LibGuides: Journalism & Mass Media : Journalism and Mass Media Websites

Websites

You may find these websites useful for your research.

Selected Websites of Interest

Associated Press
Founded in 1846, the AP is a not-for-profit cooperative of news organizations with the goal of finding, reporting and distributing news. AP has over 3,000 employees, of which approximately 2/3 are news journalists and editors, in more than 300 locations around the world, including all 50 U.S. states.
Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals
Cyberjournalist.net
News, commentary, and ideas about the future of media, social media, mobile trends, innovation in media, and online journalism
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The goal is to monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by poliiticians in ads, press releases, and other sources.
International Journalists Network
Includes overage of the latest global media trends, resources and training opportunities. The International Journalists Networkis a project of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) The site is offered in seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Journalism Education Association
Journalism organization for teachers and advisers
Journalism.org
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
Journalist's Resource
A tool for quick searches of studies and reports on important topics that may be useful to a journalist's research. The Journalist's Resources is an open acces project based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center
National Association of Black Journalists
Organization that that focuses on African Americans in journalism and media
National Press Club
Club for journalists and communications professionals
PolitiFact.com
Tampa Bay Time's fact checker for political statements. A popular feature of the site is the Truth-O-Meter– political statements are classified as True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False and False. Truth-O-Meter is available as an app for your phone.
Poynter Institute
School for teaching journalists and media leaders; offers both online and in-person training
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
Focuses on the ethical responsibilities and legal rights of the mass media in a democratic society; affiliated with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota
State of the Media
Pew Center's Annual report on American Journalism
STATS
Education resources, workshops and assistance with data analysis, to help the media check statistical information for accuracy; affiliated with George Mason University
Who Owns What (CJR Columbia Journalism Review)
Guide to what major media companies own; guide developed by Colombia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Newseum

Newseum: Today's Front Pages
The Newseum displays the front pages of hundreds of newspapers each day on its website. Their daily selection of front pages are displayed at the site

Journalism & Mass Media Terms

Here is a selection of a few journalism and mass media related words and phrases that may be useful for writing about or researching journalism and mass media topics

Above the Fold
Ad/Ed ratio
Anchorperson
Angle
Anonymity
Banner
Balance
Blogosphere
Breaking News
Broadsheet
Bureau
Censorship
Columnist
Correspondent
Crowdsourcing
Current Affairs
Cutaways
Dateline
Dead Air
Deadline
Defamation
Disinformation
Dispatch
Docudrama
Documentary
Double-ender
Editorial
Ethics
Eyewitness News
Exposé
Freedom of Information Act
Freedom of the Press
Gag Order
Hard News
Headline
Human Interest
Impartiality
Interview
Journalistic Authority
Journalistic Ethics
Lead
Letter to the Editor
Lobby Briefing
Mass Media
Narrowcasting
Newspaper Circulation
News Agency
News Aggregation

News Culture
News Management
News Objectivity
Newsroom
Newsworthiness
Newszak
Op-Ed
Obituary
Page Three
Paparazzi
Penny Press
Photojournalism
Photo Op
Press Coverage
Pulitzer Prize
Radio News
Raw Footage
Reporting
Right to Privacy
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Satire
Scoop
Sensationalism
Shield Laws
Sidebar
Slander
Soft News
Sphere of Consensus
Spin
Splash
Spoiler
Stereotype
Stock Footage
Story
Stringer
Sunshine Laws
Tagline
Teaser
Teleprompter
Teletext
Tip
Trade Press
Unattributed Source
Underground Press
Viral Video
Voiceover
Watergate Effect
Whistleblower

Flavors of Journalism

Sometimes journalism can be described or categorized in various ways

Adversarial Journalism
Alternative Journalism
Backpack Journalism
Broadcast Journalism
Business Journalism
Citizen Journalism
Commercial Journalism
Crime Journalism
Development Journalism
Embedded Journalism
Environmental Journalism
Fashion Journalism
Freelance Journalism
Hyperlocal Journalism
Immersive Journalism
International Journalism
Interpretative Journalism
Investigative Journalism
Lifestyle Journalism
Literary Journalism
New Journalism
Participant Journalism
Peace Journalism
Photojournalism
Radical Journalism
Science Journalism
Sports Journalism
Travel Journalism
Weather Journalism

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