Journalism Subject Guide

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The following resources will help you when doing research in Journalism.  Resources are available through the Dominican Library Web site or MyDU.  Some are available through the free Web.

Article Databases

Article databases are available in the Articles section of the Library Web site and MyDU.  When accessing article databases off-campus, you will be asked to enter your Dominican network ID and password.

Books

The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law / Goldstein, Norm

Reference PN 4783 .A83 2002

"Essential handbook for writers, students, editors, and PR specialists serves up more than five thousand entries in A-to-Z format, covering the Associated Press rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, and word usage, as well as useful information on media law, libel, and copyright infringement."

 

World Press Encyclopedia / Kurian, George Thomas; Bank, Marjorie B. and Johnson, James

Reference PN 4735 .W6 2003

Surveys the history and current state of the news media in one hundred eighty nations of the world and provides a list of news agencies and press associations.

 

Encyclopedia of Media and Politics / Schaefer, Todd M.; Birkland, Thomas A.

(this reference resource is on order)  

A reference work focusing on the junction of the civic and the journalistic.  A useful time line (1690-2006) highlighting major (primarily US) media and political events starts the encyclopedia.  Over 300 entries, varying in length from a half page to three pages, cover a wide range of topics including individual pundits, anchors and other players, influential court cases and legislation, media bias, new media forms, and numerous other subjects related to the role of the media and its influence on the US political system.

 

Blacks Firsts: 4,000 Ground Breaking and Pioneering Events / Smith, Jessie Carnie

Reference E 185 .B574 2003

This reference has information related to African Americans history and world records in different areas, including journalism, in the United States.  

 

Publication Manual of the American Psycological Association / American Psycological Association

Reference BF 76.7 .P83 2001

This is a handbook of the American Psycology Association andincludes information on authority, publishing, and how to write handbooks and manuals in the journalism field.

 

The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Main Stacks PN 4756 .K67 2007

 

The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age

Main Stacks PN 4867.2 .M48 2004

 

Sample catalog searches (search these as Subject in the book catalog)

Journalism

Journalists

Journalistic ethics

Mass Media

Propaganda

Press

Newspapers

Broadcasting

 

Web Sites

Society of Professional Journalists

http://www.spj.org

"The nation's most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encourage the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.  Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry through the daily work of its nearly 10,000 members."

 

Journalism.org

http://www.journalism.org

Initiative by journalists from all media to clarify and raise the standards of American journalism.  Online home of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, "a research organization that specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press."

 

Online Journalism Review

http://www.ojr.org

Reports on and evaluates the emerging field of online journalism.  Part of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and funded by USC's Annenberg Center for Education, which mission is the "development and continuing education of professional online journalists."

 

Columbia Journalism Review

http://cjr.org  

Includes information and insight about journalism and public policy.  "Columbia Journalism Review's mission is to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society.  It is both a watchdog and a friend of the press in all forms, from newspaper to magazines to radio, television, and to the Web.  Founded in 1961 under the auspices of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism."

 

Journalism Ethics Cases Online

http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/Ethics/

The School of Journalism at Indiana University has pulled together this often cited list of journalism ethic cases.  Barry Bingham Jr. developed the core set of cases found at this site, and they were initially published in his newsletter, FineLine.  Cases are designed to be used by teachers, researches, professional journalists and anyone interested in media ethics.

 

Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists

http://www.ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org 

Loyola University Chicago Center for Ethics &  Social Justice and the Chicago Headline Club Chapter of the SPJ teamed up in January 2001 to provide this free public service to area journalists.  Most questions are answered within 24 hours by volunteers who have been trained in journalism ethics.  Volunteers for this service are people who either teach ethics or work with ethics on a professional level.

 

MediaWise

http://www.presswise.org.uk  

MediaWise (formerly PressWise) is a charity that was established in 1993 by "vitims of press abuse".  The group believes that journalists operate on behalf of the public, and PressWise works to promote ethical journalism standards and assist those with complaints about the media.  They also provide research in areas dealing with media laws and regulations.

 

Media Research Center

http://www.mediaresearch.org 

In 1987, a group of young conservatives banded together to expose the liberal biases they believe were prevalent in the news media.  They develop the Media Research Center, currently based in Alexandria, VA to be an educational organization dedicated to bringing balance to journalism.  MRC claims to be "the leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias".

 

Fairness & Accuracy In Repoting (FAIR): The National Media Watch Group

http://www.fair.org 

FAIR has been working to promote balanced and unbiased reporting since 1986.  The group works with journalists and activists to carry this task.  Links to articles pointing out media blunders are provided.

 

The Freedom Forum

http://www.freedomforum.org

The Freedom Forum is a non-partisan group bases in Arlington, VA that is dedicated to "free press, free speech and free spirit for all people".  This foundation was founded in 1991 by Allen H. Neuhart, and succeeded one founded in 1935 by Frank Gannett.

 

Grade the News

http://www.gradethenews.org

Grade the News is a special project of KTEH, the public television station affiliated with Stanford University.  Those associated with this project include journalists, ethicists, professors and members of the public who are concerned about the quality of the news.

 

Accuracy in Media (AIM): For Fairness, Balance and Accuracy in News Reporting

http://www.aim.org

AIM is a non-profit "watchdog" organization whose mission is to "encourage members of the media to report the news fairly and objectively--without resorting to bias or partisanship".  This organization uncovers inaccurate news stories and attempts to present the information in a truthful, unbiased light.

 

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/

From the Library of Congress, this Web site provides information on American newspapers and digitized text of select titles.  Users can search for newspapers by title, location, year, language or type.

 

 

Created by Elsie Martinez, GSLIS.  Email: csietmann@dom.edu