Journalist Resources
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Search Engines (single search)
Google http://www.google.com
ultra-fast, seems to always find exactly what you need
InfoSeek Ultra http://ultra.infoseek.com
faster, sleeker than before--easier to enter complex searches
Alta Vista http://www. altavista.digital.com
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
Excite http://www.excite.com
Lycos http://www.lycos.com
Hotbot http://www.hotbot.com
FastSearch http://www.fastsearch.com
search engine for medical, legal, sports, real estate
Research-It http://www. iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html
includes language translators, biographical info, library tools, maps, phone number searching
CIBIR Web Search http://www.pimall.com/searchit.html
Private Investigators’ Mall makes searching easy
Search Engines (multiple search)
IX Quick http://www.ixquick.com
fast simultaneous search of 12 engines
Internet FastFind http://www.symantec.com/iff/index.html
download 30-day trial version--Windows95/NT only
Echo Search http://www.echosearch.com free download
Internet Sleuth http://www.isleuth.com
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com search 15 different engines simultaneously.
Finding People
Try using a search engine as your first step
Internet Address Finder http://www.iaf.net
Four11 http://www.four11.com
Finding People On the Net http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/phone.html
InfoSpace http://www.infospaceinc.com
WhoWhere http://www.whowhere.com
Switchboard http://www.switchboard.com
Database America http://www.databaseamerica.com
Dead People Server http://www.city-net.com/~lmann/dps
is that well-known person dead or still alive?--check here for good humored answers.
News (push)
Pointcast http://www.pointcast.com
CNN News Pager http://www.cnn.com/ads/pagenet/pager.html
places a small window on your screen with brief news stories;
updated every 30 minutes--requires Shockwave
News Compilations
The Working Reporter http://workingreporter.com/
My Yahoo http://my.yahoo user customizable
Excite News Tracker http://nt.excite.com
sign up for News Tracker to create 20 custom profiles to search 300 publications
InfoJunkie http://www.infojunkie.com/junkmain.html continuously updated from many sources
Select Ware http:// www.select-ware.com/news
search news publications from around the U.S. and rest of the world
Intermind http://www.intermind.com/globaldir/
customize your preferences from 170 sources with continuous updating
Web Newsstand http://www.web-newsstand.com/webreads.htm
check stories from wide selection of leading news magazines
Military City http://www.militarycity.com/page2.html
military news and photos/info about bases worldwide/personnel locator
PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com/home.shtml
flack heaven, but at least it’s the official company line
The European Journalism Page http://www.demon.co.uk/eurojournalism
huge resource of useful links for journalists requiring European information
Information Databases
ARInternet http:// www.ari.net/newswise
huge database/journalists can sign up for free "press pass"
Hotsheet http://www.tstimpreso.com/hotsheet
huge list of the best sites in every possible category
Government
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov
The White House Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html
transcripts of presidential speeches, press releases and news conferences
Find Contributors By Zip Code http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/zip.htm this one is great!!
Center for Responsive Politics http://www.crp.org
contributions broken down by industry & interest groups
The Internet Guide to the US Congress http://www.capweb.net/directory.html
huge resource for current information about Congress and Washington politics
The Official House of Representatives web site http://www.house.gov
The Official U.S. Senate web site http://www.senate.gov
Roll Call Online http://www.rollcall.com
daily updates from non-partisan Congress watchdog news organization
The US Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov
Federal Trade Commission http://consumer.ftc.gov
Government Printing Office Web Site http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
The Official British Monarchy Web Site http://www.royal.gov.uk
Science
Northern California Quake Data Center http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu
Quake Info from USGS http://quake.wr.usgs.gov
Southern California Strong Motion Database http://smdb.crustal.ucsb.edu
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov biology, geology, mapping, water
Cascades Volcano Observatory http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov
American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science http://www.eurekalert.org
reporters may register for advance access to articles in major scientific journals
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com daily updates
U.S. Naval Observatory Exact Time Service http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
set your watch to the official standard
Intellicast Weather http://www.intellicast.com
complete weather reports from anywhere on earth
Weather Online http://www.weatheronline.com everything about weather
Medicine
Reuters Health http://www.reutershealth.com stories updated daily
Johns Hopkins' Health Information http://www.intelihealth.com
about one million pages of medical archives--free registration
MedSite Navigator http://www.medsitenavigator.com
links to scores of medical and research journals--very useful
The Merck Manual http://www.merck.com symptom diagnosis and treatment
Medical Journals & Publications Manual http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jewinter/publish.htm
links to all major medical sources
Healthgate http://www.healthgate.com
free Medline and Cancerlit access plus much more
Business
Edgar—Securities & Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
massive database of required SEC filings by corporations—very useful
Wall Street Journal http://wsj.com/hp_subscribed.html $49 annual subscription fee
Research Magazine http://www.researchmag.com
company and stock info for brokers and investors
President’s Council of Economic Advisors http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/CEA/html/CEA.html
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/blshome.html
Networth http://www.networth.galt.com
Mutual Funds Interactive http://www.fundsinteractive.com
Mutual Fund Investor’s Center http://www.mfea.com
InvesTools http://www.investools.com
Stock Smart http://www.stocksmart.com
Sports
ESPN http://espnet.sportszone.com the mother of all sports sites
The Sporting News http://www.sportingnews.com
Fastball http://www.fastball.com totally baseball
World Stadia http://www.di.uminho.pt/~miguel/FUTEBOL/estadios.html
statistics about 1,715 stadia in 115 countries
News Organizations
Radio Television News Directors Association http://www.rtnda.org/rtnda
Radio Television News Directors Foundation http://www.rtndf.org/rtndf
Home to "The Journalist's Guide to Sites and Sources on the Internet",
also "The Election Project" and other vital resources for broadcast journalists
Nat'l Institute For Computer-Assisted Reporting http://www.nicar.org
Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi) http://spj.org
SPJ has a very useful Freedom of Information section http://spj.org/FOIA
offering assistance in filing FOI requests.
Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) http://www.reporter.org
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) http://www.nab.org
Foundation For American Communications http://www.facsnet.org
National Association of Black Journalists http://www.nabj.org
Asian-American Journalists Association http://www.aaja.org
Journalism & Women Symposium http://www.jaws.org
The Poynter Institute http://www.poynter.org
Aviation
Landings check airline safety records from FAA database
http://www1.drive.net/evird.acgi$pass*3267231!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pages/sdrs.html
Aviation Accident Database 1970-1996 http://web.inter.nl.net/users/H.Ranter/frames.htm
The Aviation Home Page http://www.avhome.com/aviation.html
Aerolink http://www.aerolink.com
Thirty Thousand Feet http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/ massive aviation database
Miscellaneous
Oklahoma City Bombing Trial daily transcripts http://www.connectok.com/opub/bombing
Police Scanners http://www.policescanner.com mainly Los Angeles and Dallas
Disinformation http://www.disinfo.com
"a portal to the emerging radical intellectual ...and counter-culture... movement on the Web"
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