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JL MC 2010 & JL MC 3020

Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media & Intermediate Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media (Spring 2025)

Contemporary People - Print Sources

Marquis Who's Who Series
Provides biographical information on about 11,000 noteworthy Americans
Current Biography
Provides information about people in the news.

Retrospective Biographies

Contemporary People - Online Sources

Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains international biographies from 170+ reference books with content from authoritative sources.
Biography in Context tutorial

Biography.com
A free database that includes 25,000 biographies of well-known people from ancient times to the present.
Biographical Dictionary
Covers more than 33,000 people both past and present. Brief information is given for each person including birth and death dates, profession, position held, and literary and artistic works produced.
Who2?
Provides basic information of more than 32,000 people with links to other related sites.

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Subjects: Journalism & Mass Communication

Tags: classes, journalism, media