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http://www.reporter.org/~drew/database.html - A great list of links to databases that are useful for reporters.

http://www.seanet.com/~duff/ - Reporter's Desktop. Maintained by working reporter. Great set of fast search engines, as well as useful links for Reference, Government, and Press.

Links to Potential Story Ideas - A wonderful site (by Robert Niles) with great links to a variety of information sources for journalists.

http://members.aol.com/GChrist540/webdir.html - List of "Best Web Sites for Journalists," compiled by Professor Gary Christenson, Elgin Community College.  Another great site.

Megasources, compiled by Professor Dean Tudor, School of Journalism, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada. Another wonderful starting point.

Reporter.org - Another extremely useful site for research on many topics. Well organized, too.  

Columbia Journalism Review - Online version. This link will bring you to their comprehensive Resources section. Select "Current" on the web site to go to the current issue.

Editorial Writers (NCEW) info Includes state government links

NewsProNet "The Internet Resource for Television Professionals" An incredible resource.

Journalists Resource Site Alphabetical listing of sources useful to journalists.

Web Central's Guide to Electronic and Print Resources for Journalists

Journalists' Tool Box Useful links with a West Coast emphasis.

• AltaVista (Our favorite for searching for specific words on the Internet; also, take a look at their Translation feature...absolutely incredible!)
• DogPile (Even better than AltaVista! Type your keywords in once, this site will bring up SEVERAL search engines automatically! Great timesaver.)
• Search.com (Has lots of search engines on one page!
• Web Crawler
• Lycos
• Starting Point
• Multilink Metacrawler
• WWWW - the World Wide Web Worm
• Archie Browser
• CUI W3 Catalog
• Veronica Search
• Matilda
• W3 Search Engines
• Archie WWW Gateway

Specialized Search Engines

• WhoWhere? - A great resource for finding email addresses, home pages, Internet phone numbers, and companies.
• The Bizweb - Companies on the Web
• Whoopie! - The Index of Audio and Video on the Internet
• Shareware.com - Great software for little prices.
• Zip2 - Search for more than 16 million businesses in the USA.

• What Every Writer Should Know About Statistics A wonderful site by Robert Niles that clearly describes common statistical terms.
• NetLingo - The leading dictionary of Internet terms.
• World Wide Web Home Page at CERN - The home of the developers of the World Wide Web.
• Mailing Lists - Internet Mailing List Information
• InternetResources Meta-Index - A meta-index of the various resource directories and indices available on the Internet.
• Webcrawler's "What's New" Page - A list of new sites on the web
• Inter-Links Internet Access - A vast array of information and services available through the Internet.
• Usenet (Newsgroup) Frequently Asked Questions - How to use newsgroups.

• New York Times
• Chicago Tribune
• Los Angeles Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Netwatchers Cyberzine
• Mac Today
• C|Net Online
• Computer Currents
• Salon
• Web Review

• The Daily News - Free Internet Sources
• The Daily News News and other journalistic resources availiable on the Net, bringing together resources from all over the world.
• The European Journalism Page, UK Sites and resources of interest to journalists working in or covering Europe.
• Internet Resources for Journalism
• Investigative Journalism on the Internet
  Designed to help journalists and investigative reporters.
• World Wide Web Virtual Library
• Journalists' Links, UK
• J F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Launch Pad For Journalists from Society of Professional Journalists, St. Louis Professional Chapter
• Writer's Edge Journalism Links
• Media Index, Norway
• The National Press Club
• NewsLink
• News Services on the Internet
• The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
• A Reporter's Internet Survival Guide
• Special Internet Connections
• The Virtual Media Library
• The Virtual Daily News
• Web Guide for Journalists
• A Journalist's Guide to the Net
• American Journalism Review
• The Journalism Page. Yahoo.
• Media Watchdog a collection of online media watch resources, including specific media criticism articles and information about media watch groups.
• FAIR, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting a national media watch group.
• Gopher: CIA World Fact Books (1993)
• http://www.bmyers.com/directs.htm Bill Myers links to Consumer Directories and Databases; a good list for lots of info.

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