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January 30, 2008

Writing About Business: The New Columbia Knight-bagehot Guide To Economics And Business Journalism

Columbia University Press / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Second edition (2001) of "guide to writing about business and economics," covering "basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade." Practical reporting tips and techniques, along with strategies for covering specific beats.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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Encyclopedia Of Religion, Communication, And Media

Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2006 volume edited by Daniel Stout provides international and multi-cultural coverage of topics relevant to a study of communication and religious beliefs, from "Advertising" to "Youth Culture."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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January 9, 2008

World Press Trends, 2007

World Association of Newspapers.
Available online.
The new 2007 edition of this annual compilation of information on newspapers in each country of the world has been released.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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Journalism without Journalists: Vision or Caricature?

Joan Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
Available online.
"Michael Maier, who founded one newspaper that existed solely online and another fueled entirely by reader contributions, discusses the integration of citizen journalism mainstream media."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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January 4, 2008

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2008

U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
This annual publication probably is the single most generally-useful collection of statistical information on the U.S. The new 2008 edition contains over 900 tables, including 64 new compilations.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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January 2, 2008

The FCC's 10 Commissioned Economic Research Studies on Media Ownership: Policy Implications

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released for public comment 10 economic research studies on media ownership that it had commissioned to provide data and analysis to support the policy debate on what ownership limitations are in the public interest..."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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Pew Research Center Reports on the News Media

Pew Research Center.
Available online.
This is a collection of dozens of reports from 2005-to-date on the news media. (Note: The Pew Research Center actually is separate from the Pew Research Center for People and the Press.)
A link will be maintained on this library Web page. This site and about 125 other journalism-related online sites are searchable through this W&L Library search engine.

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