Journalism Links

• Newsplace, for News and Sources. Maintained by retired NIU journalism professor Avi Bass. This site includes a J-Skills page with exercises in newswriting, grammar, interviewing and more.
  
• Stateline.org, a customizable site that organizes state news and offers e-mail alerts on topics of your choice.
  
• The Northern Star, NIU's daily student newspaper site.
  
• The Northern Star's newsroom staff manual. Includes training material for many departments, useful links, background info, more.
  
• Pulitzer Prizes. Read the winners back to 1995.
  
• No Train, No Gain. Newspaper training editors share exercises and ideas.
  
• PEW Research Center. Numerous studies about the press, politics and public policy.
  
• News Page Designer, a site where visual journalists can share ideas and post their portfolios.
  
• AJR Directory of online newspapers
  
• Automatic FOIA letter generator, from the Student Press Law Center
  
• Guide to the Illinois Open Meetings Act
  
• Tapping Officials' Secrets in Illinois: A useful place to help you know whether various meetings and records are public or private.
  
• Illinois Press Association
  
• Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA), major high school press group in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
  
• The Poynter Institute, including Jim Romanesko's daily MediaNews column.
  
• Guidelines for reporting about suicide, from the American Association of suicidology.
  
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