Department of Journalism and Mass Communications

Specialized news sources

Business journalism from the TJFR Group - An independent source of information on the news media, named for its flagship newsletter, The Journalist & Financial Reporting
Guide to Grammar and Style, by Jack Lynch at Rutgers University.
Calculations made easy, or at least possible, from the Calculators On-Line Center.
Campaign finance data on Virginia elections from the Virginia Public Access Project
Campaign finance data on federal elections from OpenSecrets.org
The Daily Briefing of news stories about journalism, from the Committee of Concerned Journalists.
Computer-assisted reporting procedures and guidelines, compiled by Prof. Dean Tudor at the School of Journalism at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada.
"Computer-assisted research" -- a guide to tapping online information," by Nora Paul of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
Computer News Daily Daily computer news from the New York Times Syndicate.
Consumer Price Index information for calculating the effect of inflation over time.
CyberWire Dispatches Brock Meek's periodic stories on government action relating to the Internet and telecommunications.
Expert directories and sources in many areas, compiled by Kitty Bennett, researcher at the St. Petersburg Times.
The Freedom Forum The primary journalism think tank and resource center, creator of the Newseum and the Media Studies Center. It has links to many useful sites.
Gannett The largest newspaper chain, with holdings also in broadcasting. This site has information on the company, job information, the latest corporate newsletters with valuable information about newsroom goals and policies, and links to its newspaper Web sites.
Megasources, compiled by Prof. Dean Tudor at the School of Journalism at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada.
A primer on Virginia and U.S. court procedures.
Ziff-Davis publications Includes a link to the PC Magazine site, with the best information available on computer-related issues. Also here is PC Magazine's Top 100 Web sites.