Library Guides: JL MC 240: Principles of Journalism (Fall Section): Weblogs, Magazines & Reports

U.S. News Feeds

Journalism Weblogs, Magazines & Reports

The Expanding News Desert (Reports - UNC)
Detailed reports by the Center For Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media focused on revamping the growth and sustainability of local news.
Pew Research Center - Journalism & Media
The State of the News Media is an annual report on the health and status of American journalism produced by Pew Project For Excellence In Journalism.
American Press Institute (API)
American Press Institute links, research, and resources.
Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review’s mission is to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society. It is both a watchdog and a friend of the press in all its forms, from newspapers to magazines to radio, television, and the Web.
Committee of Concerned Journalists
The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of journalists, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession.
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
A media watch group that has offered documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986
Innovation Journalism
Comments concerning the community of innovative journalism.
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Founded in 1975 and dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting.
Journalists Toolbox
Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Nieman Journalism Lab
A project of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. An attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.
Online Journalism Review
This journal presents articles about "the full range of journalistic issues in all media, but with a particular emphasis on the Internet." Topics include the rise of blogs, participatory journalism, libel, ethics, technology innovations, etc.
Poynter Online
Sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
ProPublica
Seeks to "expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing"
Society of Professional Journalists Blogs Network
Providing links to many current blogs about journalism.
Washington Monthly
A free bi-monthly magazine in circulation since 1969.
Documented
"...an investigative watchdog and journalism project committed to holding the powerful interests that undermine our democracy accountable."
Open Directory Project
This rich resource is a treasure trove of curated websites. Even though the site is no longer updated after the project folded a couple of years ago, a lot can still be discovered from it.
Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP)
It aims "to change the national conversation around poverty and economic instability" through journalism that "puts a human face on financial instability"

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