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Committee to Protect Journalists -
dedicated to defending the rights and safety of journalists around the world. Tallies attacks on journalists, and documents the worst places to be a journalist.
Daniel Pearl Family Foundation -
information about how to contribute to the Memorial Trust or Foundation to honor the memory of slain journalist Daniel Pearl.
Press Freedom Survey -
annual report that rates press freedom, or lack of freedom, on a country-by-country basis. From Freedom House, a non-partisan human rights adcovacy group.
Watching the Media: Who Owns What -
guide to what the major media companies own. By Aaron Moore for the Columbia Journalism Review. Also: an interactive chart of the Big Ten's media holdings, from The Nation.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting -
aims to contribute to the resolution of conflict and to the strengthening of civil society, democracy, and the rule of law.
Newseum -
interactive museum of news that takes you behind the scenes to see and experience how and why news is made. Includes online exhibits.
Reporters Without Borders - Reporters Sans Frontières -
provides information on reporters who wrote freely and are in jeopardy, worldwide. Organizes petitions and letter writing campaigns in defense of threatened journalists.
Accuracy in Media (AIM) -
organization investigating complaints of media misdeeds and working for higher standards of reporting. Includes articles from the AIM Report, a bi-weekly publication.
Media Literacy On-Line Project -
collection of resources related to the influence of media in the lives of children, youth, and adults.
mediachannel.org -
media issues supersite featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from organizations worldwide. Also has community boards, issue guides, action alerts, and a guide to media ownership.
Newspaper Association of America -
nonprofit representing dailies and nondailies. Site includes information on circulation and readership, trends and numbers, and more.
Poynter Institute for Media Studies -
includes features such as Headlines on Hold about the 2000 Presidential election, and and eye tracking study on online news consumption.
Project Censored -
exploring and publicizing the extent of censorship in our society by locating stories about significant issues.
Project for Excellence in Journalism -
initiative by journalists from all media to clarify and raise the standards of American journalism.
Rocky Mountain Media Watch (RMMW) -
challenging "the unbalanced and unhealthy diet of information presented by the media corporations."
State of the American Newspaper -
special report from American Journalism Review, July 1999. Includes sections on industry consolidation, how market research can mislead, and how newspapers are adapting to the Web.
The Media Foundation -
Canadian foundation that aims to redirect commercial media culture towards ecological and social awareness; publisher of Adbusters magazine.
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day -
observed May 3, serves to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting -
national media watch group and publisher of Extra!, offering well-documented criticism in an effort to correct media bias and imbalance.
Media Research Center -
conservative media watchdog organization dedicated to "bringing political balance to and responsibility to the media."
The Museum of Television & Radio -
watch and listen to thousands of television and radio programs, or visit the "Perspectives" project, a series of interviews that includes one with well-known journalists.
Interamerican Press Association (IAPA) -
nonprofit organization dedicated to defending freedom of expression and of the press throughout the Americas. Members include newspapers and magazines from Patagonia to Alaska.
tvnewz.com -
includes news, forums, and job listings, for those interested in, or working in the television news industry.
IWantMedia.com -
providing access to media news, statistics, publications, job listings, trade groups, and more.
Harry Shearer: Found Objects -
audio and video outtakes from varous media celebrities.
Just Think Foundation -
nonprofit foundation founded to promote media literacy and develop critical thinking skills in young people.
News Blues -
for people who work in television newsrooms. Includes information on working conditions and broadcasting companies across the U.S. Online Resources Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-Net)
http://www.h-net.msu.edu
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
http://www.cios.org
ACA's Center for Communication Studies
http://www.uark.edu/~aca/studies.html
Michael Calvin McGee's Fragments
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/Fragments
Society for Technical Communication
http://stc.org:80/
Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
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