PRESS FREEDOM | Informing citizens, ensuring accountability
15 April 2008
Internet Resources
Online websites
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/
CyberJournalist
Journalists working primarily online are the target audience for this news and research site.
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
International Center for Journalists
News, training, and the interactive "10 Steps to Citizen Journalism Online," including such issues as content, marketing, and safety for bloggers.
Media Alliance
A nonprofit training and resource center for media workers, community organizations, and political activists.
http://www.media-alliance.org/
Media Bloggers Association
This association is "dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of 'blogging' and 'citizen journalism' as a distinct form of media; and helping to extend the power of the press, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails, to every citizen."
http://www.mediabloggers.org/node
The Media Center at the American Press Institute
The site provides reports on topics such as media strategies and mobile phones, links to news stories, a blog, videos, and related resources.
MediaShift
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/04/digging_deeperhyperlocal_citiz.html
O'Reilly Digital Media: Article Archives
This collection of articles about audio, video, and photography technology trends includes a mix of highly technical pieces and beginning articles such as "What Is Podcasting" and "What Is Vlogging." From O'Reilly Media, publishers of books on computers and technology; articles are written by O'Reilly book authors and other industry experts.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/articles.csp
PressThink
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/
ReadWriteWeb
This blog focuses onWeb technology news, reviews, and analysis.
Technorati: Popular Blogs
This site tracks trends in the Webosphere.
http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/
Mobile Technology
Living with Technology: Tomorrow's Cell Phone Tech
http://www.cnet.com/2001-13387_1-0.html?tag=cnetfd.lwt
Smart Mobs
A blog about using mobile communication for collective action.
Traditional Resources for Journalists
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Research, lectures, and conferences about the intersection of media, communication, and public policy.
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
Media Bistro
For freelancer writers, offering jobs, training, and community.
New American Media
Sponsored through a collaboration of hundreds of ethnic news organizations, this Web site features ethnic news and links to dozens of ethnic media sites such as Singtao Daily, Nichi Bei Times, La Prensa, Vietnam Daily, and Irish Herald.
http://www.newamericamedia.org
Pew Internet & American Life Project
This nonprofit, nongovernmental research organization studies the impact of the Internet on individuals and families and on civic and political life.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
This independent opinion research group studies attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues.
Project for Excellence in Journalism
World Association of Newspapers
World Editors Forum
http://www.wan-press.org/wef/articles.php?id=2
Nongovernmental Organizations and Internet Freedom
Amnesty International: Freedom of Expression Campaign
Association for Progressive Communications: Internet Rights Charter
http://rights.apc.org/charter.shtml
Electronic Freedom Foundation
http://www.eff.org/issues/international
Human Rights Watch: Press Freedom Issues
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=press_freedom
OpenNet Initiative (ONI)
ONI is dedicated to identifying and documenting Internet filtering and surveillance and to stimulating public dialogue about such practices.
The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources listed above. All Internet links were active as of December 2007.
From the December 2007 edition of eJournal USA.
