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Long Island University.
Available online.
Latest annual journalism awards -- with links to winning works -- in "14 categories for media coverage that exposed corporate and government misfeasance, revealed the industrial roots of environmental catastrophe and uncovered the abuse of vulnerable populations including children, the elderly and veterans." Includes first-ever Polk award for a blogger.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription).
This 2007 volume, edited by Stephen L. Vaughn, "explores in depth those journalists and their organizations who have observed and recorded the events of American history," with special attention to developments since 1945 and the end of World War II.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
Available online.
"A look at the public's news interests over the past year shows continuing differences between women and men in the types of news stories that they follow very closely. Women consistently express more interest than men in stories about weather, health and safety, natural disasters and tabloid news. Men are more interested than women in stories about international affairs, Washington news and sports."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
There still are some important "reference" works which are available only in printed form (gasp!) and we recently received two which are particularly useful for Journalism and Mass Communications faculty and students.
Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell (6th edition, 2007) is a fairly succinct (600+ pages) overview of the issues listed in the table of contents.
The latest edition of the Associated Press Stylebook (2007) "provides facts and references for reporters, and defines usage, spelling, and grammar for editors. There are separate sections for journalists specializing in sports and business, and complete guidelines for how to write photo captions, file copy over the wire, proofread text, handle copyrights, and avoid libel."
My fingers are crossed for online versions of these titles some time soon.
Human Rights Watch.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Annual HRW overview surveys human rights conditions, including press freedoms, around the world. Links to individual country reports are accessible at the top of the page.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Pew Research Center for the People & The Press.
Available online.
"The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost double the percentage from a comparable point in the 2004 campaign (13%)."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Available online.
"There is an increased concern that polls conducted only on landline telephones may not accurately measure public opinion. A new Pew Research Center study finds that, while different demographically, Americans who mostly or exclusively rely on cell phones are not substantially different from the landline population in their basic political attitudes and preferences."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
The new printed edition of this annual compilation has arrived from the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia.
True to past patterns, this most recent edition is not accessible online, but previous editions are.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Academic Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subcription)
Four-volume set (2003) contains about 220 substantial signed entries which provide international "perspective and context about content, delivery systems, and their myriad relationships." Includes country analyses.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.
Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Edited by Robert L. Heath, this two-volume set (2004) contains signed entries which explore "the evolution of the Public Relation field, with examples from history describing events, changing practices, and the key figures who developed and expanded the profession."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.