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The
Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability - Bi-weekly column by Jakob Nielsen, former
Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer. Highest Recommendation
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American Medical Association Doctor
Finder - more than 650,000 licensed doctors. Search by name or broad medical specialty
- must know the state to find a physician.
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Ancestry Search
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Answers to the "Top 20
Questions" - from The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct Memorandums
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AP Update - from Newsday
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Awesome Lists - from John
S. Makulowich
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the beat page - "A jumping off point
for journalism resources, organized by newsroom beat." From Shawn McIntosh at The
Dallas Morning News.
-
Biographical Dictionary - more than 22,000
people from past to present.
-
Biography - searchable online
database puts more than 20,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips
- from A&E Television Networks
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The Black Book Online - A guide to
free web-based database searches for PI's
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CIA world leaders -
Chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments. From the CIA
-
Congressional Research Service Reports
-
Dead People Server - by Laurie D. T.
Mann
-
Directory of News Sources - from the
National Press Club
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Documents in
the News - from the University of Michigan
-
EDGAR Online - search by executive name in
the records that all U.S. public companies are required to file with the SEC
-
The Electronic Journalist - online service of the
Society of Professional Journalists
-
Forbes 500s lists
-
Fugitive Fact File -
"compiled by Hennepin County (MN) Library staff from information files maintained at
individual libraries throughout the Hennepin
County Library System. The purpose of this database, which brings information from
those many files together into one on-line resource, is to assist patrons in locating
hard-to-find and elusive information. All of the data and resources collected here have
been used by library staff to answer reference questions."
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GPO
Access
-
Hoover's - company information, updated business
headlines and other daily information
-
Interactive News: State of
the Art - by Peter M. Zollman
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Journalism
Links
- from The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
-
JournalismNet:
story topics and sources, by beat
-
Journalist's
Toolbox - from Mike Reilley
-
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator -
more than 900,000 lawyers and law firms in the U.S. and elsewhere
-
Military City
- 10.2 million U.S. military
personnel -- active, retired and veterans. Subscription site, from Army Times.
-
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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Phonebook Gateway
- more than
300 institutional telephone books. A great way to find phone, address and e-mail,
especially for college professors
-
Poynter Resource
Center
-
PressLink
- editorial images from MediaStream
-
Protest.Net
- "lists progressive &
leftist protests, meetings and conferences."
-
Reporter's
Resources - from the National Press Club Library
-
SLA News Division
- many
useful links to articles, keyword collections, references typically used in news
libraries, top Internet sites for journalists, and lists of journalism and library
associations
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The Slot - copy editor site from Bill Walsh
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Smithsonian
FAQ resources
-
Statistics Every Writer Should Know
- basic
concepts in statistics that every writer should know. By Robert Niles.
-
The United States Government
Manual
- from the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives
and Records Administration.
-
The Why Files - science behind
the news
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The year's Top 50 news sites
- As chosen in voting by NewsLink readers
-
American Society of Journalists and Authors - sign up
for the free email newsletter, ASJA Contracts
Watch
-
Editor &
Publisher Classifieds
-
Editorial Tips - "From the
minds and keyboards of some of Canada's leading editors and writers will come frequent
editorial tips which we invite you to download and use to develop your skills as a
journalist." --from the Canadian Newspaper Association
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The Freep Academy - from
The Detroit Free Press "The Freep Academy has dozens of articles and ideas, many from
the Detroit Free Press' training bulletin, on reporting, writing, computer-assisted
journalism and other subjects to help you grow professionally."
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"How
to make it in new media," by Andre A. Jackson, Weekend editor/local news,
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Stan Austin, Editor, Kansas City Star. From Freep
Academy.
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JobsPage: Your Link to Newspaper Careers -
from The Detroit Free Press
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Media salary surveys -
from JobSmart
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National Press Club
