These links might be useful to you both during your time as a student and as you start your journalism career. We will be talking about many articles, columns, and blogs taken from the sites listed here.
The UA Journalism Department's Academic Integrity Handbook is online as a PDF and so is theReporter's Handbook.
The Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century
The following links were compiled by the folks at http://www.newsport.org/blog. It is (was?) “an experimental online news and information site run out of the Journalism Department of San Francisco State University.” I couldn’t tell whether it was still operating. American Journalism Review One of a few key industry journals
API Photojournalism The American Press Institute's photojournalism para-site
Columbia Journalism Review Not what it used to be but still sometimes worthy
Digital Journalist Online photojournalism magazine
Editor & Publisher The newspaper industry site
Federal Freedom of Information FOIA & more
Finding Data on the Internet A reporter para-site
First Amendment Handbook Know your rights -- and responsibilities
Future of Features Poynter Institute's take on features
Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture A favorite
Internet Guide for Journalists Another reporter para-site
Investigative Reporters & Editors The premier investigative journalism organization
Journalist's Database of Databases Using databases for stories
Journalist's Guide to the Internet Funky. out of date, but useful
NY Times Public Editor Self-critiques by one of the world's great news outlets
Online Journalism Review Puts CJR to shame
Poynter Institute Indispensible
Project for Excellence in Journalism Smart people doing good things
These are some interesting articles about blogging. They were compiled by Jennifer Bay, a professor at Purdue University. They are all required reading in her class.
"Why I Weblog" by Brad L. Graham
"Weblogs: a history and perspective" by Rebecca Blood
"Anatomy of a Weblog" by Cameron Barrett
"More about Weblogs" by Cameron Barrett
"Portrait of the Blogger as a Young Man" by Julian Dibbell "Blogging as a Form of Journalism" by J.D. Lasica
"Weblogs: A New Source of News" by J.D. Lasica
"Blogged Down in the PR Machine" by Jordan Raphael
"Let Slip the Blogs of War" by Tim Cavanaugh
"Ten Tips on Writing the Living Web" by Mark Bernstein
"How to Write a Better Weblog" by Dennis Mahoney
"Writing for the Web" by Jeffrey Zeldman
"Writing for the Web II" by Crawford Killian
Nieman Foundation and Narrative Journalism Nieman Foundation (Narrative Digest) Nieman Foundation Interview with Jon Franklin Nieman Foundation “What is Narrative Journalism?”
Poynter Sites Poynter Online Poynter’s writing/editing section A Quick List of 50 Writing Tools On the Poynter site: Chip Scanlan, "Why I Blog"
A Video Interview with Jon Franklin
This was produced by the University of Maryland in 2003 |
