compiled by Dr. Denny Wilkins
St.
Bonaventure University School of
Journalism & Mass Communication
links verified 6.25.06 |
cum grano salis* |
links added/revised 6.25.06
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freedoms [speech, expression, information
trade, professional groups
| Advertising
Age |
EXTRA!
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Quill
Romenesko's MediaNews [an excellent Poynter blog] RTNDF Communicator Tyndall Report [weekly summary of TV news coverage] TVNewser [at Mediabistro] Treat yourself: newspaper mottoes |
| political
reporting tools |
Media
ownership & deregulation [a compendium from journalism.org,
a Pew Center site] |
campaign finance reporting tools 2005
House, Senate financial disclosure statements [from WPost] |
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statistical reporting tools |
Agriculture
| Crime |
Demographics
| Economic
Polls,
surveys |
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| general
reporting tools |
FirstGov's
'Gateways': Internet Movie Database Internet Public Library Reference Center Internet Scout Report [a digital "clip" service; worth a look] IRS 990s for non-profits [via Guidestar] Lawyers Medscape [medical news from WebMD] Media Access Project [a non-profit, public-interest law firm] Multinational Monitor [tracks corporate activity, esp. in the Third World] National Archives and Records Administrations [site for government records] Nat'l Association of Counties Nat'l Center for Biotechnology Info [Nat'l Library of Medicine, Nat'l Institutes of Health; search 'PubMed'] National Center for Education Statistics National Center for Policy Analysis [bills self as 'non-partisan'; caveat emptor] National Conference of State Legislatures National Criminal Justice Reference Center [invaluable; links to courts, crime stats, etc.] National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting National Public Radio archives |
National Security Archives [an independent non-governmental research institute and library] News backgrounders [from FACS] Newspaper Archives on the Web Newspaper archives| archives| morgues [from the Library of Congress reading room] Opinions, Ideas and Commentary [links to editorial, opinion pages worldwide] 'Phone books' [phone numbers, zip codes, etc.] Population Reference Bureau [worldwide pop. data] POW/MIA database Presidential news, speeches [at Bush W.H.] Quackwatch [controversial; deals w/ health fraud] Philanthropic resources at CapitalResearch PR Newswire [business-oriented; some breaking news] ProfNet Reporter's Desktop [Duff Wilson's coordinated search page] Reporting resources, tips [from notrain-nogain.org, a first-rate site] Reverse lookup [numbers to people] Salary data [from CollegeJournal.com at WSJ] Salary survey [from mediabistro] Secretaries of state [all 50 states, links to public records, corporate filings; fees req'd] SourceWatch [keeps tabs on 'experts'] Space Telescope Science Institute [Hubble pix, data] Sports Journalism Toolbox [if you cover sports, you need this; from Mike Reilley] State, Local Government Links Stateline.org [gen. state news roundup] Tax Sites Directory Television News Archives Television ratings Time: What time is it? [time hack from U.S. Naval Observatory clock] U.S. Court records [PACER site] U.S. Code [a searchable 'laws of the land'] U.S. Department of State Urbanlegends [also net hoaxes] The Weather Channel Weather Service [feds; see also NOAA's Northeast Regional Climate Center] The White House Wikipedia WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server Zip code look-up [from the U.S. Postal Service] politics | economics | statistics |
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American
Copy Editors Society |
CQ:
what it means |
Online Books Page [freebies] Regret the error [cool! a site about corrections] The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors Style & Substance [WSJ style guide] What exactly is a copy editor? Word Spy [billed as 'word lover's web site'] World Wide Words [British take on English] WSJ Style & Substance newsletter |
| About
Math |
'must-reads' for stat-shaky journalkists Statistics
Every Writer Should Know Inflation calculators [from NASA site] Inflation conversion factors [a gold mine from Ore. St.'s Bob Sahr] Innumeracy.com Interactive calculation pages [Wow! Every stat you ever needed] Interactive Stats [Web pages that do statistical calculations] |
Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms IRE math test for journalists [g'wan, test y'self] Math Forum [selected math resources by subject] Numeracy exercises [from notrain-nogain.org] Percentage Calculators Percent Change Calculator Polling, basics of [from Kathleen Wickham at notrain-nogain.org] Risk reporting [FACS explainer] Salary comparisons [compares salaries, cost of living between cities] The Spreadsheet Page StatSoft Electronic Textbook [on-line statistics course] STATS -- Statistical Assessment Service [excellent; try its weblogs]] Time, speed, distance basics [from U.S. Coast Guard] Unit Converters [many useful conversion tools] Web Math [from the Discovery Channel] |
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Caveat emptor, people. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail Denny at dwilkins@sbu.edu. |
*Cum grano salis is Latin for "with a grain of salt." In other words, take what you find on the Web with a healthy dose of skepticism. The sites below offer tips on assessing credibility of the information you find. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources Overview and How-to's of on-line searching, information gathering, and assessing credibility of on-line information |