Guide to Public Opinion Poll Web Sites This is an annotated compilation of websites, pulled together by librarians
in association with ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries).
Small Town Newspapers This is a representative group but not all-encompassing. It says that it updates weekly.
AP Photo Archive Search AP Photo Archive which dates back to 1995. There is also an Historical AP Photo Archive, which is being built. Photos are downloadable for a fee, but browsing is free.
Break the Chain Check out what's new for the latest chain letter hoax that's
circulating, plus much more info on not-so-new chain letters.
Urban Legends Extremely valuable source for checking out those questionable email rumors or tips
that come your way. If it seems questionable, or even if it doesn't, go to Urban Legends first.
Use their excellent search engine to see if this is a hoax or has occurred previously. Site is
constantly updated.
Columns and Editorials This is a site called Web Sites for Journalists and features newspapers' and online dailies' columns (which includes editorials as well as columns); non-daily online columnists, individual columnists and columnists' groups.
Commonwealth Phone Directory Current phone directory for state government. Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to use.
Copy Editor On this page you will find info about workshops for copy editors, jobs for same, and links for copy editors
Slipup.com The site consists of each day's highlighted correction, plus, under Resources, links to the corrections pages of nearly two dozen news organizations, such as The Associated Press, the Washington Post , Wired News and Brill's Content.
Regret the Error Regret The Error reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications and trends regarding
accuracy and honesty in the media.
Disaster Links Put together by CBS News, this is a comprehensive list.
Drudge Report Matt Drudge's infamous news report, as well as links to other news sources
Jim Romenesko's MediaNews Media gossip; news about the news, kept current, lively. Plus lots of media news links
JournalistExpress Says it's designed by a busy journalist for busy journalists....excellent list of links for the journalist
Journalist's Toolbox Many of you know of this great source of subjects put together for journalists. It's constantly updated, and if you haven't looked at it ever, or recently, it's worth the trip.
Licensed Occupations Database Can search the database to see what licenses are
required to practice a profession or occupation in a certain state
Math help Really helpful page for reporters and editors. Under Stat Lessons, there are explanations for mean, median, margin of error, etc. Then there are links to FINDING DATA ON THE INTERNET; STATISTICS EVERY WRITER SHOULD KNOW, QUESTIONS TO ASK A CANDIDATE
5 Steps to Multimedia Reporting "This site is for journalists who want to learn how to do a multimedia story."
Our photojournalists are already videotaping. These stories are defined as a "combination of text, still photographs, video
clips, audio, graphics and interactivity presented on a Web site in a nonlinear format." From the Graduate School of
Journalism, University of California, Berkeley.
NewsCenter A tool created by Gary Price for keeping current with the news. Besides a wide variety of English language news sources, there are also several hard to find wires, many trade publications that produce daily updates, and other news tools
News Page Designer "Newspagedesigner.com was started in order to give news designers of all levels and locations a chance share their
work and ideas, a chance to get feedback and a chance to get noticed."
Photojournalism A good collection of sources for the photojournalist as well as some general photography sites
Poynter Hot News organizes information relevant to current and breaking news stories. It's put together by the folks at the
Poynter Institute.
Slate How the news was played in major papers and magazines
Reporting on Suicide Garry Lenton says that "this site offers guidelines for reporting on suicides that
will reduce the likelihood of copycat cases. There are recommendations on how to write about the issue, including
examples of good and bad approaches from the NY Times, Inquirer and other papers. And there is a list of sources."
September 11, 2001 Resources First stop if you're covering the anniversary, this
was recently updated to include links to Poynter Online resources, archival sites, news
coverage, resource pages, U.S. government sources and more.