Media Nation
Web Resources
Please note: Many specific media outlets, watchdogs, think tanks, alternative
media products, etc., are accessible through the UMB
Communication Studies Media Analysis Page. This lists overlaps material on
that page somewhat, but is not nearly as complete.
OPERATIONAL: FINDING YOUR WAY
Harvard and UMB Library Databases:
Harvard,
Hollis EResources
UMB Healey Library
Logistics
and Getting Around
Democratic National Convention official
site
Boston 2004 (Boston's DNC informational
site)
Fleet Center: -- For Operational Information
call 617.624.2801
Fleet Center Traffic Advisory: [traffic_info.pdf]
US Division of Homeland Security:
(Has search facility; type “convention”)
Boston Police Department
Contacts
Boston Fire Department Contacts
Cambridge Police Department Contacts
(phone: 617.349.3300)
Cambridge Fire Department Contacts
MA Turnpike Authority
Contacts
MA State Police
MBTA Contacts?
Somerville Police Department Contacts
US Coast Guard DNC Security Preparations
US Coast Guard Boston
District Contact
Mapquest
Yahoo Maps
Mappoint
Demographics and Other Statistics
MLA Census Map: http://www.mla.org/census_map
US Government
FedStats: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Finding People and Groups
Switchboard.com
Reverse Phone Directory
Reverse Addresss Directory
Google Groups
-- type email, see who's posted to various groups
REPORT SOURCES
What's happening when? Who's saying/writing/covering
what?
ABC's
The Note -- Breaking political news
Google News
Newseum (includes "Today's Front Pages"
--
Assessing Web Information
Alastair Smith's
Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources
Widener
University web evaluation guide
Whois.net (Finding owners, ISP's, etc.)
InterNIC Whois Search
Cyberjournalism and Blogs
Center for Digital Democracy: http://www.democraticmedia.org
Blogdex: http://blogdex.net/
Blogger.Com: http://www.blogger.com
Wonkette: http://www.wonkette.com/
CyberJournalist.Net: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
Yahoo
Directory of Political Blogs
Web Traffic: Nielsen Net Ratings: http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/news.jsp
Gateways
Drudge Report
UMB CommStudies
Media Analysis Web Page
DMOZ List of Media Watchdogs
Wire
Services
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
AFP INTERNATIONAL
AFP
NEWS WRAP
ASOCIATED PRESS
REUTERS
WORLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
REUTERS
REUTERS
DIGEST
REUTERS WORLD
REUTERS POLITICS
REUTERS ODD
UPI
NATIONAL
UPI
WORLD
General Resources
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc
(IRE).
-----IRE
Resource
Center
National Institute for Computer-Asssisted Reporting
The Poynter Institute
Global
SEE ALSO: Web
Sites for Media Analysis; Drudge Report
for links to specific media outlets
Al Jazeera (English)
Al Arabiya (English)
All Hurra (English; limited)
Digging
Deeper, Tracking Stories and Rumors
CyberJournalist
CyberJournalist Supersearch
FindLaw
Snopes
The Smoking Gun
Urban Legends
Election Resources
Special Libraries (public domain digital
archive)
Special Libraries Association News Division
Alternative Media
Many others on Web
Sites for Media Analysis, which also includes indexes of alternative media.
Think Tanks
American Enterprise Institute
Pew
Research Center
for the People and the Press
Project for Excellence in Journalism and
the Committee of Concerned Journalists
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