Internet Resources for Journalism

Indexes & full-text databases | Australian Resources | Overseas Resources |
Electronic Journals | News Sources | RSS & News Feeds

 

Indexes and full text databases

• Informit
  Informit databases include Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT), which indexes Australian material in the social sciences and humanities, and Media Scan which indexes a range of Australian newspapers including Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Herald Sun, The Bulletin, The Courier Mail, Sunday Mail, Adelaide Advertiser, West Australian.
• Infotrac
• Infoquick : an index to the Sydney Morning Herald
  Index to articles published in The Sydney Morning Herald and ass$ publications: Sun Herald, Eastern Herald, Northern Herald and from 1988 onwards. Maintained by the State Library of New So$ Wales. Search by key word, byline, or subject.
• Infotrac
  A general academic database covering a wide range of journals in the humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Many articles available in full text.
• ProQuest
  Indexes a wide range of journals in the social sciences, humanities, science and technology and includes the full text of many articles.
• Australia & New Zealand Reference Centre
  Full-text access to Australasian newspapers and magazines, and some reference works. Australian newspapers include The Australian, The Adelaide Advertiser, The Courier Mail, Northern Territory News, The Mercury, the Herald Sun, The Weekly Times and the 7.30 Report transcripts. Access open to all current members of Queensland public libraries through a consortium arrangement with the State Library of Queensland. Access is by using your Queensland public library membership number or your State Library eServices card number.
• NewsBank
  Provides access to fulltext newspaper articles from more than 230 Queensland, Australian and international titles. Includes Townsville Bulletin, Cairns Post and other regional Queensland papers. Access open to all current members of Queensland public libraries through a consortium arrangement with the State Library of Queensland. Access is by using your Queensland public library membership number or your State Library eServices card number.

Australian Resources

• James Cook University Discipline of Journalism
  
  
• Australian Broadcasting Authority
  Australia's radio, television and internet regulator. Includes links to codes of practice.
  
  
• Andrew Olle Media Lecture 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
  The Andrew Olle Media Lecture was established in 1996 by the presenters and staff at 702 ABC Sydney (formerly 2BL) to honour the memory of ABC Radio broadcaster Andrew Olle.
  
  
• Boyer Lectures
  Lectures by prominent Australians on a wide range of topics. From ABC Radio National.
  
  
• Cultures of Journalism A thirteen part feature series from ABC Radio National.
  
  
• General Reference Resources (From JCU Library). Includes links to Reference Centres which provide access to extensive resources. Includes News Sources
  
  
• Media Report
  weekly 30 minute broadcast on ABC Radio National. '..essential listening for those who work in the media industry and for anyone interested in the future of the media'. Examines the latest developments in the communications industry, including media ownership, industry regulation and new technology.

• National Press Club
  
  
• OZ Guide: Internet information sources for Australian journalists
  Useful collection of links from University of Queensland designed to lead students to experts and contacts, and internet reference sources ie. Australian facts, business information, cases, databases, directories, government information, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures.
  
  
• Computer-Assisted Reporting and FoI
  A list of nearly 700 links to computer-assisted reporting and freedom of information resources, compiled by Stephen Lamble.

Overseas Resources

• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
  Organisation dedicated to the global defense of press freedom
• BBC Audio Interviews
  
• BBC News Style Guide
  
• British Library Newspaper Library Newspaper, Journalism, and Media Resources
• Concise History of the British Newspaper Since 1620
• Center for Digital Storytelling
  
• The Elements of Digital Storytelling From the University of Minnesota, School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Institute for New Media Studies.
  
• FACSNet Compiled for journalists in California
• FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting U.S. national media watch group
• Finding Data on the Internet A Journalist's guide
• Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc
• Journalism Ethics Cases Online A set of cases created for teachers, researchers, professional journalists and consumers of news to help them explore ethical issues in journalism.
• Journalism: Resources for Journalists
• Power Reporting Large number of free research tools for journalists, annotated and updated daily
• Reporter.org Resources for journalists, journalism students and educators
• Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century.
• WWW Virtual Library: Journalism From Ohio University

News Sources

• JCU Newspaper and News Guide
• Australian and International News Headlines
  Keep up-to-date with the latest news headlines from a range of Australian and International sources, selected for their interest to the JCU community.
• Australian News Network
• Australian Newspapers on the Internet List from the National Library of Australia
• ABC News Online from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• ABCNEWS.com American news site
• ABYZ News Links Links to over 15,000 newspapers and other news sources worldwide.
• BBC News Extensive, in-depth coverage of world news.
• NewsDirectory.com | NewsLink
• NewsTrawler Search for news, magazine, and journal articles from worldwide archival sources
• News Index Search current articles from newspapers and news sources from around the world
• Pandia Newsfinder Search for news using the Pandia metasearch engine
• The Paperboy Access to over 2500 online newspapers from around the world
• Onlinenewspapers.com
  

Electronic Journals

• JCU Electronic Journals Find journals by title or browse by subject.
• Fifth Estate Ezine produced by the students of Journalism at RMIT.

RSS & News Feeds

• RSS Guide: News Feeds & Blogs
  This is a JCU guide to RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) - a format used for sharing news and other content which is regularly updated. Examples of RSS feeds include news headlines, web page updates, events, channel information (weather, stocks, etc) and blogs.
  
  

 

 

 

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