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Power Reporting: Journalism shoptalk: Online
7 a.m. International News Wires Posts updated headlines from Nando Times, CNN, Fox News, Reuters/Yahoo, and AP.
A Beginner's Guide to HTML A primer on Web markup language.
AJR media companies Links to media companies, from American Journalism Review magazine.
AJR media news online Links to sites with media gossip and current news, from American Journalism Review magazine.
AJR wire services Links to wire services, from American Journalism Review magazine.
All HTML Tags A quick reference on Web markup language.
AlterNet.org An alternative online magazine, and content provider for others.
American Journalism Review A national magazine covering the U.S. media, published by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Excellent links to news organizations, awards, and other resources for journalists. Known in the distant past as Washington Journalism Review, now just AJR.
AP News Digest from FACSNET The a.m. digest from the AP, enhanced with links by FACSNET. Registration required.
Audio Current Awareness Services Links to audio/video services for keeping up on the news, especially international events. By Gary Price.
Audio Video Current Awareness Services Links to audio/video services for keeping up on the news, especially international events. By Gary Price.
Campus Newspapers on the Internet Lists by name or university. Hosted by the University of Tennessee.
Canadian Press The national news co-operative of Canada's daily newspapers.
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics; provides background material and explanations of First Amendment and intellectual property-related laws; they are also compiling a database of people/sites that have received cease-and-desist notices. There are ongoing topics, news updates, and reports on the current "weather."
Contentious A e-zine by writers and editors of online media. Edited by Amy Gahran.
CReAte Your Own Newspaper (CRAYON) Create your own personalized newspaper.
Ecola's 24-Hour Newsstand Search newspapers by country and magazines by subject or region.
Excite NewsTracker Set up a personal folder to search for news in your area of interest from 300 newspapers and magazines.
FACSNET Reporting Tools The mission of the site is to improve the quality of information reaching the public through the news. Journalists and news sources recognize the critical need for educational help to overcome these deficiencies. FACS provides and
maintains online resources designed to help journalists find information they need and to understand the subjects upon which they report.
Gebbie Press Another comprehensive directory of U.S. newspapers and broadcast stations.
Google news links
HTML color chart The colors of the hypertext rainbow.
Hypertext Writer's Guide Guides to words, paragraphs, essays, logic, grammar, etc. From University of Victoria.
I Want Media News about the news and entertainment media. Updated seven days a week by Patrick Phillips, freelance journalist and corporate writer.
InfoBeat This service allows you to select customized news summaries and headline reports. Users can choose to have the headlines delivered in an E-mail message at specified times throughout the day. The varieties include Finance, Sports, Entertainment, News, Weat
International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) IFEX is a global network of 54 organisations campaigning in defense of free expression. It operates an Action Alerts Network which mobilises world-wide responses to free-expression and press-freedom violations.
Internet Press Guild "The Internet Press Guild is a nonprofit organization promoting excellence in journalism about the Internet, online services, and bulletin board systems."
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox Advice on Web design from a leading consultant and author on usability. Check out the archive of favorite articles.
Microsoft Your Start Page Each of these services allow you to create customized home pages, with updated links to your favorite sites and news sources.
Mr. Showbiz News and features about the entertainment industry and pop culture.
My Excite Personalize your news pages.
My Yahoo Another option to personalize your news pages.
News and Newspapers Online Access newspapers across the globe.
News Index Another compilation of headlines, from a wide variety of sources, with the ability to search.
NewsCenter News sources, up to the minute. By Gary Price.
NewsEdge News service for business professionals, but helpful for business reporters, too.
Newshub Updated every 15 minutes with headlines in these areas: Technical, Financial, World, U.S., Science, Health and Entertainment.
Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association NEPA is the international trade association serving publishers of subscription for-profit newsletters and specialized information services. Includes a searchable list of newsletters.
NewsLinx Compilation of the day's headline stories from various news organizations.
Online Journalism Awards From the Online News Association and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Online Journalism Review From the USC Annennberg School.
Online News Association Founded in 1999.
Online-Journalist Kiosk Resources A FAQ on online journalism. By Doug Millison.
Opinion-Pages Search Search today's op-editorial pages.
Reuters General news and financial information.
RocketNews A search engine for current news headlines. Save your searches to be reissued. Search from today or go back one, two, even five days.
The Digital Edge Publication about online media, from the New Media Foundation, a project of the Newspaper Association of America.
The Smoking Gun A wacky display of documents found by Freedom of Information requests and other means. Heavily weighted toward arrest reports of celebrities.
TotalNews Indexes online news media, updated every few hours.
Washington Post chat transcripts Chats with Washington Post staff.
Why you can't count Web readers An interesting description of how the Web works, and what it means for counting visitors to a site.
World Wide Web Security FAQ Q&A on Web security. For Web managers, but should be read by anyone responsible for Web publishing.
Yahoo News Alerts A free way to stay up on news from AP, Reuters, etc. Especially helpful for news organizations without full-text clipping services, such as Nexis-Lexis or Dow Jones Interactive. Will send e-mail up to twice a day alerting you to news articles containing certain words or phrases. Set up as many alerts as you like. Free registration required.
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