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Inspiration's only a click away

By Jim Killam
Communications Coordinator

Editors and reporters: Need a jolt of creative energy in the morning? Here are several Internet resources to keep ahead of your competition:

Al's Morning Meeting. The Poynter Institute's Al Tompkins writes this daily column. It's loaded with story ideas based on current news and trends. It's also available as a daily e-mail.
www.poynter.org, then look in the "Columns" area.

Urban Legends Reference Pages. Is George W. Bush secretly planning to reinstitute the draft? Is the Communist Party really endorsing John Kerry? Was a man electrocuted while recharging his cell-phone battery? This site is great for quickly checking out wild, e-mail rumors and other stuff you're pretty sure isn't true.
www.snopes.com

GetReligion. A daily blog by Scripps Howard religion columnist Terry Mattingly, this site offers a wealth of ideas for religion news and trend stories.
http://getreligion.typepad.com

Relevant Magazine. If you want to know what's cool among 18-to-35-year-old Christians in your community, this is the place. It's not just a religious site, but it incorporates that worldview into articles about current news and pop culture.
www.relevantmagazine.com

Extra! Extra! The latest investigative reporting from all over the country. The site is compiled by IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
www.ire.org/extraextra

Technogadgets. A good place to keep up on the latest gadgets, from digital cameras to GPS watches to keep track of kids.
www.technogadgets.com