Journalism Research Guide

Books

Searching the Library Catalog
An efficient way to search the Lee Library catalog is to use Library of Congress (LC) subject headings with an "alphabetic search". If you are uncertain about a specific subject headings, try a "keyword search" using words you feel describe your topic. Look at the subject headings under "details" of your results list.

Subject Headings
Following is a sample list of Library of Congress subject headings for researching journalism topics:

• Alphabetic - Searches the subject field in the record (what the book is about).
• Keyword - Searches every field in the record (typically retrieves numerous titles, but the material is not always relevant).
• Advanced Keyword - Allows you to customize your search, and to look for words in the title, subject, or elsewhere in the record. Also allows you narrow your search by a library, language, format, or location.
• Subject Links - When you're looking at a book record in the HBLL catalog, check the highlighted subject links, you may want to click on one to bring up other titles in the HBLL that deal with the same subject.

Call Number Ranges

• Broadcast Journalism - PN 1990-PN 1993
• Print Journalism - PN 4800-PN 6000

Material in Other Libraries

If you don't find enough material on your topic, the HBLL home page provides access to the online catalogs of other libraries. You can also connect to WorldCat (FirstSearch), the largest database of records from major research libraries across the country.

Interlibrary Loan
Books or journals not held by the Lee Library may be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. You must register for an interlibrary loan account in order to request material. Books are sent free of charge and can be kept for 2 weeks. Journal articles are sent as pfd files to you interlibrary loan account.

Selected Reference Sources

Associated Press Guide to News Writing. 3rd ed. Forest City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide.
PN 4783 .C283 2000

Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Norm Goldstein. New York: Basic Books, 2007.
Hum Ref PN 4783 .A83 2007

Bowkers News Media Directory (formerly Working Press of the Nation), New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker.
Management/ Econ/ Gov Ref PN 4855 .W62x

College Media Directory, New York: Oxbridge Communications, Inc.. 1989.
LB 3621 .D577

Control of the Media in the United States: an Annotated Bibliography. James R. Bennett. New York: Garland, 1992.
Hum Ref P 91.5 .U5 S86 1996

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies. James Watson. New York: distributed by Oxford University Press. 7th ed.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .W38 2006

Editor and Publisher International Yearbook. New York: Editor & Publisher Co. The "Encyclopedia of the Newspaper Industry". One of the most important sources of newspaper industry facts, numbers and names.
Hum Ref PN 4700 .E42

Encyclopedia of American Journalism. Stephen L. Vaughan. New York : Routledge, c2008.
Hum Ref PN 4855 .E53x 2008

Encyclopedia of American Journalism. Donald Paneth. New York: Facts on File.
Hum Ref PN 4855 .P26 1983

Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. San Diego, Calif.; London : Academic, 2003.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .E532x 2003 vol.1-4

The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video. Robert M. Reed, and Maxine K. Reed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .R44 1992

The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms. Edmund F. Penney. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1991.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .P43 1991

Freedom of the Press: A Global Survey of Media Independence. Karin Dutsch Karlekar. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Hum Ref PN 4736 .F74 2003

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media , Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research.
Latest edition in Hum Ref AP 2 .X1 A42x

Iowa Guide: Scholarly Journals in Mass Communication and Related Fields. Iowa City, Iowa : School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa

Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Jo A. Cates. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited.
Hum Ref PN 4731 .X1 C38 2004.

Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts. Columbia, SC: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Indexes the abstracts of dissertations and theses from 50 universities.

Mass Media Bibliography: an Annotated Guide to Books and Journals for Research and Reference. Eleanor Blum, Wilhoite Blum, and Frances Goins. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
Hum Ref PN 4738 .P74 1997

Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts. R. Terry Ellmore. Lincolnwood, Ill.: National Textbook Co., 1991.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .E45 1991

The Practical Media Dictionary. Jeremy Orlebar. London : Arnold. 2003.
Hum Ref P 87.5 .O743x 2003

Press and Speech Freedoms in America, 1619-1995 : a Chronology / compiled by Louis Edward Ingelhart. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Hum Ref PN 4738 .P74 1997

Reporters Handbook. Steve Weinberg. New York : St. Martin's Press. 3rd ed. One of the primary resources for investigative reporting techniques.
Hum Ref PN 4781 .R38 1996

UPI Stylebook : The Authoritative Handbook for Writers, Editors & News Directors. United Press International. Lincolnwood, Ill.: National Textbook Co. 1992.
Hum Ref PN 4783 .M47 1992

Willings Press Guide. London: Willing Service.? Worldwide directory to newspaper and periodical press.
Latest edition in Religion/ Family History Ref Z 6956 .E5 W5

Women and Mass Communications: an International Annotated Bibliography. John A. Lent. New York ; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Hum Ref P 94.5 .W65 X68 1991

World Media Handbook. New York : United Nations Dept. of Public Information.
Latest edition in Hum Ref P 88.8 .W66

World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide. Detroit: Gale. 2nd ed.
Hum Ref PN4735 .K87 v.1-2

Journal Articles

Articles about Journalism

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A multidisciplinary database that includes citations for articles in most areas of academic study. Sources are drawn from over 3,200 journals, with almost 1,300 peer-reviewed titles. Full-text is available for over 1,800 publications. Coverage is from 1985 to the present.

ComAbstracts
A database of article abstracts, books, bibliographic records, and other sources of relevance to researchers, scholars, and students interested in fields related to human communication studies (mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, communication history, etc.). Expanded and updated throughout the year, with some coverage back to early 1970.

Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Provides indexing and select full text covering various aspects of communication and mass media. Some coverage from as far back as the early decades of the 20th century.

ProQuest Research Library
ABI/INFORM Global; PA Research II; ProQuest Newspapers. ABI/INFORM Global searches 1,000 premier world business periodicals (many available in full-text), and provides information on 60,000+ companies. PA Research II searches over 1,800 popular and scholarly periodical articles and selected newspapers in all disciplines with many articles appearing in full-text. ProQuest Newspapers indexes ober 300 U.S. and international news sources, including over 150 major U.S. and international newspapers.

Social Science Collection (ProQuest)
Includes the full-text of 16 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,200 articles. It covers such subjects as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

Additional Useful Databases
As journalist you may be called upon to research anything at anytime. The following are key databases from multiple subject areas.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A multidisciplinary database that includes citations for articles in most areas of academic study. Sources are drawn from over 3,200 journals, with almost 1,300 peer-reviewed titles. Full-text is available for over 1,800 publications. Coverage is from 1985 to the present.

ERIC (EBSCO)
The world's largest source of education information, contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Available through several different vendors with linking to EDRS for full text access. Updated weekly. 1966 to date. Indexing/abstracting also freely available via the Educators Reference Desk (http://www.eric.ed.gov/).

Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides global content. Includes the Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and numerous newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post. Also a global business information database with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8, 000 sources.

Gallup Brain
This database contains an archive of Gallup polls taken over the last 70+ years . Poll topics include public opinion of elections, corporate issues, and other social concerns. Records include survey questions and answers with corresponding respondent percentages. Coverage is from 1935 to present.

Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
Updated four times a week, indexes and abatracts over 500 periodicals in art, archaeology, communications, film, theatre, literature, etc. Full-text for only 180 items since 1995. Includes reviews of books, films, plays, and links to websites, and original works of fiction, drama, and poetry.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a journal archive that focuses on the humanities, social sciences, and more recently the science which have proven themselves to be vital in these disciplines. Journals in JSTOR are full-text going back to their first issue (in some cases to the late 1800's). Be aware that you must use other sources to find the most current two years of any publication archived in JSTOR. The articles are retrieved in Adobe Acrobat and so appear as they did when they were originally published.

LexisNexis Academic
Provides more than 9.5 million documents from over 18,300 sources, including company profiles and financial reports, government transcripts, trade journals and academic and legal databases. Updated with full-text documents from general interest wire services, newspapers, and magazines from around the world.

MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the original version is called PUBMED (public version of MEDLINE). References are added from over 4700 medical journals and publications and includes the years 1966 to present. MEDLINE references are obtained from peer reviewed journals and covers subjects in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care services, and clinical and pre-clinical medical sciences. MEDLINE in PUBMED is updated daily, MEDLINE in EBSCO is updated monthly. The links in PUBMED do not always take you to the full-text of the article. The links in MEDLINE EBSCO take you to the full-text of the article, or to the Lee Library journal finder record which provides links to the article, or links to the option of requesting a copy of an article through interlibrary loan.

PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology. Includes psychological research and its applications. The sources include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters.

Social Science Abstracts (EBSCO)
Contains indexing for more than 500 publications covering a wide range of interdisciplinary fields anthropology, economics, gender studies, gerontology, political science, and sociology. Indexing coverage dates back to 1983, and abstracting dates back to 1994.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): Web of Science (ISI)
Contains the references cited by the authors of journal articles in the social sciences. In addition to reference searching, also allows searching by author, topic, source title and address. Coverage from 1956 to date.

Newspapers

Local News

Daily Herald
Indexes the full-text articles in the Provo Daily Herald since 1997.

Deseret Morning News
Indexes the full-text of major newspaper articles including a business section and stocks information. Updated daily.

Salt Lake Tribune
Selective full-text local interest articles in the Salt Lake Tribune since 1990. Updated daily.

Utah Digital Newspapers
A growing digital collection of early Utah newspapers browsed by title or searched by keywords, article titles, weddings, deaths, or births.

Utah Newspapers at the Lee Library
A guide to Utah Newspapers that are available at the Lee Library.

National News

ProQuest Research Library
Contains selective full text articles from the New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Barron's since 1985.

LexisNexis Academic
Contains top news, general news topics, news transcripts, foreign language news sources, company, industry/market data and legal news.It also contains selective full text articles from the New York Times, USA TODAY. Wall Street Journal, and Barron's.

Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. An average of 7,500 articles from 240 publications are added to Ethnic NewsWatch each month. Coverage begins in 1960 and continues through the present.

EBSCO Databases
Contains the full text of the most recent 30 days of business news wires from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic, and other diverse, international news events. Updated daily.

Newspapers and Magazine (IPL2)
Links to websites of domestic and foreign newspapers. The links are arranged alphabetically by continent or region and then alphabetically by country or state. The ability to browse by title or search by a specific title is also available.

LexisNexis Academic
Contains top news, general news topics, news transcripts, foreign language news sources, company, industry/market data and legal news.

Media Link
Very recent articles from many papers around the U.S., and in the Americas, as well as around the world. Coverage and archives vary based on webpage of each individual newspaper.

Newslink
Newlslink provides over 4,000 links to online news sources both domestic and foreign. It provides full-text access to national, state, city alternative, specality, and association newspapers. Additionally, Newslink provides two weeks of current full-text access to 23 of the most popular US magazines and 7 or the largest Canadian magazines. Additional resources include radio and TV links, News services, journalism organizations, and media newsletters.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Provides selected full-test for selected 143 newspapers including the Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and the San Jose Mercury News, and international newspapers including The News (Mexico), and the Hong Kong Standard. Updated daily.

Newspapers (ProQuest)
ProQuest Newspapers indexes the full-text of over 300 US and international news sources, including over 150 US and major international newspapers.

Newspapers and Magazine (IPL2)
Links to web sites of domestic and foreign newspapers. The links are arranged alphabetically by continent or region and then alphabetically by country or state. The ability to browse by title or to search for a specific title are also available.

International News

LexisNexis Academic
Contains top news, general news topics, news transcripts, foreign language news sources, company, industry/market data and legal news.

European News Online
Links to major news sources by country. Digital newspapers are the main focus, but TV, Radio, and national news services are also available.

Factiva
A global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. It provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal -in a single service. Factiva offers single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 9,000 sources. Factiva's research products provide a single point of access to a deep archive of news and business information not available on the free Web, allowing users to conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, regional affairs - or any news.

Newspapers and Magazine (IPL2)
Links to web sites of domestic and foreign newspapers. The links are arranged alphabetically by continent or region and then alphabetically by country or state. The ability to browse by title or to search for a specific title are also available.

Media Link
Very recent articles from many papers around the U.S., and in the Americas, as well as around the world. Coverage and archives vary based on webpage of each individual newspaper.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Provides selected full-test for selected 143 newspapers including the Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and the San Jose Mercury News, and international newspapers including The News (Mexico), and the Hong Kong Standard. Updated daily.

Newspapers (ProQuest)
ProQuest Newspapers indexes the full-text of over 300 US and international news sources, including over 150 US and major international newspapers.

Historical News

19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive (Gale)
Approximately 1.7 million pages of primary source newspaper from the 19th century United States. This database has full-text searching capabilities and displays images from numerous newspapers from urban and rural areas.

British Library Online Newspaper Archive (Gale)
Fully searchable newspapers in the online collection of the British Library. Includes Daily News; News of the World; Weekly Dispatch; Manchester Guardian; and Penny Illustrated.

CRL's CCC Camp Newspapers Database
Provides access to the Center for Research Libraries' collection of newspapers and newsletters published by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. c. 1934-1942.

New York Times Archive (1851-2006)
Includes scans of over 3 million pages dating back to 1851 and continuing through 2004.

Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985) (Gale)
The entire newspaper, 1785-1985, is captured, with all articles, advertisements, illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Can be searched with keywords and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.

Utah Digital Newspapers
A growing digital collection of early Utah newspapers browsed by title or searched by keywords, article titles, weddings, deaths, or births.

Websites

Accuracy in Media
http://www.aim.org/
Media monitor, downloads, resource links, columns and reports from a citizen based news media watchdog group.

Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
http://www.aejmc.org
Searchable database of abstracts, selected full text of articles and reports, online directories, website listings, Journalism Quarterly index. See additional information about AEJMC in the Associations/Organizations section.

Audit Bureau of Circulation
http://www.accessabc.com/
Much of the site is restricted to members, but very useful for finding circulation figures for newspapers, magazines, and business publications. See additional information about ABC in the Associations/Organizations section.

Behind The News
http://infomaniac.home.infionline.net/
An extensive list of news research links compiled by Liz Donovan of the Miami Herald. Includes weblogs, hot topics, essential reference links and more.

Center for Media and Public Affairs
http://www.cmpa.com/
Studies and analysis of the news and entertainment industries.

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
http://www.cios.org
Much of the site requires membership, but there are also valuable free resources available, specifically the Visual Communications Concept Explorer. See additional information about CIOS in the Associations/Organizations section.

CyberJournalist.net
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
From the Media Center at API. Lots of resources and a great feature called Cyberjournalist Supersearch for searching the Web.

Facsnet
http://www.facsnet.org/
Sponsored by the Foundation for American Communication. Reporting tools, current headlines, issue coverage, sources and more.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
http://www.fair.org/
Resources covering media bias and censorship from a national media watch group.

Gannett Newsroom Web Resources
http://www.gannett.com/web/web.htm
Valuable sources of online information from Gannett's weekly NEWS WATCH newsletter compiled into an easy-to-use database. Topic areas in alpha order from Agriculture to Welfare Issues.

JournalismNet
http://www.journalismnet.com
Excellent overview of journalism resources on the Web. Information and links to international, multilingual archives, databases, reference material, on line information and media outlets.

Journalism.Org
http://www.journalism.org
From the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Links to research about journalism, books and articles, professional guidelines, journalism tools, etc.

The Journalists Toolbox
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com
From the American Press Institute. Reporting tools, backgrounders, specialized web search tools. Good pull-down menu to link to topic specific resources.

Media Education Foundation: Challenging Media
http://www.mediaed.org/
Study guides, links and resources, handouts and downloads, news and articles. Also includes information about MEF videos.

Media Matters
http://mediamatters.org/
A Web-based, not-for-profit research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Media Research Center
http://www.mediaresearch.org/
Resources about media bias from the perspective of this conservative media watchdog group.

MediaChannel
http://www.mediachannel.org/
Criticism, commentaries, news and reports about international media issues.

National Press Club
http://npc.press.org
Many areas restricted to members and a lot of the site is dedicated to information for and about the club, but includes library and research links, news sources, etc.

Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/
Includes "Cybernewseum" with online exhibits and "Today's Front Pages" with almost 300 front pages from 39 countries.

Newswatch
http://www.newswatch.org
Looks critically at the media. Extensive coverage of "news about the news" and links to other media watchdog groups and organizations.

Pew Research Center for People and the Press
http://people-press.org/
Surveys and polls on various media topics, commentary, datasets and topics in the news.

Power Reporting
http://powerreporting.com
A partner of Columbia Journalism Review. Great investigative and computer assisted reporting site. Coverage of resources by beat.

Poynter Institute
http://www.poynter.org
One of the best journalism sites on the web. Resource center, daily columns, tip sheets, ethics and leadership resources, bibliographies, and more.

Regret the Error
http://regrettheerror.com
Reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications, trends regarding accuracy & honesty in North American media.

Reporter.Org
http://reporter.org
Sponsored by Investigative Reporters and Editors so it's one of the premier investigative reporting sites. Beat source guide for finding topical resources, links to other organizations and publications.

Virtual Gumshoe
http://www.virtualgumshoe.com
Investigative resources, links and professional services.

Women In Journalism Oral History Project
http://wpcf.org/oralhistory/ohhome.html
From the National Press Club. Many transcripts available online. Provides information about how and where to access those tapes not provided electronically.

Associations and Organizations

American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
http://www.aasfe.org/
An organization of editors from the United States and Canada dedicated to the quality of features in newspapers and the craft of feature writing. AASFE supports its membership with an annual convention, a writing contest, an annual magazine and a Web site.

American Press Institute
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org
The oldest and largest center devoted solely to training and professional development for the news industry and journalism educators.

American Copy Editors Society
http://www.copydesk.org
A professional organization of copy editors dedicated to improving the quality of journalism and the working lives of journalists. Main purpose is to educate members and others in the news business in ways of improving the standards of copy editing and increasing the value the news industry places on the craft.

American Society of Newspaper Editors
http://www.asne.org
A membership organization for daily newspaper editors, people who serve the editorial needs of daily newspapers and certain distinguished individuals who have worked on behalf of editors through the years. Committed to fostering the public discourse essential to democracy; helping editors maintain the highest standards of quality, improve their craft and better serve their communities; and preserving and promoting core journalistic values, while embracing and exploring change.

Asian American Journalists Association
http://www.aaja.org
Mission is to encourage Asian Pacific Americans to enter the ranks of journalism, work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans, and to increase the number of Asian Pacific American journalists and news managers in the industry.

Associated Press Managing Editors
http://www.apme.com
Works in partnership with AP to improve the wire service's performance and provides feedback to the AP on behalf of member papers. Assists in setting ethical and journalistic standards for newspapers and in the battle for freedom of information and the First Amendment.

Associated Press Sports Editors
http://apse.dallasnews.com
Exists to improve professional standards of newspaper sports departments, to discuss and attempt to resolve problems of newspaper sports departments, to improve communication between sports departments and other newspaper departments and newspaper management and to recognize professional excellence among the membership.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
http://www.aejmc.org
Exists to promote the highest possible standards for education in journalism and mass communication, to encourage the widest possible range of communication research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom of expression in day-to-day living.

Association of Alternative Weeklies
http://www.aan.org
The trade organization for the alternative newspaper business. A diverse group of 122 non-daily free-circulation papers that are distributed in all of the major metropolitan areas of North America. Each paper has a distinct, local identity that sets it apart from the mainstream press in its market.

Association of Food Journalists
http://www.afjonline.com
A networking system especially created for journalists who devote most of their working time to planning and writing food copy for news media worldwide. Primary goal is to encourage communication among food journalists. The group also strives to foster professional standards among its members and other members of the media.

Association of Health Care Journalists
http://www.ahcj.umn.edu/
An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues. Its mission is to improve the quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting, writing and editing.

Association of Opinion Page Editors
http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/aope/
No dues, no central office. Four officers and a website and a listserv hosted by the College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University. Exists primarily as an annual conference.

Audit Bureau of Circulations
http://www.accessabc.com
A not-for-profit organization established in 1914, ABC is the leading third-party auditing organization in the U.S. The Board of Directors is comprised of 36 members, including representatives from the publishing and advertising communities.

The Canadian Association of Journalists
http://www.eagle.ca/caj
Exists to promote excellence in journalism. The national voice of Canadian journalists and focus is to uphold the public's right to know. Encourages and promotes investigative journalism.

Center for Investigative Reporting
http://muckraker.org/
An independent news organization that strengthens democracy by exposing injustice and abuse of power.

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
http://www.cios.org
A not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education.

Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org/
An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote press freedom worldwide by defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

Criminal Justice Journalists
http://www.reporters.net/cjj/
The first national organization for journalists who cover crime, court and prison beats. Has members from magazines, newspapers, television and online websites, as well as book authors and freelancers.

Education Writers Association
http://www.ewa.org/
The national professional organization for education reporters, EWA was organized in 1947 by a group of newspaper reporters with the intent of improving education reporting to the public.

Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org/
A nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity.

Foundation for American Communication
http://www.facsnet.org/#
The mission of FACS is to improve the quality of information reaching the public through the news, based on the belief that better journalism can be achieved through education.

Fund for Investigative Journalism
http://fij.org/
The Fund for Investigative Journalism was founded in 1969 by the late Philip M. Stern, a public-spirited philanthropist who devoted his life "to balancing the scales of justice." Over three decades, the Fund has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to freelance reporters, authors and small publications, enabling the publication of more than 700 stories and broadcasts and some 50 books.

International Center for Journalists
http://www.icfj.org/
Founded in 1984 as an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of journalism worldwide, especially in countries with little or no tradition of an independent press.

The International Federation of Journalists
http://www.ifj.org/
Promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists.

International Newspaper Marketing Association
http://www.inma.org/
Dedicated to strengthening the marketing of newspaper companies' products, and approaching all activities with a global perspective.

International Press Institute
http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/
A global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org
A grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting, IRE was formed in 1975 to create a forum in which journalists throughout the world could help each other by sharing story ideas, newsgathering techniques and news sources.

Journalism Education Association
http://www.jea.org
The only independent national scholastic journalism organization for teachers and advisers. JEA supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.

National Association of Hispanic Journalists
http://www.nahj.org
Dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Established in April 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists.

National Association of Science Writers
http://www.nasw.org/
Chartered to foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public.

National Conference of Editorial Writers
http://www.ncew.org
A nonprofit professional organization that exists to improve the quality of editorial pages and broadcast editorials, and to promote high standards among opinion writers and editors.

National Federation of Press Women
http://www.nfpw.org
An organization of professional journalists and communicators. For over 60 years has promoted the highest ethical standards while looking toward the future in professional development, networking, and protecting our First Amendment rights.

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
http://www.nlgja.org
An organization of journalists, online media professionals, and students that works from within the journalism industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

National Newspaper Association
http://www.nna.org
A not-for-profit trade association representing the owners, publishers and editors of America's community newspapers. NNA's mission is to protect, promote and enhance America's community newspapers, and it's 3,200 members make it the largest newspaper association in the United States.

National Newspaper Publishers Association
http://www.nnpa.org
Also known as the Black Press of America, the NNPA is a 62-year-old federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers from across the United States.

National Press Club
http://www.press.org
To provide people who gather and disseminate news a center for the advancement of their professional standards and skills, the promotion of free expression, mutual support and social fellowship.

National Society of Newspaper Columnists
http://www.columnists.com/
Organized to develop, educate and promote newspaper columnists; and to provide the general public with better professional newspaper columnists through education and example.

Native American Journalists Association
http://www.naja.com
Serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures. Encourages both mainstream and tribal media to attain the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and responsibility.

Neiman Foundation for Journalism
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/
To promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate persons deemed especially qualified for journalism.

Newspaper Association of America
http://www.naa.org
A nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry, the Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that collectively affect the newspaper industry: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership.

Organization of News Ombudsmen
http://www.newsombudsmen.org/
Formed in 1980, ONO is a nonprofit corporation with an international membership. It maintains contact with news ombudsmen worldwide, and organizes annual conferences for discussion of news practices and a wide range of issues connected with ombudsman work.

Religion Newswriters Association
http://www.religionwriters.com/
The professional organization for journalists covering religion news for the secular media

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org
A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal assistance to journalists since 1970 in defense of free speech and press freedoms

Society of Environmental Journalists
http://www.sej.org
The only U.S.- based membership organization of working journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting. Primary goal is to advance public understanding of critically important environmental issues through more and better environmental journalism.

Society for News Design
http://www.snd.org
An international professional organization comprised of editors, designers, graphic artists, publishers, illustrators, art directors, photographers, advertising artists, Website designers, students and faculty.

The Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org
Dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.

SLA News Division
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/
The section of the Special Libraries Association that focuses on librarians and libraries dealing with news media in such settings as newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations, and nontraditional news settings.

Washington Press Club Foundation
http://www.wpcf.org/
A non-profit corporation that exists to make available historic materials on American journalism, to pursue the ideals of equality and excellence in journalism, and to educate the public on the role of a free press.

World Association of Newspapers
http://www.wan-press.org/
A global organization for the newspaper industry that defends and promotes press freedom world-wide. Represents 18,000 newspapers and its membership includes 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 13 news agencies and ten regional and world-wide press groups.

World Press Institute
http://www.worldpressinstitute.org/
Mission is to foster understanding about the role and responsibilities of a free press in a democracy.