Web sites devoted to better political journalism, and
sites of news-gathering organizations.
RTNDF's Wired
Journalist
A training guide and encyclopedia resource for learning how to
more effectively gather and research news using the Internet.
www.rtnda.org/resources/wiredweb
National Institute
for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Helping journalists perfect “the practical skills of finding,
prying loose and analyzing electronic information.”
www.nicar.org
Reliable Resources
A project of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, their mission
is to design and distribute tools that promote high-quality, creative political
coverage. On this site are a Reporter’s
Resource Roadmap of helpful state and national links and video clips of exemplary
Election 2000 coverage.
www.reliableresources.org
Best Practices In Journalism
Best Practices In Journalism, a partnership between Wisconsin Public Television, RTNDF,
Pew Center for Civic Journalism, and PBS Democracy Project, is dedicated to helping
local television stations develop innovative political coverage. Its Web site
includes a robust library of streaming video clips of effective political coverage
from local stations and the Helpline, a free resource for journalists who need
story ideas or tape critiques.
www.bpjtv.org
NewsLab
NewsLab seeks to help local newsrooms find new ways to convey
stories to television news audiences. Funded by the Park Foundation, NewsLab is
also affiliated with Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Project for
Excellence in Journalism. It features storytelling strategies, current academic
research, and articles aimed at educating journalists on better ways to present
information.
www.newslab.org
Columbia Journalism
Review
CJR is a magazine run by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Its Web site features many articles from the magazine and resource guides — including one on money in politics. For the election, there is also a Convention
2000 section off the homepage with coverage of the media itself in politics.
www.cjr.org
News on the
Web