Journalism Resources
Leadership Resources
Organizations and publications leading the field:
American Journalism Review
http://ajr.newslink.org
AJR’s Web site is a leader in journalism information and criticism, including comprehensive links to papers, magazines,
radio, and TV outlets around the world and AJR’s respected media criticism. Produced
by the College of Journalism of the University of Maryland at College Park.
American Society of Newspaper Editors
http://www.asne.org
ASNE’s Web site is rich in materials for editors, including such resources as a collection of newspaper codes of ethics
from around the U.S., projects whereby papers are working with local high schools,
the Editors’ Exchange: a compendium of innovative programs by papers around the
world, etc.
The Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
The largest foundation
in America focused on fostering First Amendment freedoms, including free-speech
rights, journalism education, newsroom diversity, professional development of journalists,
media studies and research, and international journalism programs.
Poynter Institute
http://www.Poynter.org
This Web site offers an enormous wealth of material from the
amazing staff at the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit, educational journalism school
in St. Petersburg, FL. It also places links to nearly every journalism publication,
news site, center, school, organization, foundation, and association right at your
fingertips.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
http://www.rtndf.org/
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, Inc. is affiliated with Radio Television
News Directors Association, the professional association for broadcast news professionals.
This Web site provides rich information on local and network news executives in broadcast,
cable, and electronic media in more than 30 countries.
World Press Freedom Committee
http://www.wpfc.org
WPFC’s Web site has much on its varied activities in defense of press freedom,
such as text for its annual Andersen-Ottaway Lecture Series and many reports,
such as the recent “New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension/Challenges and
Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom.” The World Press Freedom Committee
is an international umbrella organization that includes 45 journalistic groups --
print and broadcast, labor and management, journalists, editors, publishers and
owners on six continents -- united in the defense and promotion of press freedom.
Medill Resources
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism offers numerous resources in continuing
journalism education.
Medill School of Journalism
http://www.medill.nwu.edu
Medill's site not only provides information about the school and its many programs but it
also features stories about the work, experiences and insights of Medill's talented
faculty, students and visiting lecturers.
Media Management Center
http://www.mediamanagement.edu/
MMC's site provides information about the seminars, research, partnerships, publications
and other programs of this leading center of media management expertise.
Freedom of Expression Resources
Working for freedom of expression in the Americas:
Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org
CPJ’s Web site is rich in material, including a searchable database of attacks against journalists worldwide, the on-line magazine
Dangerous Assignments, CPJ’s annual report on each hemisphere, the group’s annual
Press Freedom Awards.
The Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
FF’s Web site is a must-see in the area of freedom of expression, with information on the Forum’s
publications and events, as well as stories on press-freedom issues of concern from
around the world.
IFEX
http://www.ifex.org
The Web site of IFEX, a project of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression created in 1992 at the request of numerous
international press-freedom organizations, is rich in alerts on cases of attacks
against journalists from around the globe. Materials are produced in English, French
and Spanish; the vast database is searchable by name, country, date, etc.
Inter American Press Association
http://www.sipiapa.org
IAPA’s Web site has lots of institutional info as well as information on press freedom in the Americas, including reports
of its Committee on Freedom of the Press & Information, press releases, IAPA’s
Declaration of Chapultepec (
http://www.sipiapa.org/projects/chapultepec.cfm) initiative,
its Impunity Project, plus much more.
International Center for Journalists
http://www.icfj.org
ICFJ’s Web site is now more organizationally focused, while its IJNET section has
grown to become a veritable one-stop shopping place for information on global media-assistance
projects, events, fellowships, etc. The site also includes a growing portion on
the McCormick Tribune Foundation funded Medios y Libertad de Expresion project.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org
RCFP’s Web site is rich in information on
national and local press-freedom cases from throughout the United States. Includes
RCFP’s press releases, friend-of-the-court briefs, the group’s many publications
etc.
Diversity Resources
Connect to the organizations, publications, institutes
and individuals currently working to create a more diverse news media. Working toward
greater diversity in the media:
Poynter Institute
http://www.Poynter.org
This Web site offers an enormous wealth of material from the amazing staff at the Poynter Institute,
a nonprofit, educational journalism school in St. Petersburg, FL, as well as a
full range of diversity resources. It also places links to nearly every journalism
publication, news site, center, school, organization, foundation, and association
right at your fingertips.
ASNE Diversity Resources
http://www.asne.org/links/jourlink.htm
This site offers a comprehensive listing of diversity resources from the American
Society of Newspaper Editors.
Unity
http://www.unityjournalists.org/
Informative site on Unity, a strategic alliance of journalists of color acting as a force for
positive change to advance their presence, growth and leadership in the fast-changing
global news industry. Members of the charitable association include the Asian American
Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association
of Hispanic Journalists and Native American Journalists Association.
Columbia Workshop on Journalism, Race & Ethnicity
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/workshops/
The aim of the Columbia University workshops is to encourage candid and complete coverage
of race and ethnicity.
DiversityLinks
http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/diversitylinks.htm
Site funded by the Ford Foundation. A directory of over 750 sites featuring educational,
business, and governmental efforts to foster diversity.
Military-Media Resources
DefenseLINK
http://www.defenselink.mil
This site is the gateway to the Department of Defense's many offerings on the Web.
McCormick Tribune Foundation Conference Series Reports
The Foundation publishes periodic reports on the relationship between the military and the media,
including the following, which are available in our
Publications & Products
- The Military-Media Relationship
2005: How the armed forces, journalists and the public view coverage of militaryc onflict
- Narrowing the Gap: Military, Media and the Iraq War
- The Media and the Military in Peace and Humanitarian Operations
- The Military and the Media: The Continuing Dialogue
- The Military and the Media: Facing the Future Reporting The Next War
Other Journalism Foundations
Other foundations supporting work in journalism:
AOL Time Warner Foundation
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/citizenship/education
The Annenberg Foundation
http://www.annenbergfoundation.org
Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org
Chicago Tribune Foundation
http://about.chicagotribune.com/community/foundation.htm
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
http://www.dwreynolds.org
Dow Jones Foundation/Newspaper Fund
http://www.dowjones.com/TheCompany/CharitableContributions.htm
Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org
Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
Gannett Foundation
http://www.gannettfoundation.org
Hearst Foundation
http://www.hearstfdn.org
Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfdn.org
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
http://www.macfdn.org
The New York Times Company Foundation
http://www.nytco.com/company/foundation
Newspaper Association of America Foundation
http://www.naafoundation.org
Open Society Institute
http://www.soros.org
Pew Charitable Trusts
http://www.pewtrusts.org
The Phillips Foundation
http://www.thephillipsfoundation.org
Poynter Foundation
http://www.poynter.org
The Reuters Foundation
http://www.foundation.reuters.com
Scripps Howard Foundation
http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation