Journalism and newspaper links
A selection of websites given in alphabetic order.
- Ad Web
host site for a range of media companies, including the Newspaper
Society and JICREG, the Joint Industry Committee for Regional
Newspapers. Holds database on regional and local papers with sales
statistics, etc
- AEJMC
US association for journalism education
- Guardian editorial style guide:
every newspaper and magazine has one. The Economist and The Times publish theirs as books
- Audit Bureau of Circulations (abc.org.uk) audits newspaper and magazine sales;
audits Web site traffic; verifies free publications (VFD). Registration
required (free)
- BRAD
British Rates and Data compiles data on newspapers, magazines
and websites (subscription only)
- British
Library has excellent sections on the history of newspapers,
comics, and music and film magazines
- British
newspaper resources at the British Library. Information
on collections and databases
- BBC news style guide
- The Drum trade magazine covering advertising, marketing and media
(Carnyx Group).
- Editor and
Publisher US magazine
- BBC Journalism Academy
- Guardian
newspaper's media section appears each week on Mondays
- Journalism UK
- British journalists page for schools
- Magazine indexes
and bibliographies by Phil Stephensen-Payne
- Mediatel
subscription-based media resource with free news section
- National
Federation of Retail Newsagents has 21,000
members; now the Federation of Independent Retailers
- The News Manual was first published as a three-volume book with assistance from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and was aimed initially at journalists working in developing countries
- Newspapers in
Education US site
- Literacy Trust resources for reading and writing
- News Media Association has roots going back to 1836. It represents national and regional newspapers
in the UK and was was created by the merger of the Newspaper Society and the Newspaper Publishers Association in 2014
- NRS
National Readership Survey of biggest magazines and newspapers
- OZ magazine front covers
- Oz magazine archive (London issues)
- OZ magazine archive (Sydney issues)
- Press
Gazette is the weekly trade magazine for journalists
(Quantum Publishing).
- Private
Eye, the satirical weekly, carries scandalous, and occasionally
libellous, coverage of the activities of journalists in its 'Street
of Shame' column (named after the time when most of the nationals
when based in or around Fleet Street in the City of London)
- San Jose
Mercury, claims to be the first newspaper on the Internet.
Based in Silicon Valley, California, USA
- Scottish Newspaper
Society represents 130 papers
- Tim Holmes blog on the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media History at Cardiff
Online news services
- Press Association.
Supplies news and pictures to UK
newspapers. This forms the basis of stories, or is carried verbatim,
often without attribution. Individuals can subscribe
- Reuters,
'the world's leading financial information and news group'. Founded
in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter as the first news wire service.
He used the new telegraph cable under the Channel between Dover
and Calais to send stock market information between London and
Paris (so replacing pigeons). Computerised international stock
market service introduced in 1964.
- CNN headlines
Newspapers around the world
Careers and training
