AJR writing aids
A few links to sites with tools for writing and editing, from American Journalism Review magazine.

American Copy Editors Society
Copy editing boot camps, free Web e-mail, job openings list, and reference links.

American Society of Magazine Editors
The professional organization for senior editors of magazines.

American Society of Newspaper Editors
Information for editors, especially on its diversity initiative. (Look under "kiosk.")

Associated Press Managing Editors
"APME is a professional network, a resource for helping editors improve their news coverage and newsroom operations."

Cliché Finder
This might or might not be a good thing.

Columbia Journalism Review Language Corner
By Evan Jenkins, consulting editor of Columbia Journalism Review. Some offenses are obviously more heinous than others, but most are things frequently done wrong that are worth doing right. The outlets where they have appeared will remain anonymous, because the point of the exercise is not to say "Gotcha!" The point (to put it modestly) is to help make the world a better-written place.

Daily Kansan style guide
Good example of a college supplement to the AP Stylebook. From the University of Kansas.

Hints for the City Desk
A hard-copy newsletter of news tips. From Editors' Service, publisher of The Internet Newsroom. Now owned by Bergman Publications of Richmond, Va.

Journalism Ethics Cases Online
Dozens of case studies for journalists and students, from the School of Journalism at Indiana University. "The initial core of this database comes from a series of cases developed by Barry Bingham, Jr., and published in his newsletter, FineLine."

Journalist's Primer
A new interactive training tool on CD-ROM for journalism students and professionals who need a refresher on the rules of grammar, punctuation and style. Includes an hour-long review/exam. Cost is $79 per newsroom. A project of the Minnesota Newspaper Foundation. See the demo.

News Watch style guide
A word watching guide for terms about racial and ethnic minorities. From the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department.

Professor Gibson's Wonderful World of Editing
Thoughtful (and concise) tips on grammar, usage and editing, from Malcolm Gibson, a former newspaper editor who teaches at the University of Kansas.

Reporting on Suicide
Recommendations from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for reporting on suicide.

Society for News Design
The Society for News Design (formerly the Society of Newspaper Design) includes editors, designers, graphic artists, publishers, illustrators, art directors, photographers, advertising artists, website designers, students and faculty. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in journalism and design.

The American Editor
"The American Editor, published since 1925, is the magazine of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Published nine times a year, the magazine examines issues of interest to all newspaper editors, including management, editorial content and ethics." Non-members may subscribe, and back issues since 1996 are online.

The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., 1918)
The classic. You must know the rules to break them.

The King's English (H.G. Fowler, 1908)
A classic.

Word Choice from American Heritage
Is it "compare with" or "compare to"? "Continual" or "continuous"? Here are the opinions of the American Heritage language panel.

Word Counter
Analyze speeches, corporate documents or a news article. This tool counts the frequency of words in a document.