Web sites for Journalism
Gateways | Industry journals / media and searchable databases | Press and Public relations sources | Industry Regulators (UK) | Societies, guilds and representation
Internet skills
- Virtual training suites - teach yourself internet skills on how to make best use of the internet for academic purposes.
Discussion Groups
- JISCmail - national academic mailing list service facilitating discussion, collaboration and communication within the UK academic community and beyond.
Current Issue
- The Leveson Inquiry started on 13th July 2011
- Lord Justice Leveson, An inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press report (in 4 volumes) November 2012.
Gateways
Quality-controlled subject gateways to journalism - go to the subject indexes, and select journalism.
- BUBL (Bulletin Board for Libraries)- journalism
- HUMBUL (Humanities Bulletin Board) now part of Intute: Arts and Humanities
- Intute List of sources - annotated list of journalism resources
- Journalism.co.uk
- OAIster search for academically-oriented digital resources, including Birkbeck ePrints
- PADS Performing Arts Data Service - collects, documents, preserves and promotes the use of scholarly digital resources in music, theatre, dance, film, and the broadcast arts.
- Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies - for Humanities Research
Industry journals/ media and searchable databases
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (US)
- BBC Radio 4 Media Show
- British Journalism Review
- British Library - tour of historic front pages
- Broadcast Journalism Training Council
- Columbia Journalism Review
- ForaTV - talking heads, interviews, lectures and presentations, etc. Journalism and New Media
- Frontline Club: Journalists’ club with regular screenings and debates
- Guardian Media
- Guardian Newsroom & Archive
- Guardian Style Guide
- History of the BBC
- Journalism.co.uk
- Journalism UK
- Media Week, business magazine for the commercial media industry.
- National Council for the Training of Journalists
- National Union of Journalists
- NUJ London Freelance Site: includes advice on freelance fees, rights etc
- Newsroom101: US site with free, self-instructional journalism exercises
- Newseum: US interactive news museum
- Newspaper Society
- Nexis UK: Fully searchable database of UK and international Newspapers
- Press Gazette
- Press Display: Newspapers from around the world as printed
- Society of Editors
- Voice of the Listener and Viewer
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- Broadcast (TV trade magazine)
- BBC jobs
- Campaign
- Hold TheFRontPage
- ITV jobs
- New Statesman (politics of the left)
- Private Eye (satire)
- Prospect (culture and politics)
- Screen International (film industry magazine)
- Spectator (politics of the right)
- The Stage (theatre)
- Writers and Artists Yearbook
- The Production Companies Directory for the Film & Television / Video Industry
Press and public relations
Industry regulators (UK)
- Press Complaints Commission: Independent regulator of UK print journalism
- Ofcom: Independent regulator of UK communications industry
Societies, guilds and representation
- Association of British Science Writers
- British Guild of Travel Writers
- Broadcast Journalism Training Council
- Cultural Diversity Network - looks at cultural and ethnic diversity in broadcasting
- European Association of Science Writers
- Football Writers Association
- Frontline Club (club for journalists, with talks etc)
- George Viner Memorial Fund
- The Guild of Food Writers
- Guild of Motoring Writers
- Indy Media UK
- International PEN
- National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)
- National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
- Newspaper Society
- The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA)
- Periodicals Training Council (PTC)
- Publishers Association (PA)
- Society of Authors
- Society of Editors
- Sports Journalists’ Association
- Travelwriters UK
- Voice of the Listener and Viewer (quality and diversity in broadcasting)
- Women in Journalism
- Writers’ Guild
