JOURNALISM RESOURCES

THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS CENTER'S ONLINE DIRECTORY

http://www.altpress.org/direct.html

A simple, free directory to hundreds of alternative publications. View by name or subject. The spirit of a free press is evident in titles like Adbusters, Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, Asian Labour Update, California Prisoner, CovertAction Quarterly, Index on Censorship, Palestine-Israel Journal and Race Traitor.

(January 2004)

ASSIGNMENTEDITOR.COM

http://assignmenteditor.com/

The ultimate research site for journalists. Hundreds of links to news sites, research resources, current events, anything a reporter might like to know more about. Explore the many free links or order full access for $3.99 per month. Live chat rooms and message boards.

(October 2002)

AUDBLOG

http://www.audblog.com/

This new service makes it easy to publish audio recordings to the web. Once you've signed up, you just call Audblog's number and record what you have to say. An mp3 file is automatically created and posted to your blog (or emailed to you). $3 per month buys a block of 12 four-minute audio posts. Try it the first time for free. Works with most phones. Anything your cell phone can hear can be recorded with Audblog.

(April 2004)

FREE BBC TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

http://www.bbctraining.com/

The BBC has made available free online courses for journalists in print, new media and broadcasting. Freelancers and thrifty media companies can train themselves in newsgathering, editing and presentation skills. Most popular is the Styleguide at

http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=5487&cat=3

(September 2003, revised March 2004)

THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE BLOGOSPHERE

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1056050270.php

A semi-scientific map of hot blogs created by Online Journalism Review blogger Mark Glaser. Blogs are ranked by degree of influence, political orientation and proportion of original content. Current superblogs are Dave Winer, Talking Points Memo, InstaPundit, Kaus Files, Andrew Sullivan and Drudge Report.

(July 2003)

CLICHE FINDER

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/

Search Morgan Friedman's treasury of 3,300 cliches, or have him serve up 10 random ones. The truth will out.

(April 2004)

INTERNALMEMOS.COM

http://internalmemos.com/memos/

Nothing is so desirable as information others would rather you not know. InternalMemos.com is trying to make a business of selling "the Internet's largest collection of corporate memos and internal communication." $45/month buys you unlimited access to Martha Stewart's new missive on Holiday Dinner Parties, an accounting update from Tyco's Ed Breen, Salomon Smith Barney's comments on Jack Grubman's departure, and plenty more. Browse the offerings or search by company and keyword. Selected memos are free.

(September 2002)

POWER REPORTING

http://powerreporting.com/

Thousands of free research tools for journalists, compiled in partnership with the Columbia Journalism Review. Clean, well-organized directory helps you research topics like aging, the arts, guns, race, the Freedom of Information Act, and how to find a media job.

THE WAYBACK MACHINE

http://www.archive.org

The Wayback Machine, storing periodic snapshots of the web, is the world's largest database. Browse 30 billion archived web pages dating back to 1996. See how a particular website has evolved, or search for information that's no longer on current websites. To ensure your website is archived, or to prevent the archiving of certain pages, see http://pages.alexa.com/help/webmasters/

(February 2004)

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