Journalism Resources

AJR Web Resource Guide for Journalists
The AJR's extensive site is a must for reporters seeking press industry buzz. It also features a job database for wordsmiths pounding the pavement for more than just leads.

Investigative Reporters & Editors
From the Website: {IRE} is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting within the field of journalism. IRE was formed in 1975 with the intent of creating a networking tool and a forum in which journalists from across the country could raise questions and exchange ideas.

SourceNet
SourceNet is a tool that allows journalists to post queries on any topic, which are then emailed to our 15,000 PR users (corporate and agency). SourceNet is Web-based and queries are always anonymous. We don't ever give out a journalist's contact details, even if PR professionals ask. Journalists are notified by email when they have new responses, and responses are easily managed on the site. 

State Government Servers
From the Website: In 1992, Indiana University School of Law÷Bloomington was chosen by CERN, originators of the World Wide Web Consortium, to be the host of the Virtual Law Library (http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/). The World Wide Web Virtual Library is a collection of subject related Websites maintaine d by institutions throughout the world, each administering a different subject. The project is now managed by a independent committee made up of maintainers of various subject areas....There is also a list of search tools and other comprehensive sites for law. Juliet Smith, Electronic Services Librarian, maintains this portion of the Website 

VA Public Access Project
From the Website: VPAP is a non-partisan, non-profit group that demonstrates how information technology can improve public awareness of money's role in Virginia politics. 

The J-Files @ VCU
From the Website: ...the focus of this Web site {is}: computer-assisted reporting, aka computer-assisted journalism, analytic journalism, digital journalism, database journalism and precision journalism. These terms generally mean how to do two things:

• Online research -- Having your computer "talk" to other computers to get information. This involves the Internet, computer bulletin boards, modem-accessible databanks and commercial information services.

• Data analysis -- Using special software, like spreadsheets and database managers, to sort information, summarize, combine and do calculations on information, often large amounts of information called databases.