Journalism Resources

 

Africa Action: The oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. The mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. They provide accessible information and analysis and they mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission.

AllAfrica Global Media: A multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.

American Press Institute’s “The Journalist’s Toolbox”: American Press Institute’s “The Journalist’s Toolbox.”

AntiWar.com: A project of the Randolph Bourne Institue, the site says it serves as a “sounding board” to people concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its implications.

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for news and background.

Centers for Disease Control: Provides information by country on the vaccinations needed for visitors.

Cheap International Calls I : Try Skype, a web resource for free international calls.

Cheap International Calls II: A web resource for cheap international calls.

Cheap International Calls III: A web resource for cheap international calls.

CIA World Factbook: A current resource on any country’s political system, economy, population, demographics, religion, and other details. Includes a reference map and flag.

Columbia Journalism Review: America’s premier media monitor.

Committee to Protect Journalists: An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.

Currency Converter: A web resource to determine what your money’s worth once you cross the border.

Distance Calculator: Calculate the distance, as the crow flies, between any two parts of the world.

Foreign Affairs Magazine: Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is a non-profit and non-partisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.

Foreign Policy Magazine: Founded in 1970 by Samuel Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel, and now published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., FOREIGN POLICY is the premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economies, and ideas. Our mission is to explain how the world works–in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives.

GMT: Find out what GMT stands for and how it affects you.

Goods of Life: World commodities.

Holt Rinehart and Winston World Atlas: Comprehensive electronic maps of the world.

The Hot Zone @ Yahoo!: A Documentary in chapters by Kevin Sites about the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: News on conflict hotspots and social initiatives in various developing countries.

Inter American Press Reporting: The IAPA is a non-profit with over 1,300 members from newspapers and magazines across the Americas. Conceived in 1926, the group is dedicated to defending press freedom in this region.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of the world’s preeminent investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 journalists in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational investigations.

National Press Photographers Association: The National Press Photographers Association is dedicated to the advancement of photojournalism, its creation, editing and distribution, in all news media.

NBC’s How to Become a Writer: NBC’s How to Become a Writer.

Poynter Online: Everything you need to be a better journalist.

PRX: Post your radio spots on this radio stock agency.

ReliefWeb: The global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters.

Reporters Without Borders: The 18-year-old non-profit works in five continents to defend press freedom. Through a network of 100 correspondents, it reports on instances of attacks against the media.

Society of Professional Journalists: The Society of Professional Journalists is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.

State Department Country Offices: This site provides State Department numbers of “country desks” here in Washington.

The GLOBALIST: “The daily online magazine of the global economy, politics and culture.”

The New York Public Library: Provides access to hundreds of historic and current digital images.

The PEW Center for Civic Journalism: The Pew Center is an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life.

The Pulitzer Prizes: History, information and recepitents of the Pulitzer Prize.

Washington Foreign Press Center: A source of information for foreign journalists in the United States.

World Press Review – World Maps: Worldpress.org provides an understanding of the information that shapes opinions and views in other societies. As the world becomes more globally interdependent, it is vital for Americans to understand that what is happening outside the United States has a direct impact on their lives and their country. Our goal is to foster a globally engagd citizenry, which acts not only in its own country’s interest, but also in the interests of the world community.

World Time Zones: Find out what time it is in any country across the world.

WorldNetDaily: Provides web links to newspapers across the world.

This page is provided by the Foreign Correspondence Network.