Alphabetical
- Accuracy
in Media (AIM)
- organization investigating complaints of media misdeeds and working
for higher standards of reporting. Includes articles from the AIM
Report, a bi-weekly publication.
- Al-AWDA
Media - You educated yourself and you are ready to act. Here is
your opportunity to do something. In this section you will see specific
calls to action on media issues.
- Allodium,
The - includes under-reported news stories, and research on roots
of misinformation propogated by the media.
- American
Review - provides articles that offer criticism, promotes activism,
and calls for media reform.
- Broadcasting
Standards Commission - statutory body for standards and fairness
in UK broadcasting.
- Center for
Media & Democracy - nonprofit, public interest organization
dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry.
Serves those seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and misleading
PR practices.
- Committee
for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) - media
watchdog group which focuses on coverage of Israel; includes backgrounder
right to return.
- Counteracting
Hate Media - analysis and strategies from Radio Netherlands.
- Cursor
- television, radio and print media criticism.
- Daily
Howler, The - post-Socratic journalism review that applies the
simplest rules of thought to the exertions of the modern-day celebrity
press corps.
- Disconnected:
Politics, the Press and the Public - examines the process driving
campaign coverage and the struggle facing politicians and the news
media to find new standards.
- Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) (4)
- Freedom
Forum@
- Grade
the News - rates seven print and television news outlets in the
San Francisco Bay Area.
- Institute
for Public Accuracy - consortium of policy experts providing well-documented
bulletins to journalists. IPA helps reporters find subject-specific
analysts and builds communication with grassroots activists.
- Irish
Media Review - independent review of fairness and accuracy in
Irish media.
- Journal
of Mass Media Ethics - devoted to explorations of ethics problems
and issues in the various fields of mass communication.
- Media
Access Project - public interest law firm which is primarily devoted
to representing the public's interest on electronic media issues.
- Media Action
Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) - MANNA's mission is to create
an environment free of racism through the accurate, balanced, and
sensitive Asian American images.
- Media
Beat by Norman Solomon - weekly syndicated column on media and
politics.
- Media
Bias - links to selected essays on bias in print and broadcast
media.
- Media
Matters - companion site to the PBS series examining reporting
ethics, the intersection of business and journalism, the impact of
the electronic media on newspapers, and voluntary censorship.
- Media
Research Center - Media Research Center (MRC) is a conservative
media watchdog group dedicated to bringing political balance to the
news and entertainment media.
- Media Watch
- challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education
and action.
- mediachannel.org
- media issues supersite featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative
reporting from organizations worldwide. Also has community boards,
issue guides, and action alerts.
- MediaFilter
- Mediascope
- raising awareness about violence on TV and other social issues.
- News
Study Group - scholarly organization publishing works on media
ethics, criticism, and analysis, based at NYU.
- News Watch
Project - resource for bringing unbiased, fair coverage of minorites,
people of color, and lesbians/gays to the news.
- NewsWatch
- daily media criticism site designed for news consumers. Offers a
digest of media criticism, full-length feature articles, and more.
- NewsWatch
Canada - undertakes independent research on the diversity and
thoroughness of news coverage in Canada's media, with a focus on identifying
blindspots and double-standards.
- Online
NewsHour: Media|Watch - reports and analyzes news, trends, issues
and controversies involving the information industries.
- Pacific
Journalism Review - critiques and developments in South Pacific
news media and communications.
- Palestine
Media Watch - media watch group that monitors alleged anti-Palestinian
bias in U.S. news.
- Pew
Center for Civic Journalism - works closely with news organizations
in developing civic journalism initiatives, evaluating these projects,
and training journalists.
- Project
Censored - exploring and publicizing the extent of censorship
in our society by locating stories about significant issues.
- Republican
Bias in the Media - political and cultural commentary detailing
conservative perspectives in reporting.
- Rocky Mountain
Media Watch (RMMW) - challenging "the unbalanced and unhealthy
diet of information presented by the media corporations."
- RTNDA
Codes of Ethics and Standards Across Half a Century - changes
in the code of the Radio-Television News Directors Association reflect
changes in broadcast journalism.
- Scottish
Media Monitor - Garry Otton examines the treatment of sexuality
in the Scottish media.
- Slipup.com
- features a "slip up of the day", and links to information about
corrections made by online news providers.
- Smarter
Times - daily critique of the New York Times.
- Spinsanity
- analyzing the use of spin in American politics and the damage it
is doing to our political discourse. Web log format features several
columnists and regular updates.
- The
Media's Ethical Role in Grand Jury Leaks
- Transparency:
Media Criticism - uses the ideas of Goffman and others to reveal
the way news stories contain hidden forms of social interaction.
- Truth
in America Project - working for media reform, opposed to the
growing corporate centralization of media outlets and the narrowing
focus of news coverage.
- Truth
in Media - organization dedicated to ensuring accuracy in media
reporting of strategic global geopolitical affairs. Bob Djurdjevic
is its founder.
- Web
Directory: Journalism Ethics - resources related to media ethics,
ombudsmen, and community journalism.
- Youth
Voice Collaborative
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