wga.org
Religion Newswriters Association / ReligionLink
http://www.religionwriters.com
International Women's Media Foundation
http://www.iwmf.org
Journalism training
Traing site of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
http://www.journalismtraining.org
Useful government organizations for international information
United Nations
http://www.un.org
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov
U.S. Central Intelligency Agency Country Fact Books
http://www.cia.gov
U.S. House of Representatives (and links to finding aids for government information)
http://www.house.gov/Welcome.html
U.S. Dept. of State International Information Programs
http://www.usiinfo.state.gov
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov
U.S. State Department
http://www.state.gov
White House (and links to cabinet offices and independent regulatory agencies)
http://www.whitehouse.gov
Sources of international news
7am news ticker....
ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com
The Associated Press
http://www.ap.org
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml
Chicago Tribune
http://chicagotribune.com
CNN-World News
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD
Google News — very useful site which culls from 4,500 sites for instant updates on news, all collected by algorithms.
http://news.google.com
The Flying Inkpot's world news links
http://inkpot.com/news
Geocities
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2692/news.html
The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com
McFarlin Reference Center — international news
http://www.lib.utulsa.edu
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
USA Today
http://usatoday.com
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Alternative sources of international news
http://www.globalinfo.org
Press Freedom Groups
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
http://www.ifex.org
Centro de Priodistas de Investigacion, A.C.
http://investigacion.org.mx
Centro Latinoamericano de Periodismo
http://www.celap.net
Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc.
http://www.cpj.org
First Amendment Center
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org
Florida International University
http://pulso.org
Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
International Center for Journalists, Inc.
http://www.icfj.org
International Press Institute Report: The International Journalism Magazine
http://www.freemedia.at
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
http://www.ire.org
Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org
Inter American Press Association:
http://www.sipiapa.org
"Americana"
A summary of national polling results on political, social opinion in the U.S.
http://www.pollingreport.com
U.S. myths and urban legends
http://www.snopes.com
Search engine for U.S. newspapers and journalism information
http://www.newsindex.com
Basic information on all states, with links for more
http://www.50states.com
Places to go for the fun of it, in the U.S. and in other countries
http://www.timeout.com
A different take on where to go in the U.S.
http://www.virtualtourist.com
To know if you are where your favorite stars are
http://www.pollstar.com
Links to all things American...and many international sites
http://www.ceoexpress.com
Inclusive site for monitoring money and politics in U.S.
http://www.opensecrets.org
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