Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads to download Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator
will work fine.
[Do not try and use any
version below 4.0, for either browser. Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape
4.7 are fine. To check either browser for version, go to the top line of
your computer window when the browser is open. Go to Help, left
click and pull down to "About Navigator" or "About Internet Explorer."
Make sure your version is 4.0 or higher, not 3.0 or lower.]
Web Search Engines:
My favorites are:
Yahoo at: http://www.yahoo.com
(When the search is best accomplished
by categories, such as finding a business.)
AltaVista at: http://www.altavista.com
(When the search is best done by searching
words, such as "Kosovo Liberation Front.")
Google at: http://www.google.com/ (allows you to search within your search results and thus is good for narrowing down searches.)
Other Searches:
Lexis-Nexis is great for searching articles
published in news sources, court cases, and other stuff (biographical,
medical, etc.) http://mutex.gmu.edu:2048/login?URL=http://web.lexis-nexis.com/cis
This is a paid service,
and the link will only work for students, faculty and staff, who are on-campus,
connected via the GMU dialup account, or those with an ID number to type
in.
Library Spot is a good place for online reference material such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical references, etcetera at http://www.libraryspot.com/
For many sources on one page, from news to phone books to search engines to cross directories, go to http://assignmenteditor.com/
"The Elements of Style" at: http://www.bartleby.com/141/ is a great source for grammar and writing.
"A Journalist's Guide to the Internet" at http://reporter.umd.edu is a wonderful resource of government links, search tools, records and much, much more. It was put together by Christopher Callahan, associate dean of journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park and author of the book, "A Journalist's Guide to the Internet" (Allyn & Bacon - 1999).
The Journalist's Toolbox is another great set of links at http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
WHOIS at http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/ enables you to search the InterNIC Web address database to determine who owns a Website page or address.
People, phone numbers, directories and reverse directories at http://www.infospace.com/
Public record information
network at http://www.searchsystems.net/
with links to links
to public record databases from all 50 states.
News Sources; My favorite sources for online news include:
The Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com
You can search Post articles
on their site, but only back 2 weeks for free. Go to Lexis-Nexis for searches
farther back.
The New York Times at http://www.nytimes.com/
You must register for the
NY Times, but it does not cost.
CNN at http://www.cnn.com/
Associated Press Wire at http://wire.ap.org/
(Choose any paper listed.
The wire is the same on each. )
eNewsWires.com gives you a variety of wires in one location at http://www.enewswires.com/
Nando Net at http://www.nando.net
One of the first and best
Web news sites, by the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer.
MSNBC at http://www.msnbc.com
This venture by Bill Gates'
Microsoft and NBC will also give you local news.
ABC News at http://abcnews.go.com/
Sports News at http://espn.go.com/
Is it news? The Drudge Report, and his extensive news links at http://www.drudgereport.com/
CNN Newsource for
CNN feeds to affiliates, rundowns, and scripts.
http://newsource.cnn.com/
You must have a password to access this material.
Local (Northern Virginia and Washington
D.C. area) News:
ABC 7 DC (TV) at http://www.wjla.com/
WTOP Radio at http://www.wtop.com/
The City Paper at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/
Washington Monthly Magazine at http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
Broadside, George Mason's student newspaper is at http://www.broadsideonline.com
The Daily Mason Gazette (for GMU faculty/staff
news online) at http://gazette.gmu.edu/
Plus an online version of the regular
Mason Gazette at http://www.gmu.edu/news/gazette
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Columbia Journalism Review - scholarly review of journalism produced by the Columbia University School of Journalism at http://www.cjr.org
Journalism
Organizations and other Sites:
Society of Professional
Journalists at http://spj.org/
Facsnet is a non profit designed to educate journalists and to help with online research. They have their own reporter's tools listed at http://www.facsnet.org/
Stateline. Org -
a source of news from state capitals at http://www.stateline.org/
An
online venture by the Pew Center on the States, a non-profit group trying
to help journalists, policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed
about innovative public policies outside the beltway.
The Freedom Forum - a source of First Amendment and Online Technology News at http://www.freedomforum.org/Excellent non-profit site, well funded by the Gannett Foundation, that has good reports on First Amendment issues and other stuff.
The Poynter Institute
at http://www.poynter.org/
Wonderful
place for journalism education from ethics, to online journalism, to Web
design. Non-profit well funded by St. Petersburg (FL) Times stock.
Civic Journalism. The Pew Center for Civic Journalism at http://www.pewcenter.org/
Project for Excellence
in Journalism at http://www.journalism.org/
Connected
with the Columbia School Graduate School of Journalism, funded by the Pew
Charitable Trust, Tom Rosenstiel and company like to keep journalists on
their toes with critical studies and reports.
NewLab, for Television Journalists to get help with new ways to tell difficult stories, go to http://www.newslab.org/Run by journalist Deborah Potter, funded by the Park Foundation and affiliated with the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The National Press
Club is at http://npc.press.org//
More
than just a social and drinking club for Washington DC based journalists,
there are resources at this site, including schedules of many news conferences.
Radio Television News Directors Foundation at http://www.rtndf.org/
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is at http://www/aejmc.org
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE) , an organization that provides educational and other services to investigative journalists at http://ire.org/
The American Society of Newspaper Editors at http://www.asne.org/
The National Press Foundation is at http://www.nationalpress.org/
National premier organization
offering issue-oriented professional development programs and awards for
journalists.
Television
Links:
Shoptalk (E- newsletter for TV insiders)
at http://www.tvspy.com/
Electronic Media at http://www.emonline.com/
Radio Television News Directors Association at http://www.rtndf.org/
The Producer Newsletter at http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/producer/index.htm
Public
Relations:
PR Newswire at http://prnewswire.com/
A
commercial site that posts press releases for corporations and organizations.
Online version of what also comes to newsrooms via wire.
U.S. Newswire at
http://www.usnewswire.com/
Similar
to above site.
George
Mason University Links:
These services are for GMU
only, and the link will only work for students, faculty and staff, who
are on-campus, connected via a GMU dialup account, or from off campus
with your I.D. number.
The GMU libraries catalog is at http://magik.gmu.edu/
The GMU library electronic databases are accessable via http://library.gmu.edu/resources/databases.html
GMU library electronic references are at http://library.gmu.edu/resources/reference.html
The Washington (D.C.) Research Library Consortium's online catalogue at http://www.aladin.wrlc.org
The Virtual Library of Virginia is a great online reference source, but only if you are accessing via a Virginia college campus, such as GMU. Users can access online catalogs, reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias and and more), books and magazines at http://www.viva.lib.va.us/index.html
Job Search Links:
General Job Info:
The Annual Surveys of Journalism and Mass
Communications jobs by AEJMC and the University of Georgia can be found
at http://www.grady.uga.edu/annualsurveys/
Also at the RTNDA/Ball State salary survey at http://www.rtndf.org/research/salaries.shtml
For generic job classifieds:
http://classifieds.yahoo.com/employment.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wl/jobs/home
http://www.monsterboard.com/
For Resume Assistance:
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.htm
http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/
Print Openings:
Newslink at http://newslink.org/joblink/
Broadcasting Openings:
The Producer Page: Jobs! at http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/producer/newjobs.htm
Don Fitzpatrick Associates (Shoptalk Publishers)
at http://www.tvspy.com/
Electronic Media Online at http://www.emonline.com/careers/index.html
Broadcast Net Classified Ads at http://www.broadcast.net/bclass.html
All Media:
JournalismJobs.com at http://www.journalismjobs.com/
Journalism JobBank (UC-Berkley) at http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/
This Journalists' WebLinks
site is the creation of Roger
Mellen, Visiting Assistant Professor and Coordinator
of the Electronic Journalism program at George Mason University.
The descriptive opinions expressed here are his own, and are not intended
as a formal endorsement. If you have any problems or discover any
broken links, please E-mail me at rmellen@gmu.edu
Corrections, comments and suggestions
for additional links are always welcome!