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Al's Morning Meeting
A daily tipsheet of story suggestions and ideas that can be done in your community. Written every morning by Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute.

Behind the News
Topical links for news research, from Elizabeth Donovan. And a good list of links to news Weblogs.

Bob Baker's Newsthinking
"Dedicated to the proposition that there are only two kinds of journalists: bad ones, and those who are improving."

CyberJournalist.net
A Weblog and link treasure trove, "CyberJournalist.net focuses on how the Internet, media convergence and new technologies are changing journalism. The site offers tips, news and commentary about online journalism, digital storytelling, converged news operations and using the Internet as a reporting tool." From Jonathan Dube, a senior producer for MSNBC.com. A service of American Press Institute.

E-Media Tidbits
Steve Outing and other online pioneers share tips and news, via the Poynter Institute.

Extra! Extra!
A Weblog of investigative articles, mostly in the US, from Investigative Reporters and Editors and Derek Willis.

First Draft
Tim Porter's First Draft was launched with the Quality Manifesto, lamenting "newspapers' lack of innovation and proclivity to run in a pack." He argues that newspapers "are killing themselves with ... adherence to a self-destructive, journalistic form that emphasizes breadth of news coverage over depth." He keeps up with the daily fight for relevance.

Hypergene MediaBlog
"All about Participatory Journalism - how audiences are changing the future of news and information."

I Want Media
News about the news and entertainment media. Updated seven days a week by Patrick Phillips, freelance journalist and corporate writer.

Infomaniac Behind the News
"News research news and information, and other things I like." Many great links for journalists, as well as the daily blog. From the original Infomaniac, news researcher Elizabeth Donovan.

J-Log
K. Paul Mallasch of Muncie, Ind., keeps up with journalism, especially of the online varieties.

JournoList
"The JournoList is an annotated list of sites chosen to help reporters, writers and editors make good use of the Internet." Also good tutorials on Web searching. From John Morrish, an editor and reporter in the U.K.

Media Minded
An anonymous copy editor and conservative commentator on journalism and politics.

MediaSavvy
Barry Parr's "daily analysis of Internet media news and research."

New Media Musings
Online journalist JD Lasica keeps track of online news and tidbits.

Online Journalism.com
Daily updates on the Online Journalism Review, a production of the Annenberg School for Communication of the Universtity of Southern California. Topics include "operational news (hirings, firings, site changes, policy statements, etc.) at major online news sources; advances in technology that will affect the world of online journalism; and general interest news that has some relevance to the online world, particularly news that can be found exclusively online."

Rewrite!
"Newspapers are in trouble" is the mantra of this group of journalists affiliated with the Newspaper Management Program at Northwestern University.

Rhetorica
"The Rhetorica Network offers analysis and commentary about the rhetoric, propaganda, and spin of journalism and politics, including analysis of presidential speeches and election campaigns. This site features the Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal web log, Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2004, comprehensive news media links, a primer of critical techniques, and information for voters. The character of Rhetorica represents the purposes and canons of classical rhetoric. Andrew R. Cline, Ph.D."

Romenesko
Everyone's favorite media gossip site. Sponsored by the Poynter Institute.

The CyberJournalist List
Jonathan Dube (MSNBC.com) is maintaining an excellent list of weblogs by journalists.

The Digital Edge
Publication about online media, from the New Media Foundation, a project of the Newspaper Association of America.

Weblogs and the News
Links to "new forms of personal journalism — including weblogs, collaborative news sites, personal broadcasting, and more — as well as pointers to examples of each genre."

yelvington.com
Biting commentary on the news. From Steve Yelvington.


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