General news sources

• www.whois.net - a tool to determine to whom an internet domain is registered
• Leadership Library - a database consisting of the contents of 14 Yellow Book directories containing a directory of 40,000 organizations and 400,000 individuals in government, business, the mass media, and nonprofit associations
• Congressional Quarterly Press is a directory of U.S. mass media staff and organizations -- newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, news services, government press secretaries, and more.
• Associated Press general news
• Associated Press MoneyWire business news
• Associated Press Photo Archive
• Statistical Assessment Service A service to bring quality and reliability to the reporting of statistics.
• Online newspaper links developed by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
• Newspaper organization links, from ASNE.
• AllPolitics A Web project of several news organizations that covers national politics in depth.
• CNN
• Facsnet An important, developing reporter's source for reporting tools, Internet resources and online sources.
• Houston Chronicle Interactive A highly developed site.
• InfiNet Gannett, Knight-Ridder and Landmark papers, including the Roanoke Times.
• Newsday Outstanding features and excellent sports coverage.
• New York Times The in-depth site you would expect it to be.
• Pathfinder Full text of Time-Warner's publications, including Time and Time Daily, a daily on-line edition of Time, People, Money and the Zagat restuarant surveys.
• PhillyNews Developed by the Inquirer and Daily News, this site focuses on being the information source for Philadelphia.
• Project Vote Smart A non-partisan, non-profit group that runs the Reporter's Resource Center to provide journalists with political information. It is a treasure trove of information on national and state politics, campaigns and elected officials.
• Touch Today A news junkie's dream site, with all sorts of lists and links to news, sports, job listings and other stuff.
• U.S. News Online From U.S. News & World Report.
• WDBJ-7 CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va., with a link to the CBS home page and links to substantial area weather information.
• Weather In the region, from Intellicast.
• Hurricane tracking From Intellicast.
• writers.net from the book by the same name, with links to 150 sites and sources of use to journalists and writers.  Also, writers.net provides updates and corrections.