MediaNation Tools for Journalists
Please note: Many specific media outlets, watchdogs, think tanks, alternative media products, etc., are accessible through the UMB Communication Studies Media Analysis Page. This lists overlaps material on that page somewhat, but is not nearly as complete.
OPERATIONAL: FINDING YOUR WAY
Harvard and UMB Library Databases:
Harvard, Hollis EResources
UMB Healey Library
Logistics and Getting Around
Democratic National Convention official site
Boston 2004 (Boston's DNC informational site)
Fleet Center: -- For Operational Information call 617.624.2801
Fleet Center Traffic Advisory: [traffic_info.pdf]
US Division of Homeland Security: (Has search facility; type “convention”)
Boston Police Department Contacts
Boston Fire Department Contacts
Cambridge Police Department Contacts (phone: 617.349.3300)
Cambridge Fire Department Contacts
MA Turnpike Authority Contacts
MA State Police
MBTA Contacts?
Somerville Police Department Contacts
US Coast Guard DNC Security Preparations
US Coast Guard Boston District Contact
Mapquest
Yahoo Maps
Mappoint
Demographics and Other Statistics
MLA Census Map: http://www.mla.org/census_map
Finding People and Groups
Switchboard.com
Reverse Phone Directory
Reverse Addresss Directory
Google Groups -- type email, see who's posted to various groups
REPORT SOURCES
What's happening when? Who's saying/writing/covering what?
ABC's The Note -- Breaking political news
Google News
Newseum (includes "Today's Front Pages" --
Assessing Web Information
Alastair Smith's Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources
Widener University web evaluation guide
Whois.net (Finding owners, ISP's, etc.)
InterNIC Whois Search
Cyberjournalism and Blogs
Center for Digital Democracy: http://www.democraticmedia.org
Blogdex: http://blogdex.net/
Blogger.Com: http://www.blogger.com
Wonkette: http://www.wonkette.com/
CyberJournalist.Net: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
Yahoo Directory of Political Blogs
Web Traffic: Nielsen Net Ratings: http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/news.jsp
Gateways
Drudge Report
UMB CommStudies Media Analysis Web Page
DMOZ List of Media Watchdogs
Wire Services
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
AFP INTERNATIONAL
AFP NEWS WRAP
ASOCIATED PRESS
REUTERS WORLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
REUTERS
REUTERS DIGEST
REUTERS WORLD
REUTERS POLITICS
REUTERS ODD
UPI NATIONAL
UPI WORLD
General Resources
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc (IRE).
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National Institute for Computer-Asssisted Reporting
The Poynter Institute
Global
SEE ALSO: Web Sites for Media Analysis; Drudge Report for links to specific media outlets
Al Jazeera (English)
Al Arabiya (English)
All Hurra (English; limited)
Digging Deeper, Tracking Stories and Rumors
CyberJournalist
CyberJournalist Supersearch
FindLaw
Snopes
The Smoking Gun
Urban Legends
Election Resources
Special Libraries (public domain digital archive)
Special Libraries Association News Division
Alternative Media
Many others on Web Sites for Media Analysis, which also includes indexes of alternative media.
Think Tanks
American Enterprise Institute
Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists