resources for reporters

Reporting resources

• Bartleby.com: Extensive online reference site with including dictionary, thesauri, reference books, classic literature, quotations and just about anything else you could want.
• Elements of Style: Strunk and White’s classic writing text.
• Helping High School Journalists: March 2000 issue of The American Editor features newspapers that support high school journalism; explores what newspapers are doing to increase the pool of people of varying ethnicities who work in newsrooms.
• Investigative Reporters and Editors: Investigative reporters’ resource.
• Journalist’s Toolbox: Portal site listing research tools for journalists.
• NewsWatch: News media watchdog.
• Power Reporting: Research resources for journalists.
• Project Censored: Calls attention to censored stories.
• RobertNiles.com: Helps journalists use statistics and public records more effectively.
• Story Ideas and Tips for Teen Writers: Creative writing for teens from About.com featuring assistance with writing, grammar, punctuation and various genres of writing.
• Total News: All news search engine.
• Center for Investigative journalism: Special investigations and guides to conducting your own.
• IRE Investigative Reporting: Resources for high school journalism teachers and students
• National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting: Help with electronic research.
• NewsU: Training, writing advice and resources.
• Power Reporting (Bill Dedman): Reporting resources by beat, tools for searching and more.
• Reporter.org: Links to many resources, plus a beat source guide.