Paul McLeod's Web Tools for Journalists

 

ORGANIZATIONS/CHAT ROOMS/ADVICE/PUBLICATIONS

http://www.apme.com/

http://www.ojr.org/

http://www.spj.org/

http://www.cjr.org/

http://www.ajr.org/

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/

http://freelancerights.com/

 

WRITING TIPS/ADVICE. ETC.

http://www.cyberjournalist.net/

http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/

http://www.poynter.org/

http://www.newsthinking.com/index.cfm

http://www.freep.com/jobspage/toolkit/proforg.htm

http://www.sreetips.com/tips.html

http://www.poewar.com/

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG-jeh/BeginningReporting/Introduction/home.htm

http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm

http://www.stats.org/

 

PRACTICAL TOOLS/SEARCH ENGINES

( note - some of these may charge for services at some point)

http://www.dogpile.com/

http://www.reporter.org/desktop/

http://www.cyberjournalist.net/supersearch.php/

http://www.google.com

http://dir.yahoo.com/

http://www.zabasearch.com/

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/default.jsp

http://teoma.com/

http://www.itools.com/

http://www.hometownlocator.com/

http://www.ecola.com/

http://www.anywho.com/rl.html

http://powerreporting.com/

http://lii.org/

http://www.reporter.org/desktop/

http://anybirthday.com/search.htm

http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml

http://www.obitcentral.com/

http://www.sportscliche.com/

http://www.usgenweb.org/

 

  Education/college search engines:

http://www.asd.com/

http://www.google.com/options/universities.html

http://scholar.google.com/

http://www.ncaa.org/conferences/

http://www.naia.org/news/gen/gen/1999/12/21/945792092583.html

http://academicinfo.net/

http://infomine.ucr.edu/

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/newswriting.html

 

  Map Search Engines:

http://www.mapquest.com/

http://maps.yahoo.com/

http://maps.google.com/

 

SOURCES FOR NEWS/INFO/BLOGS

http://news.search.yahoo.com/usns/ynsearch/categories/static/whatsnew.html

http://news.search.yahoo.com/usns/ynsearch/categories/static/whatsnew.html

http://news.quickfound.net/

http://www.sportspages.com/content/regions.shtml

http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/search/

http://www.workingreporter.com/

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/

http://www.prnewswire.com/

http://www.bloglines.com/

 

DICTIONARIES/GLOSSARY

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

http://www.onelook.com/

http://www.webopedia.com/

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/

http://www.wowcom.net/education/nie/glossary1.htm

http://www.freebyte.com/dictionary/

 

  Translation Devices:

http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

http://babelfish.altavista.com

http://www.freetranslation.com/

http://www.ksvn.com/anhviet_new.htm

 

GOVERNMENT/LAW:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html

http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/

http://www.vitalrec.com/ca.html

http://locateme.com/ab.htm

http://www.cfac.org/Law/CPRA/Q&A/explanatory_q&a.html

http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/

http://lawyers.findlaw.com/

 

MEDICINE

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html

http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/checker/checker.jsp

http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/drugchecker/

http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/

http://www.reporter.org/

 

TELEPHONY

http://www.yellowpages.com/

http://wp.netscape.com/netcenter/whitepages.html

http://yp.netscape.com/

http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/phonelocation.asp

http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/

http://www.payphone-project.com/numbers/

 

WEATHER

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zla/BriefgFrameset.php

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zla/BriefgFrameset.php

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zla/BriefgFrameset.php

http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/science/james/aws-swcal.html

http://www.wunderground.com/#

http://www.w3.weather.com/index.html

 

COMPUTER/TECHNICAL

http://www.download.com/

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/

http://www.unhsolutions.net/IEPK/index.shtml

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

 

MISC./OTHER

http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html

http://www.timeanddate.com/

http://www.time.gov/

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/birthday.html

 

AUTOMOBILES

http://www.kbb.com/

 

GUIDES TO FREE THINGS

http://www.freebyte.com/

http://www.wififreespot.com/