Radio Links

Jeff Williams news director for WSIU radio at Southern Illinois University suggests these links for broadcast journalists.
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
www.rtndf.org
The National Association of Broadcasters
www.nab.org

The United States Federal Communications Commissionwww.fcc.gov

The U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administrationwww.ntia.doc.gov

The Society of Professional Journalistswww.spj.org

The Corporation for Public Broadcastingwww.cpb.org

To contact Jeff Williams his e-mail is jeff.williams@wsiu.org

Great links from Judith Roales

Links to thousands of newspapers all over the world:
http://www.newspaperindex.com/

New ideas in how to gain readers, from Readership Institute at Media Management Center, Northwestern University:http://readership.org/

A site that specializes in blowing the lid off today's multi-billion dollar propaganda-for-hire industry, naming names and revealing how public relations wizards concoct and spin the news, organize phony 'grassroots' front groups, spy on citizens, and conspire with lobbyists and politicians to thwart democracy. From the Center for Media and Democracy:
http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/index.html

A way to see all the media properties worldwide that are owned by companies that own US media. From Columbia Journalism Review:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

Simple explanations of statistics most journalists use incorrectly:
http://nilesonline.com/stats/

Help in understanding all the difficult events, institutions, and concepts you meet in covering business and finance. From the Initiative for Public Dialogue at Columbia University:
http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/ipd/j_intro.html