Communicator Resources

Best Bets

For Journalists and Those Working with the Media

Our press officers recommend:

Core Resources

• Wallack, L., Woodruff, K., Dorfman, L., and Diaz, I. News for a Change: An Advocate's Guide to Working with the Media. Sage. Newbury Park, CA. 1999.
• Atkin, C. and Wallack, L. Mass Communication and Public Health: Complexities and Conflicts. Sage. Newbury Park, CA. 1990.
• Dorfman, L. & Wallack, L. Reporting on Violence: A handbook for journalists by Jane Stevens, Berkeley Media Studies Group. Berkeley, CA. 1997.

Web Links

• A Journalist's Guide to the Internet
  This is a comprehensive guide to electronic mailing lists, newsgroups, and websites relevant to deadline news reporting. The guide contains briefly annotated links connecting journalists to information resources in numerous categories. Included are pointers to public documents, federal and state government information, legal and political resources, online newspapers, expert sources, and much more. The guide is the creation of Christopher Callahan, associate dean of the University of Maryland's College of Journalism and senior editor of the American Journalism Review.
• The Ultimate Collection of News Links
  The Ultimate Collection of News Links offers the latest news from all over the world.
• U.S. News Archives on the Web
  This page provides links to United States news archives available on the Web. www.mediachannel.org This site is "media watching media".
• Media Campaign
  This is a probably the most comprehensive targeted campaign in play today. It should be viewed by all doing integrated IMC.
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  This is Kaiser Family Foundation. It has useful information related to media use and family health topics.

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