1stHeadlines
A search engine for current news which makes it easy to search the headlines and access news stories from regional, national and international online news sources. Updated continuously, 24 hours a day, headlines can be searched by keyword, topic and news source. News headlines can also be searched by state.

Abyz News Links
Links to more than 13,000 newspapers and other news sources from around the world. Fast, with hardly any graphics. Links are checked monthly. Updated daily.

AJR media companies
Links to media companies, from American Journalism Review magazine.

AJR newspapers
An excellent list of newspapers, from American Journalism Review magazine.

AJR Take Two headlines and errors
Ill-thought headlines and other news humor, from American Journalism Review magazine. Look for "Take 2" logo.

AJR wire services
Links to wire services, from American Journalism Review magazine.

American Journalism Review
A national magazine covering the U.S. media, published by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Excellent links to news organizations, awards, and other resources for journalists. Known in the distant past as Washington Journalism Review, now just AJR.

American Newspaper Repository
When microfilm won't do, these folks have the real newspapers. "We founded the American Newspaper Repository in 1999 in order to save a unique collection of original newspapers that would otherwise have been destroyed or dispersed. The Repository exists in order to preserve and make available to the scholarly public, and to future generations, these magnificent landmarks of American publishing."

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

AP Industry News
The weekly compilation of industry stories and briefs from the Associated Press.

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Links to alternative newsweeklies, and discussion on industry topics.

Canadian Newspaper Association
The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) is a non-profit organization, representing 99 Canadian daily newspapers (English and French). Membership represents 99% of the 5.1 million copies of newspapers distributed daily across Canada. Check for policy news, career and marketing guides, a member's area dedicated to legal decisions involving the press, and an "ultimate guide" to Canadian newspapers.

Facts about Newspapers
A statistical summary from the Newspaper Association of America.

Glossary of Newspaper Terms
From the Newspaper Association of America.

Google news links

How to Make a Printer's Hat
Every journalist needs a pressman's hat.

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

Inland Press Association
Newspaper trade organization emphasizing training.

NAA Information Research Center
Statistics, books, videos and other info on newspapers. From the Newspaper Association of America.

National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002
Reports on a U.S. project to assess the state of literacy. Through 2002, the project will report data on literacy by demographic group and region.

New York Times Ask a Reporter
Q&A with staff of The New York Times.

NewsCentral
Includes more than 3,500 newspapers. Includes international papers and college papers.

NewsLink newspapers
A terrific directory of newspapers online. Search by location.

Newspaper Archives on the Web
More newspapers are offering free or low-cost archives on the Web. An up-to-date collection of links to U.S. newspaper archives by the good souls at the Special Libraries Association.

Newspaper Association of America
Newspaper trade group. Publishes Presstime magazine.

No Train No Gain
Newspaper training editors present their favorite exercises and ideas to improve and expand newsroom training. Newscoach-L, the newsroom trainers mailing list, hosted by the Freedom Forum, connects more than 200 newsroom training coordinators.

Non-US Newspaper Archives
Links to archives of newspapers outside the U.S.

Readership Institute
From the Media Management Center at Northwestern University. The institute "focuses on actionable research, field-testing of readership-building ideas and measurement of their success, and education and training for the newspaper industry on readership-building best practices."

RocketNews
A search engine for current news headlines. Save your searches to be reissued. Search from today or go back one, two, even five days.

Slate International Papers
Slate's daily briefing on the international papers.

Slate Today's Papers
A daily briefing on the largest U.S. papers. Look for the posts entitled "Today's Papers."

Sportspages.com
Links to U.S. sports pages by region. From Rich Johnson.

Surveys of Journalism and Mass Communication
Surveys of enrollment, salaries and labor markets in journalism and PR. From the University of Georgia.

The Development of Computer-Assisted Reporting
A paper by Meli Cox, presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000. Traces the history from the 1950s to the current attempts to integrate CAR with daily reporting.

TotalNews
Indexes online news media, updated every few hours.

Washington Post chat transcripts
Chats with Washington Post staff.

World Newspapers
Directory of world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English.