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Website resources for online journalists

The following sites were identified as useful by members of the Spring 2009 staff of Border Beat. They were compiled by Katie Barton.

Journalism Specific Sites:
Whether the site is for an organization of journalists or handy tools to use when reporting, these resources are for our profession.

10,000 Words
IRE- Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE stories
National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting
Journalist's Guide to the Internet
The Poynter Institute
Socitey of Professional Journalists


Blogs
Ranging from politics to self-help, these are blogs that we found though provoking and even helpful, if nothing else, for story ideas.

Newseum's "Today's Front Page" that shows over 700 newspaper front pages from 70+ countries
Helium: get your work published online and enter your stories in to contests.
Crooks and Liars
Zen Habits
Lifehacker
Online Journalism Blog
Digital Journalism
Dark Roasted Blend: Blog of "weird and wonderful things"


Border Specific Sites
Sites that relate to events that borderbeat.net is dedicated to covering.

Border Reporter
Across the Border
Minute Man Project
Arizona Minute Men Chapter


Stories/Other Journalist’s work
Of course we found all sorts of work by fellow journalists that covered everything from inaccurate reporting to well done multi-media projects to inspire your creativity.

Handling of Palin's Religion
BBC Article on the French Concord Hoax
NY Times example of multimedia about manhole covers
Beer Pong, Herpes and Good Journalism
Lasantha Wickramatunga, the Sri Lankan journalist's work
A story about Lasantha Wickramatunga


Statistics & Sources
These sites will help you in finding facts, stats, and other information from quotable and respected organizations and instituations.

Pew Research 2008 Trends
Moorehead State University Resource
Fact Finder
Statistics
Stat Counter
RefDest: Fact Checker to the Internet
World Digital Library
Web Archive


Tools/Tutorials
Whether you need to resize a photo or plot stats on a graph, these sites give you simple and free lessons

Units Converter
Picture Resizing Tool
Chart Maker
Switch Sound File Converter
More Switch Software: includes audio, video, photos, and other editing tools
How to covert Mac audio to MP3
How to switch Windows Media Player to MP3
Evaluating Web Sources
Journalist's Tool Kit
Internet TV Tutorial
SplashUp: free photo editor that mirrors Adobe Photoshop
Audio Sound File Converter called "Switch"
University of Arizona tech tutorials
Berkley's Knight Digital Media Center
Google Docs
Google Docs Tutorials for Educators
Search Engine that donates to the charity of your choice for every search
G Cast:Free Podcast Creator
Answers to questions about podcasting


HTML & Web Design
Your source for everything from codes for links to designing your own website.

HTML Tutorial
HTML Playgroud
Resources for Web Design
Free Photo Hosting
Easy Graphics Creator
Online tutorial on how to teach technology
Blogger Templates


Jobs and Career Search Engines
Looking to start working as a journalist? Or maybe just do more than serve coffee. These sites are the jack-pot when it comes to job searches in journalism as well as sports, non-profits and international positions.

University of Florida's tutorial on getting a job in journalism, from creating your own website to what to include in an online resume
Jobs with Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch Career Search
Doctors without Borders Jobs
The Job Hunter's Bible
Jobs Page: Your link to newspaper careers
Teamwork Online
Work in Sports
Job search tool called "Indeed"
Simply Hired Job Search
Ed 2010: Everything you need to know for a career in magazines
Mediajobs.net
All you need to know about freelance writing
Journalism Jobs
Tool for recent journalism grads seeking employment
Media Job Search Engine "Mediabistro.com"
Web Resume
Sample web resume by Garret Rubis
Online sports job search engine that you pay to join and search for any job in sports.


Special Interest & Entertainment
Websites that are a bit of a stretch in their relation to journalism, though they are very interesting and great ways to pass the time.

Mediastorm.org, an online publication focused on "ushering in a new era of multimedia storytelling".
Hulu.com: online TV database
Web Riddles
Ebonics Translator
Ebonics Vocab List
Newseum's current events game Newsmania
What if sports: match up teams from different years and see a play-by-play of the game and the end result in minutes.
Music mapper-type in your favorite artist and it finds others like them.
Greg Rutter's definitive list of 100 websites you should have alredy seen.
How Stuff Works
Where and how to recyle just about anything for cash
Motivation Test: How motivated are you?


Listservs
Find listservs on journalism and other topics and subscribe to them.

Journalism listserv data base
"The Official Catalog of Listervs"


Social Media
Tools for searching the internet while ranking and sharing what you find

Your new time waster-"stumble" through the highest rated websites online, and save your favorites for later exploring.
Blinx: video search engine
Pixsy: video and image search engine
WebRing: website search tool and social networking site (hint: find story ideas by searching for "border issues")
Delicious.com
Digg.com
Plime.com