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Journalism & Electronic Media

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The Journalism & Electronic Media Subject Guide presents selected print, electronic, and Internet resources relevant for completing research at the UT Libraries. Resources are also useful for learning more about the field in general.

Web Resources
General News | World News

Directory of Journalism Resources
This site comes from the Unviersity of Iowa and includes on-line news sources, journalism magazines,and style guides, as well as links that focus on cyberjournalism, gender and race in the industry, and jobs.

Facts About Newspapers
Statistics on many aspects of United States and Canadian newspaper publishing, including readership demographics, advertising, and circulation.

Freedom Forum:
This site is sponsored by the Freedom Forum, a non-partisan foundation dedicated to freedom of speech and the First Amendment.

Finding Data on the Internet: A Journalist's Guide
Includes a section on understanding statistics. Excellent listing of quality sites for getting facts and figures.

The Journalistic Resources Page:
A comprehensive site that connects to organizations, research and educational sites,and online media resources.

Journalist Toolbox: Online Research for News Reporters
This may be one of the best overall sites for Journalists. Sections on Elections, crime, people finders, interpreting data and much more. Very well organized.

The Media History Project
Promoting the Study of Media History from Petroglyphys to Pixels: Devoted to investigating the evolution of the various forms of media.

NationMaster
National statistics, excellent source for finding numbers (i.e. most educated)details on many of the countries of the world.

Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press
A good resource for free speech issues.

Reporter's Resource:
Geared to journalists needs. Includes writing tips,the reporter's site of the month, and a wide variety of useful sites for a working journalist.

The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors

The State of the American Newspaper
Explores the condition of the American Newspaper in an era of increased media competition and conglomeration.

Writing-World. Com
Variety of information on how to improve writing skills. Also has job opportunites.

WWW Virtual Library: Journalism: Organized by topics.

Poynter Online
The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists. Interesting topic areas covered on the webpage.

JournalismNet: Lists international newspapers, radio stations, alternative news sources, magazines, etc.

World News

The Abyz News Links
One of the largest and detailed news sources on the net. Links to over 16,500 newspapers and other news sources from around the world.

The BBC World Service
Audio feeds from all over the world. Available in a number of languages.

CNNWorld
Top global stories. Regional news, in-depth analysis of major events, and election watch. Updated several times a day.

Foreign Media Reaction
The U.S. Department of State produces a daily analysis of foreign media commentary on major foregn policy issues. Excellent summary of the world's media reaction to important recent events.

NewsDirectory.com
Lists English-language newspapers and magazines from all over the world.

News Index
This is a news only search engine with a news ticker of late breaking stories. Covers over 250 news sources from around the world. Online Newspapers.com
List by country of more than 5000 newspapers.

World News Index
Access to all news organizations with web sites. Has a global area which has major wire services. Includes international papers.