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  1. Aljazeera - English home page
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    English-language site of the Arabic news network.
  2. Aljazeera - English home page
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    English-language site of the Arabic news network.
  3. BuzzFlash - Daily Headlines and Breaking News
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web community
  4. The Canadian News Synthesis Project
    Organization profile published 1976
    Resource Type: Organization
    Published: 1976
    Present current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  5. CNSP Review 1974-75; Canada in an International Context
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1976
    An analysis of developments in Canadian society based on newspaper coverage.
  6. Common Dreams
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Breaking news and views for the progressive community.
  7. Communitas
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 1960
    Anarchist site with news and information for people who are questioning the system which hates them. In English, French, German and Catalan.
  8. Countercurrents
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    An alternative news site based in India. "We bring out what the mainstream media fails to tell you, or hides from you. These are the things that really matter. The things which may determine the fate of planet earth! The future of our children! In a word, the survival of the species!"
  9. Counterpunch
    Periodical profile

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Progressive U.S. newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
  10. Creeping contradictions
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    News tidbits.
  11. Don't be a Time Bandit
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Don't waste journalists' time.
  12. Environmental News Network
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  13. Green Left Weekly
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Independent Australian publication and Web site committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality, providing local, national and international news, analysis, and discussion and debate to strengthen the anti-capitalist movements.
  14. Guardian (Daily)
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    British daily newspaper.
  15. The Guardian Weekly
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    British weekly newspaper with good international news and analysis.
  16. Ha'aretz
    Periodical profile

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Israeli daily newspaper
  17. HotLink Resouce Shelf: In the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    Review of a book on media relations in Canada.
  18. In These Times
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Web site of the progressive American newsmagazines, featuring article excerpts.
  19. Information Clearing House
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Described as an independent media source and as "one person's effort to correct the distorted perceptions provided by commercial media", this extensive site provides a mixed bag of news, articles, audio and video clips, ranging from the soberly analytical to off-the-wall conspiracy theories.
  20. Introduction to the Media Guide
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    An introduction to "Media for Social Change."
  21. The MoJo Wire
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  22. Le Monde Diplomatique
    Periodical profile

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
  23. Le Monde Diplomatique - English edition
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    English-language edition of the French newspaper. Some articles free on the Web site; full access requires a subscription.
  24. The Narco News Bulletin
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  25. The Nation Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Selected articles from current and past issues of The Nation, the progressive weekly U.S. magazine.
  26. Necessary Illusions
    Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
  27. News - Canadiana Internet Sites
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Newspaper and news links compiled by Library and Archives Canada.
  28. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  29. Onion, The
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    News satire.
  30. Out There News
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Concise news articles and features from around the world.
  31. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1970
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. The State of the News Media
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2003
    Journalists are older, smarter, generally more educated, and usually more cynical than their predecessors. Cynicism often breeds distrust making the current generation of news reporters more suspicious and more formidable than ever.
  35. Taz: Die Tageszeitung
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    German-language daily published in Berlin.
  36. Tracking the News that Wasn’t
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A review of two books about media bias and censorship.
  37. The Tyee
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Independent alternative daily newspaper reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond.
  38. Watching the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2000
    Watching the news to learn what the media are interested in.
  39. What Does a Reporter Want?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2001
    What does a reporter what when they interview you?
  40. What Makes a Good Story?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    What makes a story interesting is often a combination of the interests of the audience, the interests and abilities of the reporter, and a long history of journalistic tradition.

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