Secondary Education Resources-Language Arts: Journalism
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1stHeadlines-News--Current headlines from over 300 newspaper, broadcast & online sources around the world
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All about turn-of-the-century comic strips
American Media Columnist Index--listing to over 500 political and editorial columnists whose work is published on the Internet. The index lists writers from Tom Abate to Mort Zuckerman, and hundreds of others
Arts and Letters Daily--delivers updated report of news and reviews in the field of Arts and letters; the latest trends, breakthroughs, and disputes
A web of on-line dictionaries
Help with research papers--This site is a resource to help high school and university students with the process of writing research papers.The links offer instruction and tips for the various stages of writing a research paper
Journalism Help: Finding Data on the Internet--You've cast your lines into the sea of sources, but still aren't finding the information you need. That's what happens when you don't know the right place to look. Scroll the links on this site for journalists and your days of coming up empty while reporting are over. You'll soon be checking facts and downloading reputable data on everything from public safety to campaign
contributions ... you name it.
Learn how to write effectively using email
Lexical FreeNet--search for relationships between words, concepts, and people. It is a combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator
Links with on-line grammars of as many languages as can be found on the Web
Media in Cyberspace -- Report of a national survey that measures how journalists use the Internet
NewsTrawler--meta search engine tracks an archive of over 300 Web news sites--includes newspapers, magazines, journals, and other Web-based sources from more than 30 countries
Press Freedom Survey 2000--country-by-country worldwide assessment of press freedom. This year's study, which examines freedom of the press in 186 countries, pays special attention to government restrictions on Internet access
Teachers and Writers Collaborative
The Freedom Forum -- a major supporter of journalism education
The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)--a nonpartisan, non-profit research organization in Washington, D.C. STATS is devoted to the accurate use of scientific and social research in public policy debate. STATS serves as a resource for students of current affairs in general by providing timely and well-researched analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes. Since STATS seeks to weed out bad data and research before it enters the media stream, we field queries from journalists on a regular basis.
The Ultimate Collection of News Links
This site is designed to encourage and help teens to write
Voices of the Web