Journalism basics
Journalism basics
Editor’s note: Resources for journalism students and others new to the industry. We’ll be expanding this page in the coming weeks, so check back often.
Associated Collegiate Press
Jobs, contests, articles on trends and more for student publications
Broadcast Education Association
Resources, training and awards for educators and students
Online News Association
Resources for journalists with a digital focus. Includes a do-it-yourself custom ethics code.
Radio TV Digital News Association
Research, training and events for broadcast and digital-first students.
National Press Photographers Association
NPPA code of ethics is an industry standard
Muck Rack for Students
Free access to industry-recognized certifications, research, and professional tools
The Student Newspaper Survival Guide
TrustingNews: Teaching Students to Earn Trust
Division I College Sports FOIA Directory – The Intercollegiate
Public information officers from Division I athletic departments
Dart Center: Resources for Educators Training Journalists Covering Sensitive Issues
Resources from San Diego State professor Amy Schmitz Weiss on teaching students to cover topics such as suicide, homicides, sexual assaults and other traumatic news events.
FOIAonline.gov
One of the largest federal #FOIA portals
PublicRecords Online Directory
Good first-stop in records searching.
Copy, Paste, Legislate
Track lobbying efforts by pulling documents and parsing text.
The Accountability Project
Curates, standardizes and indexes public data to give journalists, researchers and others a simple way to search across records.
Bellingcat’s Digital Forensics Tools
USA Facts
Hundreds of government-generated data and fact sheets about many issues: crime, business, public safety, etc.
OpenPayrolls – The Largest Nationwide Salary Database
Syracuse University: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
Clery Center for Security on Campus
Campus crime data and compliance information.
US Dept. of Education: Campus Safety and Security
Download nationwide campus crime data.
National Center for Education Statistics Data Center
Nationwide data on colleges and universities.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Tracking Sexual Assault Investigations
TrollBusters: Staying Safe Online and Offline (Student Edition)
Campus Weblines: Journalism Ethics
REPORTING RESOURCES
How to Tell Good Research from Bad: 13 Questions Journalists Should Ask
Great tipsheet from Harvard’s Journalist’s Resource.
NY Times: Satellite Images and Shadow Analysis: How The Times Verifies Eyewitness Videos
Inteltechniques.com
Track people down through their Facebook ID.
The Journalist’s Resource: 3 Tips to Build Rapport with Distrustful Resources
Journalist’s Resource: Diversify Your Sources With This Guide to Nursing Specialty Groups
The Open Notebook: Reporting Without Phone or Internet Access
IJNET: Tips for Journalists Working Outside of Major Cities
IJNET: Nine Remote Interviewing Tips
Dart Center: Reporting on Coronavirus: Handling Sensitive Remote Interviews
Dart Center: Tips for Interviewing Victims of Tragedy, Witnesses, and Survivors
Dart Center: Do Interviewees Fully Understand What They Signed Up For?
Journalism.co.uk: Develop New Interviewing Techniques
The Art of the Confrontational Interview
EDITING AND FACT-CHECKING
Verification Handbook (second edition)
From Craig Silverman, this guide gives you tools to verify digital content for emergency coverage.
Google Fact Check Explorer
Look up fact-checks by topic and reverse image search photos.
Google News Initiative Verification Tools Course
ACES
ACES: The Society for Editing offers editing tips, tools, language quizzes, headline writing exercises and more.
RTDNA: Identifying Juveniles in Stories
Citizen Media Law Project Legal Guide
CUNY: Fact-Checking, Verification and Fake News Guide
GIJN: How to Spot Deep Fake Videos
ICFJ: A Short Guide to the History of “Fake News” and Disinformation
TinEye
Reverse image search to fact-check images
API: How to Tell If a Photo is Fake
Poynter: Fact-Checking How-to Guides
Craig Silverman’s Verification and Digital Investigations Resources
Bellingcat: Beginner’s Guide to Social Media Verification
ScamSearch
Global scam database
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