Public Records

• Government information For federal, state and some local
  http://www.govengine.com/

  U. S. Department of Justice General FOIA Information
  http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/

  Government Attic Obscure Government documents
  http://www.governmentattic.org/
• U. S. Department of Justice Principal FOIA Contacts for Federal Agencies http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/foiacontacts.htm

  U.S. Department of Justice FOIA Reference Guide http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/04_3.html

  U.S. Department of State Document Collections http://foia.state.gov/SearchColls/Search.asp

  U.S. Government Manuals
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

  BRB Publications Links to free government and non-government searchable sites
  http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp

  The Smoking Gun Government and Law Enforcement Documents http://www.thesmokinggun.com

  Florida Government Accountability Report Guide to Florida’s Government http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/government

  Myflorida.com Portal to the State of Florida
  http://www.myflorida.com

  Myflorida.com Agencies in the State of Florida http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/agencies.html

  Myflorida.com Vital Statistics Annual Reports http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdGadsden/VitalStats.htm

  State facilities inventory
  http://smsisdmz02.state.fl.us/docs/sfi/search.as

  Alachua County Local Government Contact Information http://www.alachuacounty.us/government/

  Myflorida.com Department of Management Services http://dms.myflorida.com/purchasing

  Myflorida.com Driver License Resources
  http://www.flhsmv.gov/html/dlnew.html

  Clark County Nevada (Las Vegas) marriage licenses
  http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/recorder/Pages/default.aspx

  Unique ID Driver’s License Calculator
  http://www.highprogrammer.com/cgi-bin/uniqueid/dl_fl

  Alachua County Document List http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/gov/bocc/documents/index.asp

  Myfloridacounty.com Official State Records
  http://www.myfloridacounty.com/

  Federal Employee Database From Asbury Park Press
  http://php.app.com/feds06/search.php
  Insanely Useful Web sites From Sunlight Foundation
  http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/resources

  
  

Property Appraisals

• Alachua County Property Appraiser
  http://www.acpafl.org

  Alachua County Tax Collector
  http://www.actcfl.org

  Alachua County Building Permits
  http://growth-management.alachuacounty.us

  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  http://www.hud.gov/

  U.S. Census Building Permits National Building Permit listing
  http://www.census.gov/const/www/permitsindex.html

  FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act For mortgage statistics
  http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm

  USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service Info on agricultural landshttp://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp

Criminal Records and Law Enforcement

• Crime Statistics Site
  http://www.crime.org

  Sourcebook for Criminal Justice Statistics
  http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

  Florida State Courts
  http://www.flcourts.org/

  Alachua County Courtroom Assignments
  http://circuit8.org/calendars/weekly/crimcal.pdf

  Florida Department of Corrections Offender Information Search http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/

  Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Records Search http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/

  National Criminal Justice Reference Service Criminal Records Search http://www.ncjrs.gov/

  Florida statewide criminal background checks For $23, find a person's criminal history
  http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CriminalHistory/

  Gainesville Police Department
  http://www.gainesvillepd.org/

  University Police Department
  http://www.police.ufl.edu/

  ADA County Arrest Report
  http://www.adasheriff.org/arrestsreport/

  FBI Uniform Crime Report Data Mining
  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

  Department of The Jail  in Alachua
  http://www.alachuasheriff.org/dept_of_jail/pages/index.htm

  Florida Crime Info Center Public Access System
  http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/pashome.a

  Campus Crime Stats from U.S. Dept of Education
  http://ope.ed.gov/security/Search.asp

Library Resources

• National Archives Historical Records
  http://www.archives.gov/

  Audit Bureau of Circulations
  http://www.accessabc.com/index.html

  Bacon’s Media Directories Research the Media
  http://us.cision.com/products_services/bacons_media_directories_2008.asp

  O’Dwyer’s PR & Marketing Communications
  http://www.odwyerpr.com/

  The Gallup Organization
  http://www.gallup.com/

  The Almanac of American Politics
  http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2008/about.php

  U.S. Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov

  U.S. Government’s Web Portal
  http://www.usa.gov

  Myflorida.com Portal to the State of Florida
  http://www.myflorida.com/
  Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun
  http://www.gainesville.com

  Independent Florida Alligator University of Florida Student Newspaper http://www.alligator.org

  Vista WebCT
  http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

  UF Library Log-On Site
  http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/

  Lexis-Nexis Academic
  http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

  Marquis Who’s Who Publications
  http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/

  Thomson-Gale Biography Resource Center
  http://gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/brc2.pdf

  Polk City Directories
  http://www.citydirectory.com/Polk/Index.aspx?bas_vendor=99990

  Infomaniac Links for News Research
  http://newsresearch.blogspot.com/

  International Television and Video Almanac or International Motion Picture Almanac
  http://www.quigleypublishing.com/

Online Searching

• Government Accountability Office Investigators Guide to Sources of Info http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/soi/soi_ch5.htm

  Google Internet Search Tool
  http://www.google.com

  Google Maps
  http://maps.google.com/

  Yahoo Internet Search Tool
  http://www.yahoo.com

  Search Systems Free Public Records Directory
  http://www.searchsystems.net/index.php

  U.S. Census Bureau Gateway to Census 2000 http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html

  Reference, Facts & News Free Resources
  http://www.refdesk.com/

  Wright Investors’ Service Global Corporation Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/

  Yahoo Today in Finance
  http://finance.yahoo.com/

  Government Accountability Office Directories Focusing on Individuals http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/soi/soi_ch3.htm#PAGE82

  The Great Scouts Web Page Subject Searching Online http://www.infotoday.com/greatscouts!/

  UseNet News News Groups
  http://www.udel.edu/alex/demyst//2.3.html

  American Press Institute The Journalist’s Toolbox http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/business.html

  U.S. Department of Labor OSHA Statistics and Data
  http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/

  Find Law Electronic Legal Information
  http://www.findlaw.com

  Foundation for American Communications
  http://www.facsnet.org

  Gannett Newsroom Web Resources http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/nwwebtips/webresmain.html

  Power Reporting Free Research Tools for Journalists
  http://www.powerreporting.com

  University of Michigan Documents Center
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

  New Jour Huge selection of special interest online journals
  http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/a/

  Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press FOIA Letter Generator http://www.rcfp.org/foi_letter/generate.php

  Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
  http://brechner.org/

  Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project Florida State Laws http://www.citizenaccess.org/

  Tracfed Syracuse University Federal Government record clearinghouse
  http://tracfed.syr.edu/

  Editor and Publisher International Yearbook For industry news and information
  http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp

  Reporter’s Desktop List of Investigative Reporting Links http://www.reporter.org/desktop/

  Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. Missouri School of Journalism
  http://www.ire.org

  Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. In the News Archive http://www.ire.org/inthenews_archive/

  Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. The Database Library http://www.ire.org/datalibrary/

  Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. OSHA Workplace Safety Data http://www.ire.org/datalibrary/databases/databases.php?dbaseindex=23

  Florida FOIA Information
  http://www.nfoic.org/resources/states/florida/

  American Press Institute The Journalist’s Toolbox http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/toolbox/

  Robert Niles Journalism Help Finding Data on the Internet http://www.robertniles.com/data/

  A Journalist’s Database of Databases
  http://www.drewsullivan.com/database.html

  American Press Institute Cyber Journalist Super Search http://www.cyberjournalist.net/supersearch

  Virtual Gumshoe Investigative Resources
  http://www.virtualgumshoe.com

  Poynter Institute
  http://www.poynter.org

  Vital Records
  http://www.vitalrec.com

  Who is Gives Info on Owners of Web Domains
  http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

  Infomaniac Liz Donovan Blog
  http://newsresearch.blogspot.com/

  Invisible Web Examine URL’s
  http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

  Anywho Reverse lookup
  www.anywho.com

  InfoSearch Requires flash
  http://www.infosearch.com/

  CataList Reference site Browse public listservs
  http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html

  Way Back Machine Search for internet archives
  http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

  Twin Engine Run Yahoo and Google at the same time
  http://twingine.com/

  Clusty Search engine that returns answers in clusters
  http://clusty.com/

  Accoona Search engine that lets you sort news results easily
  http://accoona.com/

  YouTube
  http://www.youtube.com

  Search for pod casts, online videos, news clips…
  http://www.blinkx.com/

  ZoomInfo Search engine for people, companies and relationships
  http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/

  Payphone Finder Find the number of a pay phone anywhere in the world
  http://www.payphone-project.com/

  Zip Code Lookup and Address Info
  http://www.usps.com/ncsc/

  Internet Address Finder
  http://www.iaf.net/

Elections and Campaigns

• Federal Elections Commission Federal Campaign Finance Legislation http://www.fec.gov

  Department of Elections FL campaign finance database
  http://election.dos.state.fl.us/campfin/cfindb.shtml

  Florida Department of State Candidate Tracking System http://election.dos.state.fl.us/cand/index.asp

  Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office
  http://elections.alachua.fl.us/

  Alachua County Voter Registration Statistics
  http://elections.alachua.fl.us/elections_and_records/Statistics/

  News Lab Links Internet Resources for Covering Money and Politics http://www.newslab.org/links/moneypoliticslinks.htm

  Project Vote Smart American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting http://www.votesmart.org

  Stateline.org Politics and Policy News, State by State
  http://www.stateline.org/live/

  Fundrace.org Money and Federal Campaigns
  http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/

  Follow the Money Track info on state campaign financing
  http://www.followthemoney.org/

  Political Money Line Tracking soft money
  http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/

  Open Secrets Lobbyist search
  http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp

  Center for Public Integrity Public Disclosure form search
  http://www.publicintegrity.org/oi/default.aspx

  Almanac of American Politicians
  http://nationaljournal.com/about/almanac/

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Civil Courts

• American Bar Association Steps in a Trial http://www.abanet.org/publiced/courts/cases.html

  Florida State Courts
  http://www.flcourts.org/

  Alachua County Courtroom Assignments
  http://circuit8.org/calendars/weekly/crimcal.pdf

  Florida Supreme Court
  http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/

  Office of the 8th Circuit State Attorney
  http://sawww.co.alachua.fl.us/

  Eighth Circuit Court
  http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/index.html

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Charities and NonProfits

• U.S. Internal Revenue Service Tax Information for Charities and Non-Profits http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html
• Guidestar National Database of Non-Profit Organizations http://www.guidestar.org/
• American Institute of Philanthropy Charity Watchdog Service http://www.charitywatch.org/
• American Association of Fundraising Counsel non-profit help
  http://www.aafrc.org/index.htm

Education

• U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

  National Center for Education Statistics
  http://www.nces.ed.gov/

  Rural School and Community Trust
  http://www.ruraledu.org/

  American Council on Education
  http://www.acenet.edu/

  Education Commission of the States
  http://www.ecs.org

  Public Agenda Issue Guide Education Issues http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education

  Standard & Poor’s Information on American Public Schools http://www.schoolmatters.com

  Education Sector Commentary on Education and Policy
  http://eduwonk.com/

  Florida Department of Education
  http://www.fldoe.org/arm/

  National Education Writers Association
  http://www.ewa.org/

  NCAA Financial Records by School compiled by Indy Star
  http://www2.indystar.com/NCAA_financial_reports/

  Princeton Review
  http://www.princetonreview.com

  USNews.com Education Statistics
  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm

  Campus Crime Stats from U.S. Dept of Education
  http://ope.ed.gov/security/Search.asp

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Business

• U.S. Department of Labor
  http://www.dol.gov/

  U.S. Department of Commerce
  http://www.commerce.gov

  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  http://www.sec.gov

  SEC Filings
  http://www.freeedgar.com/

  U.S. Federal Trade Commission
  http://www.ftc.gov

  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  http://www.cpsc.gov

  U.S. Small Business Administration
  http://www.sba.gov

  USDA Economics and Statistics System
  http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/homepage.do

  Better Business Bureau Search for business ranking and rating
  http://www.bbb.org

  Florida Department of State Division of Corporations
  http://www.sunbiz.org

  Secretaries of State Corporation records for all states
  http://www.internet-prospector.org/secstate.html

  Small Business Administration More corporation verification
  http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/businessnames.html

  10K Wizard Search U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Filings http://www.10kwizard.com/products.php?g=&opt=wel

  American Bankruptcy Institute
  http://www.abiworld.org/

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration Search Warning Letters and Responses http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning.htm

  U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
  http://www.bea.gov/

  America’s Career Info Net http://www.acinet.org/acinet/select_occupation.asp?stfips=&next=occ_rep

  U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Unemployment Statistics http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/statistics/employment.htm

  PACER Service Center Electronic Access to U.S. federal Bankuptcy filings
  http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

  Profnet.com Use to find expert sources or info on small businesses
  http://profnet3.prnewswire.com/enter/index.jsp

  National Venture Capital Association State-by-state breakdown of young companies
  http://www.nvca.org/

  Investorwords.com Good glossary and definitions of key business terms
  http://www.investorwords.com/

  Financial Directory Glossary and definitions of business/financial terms.
  http://www.financialdictionary.net/

  Alachua County Growth Management Building Permit Application Tracker
  http://growth-management.alachua.fl.us/gis/applications/index.php
• PR Newswire Press releases from business and industry
  http://www.prnewswire.com/

  Carolina Business News Initiative UNC business resources for journalism
  http://www.jomc.unc.edu/businessjournalism

  FDIC Economic Development State Profile
  http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/stateprofile/

  National Fraud Information Center Internet and telemarketing fraud
  http://www.fraud.org/

  Financial Reports Searchhttp://www.voterfocus.com/ws/wscand/cand_srch.php?c=alachua

Quality of Life

• Gainesville Chamber of Commerce
  http://www.gainesvillechamber.com/

  Facts about Alachua County
  http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/content/about/

  Guide to Gainesville and Alachua County
  http://www.visitgainesville.net

  Visit Gainesville Web site
  http://www.visitgainesville.net/

  Florida Restaurant Inspections Database of restaurant inspection records
  http://www.orlandosentinel2.com/data/restaurants/

  Visit Florida Web site
  http://www.visitflorida.com/
• Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee Promotes tourism through sports
  http://www.gsoc.com/default.aspx

  Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun
  http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development About Communities
  http://www.hud.gov/community/index.cfm

  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Online reports by FFIEC
  http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm

  U.S. Census Bureau People Data http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPeople?_sse=on

  U.S. Census Bureau Housing Data http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFHousing?_sse=on

  U.S. Census Bureau Manufacturing, mining and construction stats http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFHousing?_sse=on

  Federal Statistics International, State, County and Local Area Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/regional.html

  Firstgov.gov Facts and Figures About Your Community http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Facts.shtml

  Sperling’s Best Places Resources for Relocation, Recreation and Retirement http://www.bestplaces.net/default.aspx

  Zillow Helps determine market value of real estate
  http://www.zillow.com/

  Food Safety Information about food and diet
  http://www.foodsafety.gov

  National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

  Weather.com Weather Forecasts
  http://www.weather.com

  Weather.com Travel Guides for Any Destination http://www.weather.com/activities/travel/vacationplanner/?from=travfl

  150 Years of Hurricane Tracks by NOAA
  http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2258.htm

  Disaster Finder Info on natural disasters
  http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Search Your Community http://www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Window to My Environment http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Overview of UV Index http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/uv/index.html

  Florida Department of Environmental Protection Air Resource Management http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/

  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Buying a Home http://www.hud.gov/buying/index.cfm

  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development State of Florida http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=fl&topic=community

  Apartment Finders in the State of Florida
  http://www.apartmenthunters.com/

  Florida Department of State Medical License Search http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/irm00praes/praslist.asp

  Florida USA Tourist Information
  http://www.visitflorida.com/

  Childcare Aware Childcare Resources
  http://www.childcareaware.org/en/

  Child Care inspection reports See latest reports in Florida
  http://199.250.30.131/childcare/provider/providersearch.aspx

  Access to Statistics
  http://www.statistics.com

  Florida Health Stat Look up Florida health care providers
  http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/

  Administration on Aging Quick and easy info on the aging population
  http://www.aoa.gov

  General Social Survey Societal trends compiled by the National Opinion Research Center
  http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/data/datasets/general_social_survey.html

  State food and lodging inspections
  https://www.myfloridalicense.com/licensing/wl11_1.jsp?SID

  School Matters Info on school districts
  http://www.schoolmatters.com/

  Library of Congress Community Roots Project
  http://www.loc.gov/folklife/roots

  National Transportation Statistics 2003
  http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2003/index.html
  FL Healthcare Info on the state’s hospitals and healthcare
  http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/

  Alachua County Health Departmenthttp://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdAlachua/index.htm

Health Care

• Florida CHARTS Community Health Case Assesment Resource Tool Kit
  http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/chart.aspx

  Florida Physician Lookup Search for practictioner profile informaiton
  https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP

  Agency for Health Care Administration Consumer Information http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/Consumer_Resources/index.shtml

  Medical professionals database Check on license status, discipline and complaints
  http://www.doh.state.fl.us

  Floridahealthstat.com Get health statistics, reports and databases
  http://www.floridahealthstat.org

  Professional liability closed claim database Find malpractics settlements
  http://www.fldfs.com/Data/Liability

  Florida Division of Administrative Hearings Contested adminisrtative complaints
  http://www.doah.state.fl.us/internet/default.cfm

  National Center for Health Statistics Access stats from CDC and NCHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

  Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
  Place to find doctors excluded from doing business with government
  http://www.oig.hhs.gov or http://www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/exclusions.html

  World Health Organization Statistical Information System
  http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

  Kaiser Family Foundation
  http://www.kff.org

  Medline Plus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
  http://www.medlineplus.gov/

  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/

  The Combined Health Information Database
  http://chid.nih.gov/

  Official Web Site of the Health Resources and Service Administration
  http://www.hrsa.gov/

  Alliance for Health Reform Political Information about Health Care
  http://www.allhealth.org/

  National Institutes of Health Good source for national health information
  http://www.nih.gov

  Center for Disease Control
  http://www.cdc.gov/

  Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
  http://www.phrma.org/

  Clinical Study Results Results of current drug testing studies
  http://clinicalstudyresults.org/

  Florida Health Care Administration Agency for state health care administration
  http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/

  Alachua County Health Departmenthttp://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdalachua/

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Journalist Tools

• SPJ Ethics Society of Professional Journalists
  http://www.spj.org/ethics.asp

  St. Petersburg Times Sources and Experts http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.htm

  University of Florida Sources and Experts
  http://experts.ufl.edu/default.asp

  Best Practices in Journalism
  http://www.bpjtv.org

  Cyber Journalist Online News Association
  http://www.cyberjournalist.net/

  Watch That Page Monitors site’s info and informs you of changes
  http://www.watchthatpage.com/

  Link to U.S. newspapers
  http://www.newspapers.com/usa_news.htm

  Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
  http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

  New Jour Huge selection of special interest online journals
  http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/a/
• Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
  http://brechner.org/

  Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project Florida State Laws http://www.citizenaccess.org/

  Tracfed Syracuse University Federal Government record clearinghouse
  http://tracfed.syr.edu/

  Joe Adams Homepage Florida Public Records Search
  http://www.idiganswers.com/

  Editor and Publisher International Yearbook For industry news and information
  http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp

  Reporter’s Desktop List of Investigative Reporting Links http://www.reporter.org/desktop/

  Florida FOIA Information
  http://www.nfoic.org/resources/states/florida/

  American Press Institute The Journalist’s Toolbox http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/toolbox/

  Virtual Gumshoe Investigative Resources
  http://www.virtualgumshoe.com

  News University Training for journalists
  http://www.newsu.org/

  Poynter Institute
  http://www.poynter.org

  Society for American Baseball Research For baseball statistics
  http://www.sabr.org/

  Project Scoresheet Baseball research page
  http://www.retrosheet.org/
• Journalism Internet Alternative News Resources
  http://www.journalismnet.com

  Center for Investigative Reportinghttp://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/

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In-Class Examples: Articles, videos, blogs...

How Courts Work Article by the ABA
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/courts/cases.html

Silicosis Lawsuits Article 
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3845841.html

Mark Foley Video: “How we got the story”
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/VIDEO/61019018

New Channel 4 Video  County commissioners using tax money
http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/?videoId=314707,315212,565

Dan Rather Video (4 CBS executives lose their jobs)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june05/oust_1-10.html

Unique Uses of Property Data Article from naplesnews.com
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp

Professor Armstrong’s Blog
http://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/carmstrong/blog/

Defense of Marriage Acts Graphic showing how states have responded
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/samesex.htm#DOMA

Frontline Example of story importance: Spokane mayor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hiddenlife/view/

Black Eye Review and results of 60 Minutes catastrophe
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june05/oust_1-10.html

NPR Privacy info
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5252745

Move On Political Actions Committee’s Web site
http://www.moveon.org/

Infomaniac Blog site
http://newsresearch.blogspot.com/

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Diversity

Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov

NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
http://www.naacp.org/

Southeren Poverty Law Center Tolerance Education Program
http://www.splcenter.org

Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/

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Updated May 5, 2008. Compiled by Dr. Cory L. Armstrong, Department of Journalism,
University of Florida. Some of this information includes information from the Investigative Reporters and Editors, available to members only. The author appreciates those contributions.

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