JOURNALISM RESOURCES -- Issues and Research
These are sites which provide reliable research material on issues
of interest to journalists.
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- AccuNet/Associated Press (AP) Photo
Archive
- Searchable collection of over 700,000 news photographs.
- Annenberg Public Policy
Center
- The media and public policy issues.
- Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Agency which oversees U.S. Federal Government international
broadcasting operations (Voice of America, etc.).
- The Campaign Desk
- The Columbia Journalism Review site is designed to provide criticism and analysis of press
coverage of the 2004 political campaigns in the U.S.
- Center for Media and
Public Affairs
- Center for Media
Education
- Watchdog group.
- Center for Media
Literacy
- Group encouraging critical thinking about the media.
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A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and The Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government
Records
- The U.S. Congress periodically publishes this guide.
- Civil Rights Forum on
Communciations Policy
- Codes of Ethics
Online
- See the "Media" and "Communications" options."
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- International nonpartisan, non-profit organization monitoring freedom of
the press and abuses against journalists.
- Consortium for
Independent Journalism
- EthicNet; Databank for European Codes of Journalism Ethics
- Provided by the University of Tampere in Finland, this is a compilation of links to codes of
ethics for journalists in over 35 European countries, all translated into English.
- FACSNet
- Information/background materials for journalists researching complex topics. (Requires free registration.)
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
(FAIR)
- Federal
Agencies' Freedom of Information Act Web Sites
- The U.S. Justice Department provides this set of links to Federal
Government Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Web sites.
- First Amendment Center -- Press
- A project of the Freedom Forum, based at Vanderbilt University.
- First Amendment
Cyber-Tribune
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Collection of links and info concerned with First Amendment protections
and related public policy issues.
- Freedom Forum
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Freedom Forum is a group which champions freedom of the press under the
First Amendment. This information service contains a significant amount
of full-text info (journal articles, press releases, etc.).
- Freedom of the Press Survey
- Country-by-country rating of press freedoms,
from Freedom House.
- Governments on the
WWW: Institutions in the Area "Broadcasting"
- Links to countries' national broadcasting agencies.
- Institute for War and
Peace Reporting
- News and analysis on the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the former
Soviet Union, with an emphasis on issues relating to media coverage.
- Inter American Press
Association
- Non-profit organization dedicated to defending freedom of expression and
of the press throughout the Americas.
- International Center for Journalists
- Support for international journalists, including information in the
International Journalists' Network database.
- International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists
- A project of the Center for Public
Integrity, intended to focus on "issues that do not stop at water's edge."
- International Freedom of
Information Exchange
- International organization supporting freedom of speech and press.
Includes news reports.
- International Press Institute
- Joan
Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy
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From the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
- Journalism Resources
- Excellent compilation of Internet resources for journalists and journalism students, maintained by
graduate student at University of Iowa.
- Journalism.org
- Includes the Daily Briefing, a digest of
news about the media.
- Journalist's Toolbox
- Ever-growing collection of research resources, compiled by the American Press Institute.
- Kaiser
Family Foundation -- Program on the Entertainment Media and the Public Health
- The Kaiser Family Foundation is concerned with health policy in the
U.S., and this particular program of theirs is concerned with the inclusion
of health-related information in the entertainment media.
- MIT List of Radio
Stations on the Internet
- Links to over 8,000 radio station Web sites around the world, many of
which have audio links.
- Mason-Dixon Polling &
Research, Inc.
- Public opinion surveys.
- Media
Awareness Network: Statistics and Public Opinion
- Canadian media conglomerate Cochran Communications provides this
guide to statistics on media usage, content, and other issues.
- Media
Matters
- Policy statements and other documents in the American Academy of
Pediatrics' "national media education campaign" on topics relating to
children and media.
- Media Ownership
- The Bureau of National Affairs compiled this collection of online resources concerned with ownership of
mass media outlets.
- MediaResource
- Data bank of scientific information for journalists, along with network of scientists and others wiiling to
field scientific inquiries from journalists.
- Museum of Broadcast Communication
- National Coalition on Television
Violence
- Watchdog group.
- National Freedom of Information Coalition
- Includes their comilation of State and National
Freedom of Information Resources.
- Newspaper Codes of Ethics
- From American Society of Newspaper Editors.
- Newseum
- NewsWatch
- Created by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, this is a daily
"Web magazine" about media coverage of events and issues.
- 100,000 Watts; U.S. Radio and TV Directory
- List, with links, of over 18,000 television and radio stations in the U.S.
- Parents Television Council
- Watchdog group.
- Peabody
Awards
- Annual awards in broadcast journalism.
- Pew Center for Civic
Journalism
- Pew Research Center for
People and the Press
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Photojournalism on the Web
- Compilation on resources, from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Pictures of the Year
- Annual compilation of award-winning photography, from the University of Missouri
School of Journalism.
- Poynter Institute
- Press Freedom
Database
- Searchable database of over 2,000 instances of attacks on journalists
and media organizations around the world. (Committee to Protect
Journalists.)
- Privacy and
Human Rights
- This survey, by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy
International, reviews the state of privacy in over fifty countries around
the world. The survey examines a wide range of privacy issues including,
data protection, telephone tapping, genetic databases, ID systems and
freedom of information laws.
- Public Opinion Surveys -- Online
Sources
- A selection of sources available to W&L students and faculty.
- Pulitzer Prize Board
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of
the Press
- Reporters
Reference Center on Campaign Finance Reform
- Benton Foundation resource for journalists covering campaign finance
reforms.
- Reporters Without Borders
- Based in France, this is a professional association which monitors
and defends press freedom throughout the world.
- Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
- Student Press Law Center
- Television Bureau of Advertising
- See the "Research Central" and "Business Data Bank" options for data on media trends and other topics.
- Television
Violence Montoring Reports
- UCLA's three-year project to monitor television violence.
- University of
California (Los Angeles) Center for Communication Policy
- Authors of works on the Internet and media violence.
- Vanderbilt Television News
Archive
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Information about the Archive, which maintains video copies of thousands
of hours of TV news programming. Available here is an index (with abstracts)
of TV news broadcasts in recent years. (Rentals of video copies of full
broadcasts are available through W&L's Media Center.)
- Voice of America Pronunication Guide
- The VOA's official guidelines for pronunciations of names in the news.
- Well Connected
- Center for Public Integrity's searchable database of media ownership.
- Who Owns What
- Media corporate ownership database, from the Columbia Journalism Review.
- World Press Encyclopedia
- Articles on media in nearly 200 countries. (Leyburn subscription.)
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