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Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Available online.
Latest edition of this "annual report on American journalism" includes an overview and major trends, special reports, a "year in the news," analyses of newspapers, network TV, cable TV, local TV, magazines, online, and more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
The Times is experimenting with an article skimmer, designed to make browsing the current online issue somewhat similar to the same experience with the paper copy. (It's a bit like one long sheet of paper.)
A link will be maintained on this page in the library's Web site.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Available online.
"Remember Jayson Blair, the New York Times 'reporter' who fabricated tens of articles by gliding through a loop hole in the reporter's code of honor? Some established magazines like The New Yorker or The AtlanticZ can afford to pay fact checkers, but even the Times -- whether for reasons of deadline or budget -- must rely on reporters to fact-check themselves, taking any heat from the public if they misquote or misrepresent."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
2008 volume is an overview of "public communication of science and technology, from both research and practical perspectives," combining "an overview of the practical problems faced by practitioners with a thorough review of relevant literature and research."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
U.S. Library of Congress / National Endowment for the Humanities.
Available online.
Ongoing project to "create a [free] national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922."
As of March 2009, this site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 from selected states (California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia), with over 900,000 pages from 112 titles.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Three nvestigative reporting organizations have been added to our Web site. All are accessible -- and searchable -- from this Journalism Resources page.
ProPublica
"Independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with 'moral force.'"
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
"The nation's first and only investigative reporting center based at a university, was launched in September 2004 to help fill the void in high-quality public interest and investigative journalism--and to counter the increasing corporate control of what Americans read, see, and hear." (Brandeis University)
New England Center for Investigative Reporting
"The first non-profit, university-based investigative reporting collaborative in the country focused on local and regional issues." (Boston University)
MediaPolicy.org.
Available online.
Overview and nine country reports on "significant changes in the broadcasting landscape" since 2005 in selected countries of Europe. See this explanation.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.