Journalist Resources
Africa Action: The oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. The mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. They provide accessible information and analysis and they mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission.
All Africa Global Media: A multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.
AlertNet- Reuters: Alerting humanitarians to emergencies.
American Press Institute's "The Journalist's Toolbox": American Press Institute's "The Journalist's Toolbox."
AntiWar.com: A project of the Randolph Bourne Institue, the site says it serves as a "sounding board" to people concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its implications.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for news and background.
Blogs About:: Foreign Correspondents.
Canon Gear: Website of Canon U.S.A.
Centers for Disease Control: Provides information by country on the vaccinations needed for visitors.
Cheap International Calls I : Try Skype, a web resource for free international calls.
Cheap International Calls II: Vonage's website. Vonage provides reasonably priced internet/broadband calling. Cheaper than calling Kenya on your cell!
CIA World Factbook: A current resource on any country's political system, economy, population, demographics, religion, and other details. Includes a reference map and flag.
Chicago Tribune Foreign Correspondence: This Chicago Tribune lists its foreign correspondents around the world.
Columbia Journalism Review: America's premier media monitor.
Committee to Protect Journalists: An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.
Currency Converter: A web resource to determine what your money's worth once you cross the border.
Danwei: Danwei is a website about media, advertising and urban life in China. With frequent reference to and translations from Mainland Chinese media, Danwei publishes fresh information about China that is difficult to find elsewhere. Danwei also produces original video shows and audio podcasts about China. Using extensive Chinese language sources, Danwei keeps tabs on a wide variety of subjects including legal and business stories, media and entertainment gossip, and the environment.
Democracy Now!: A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 700 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
Distance Calculator from InfoPlease: Calculate the distance, as the crow flies, between any two parts of the world. This website also has a variety of information about all sorts of topics such as an almanac, a dictionary and a thesaurus.
Facebook: Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.
Foreign Affairs Magazine: Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is a non-profit and non-partisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.
Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia includes over 400 members with about 200 foreign correspondents, 100 local journalist associates, and other associates such as diplomats, lawyers, and people dealing with the media from non-governmental organizations and companies.
Foreign Policy Magazine: Founded in 1970 by Samuel Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel, and now published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., FOREIGN POLICY is the premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economies, and ideas. Our mission is to explain how the world works--in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives.
Freelance Switch: We are a community of freelance professionals from around the world, spanning all manner of fields.
From The Frontline (U.S.): News, insight and gossip... The Frontline Blogger writes about the Frontline Club and the world of foreign correspondents, war reporters, life on the frontline and the job of journalism.
GlobalPost: GlobalPost is embarking on a bold journey to redefine international news for the digital age.
Global Journalist: Global Journalist magazine reports on the state of press freedom around the world, covers developments in international journalism and serves international journalists.
GMT: Find out what GMT stands for and how it affects you.
Google Directory: Web and Blogs.
Google Directory: News and Media.
Google Directory: Journalism.
Google Directory: Employment.
Google Directory: Organizations.
Holt Rinehart and Winston World Atlas: Comprehensive electronic maps of the world.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting: News on conflict hotspots and social initiatives in various developing countries.
Inter American Press Reporting: The IAPA is a non-profit with over 1,300 members from newspapers and magazines across the Americas. Conceived in 1926, the group is dedicated to defending press freedom in this region.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of the world's preeminent investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center's style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 journalists in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational investigations.
International News Safety Institute: The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is a unique coalition of news organizations, journalist support groups and individuals exclusively dedicated to the safety of news media staff working in dangerous environments.
International Reporting Project: The International Reporting Project (IRP) provides opportunities for U.S. journalists to go overseas to report on critical issues that are under covered in the U.S. news media.
Jamie's List: A social networking solution for Washington, D.C. photographers.
John Harrington's What We Use series: This is the Photo Business News & Forum "Channel", host to the semi-regular broadcasts of the blog publisher, John Harrington.
Journalisted: Journalisted is an independent, non-profit site run by the Media Standards Trust to help the public navigate the news.
Kristina Sherk Retouching: Website of a headshot photographer and retoucher based in the Washington, D.C. area.
LinkedIn: Over 45 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities.
MeetUp: Social networking source to find a meeting group near you.
Momenta Workshops: Momenta strives to elevate and support the community of visual journalists and artists around the world.
Momenta's Twitter feed: Momenta strives to elevate and support the community of visual journalists and artists around the world.
Multimedia Muse: We’re three photographers who believe in creating a greater corporate news demand for online photojournalism.
National Press Club: A Washington-based club for journalists of all kinds. Hosts a vast number of speakers and events each year.
National Press Photographers Association: The National Press Photographers Association is dedicated to the advancement of photojournalism, its creation, editing and distribution, in all news media.
Photojournalism Links: Links to different photojournalism resources.
Photo Nights For Charity: A photography lecture series for charity blog.
Photo Philanthropy: PhotoPhilanthropy is an organization created to promote, support and connect photographers to charitable organizations around the world.
Poynter Online: Everything you need to be a better journalist.
PRX: Post your radio spots on this radio stock agency.
ReliefWeb: The global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters.
Reporters Without Borders: The 18-year-old non-profit works in five continents to defend press freedom. Through a network of 100 correspondents, it reports on instances of attacks against the media.
Small Business Administration: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
Society of Professional Journalists: The Society of Professional Journalists is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.
South Asian Journalists Association: The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) serves as a networking and resource forum for journalists of South Asian origin and journalists interested in South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora.
State Department Foreign Press Centers: This site provides foreign journalists resources for reporting on American society and culture.
Strobist: A blog on learning how to light.
The Center for Public Integrity: Investigative journalism in the public interest.
The GLOBALIST: "The daily online magazine of the global economy, politics and culture."
The Hot Zone @ Yahoo!: A Documentary in chapters by Kevin Sites about the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Nation.: "News and information that you don't get from mainstream media."
The New York Public Library: Provides access to hundreds of historic and current digital images.
The PEW Center for Civic Journalism: The Pew Center is an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life.
The PEW Research Center for the People & the Press: The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
The Population Reference Bureau: The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: "Our mission is to promote in-depth coverage of international affairs, focusing on topics that have been under-reported, mis-reported - or not reported at all."
The Pulitzer Prizes: History, information and recepitents of the Pulitzer Prize.
Washington Foreign Press Center: A source of information for foreign journalists in the United States.
White House News Photographers Association: The WHNPA's main goal is to protect and promote photographers' interests in pursuing their mission.
World Press Review - World Maps: Worldpress.org provides an understanding of the information that shapes opinions and views in other societies. As the world becomes more globally interdependent, it is vital for Americans to understand that what is happening outside the United States has a direct impact on their lives and their country. Our goal is to foster a globally engagd citizenry, which acts not only in its own country's interest, but also in the interests of the world community.
World Time Zones: Find out what time it is in any country across the world.
Women Photojournalists of Washington: Bringing female professional photojournalists in the D.C. area, Baltimore and beyond closer together as colleagues and friends.
WorldNetDaily: Provides web links to newspapers across the world.
