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  1. Anarkismo.net
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Mulitlingual site featuring news and analysis from an anarchist-communist perspective.
  2. Effective Media Relations
    Nurturing your relationships with reporters

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2000
    Our relationships with journalists need to be maintained over time in order to be fruitful.
  3. Effective Media Relations
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    Media relations is human relations. Journalism is about telling compelling stories about people and their lives.
  4. Fame & Fortune Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Comprehensive listing of awards available to Canadian journalists.
  5. HotLink Resouce Shelf: In the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    Review of a book on media relations in Canada.
  6. In Print: Maximizing Coverage in Community Newspapers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2004
    How to get coverage in community newspapers.
  7. In Print: Maximizing Coverage of Charity Activities in Community Newspapers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    When it comes to getting coverage in the local newspaper, presentation is paramount. Tto maximize your profile and get your story or event covered, give the newspaper what it wants, when it wants it.
  8. Media Events - Maximizing Your Attendance & News Pick-up
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    Maximizing your attendance and news pick-up at media events.
  9. Necessary Illusions
    Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
  10. News Conferences
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Basic guidelines for conducting news conferences.
  11. News Media Stifle Ideas and Debate
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Review of Democracy's Oxygen: How Corporations Control the News.
  12. Newsroom tips from The Canadian Press
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Newsroom tips from The Canadian Press.
  13. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  14. Palestine Media Watch
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    PMWATCH was established to promote fair and accurate coverage of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the US mainstream media. In broad terms, our mission is two-fold: (1) identify, report on, and protest clear journalistic failures by the US media in covering the conflict, and (2) help media outlets with access to pro-Palestinian points of view and voices for interviews, op-eds, or background discussions, whether here in the United States, in Israel, or in the Occupied Territories. Includes tools and suggestions for action on media bias.
  15. Smooth Talking! Explore the Paid Speaking Market
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Becoming a professional speaker.
  16. The Sources HotLink
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2007
    A newsletter dealing with media relations strategies. Most articles and issues available online and in print.
  17. Sources Select Online
    The Directory of Experts and Spokespersons

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2008
    Sources is a directory of spokespersons and experts published (in print and online) for the use of journalists, writers, news editors, and producers. Organizations and individual experts list in Sources in order to raise their media profile and attract media attention. Reporters and broadcasters need knowledgeable sources to interview and quote when they write stories or line up guests. The Sources directory is commonly the first place journalists turn to when they need to find experts and spokespersons, because Sources gives them what they most need in their day-to-day work: a wealth of human contacts offering a wide range of views and expertise, ready and willing to speak to the media. More than one thousand journalists a day use the Sources Web site to find the spokespersons they need. Sources is one of the top-ranked sites on the Internet, meaning that organizations listed in Sources are also much more like to be found through Google and other search engines.
  18. Sources Select Resources
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
  19. Tracking the News that Wasn’t
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A review of two books about media bias and censorship.
  20. Watching the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2000
    Watching the news to learn what the media are interested in.
  21. When & How to Hold a News Conference
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    So before you decide to call a news conference, make sure that the circumstances meet ALL of the criteria.

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  4. Fame & Fortune
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