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Internet
Resources for
Radio Journalists and
Producers: A Survival Guiderevised January 27th, 2005
compiled by Tony Decadjunct professor, radio
Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY
© 2005 Tony Dec
Many thanks to public radio producers Steve Rowland and Dolores Brandon as well as Columbia journalism professors Elizabeth L. Dribben and Sree Sreenivasan for their input and support.
T. Dec
td2034@columbia.edu
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/radio/
CONTENTS:
RADIO
JOURNALISM
NEWS AND MEDIA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- RESEARCH including NEWS GATHERING and REPORTING and ELECTRONIC PRIVACY ISSUES
- RECOMMENDED
TEXTS for further reading
includes sites addressing Pro Tools and technical issues
Whether you're re-purposing print work or
reporting and producing
specifically for radio, these sites will provide detailed support
information.
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AIR
/ Association
of Independents in Radio
- a non-profit member driven organization, AIR offers what is arguably the most prominent listserv of people who are active and working in many aspects of public radio: a well connected, supportive and influential group comprised of reporters and producers as well as representatives from NPR and other organizations.
- good links are here to journalism awards and submission guidelines for many public radio programs and more.
- info on microphone
use and selection, a field
recording tutorial and a guide to getting your
audio on the web have
migrated from AIR to the Radio College sister
site: see the Reading Room section in the
upper
left-hand panel of this page.
CJR Journalism Tools
- free research tools, a language corner, inflation calculator and more.
Columbia J-school Radio Tools Guide
See also http://www.radioworkshop.org/protools/
- a guide to the basics of using Pro Tools and other equipment in the journalism radio lab at Columbia University.
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Free Speech
Radio News,
Technical and Production Guidelines
- includes tech notes addressing SoundForge and CoolEdit software programs for the PC.
Journalism listservs
- sign up for newsletters that address ethics as well as literary reporting, investigative journalism and other specialty areas.
Journalists' Toolbox
a service of the American Press Institute.
- reporting tools and techniques: includes resources for research, statistics, fact checking and issues relating to news coverage.
- links to CyberJournalist.net, among other sites.
Journalists' Toolkit
at Media Channel's site, founded and run by notable journalist and "news dissector," Danny Schechter.
- "essential resources for the working journalist."
Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
- fosters media diversity -- in staffing, content and operations -- with "a history of training and placing more nonwhite journalists than any other single institution in the country."
- offers a six-week Editing Program at UC-Berkeley, a Management Training Center at Kellogg & Medill/Northwestern, and the week-long Cross-Media Journalism program, which was initiated at Columbia J-school in 2000.
National Radio Project
- briefs on their submission guidelines plus suggested equipment and recording tips (see additional info below, under PROGRAM PRODUCERS as well as RESEARCH).
NewsScript
- tutorials for radio news writing.
Poynter Foundation
- thorough examinations of the news business and "Everything You Need To Be A Better Journalist."
- tips for journalists, industry info and calendars.
- see: Journeys In Sound, seminar notes on the ideas and techniques of NPR's Jon Burnett (7/15/02, Quicklink A3812).
- see: The Ethics of Civic Journalism (Quicklink A5594); the TV/Radio link for Tip Sheets (Quicklink A31904) and the Broadcast Journalism Bibliography (10/1/02, Quicklink A1166).
- for reference: Planning For The Future of Public Radio News, was published in 2000 (Quicklink A3551).
Radio College
a project of the Association of Independents in Radio.
- independent radio producers' resource site and virtual meeting space.
- if this Survival Guide is your first stop, look around. The site addresses radio journalism and ethics, pitching stories to broadcast organizations, production and technical tips including Pro Tools recording and editing, and provides a Mentor Program as well as discussion forums and archives.
- articles in the Reading Room section include: Getting Good Ambient Sound, How To Mic A Field Interview, a primer on Audio Level Metering, Script Guidelines for a Speedy Edit, Jay Allison's Interviewing Tips for radio and more.
Real Art Ways, Digital Skills
- no longer as easy to read, the Audio Skills Toolkit is nonetheless available and links to many resources on production for audio (including streaming internet audio), radio and video as well as broadcast regulations, training resources, youth projects and funding sources.
Third Coast Festival
in cooperation with WBEZ/Chicago and the AIR Producers Annual Summit.
- an international audio festival that looks for "bold, creative and thought provoking work" -- documentaries, investigative journalism and features -- and regularly presents streaming audio of award winning and notable works.
- jump over to the media page for their past Conference highlights and to hear documentary competition winners.
Transom
- "(2004) recipient of the first Peabody awarded exclusively to a Web site. TRANSOM.ORG provides clear guidance -- both technical and conceptual -- on how to create original radio productions. The site also makes those productions available to audiences through webcasts, bringing new voices into the media mix."
- tutorials for recording and editing (for the application Pro Tools, click on Basic Production as well as Voice Editing).
- also, go to Jeff Towne's Working with Pro Tools Free to find out how you can download Pro Tools to your own computer and begin editing today. (NOTE: Strictly for Mac, OS 8 through 9 -- will not work with OSX. This free version has been reported to be somewhat buggy. See Tekserve if you opt to purchase the software with basic hardware).
University of Maryland J-Lab, Institute for Interactive Journalism
- home of the Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & PITCHING
STORIES
BBC
Producers' Guidelines and Editorial Values
- worth reviewing whether or not you file for the BBC.
- go to RadioCollege.org for more info on "pitching the Beeb."
Independence and Integrity II: The Updated Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism
- from the CPB/Corporation for Public Broadcasting, "an overview of some of the most important ethical issues that face public radio, as identified by public radio journalists.... principles and standards for ethical practice, in keeping with public radio's commitment to the highest standards of journalism."
- NPR's ombudsman addresses the
need
for this guide.
NPR News, Code of Ethics and Practices
Various public radio program submission guidelines
- available at AirMedia.
- a "how to" on submitting commentaries to NPR's Morning Edition is located at mediabistro.com/content/archives/02/04/24/ or you can request a copy from me via e-mail.
RADIO NETWORKS and STATIONS
- radio and news links for stations and audio feeds in the U.S. and around the world.
- station "ownership"/licensing, address and technical info.
- here's another basic guide at JournalismNet.
World Radio Network
- provides access to web streams of news and information from around the world.
WorldSpace
- satellite network with links under their "Programming" menu to other national broadcasters around the globe.
- see submission guidelines for the African Learning Channel at AirMedia.
- a Christian-based news magazine with a focus on
"global issues and events affecting the world's poorest children and
families."
by country...
Australia
• ABC/Australian
Broadcasting Corporation
• NRN/National
Radio News
see also CBAA/Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia
Austria
• ORF
Belgium
• VRT/Belgian public
radio and television
Canada
• CBC/Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Croatia
• HRT
Cuba
• Radio Habana
Cuba
Czech Republic
• Radio
Praha
Denmark
• DR
Radio
Europe
• Radio Free
Europe/Radio
Liberty
Finland
• YLE
France
• RFI/Radio France
Internationale
"learn
French in your spare time" at this RFI companion site.
Germany
• ARD
• Deutsche
Welle
Holland
• OMROEP/Dutch
public broadcasters
• RNW/Radio
Netherlands
Ireland
• RTE
Israel
Israeli radio
links
Italy
• RadioItalia
• RAI
Japan
• NHK/Radio
Japan
Korea
• KBS/Korean
Broadcasting
• RKI/Radio
Korea International
Mongolia
• The
Voice of Mongolia
New Zealand
• RNZ/Radio New
Zealand
see also Friends
of
Public Broadcasting
Poland
• Polskie
Radio
• Polskie
Radio, Polonia English Service
Russia
• VOR/Voice
Of Russia
South Africa
• ABC
Ulwazi, community radio
• SABC/South
African Broadcasting Corporation
Sweden
• SR/Radio
Sweden
• Radio Sweden
International
UK
• BBC/British
Broadcasting Corporation
• IRN/Independent
Radio News
• Sky
News Radio
USA
• VOA/Voice Of
America
additional broadcasting resources around
the globe
can be found at TVradioWorld.
FCC/Federal Communications Commission
find AM radio station frequencies and call letters across the country.
find FM radio station frequencies and call letters across the country.
search
the FCC mass media database for stations, licensees, power and
locations*
*see also: the Broadcast
Station Location page.
ABC
/ American
Broadcasting Company
- owned by Disney.
Air America Radio
- liberal talk network on AM radio as well as XM satellite radio.
AIROS / American Indian Radio On Satellite
- world and national news with a focus on the U.S. Federal Government.
- a service of the Associated Press and WTOP in Washington, DC.
NPR / National Public Radio
- produces and distributes Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Day To Day, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, The Tavis Smiley Show, Justice Talking, Living On Earth and Lost & Found Sound.
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
Pacifica Foundation
- community public radio dedicated to free speech.
- producer and distributor for the news program, Democracy Now.
- on-line archive of Pacifica and Democracy Now programs available.
PRI / Public Radio International
- distributor for Marketplace, The World, This American Life, Studio 360, National Native News, The Savvy Traveler, Sound & Spirit, The Writer s Almanac and To The Point.
PRX / Public Radio Exchange
developed by Jay Allison of Transom.org and Atlantic Public Media
- a non-profit online "marketplace for "public radio" providing a "service for peer-review and digital distribution of "programming" direct to stations.
- "a "partnership that will provide good homes to good works "for the people who create them" and "create more opportunities "to reach more listeners."
producers can:
• Open a producer account on the PRX.
• Create a producer profile page with your bio, photo, home page links, etc.
• Upload air-quality versions of your pieces.
• Describe your pieces, including credits, transcripts, promo copy, and more.
• Choose category, keywords, other descriptive tags for each piece.
• Set price points for your pieces within PRX established per-minute range.
• Preview, rate, review, and discuss other pieces.
• View ratings, reviews, and carriage/usage/pageview statistics for your pieces.
• Receive periodic payments for any station downloads/carriage of your pieces.
Sirius Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
- subscriber-based digital radio services, each offering 100 radio stations/channels of news, information, entertainment and music.
- among their news offerings, Sirius has exclusive rights to NPR (two channels) and PRI, plus they have World Radio Network, BBC and others.
- for developments at these companies, stay informed at SatWeblogger (or its original site archive) as well as these sites: SatRadioTalk, Sirius Backstage, RU Sirius, ClubXM, XMfan and the Sky Report.
- FYI pages on the technology: How Satellite Radio Works and Satellite Radio FAQs.
Westwood One
- distribution home of radio news from CBS, CNN, NBC and others.
KCRW, Santa Monica, CA
a service of Santa Monica
College.
- arguably the most innovative station in America.
- home of NPR's To The Point.
- also give a listen to Bookworm and Left/Right&Center.
KUER, Salt Lake City, UT
a service of the University of Utah.
- produces the weekday program, RadioWest.
KUT, Austin, TX
a service of the University of Texas
- co-producing partner of NPR's Latino USA.
The Public Radio Station
a service of WAMC, Northeast Public Radio in Albany, NY.
WAMU, Washington, DC
a service of American
University.
- the home of NPR's The Diane Rehm Show (sidebar on Rehm) and The Kojo Nnamdi Show.
WBEZ, Chicago, IL
- the home of PRI's This American Life and the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
WBUR, Boston, MA
a service of Boston University.
- the home of PRI's The Connection, as well as Here & Now, Inside Out documentaries, and World of Ideas.
WFMT, Chicago, IL
fine arts radio
- development partner with public
radio producer Steve Rowland for the
documentary "Leonard Bernstein: An
American Life."
WGBH, Boston, MA
WGBH Educational Foundation of Boston.
- the home of The World from the BBC and PRI, as well as Sound & Spirit, and NPR's Says You.
- 'GBH offers a regional community service at Massachusett's CIPR/Cape & Island Public Radio.
- the CIPR network's mission is, in part, to foster and preserve oral history; it is affiliated with public radio producer Jay Allison (NPR's Lost & Found Sound, and the Sonic Memorial) and transom.org (see entry under OUTREACH & SUPPORT above).
- see their Arts & Ideas program link (and the link to an evocative Joel Meyerowitz photo, "Listen"...click here and scroll down).
WBAI 99.5 fm
operated by the Pacifica
Foundation.
- features include CounterSpin as well as weekday morning broadcasts of Democracy Now.
WBBR 1130 am
founded and owned by New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
- business news service.
WBGO 88.3 fm
operated by Newark Public Radio in New Jersey.
- primarily an independent jazz station (one of the country's finest), features award winning weekday metro newscasts plus a Friday evening news magazine.
- Doug Doyle is the News Director, Morning News Anchor and co-host of WBGO Journal: ddoyle@wbgo.org
WCBS 880 am
operated by CBS/Infinity/Viacom [see 1010 WINS-am entry below].
WFUV 90.7 fm
a service of Fordham University in the
Bronx.
- CityFolk music format featuring a respected news department headed by Julianne Welby, News & Public Affairs Director: jwelby@wfuv.org
WINS 1010 am
operated by Infinity Radio.
- Infinity also operates WCBS-am and fm, WNEW-fm, WXRK/K-Rock, and WFAN-am.
WKCR 89.9 fm
operated by Columbia University.
- staffed by undergraduates of its colleges and offering a range of music and information programming including jazz programs curated by noted jazz historian Phil Schaap.
WNYC 93.9 fm + 820 am
operated by the WNYC Foundation
- the home of On The Media with Brooke Gladstone, The Brian Lehrer Show, Leonard Lopate's NY & Company, NPR's Studio 360 and The Next Big Thing (and featuring the sound-art outrageousness of Joe Frank).
media note: a "public" station, full
"ownership" of WNYC
radio occurred during the Guiliani administration following the
payment of $20 million to the City of New York.
WNYE 91.5 fm
operated by the New York City Board of Education.
- offers broadcasts of Radio France International.
1st Person
produced by MediaRites.
- welcomes the personal narrative told in literary and audio art form.
- funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.
ACF / American Communications Foundation
- a nonprofit organization specializing in research, development and production of news stories on substantive issues for commercial radio and television.
- offers opportunities for reporters to do field work (i.e. producing and limited reporting) for The Osgood Files on CBS Radio.
CounterSpin
produced in New York City by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting.
- a media watchdog program offering "a critical examination of the major stories every week, exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage."
- heard in the NY metro area on 99.5 fm WBAI/Manhattan; also on 89.5 fm WPKN/Bridgeport, CT, and 90.1 fm WUSB/Stony Brook, Long Island.
Democracy Now
- public/civic journalism programming.
- in NY on 99.5 fm WBAI/Manhattan.
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
produced at Michigan Radio.
- "...committed to revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people."
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
Here & Now
produced at WBUR/Boston
- a midday national news magazine
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia
High Plains News
- a news service for the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains region.
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
The Infinite Mind
produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media.
- "specializes in productions focusing on mental health, human rights and other social issues."
Justice Talking
- weekly hour-long program that examines the role of the U.S. constitution in our lives.
- "works with reporters to produce 6-minute sound-rich pieces that set-up debates between attorneys and advocates."
- now in the New York-metro area on 91.5fm WNYE, Mondays at 4pm
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
Latino USA
in partnership with KUT/Austin and the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
- "the only national, English language radio journal of news and culture produced from a Latino perspective."
- submit ideas and see their guidelines here.
- heard in NYC on 88.3fm
WBGO/Newark.
Living On Earth
- weekly environmental news and information program from NPR
- submit ideas and review guidelines.
- on 88.3fm WBGO/Newark, Saturdays at 6am; and 93.9fm & 820am WNYC/Manhattan, Sundays at 6am.
Marketplace
produced by American Public Media at the University of Southern California.
- daily public radio financial news program.
- for pitches and submission guidelines, contact one of the bureau chiefs; also see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
- airs on 820am and 93.9fm WNYC/Manhattan.
National Native News
- "five minute, weekday program that covers the social, economic and cultural issues that affect every community, and helps radio listeners understand the interconnectedness between Native people and their non-Native neighbors."
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
National Radio Project
- home page for Live Wire Independent News service as well as Making Contact, a weekly international program "committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis which goes beyond the breaking news. Utilizing voices and perspectives rarely heard in media, focuses on the human realities of politics, the connections between local and global events, and creative possibilities for people to engage in hopeful democratic change." (see listing under OUTREACH & SUPPORT and RESEARCH).
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
The Next Big Thing
produced at WNYC/New York.
- "literary journalism (that) features stories from New York...around the country and the world...audio portraits that ultimately shed light on what it means to be a human being...humor AND emotional depth...strong characters...(even) big ideas...and sound rich."
- See submissions page.
- this weekly PRI program is heard locally in NY on Sundays, 11am, WNYC fm93.9 and 1pm on WNYC am820.
On The Media
produced at WNYC/New York.
- weekly NPR media critique hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield.
- see submission guidelines at AirMedia.
OutQ
produced at Sirius Satellite Radio in New York City.
- topical news and information programming for a national GBLT (gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender) community.
- daily programming available online.
Pulse of the Planet
- "two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound."
- heard on 91.5fm
WNYE/Brooklyn; and 88.9fm WSIA/Staten Island.
- can also be heard at National Geographic's site.
Radio Nation
- the on-air version of The Nation magazine.
She Got Game
- formerly a weekly show, now airs nationally as a series of occasional women's sports radio specials that "highlights all aspects of sports: the competition, the athlete, the industry and the culture." SGG "features stories, profiles and interviews with... athletes, offbeat adventurers,... tomorrow's champions and the legends and trailblazers who paved the way."
- broadcast from WSHU in Fairfield, CT.
Studio 360
produced at WNYC/New York
- a weekly national arts
and culture
program from PRI, submission
guidelines
are available by e-mail from a staff
producer.
- heard locally on WNYC/Manhattan, Saturdays at 10am on 93.9fm and Sundays at 7pm on 820am.
The World
a co-production of the BBC, PRI and WGBH/Boston
- weekday afternoon news program featuring a more international perspective in comparison to NPR's All Things Considered.
- heard on 820am and 93.9fm WNYC/Manhattan, weekdays at 3pm.
This American Life
the site for TAL and public radio producer Ira Glass.
- a near omnipresent public radio fixture in just a few short years, TAL has garnered a sizable and devoted following for its confessional radio plays.
- promotes a comic book reference guide ($5; click on the links for a free preview) to how the show is produced, as well as (free) links on editing, how to download Pro Tools to your own computer, and various radio resources.
- heard on WNYC/Manhattan.
This Way Out
- internationally distributed gay and lesbian radio program.
- selected segments appear on 99.5fm
WBAI/Manhattan; also in its entirety on 90.1fm
WUSB/Stony Brook, and 89.5fm
WPKN/Bridgeport, CT.
- for additional gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GBLT ) programming, see OutQ on Sirius Satellite Radio, and the Queer Resources Directory.
WINGS/Women's International News Gathering Service
- reports appear on newscasts at 91.1fm WFMU/East Orange, NJ; 99.5fm WBAI/Manhattan, and on 89.5fm WPKN/Bridgeport, CT.
OTHER NOTABLE PROGRAMS
& PRODUCERS
Audible.com
- audio explorations for those on the run, including audiobooks and periodicals, and radio shows.
Hearing Voices
- "where journalism meets John Cage"
Media Rites
- a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural understanding through the arts, education and media projects.
New American Radio
- formerly a national weekly program; now a digital on-line archive in partnership with Wesleyan University.
- features "commissioned and distributed works" for (among other things) "associational documentary, language explorations... and a primer of radio art-making in America."
Radio Diaries
site of documentarian and Columbia j-school professor, Joe Richman.
- produces oral histories where people "document their own lives."
Savvy Traveler
- defunct weekly travel program from Minnesota Public Radio/PRI (and the people who bring us Marketplace), this show lasted nearly 7 years until funding ran out.
- Savvy's show archives, featured books and music, the Travelers Toolbox and past discussion forums are still on-line.
Sound Portraits
a production company of David Isay.
- features full-length streaming audio of his sound-rich storytelling productions including Sunshine Hotel and Ghetto Life 101.
- developer of the public documentary project, Story Corps.
The Whole Wide World
- a program series on the causes and effects of globalization, developed by the former host of WBUR's The Connection, Christopher Lydon (see their forum postings as well).
Working Assets Radio:
Radio For Change & News For Change
- an online civic
journalism
forum of information and resources for people with progressive
social
values,
these sites are a service of Working Assets which donates
substantially
to nonprofit organizations working for peace, equality, human
rights,
education
and a cleaner environment.
- host Laura Flanders is on Air America, and you can still catch live web streaming of her program "Your Call" (weekdays at 1pm) as well as show archives on-line.
ZBS Foundation
- take a break from journalism with these "movies for the mind" -- examples of sound-rich, evocative storytelling that will elicit a deep, abiding respect for the power of the word coupled with the use of audio recording and technology -- and you, too, may become a fan of Jack Flanders(!)
BROADCASTING INFO
a variety of resources including published research data, news, audio and miscellany.
ARAnet
... audience
research.
Current
... magazine covering public broadcasting.
MarketPlace
... underwriting feature.
National Public
Broadcasting
Archives
PRX / Public Radio
Exchange
... radio distribution made simple.
Public Radio
Fan ... what's on, across the board, at any given
time.
Public Radio ISDN
Directory
PRPD/Public Radio
Program
Directors
Public Radio Satellite
Service
... launching ContentDepot, Autumn, 2005.
Schardt Media ... research;
"Mapping
Public Radio~Rs Independent Landscape ~V Key Findings, Critical
Questions" was published November 2004 and is accessible
on-line.
Arbitron
... ratings.
FMQB/Friday Morning
QuarterBack
... trade publication.
Inside Radio by M
Street
... headlines and news.
MT&R/Museum of Television
&
Radio ... see also the seminars page for upcoming
public events.
New York Radio Guide
New York
Radio
Message Board
Radio And
Records
... trade paper.
Radio Daily News
Radio business
headlines
and FCC Daily News
RAIN/Radio And Internet
Newsletter
... daily news & commentary.
Scanner info
... Long Island and the Northeast U.S.
RADIO PRODUCTION FACILITIES, New
York
City
The Argot Network ... on West 20th Street in lower mid-town Manhattan.
Full House Productions ... on West 18th Street, founded and operated by gentle soul, Phil Lee.
HarvestWorks ... a creative production environment for video, audio and multimedia artists.
The Radio Foundation ... on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, run by Larry Josephson.
Thanks to Columbia adjunct Kerry Donahue for her assistance.
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- a microphone manufacturer's site which provides detailed information on how they work, and how best to choose them and use them -- from pickup patterns to proximity effect (see the section on using their products which includes a glossary link).
B&H Photo/Video/Audio
- New York City's audio/video/photo supermarket featuring (almost) everything under the sun.
- FYI: show up early in the day to avoid the crowds and receive more personalized attention.
Bradley Broadcast
- an on-line shopping site for audio broadcasting equipment.
BSW/Broadcast Supply Worldwide
- an on-line shopping site for pro audio equipment.
Core Sound
- microphones and other equipment for digital enthusiasts.
Full Compass
- a commercial on-line shopping site, mainly for musicians but also featuring general audio and video equipment.
J&R
- a commercial on-line shopping site for consumer audio equipment and supplies, based in lower Manhattan.
Minidisc
- an open forum web community where info on mini disc technology is shared, including what to buy and usage tips.
Minidisco
- a commercial on-line shopping site for mini disc recorders and supplies.
Sweetwater
- a commercial on-line shopping site, mainly for musicians but also featuring general audio equipment and supplies.
Tekserve
119 West 23rd Street, NYC, between 6th & 7th Avenues,
nearby to A, C, E, F, 1, 9 and NJ PATH trains.
- hands down, THE Mac store in Manhattan to buy and repair your computer, and to receive free seminar tutorials on just about anything digital: Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, AVID.
- the least expensive Pro Tools set-up is $425 for the latest software and a hardware interface called the Mbox which essentially takes the place of a Mackie console but is much more compact, portable and simpler to use.
Transom
- the first stop for comparing mini-discs and prices.
FYI: learn about how
the radio spectrum works
ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS:
Broadcast
AWRT / American Women in
Radio &
Television
- see their resource links to broadcasting associations across the country.
Association of Women In Communications
NFCB / National
Federation
of Community Broadcasters
- a grassroots alliance of public stations and producers which explicitly support and advocate for independent, community voices within radio.
- features an on-line legal handbook for public radio producers and reporters.
PRNDI / Public Radio News Directors Inc.
- PRNDI is "dedicated to improving public radio journalism" and the training and support of reporters, producers, editors and news managers.
- has a useful radio and journalism links page.
RTNDA / Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation
Broadcasting
associations by state...
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
California,
southern
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS:
General
IFJ / International
Federation of Journalists
- "the world's largest organisation of journalists....represents around 450,000 members in more than 100 countries."
IJNet / International Journalists Network
- "an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world."
IPA-NY / Independent Press Association of New York
- "promote(s) and support(s) independent publications committed to social justice and a free press."
IRE / Investigative Reporters & Editors
- provides educational services.
JAWS / Journalism and Women's Symposium
- supports women's growth and empowerment in journalism.
JEA / Journalism Education Association
NABJ / National Association
of Black
Journalists
NAHJ / National Association
of Hispanic
Journalists
NLGJA / National Lesbian
& Gay
Journalists Association
- attends to fairness and accuracy in the reporting of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.
Pew Center for Civic Journalism
RCFP / Reporters Committee
for Freedom
of the Press
- provides free legal assistance to journalists and is a resource on issues of free speech and access,
- links to an on-line First Amendment Handbook, a guide to the Freedom of Information Act, a guide to shield laws and reporters' privileges, and more.
SPJ/Society of Professional Journalists, national
&
SPJ, local chapter at Columbia University
JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Thanks to public radio producer and
reporter Tanya
Ott, an AIR member and NFCB trainer, for her
recommendations.
td
American
Society of Newspaper Editors
&
Jobs Page
Toolkit
- newspaper links only... but jobs nonetheless(!)
AWRT/American Women in Radio & Television
free listings for the following U.S. cities and regions:
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
- the Florida Bay Area
- Houston, TX
- Minneapolis/Twin Cities, MN
- Sacremento, CA
- San Antonio, TX
- San Francisco, CA
- Tulsa, OK
- complete Careerline job openings nationwide are accessible upon becoming a member,
Note: southern
California now requires membership to access listings,
CareerPage
from the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations,
CBC/Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation: Outfront Resources
- lists freelancing opportunities.
CCNMA/California Chicano News Media Association
- posts positions throughout the country.
CopyEditor.com
- print copy editing and proofreading.
CPB/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Jobline
- jobs available nationally.
CraigsList.org
- occasionally (occasionally) real writing jobs surface, as do openings for Pro Tools editors and such.
Current: jobs exclusively in public radio and television, as well as a broader listing of resources
- also see the home page for Current magazine, the online review of what's happening in public broadcasting.
Fixer Network
- heard of journalism fixers? This one reaches across
the globe and was founded by a Columbia j-school grad.
IRE / Investigative Reporters and Editors
Journalism Jobs
in association with the CJR/Columbia
Journalism
Review.
- for minority journalists.
Livingston Associates
- search firm.
Media Bistro
- although primarily jobs in various print media, positions in radio may surface here occasionally.
- a free daily newsletter is available via e-mail subscription.
Media Reform Network
a Free Press non-profit media reform organization.
- jobs listed for placement throughout their regional broadcast network, which now also includes the program Marketplace in Los Angeles.
News Jobs: the National Diversity Newspaper Job Bank
- for women and minorities.
News Radio Star
- links for U.S. states and the world.
Northgate Journalism Job Bank
published by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
NPR /
National
Public Radio job and internship links
&
Next Generation at
NPR:
radio training projects
RTNDA /
Radio-Television
News Directors Association
- job hunting tips for radio & TV.
Reporter.org
- assorted job links.
TV & Radio Jobs
- a few opportunities here.
U.S. broadcasting associations
- U.S. government operated broadcasts to foreign countries.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS &
FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowships
& grants directory at AIR Media
- weekly RFP bulletin, which lists grants that are currently seeking applications (subscriptions available at the "newsletters" site).
Fund For Investigative Journalism
- "gives grants ranging from $500 to $10,000 to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations."
- for info and submission guidelines, send an e-mail request to fundfij@aol.com.
Funds for Writers
- a weekly listserv subscription produced by Hope Clark (hopeclark1@aol.com) with plenty of grants and freelance opportunities for writers.
Guide Star
- a database with thousands of foundations that can be searched by topic of interest (i.e. media, health care, education, etc.) and link to the foundation's web pages.
ICFJ / International Center For Journalists
- the Ford Environmental Journalism Fellowship sends "two fellows per year overseas for up to three months to train journalists and report on critical environmental issues."
- the Knight International Press Fellowships send U.S. media professionals overseas to train as journalists and media managers.
NewsWise Guide to Journalism Grants and Fellowships
NPR:
scholarships
available to enroll in NPR training programs
Radio
College scholarship listings
COURSES OF STUDY, Audio Documentary
Center for Documentary
Studies
at Duke University in
Durham,
North Carolina.
- offers audio documentary workshops.
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
in Portland, Maine.
- coursework in audio as well as print and other visual media.
Suggestions for staying on the pulse of
things. Also,
see Sree's site to sign up for news notifications via
e-mail.
td
AlterNet
a project of the Independent Media
Institute
- "...a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism... (and) to improving the public's access to independent information sources."
- "...news, opinion and investigative journalism on subjects ranging from the environment, the drug war, technology and cultural trends to policy debate, sexual politics and health issues."
Alternative Press Review: "your guide beyond the mainstream"
- links to newspaper, magazine, radio, TV sites and resources.
- AJR's site and Newslink are directly accessible as separate links.
Arts Journal -- Daily Digest of Arts, Culture & Ideas
- and it's not just art; a regular newsletter is
available
via e-mail.
Center for Cooperative Research
- an open-source history project featuring timelines
and forums.
Common Dreams
- alternative press.
Disinformation
- "hidden information" that seldom seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates.
Feed: news links
Independent Media
Center (national)
&
Independent Media
Center,
New York
a product of the WTO protests in
Seattle.
- IMC is "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, objective, and passionate tellings of the truth."
Independent Press Association
- "promote(s) and support(s) independent publications committed to social justice and a free press."
I Want Media
- media news and resources: "a hub for everything media."
Media Bistro
- a daily compendium of what s going on in media.
- for "anyone who creates or works with content."
- "mission: to provide opportunities (both on-line and off-line) for you to meet each other, share resources, become informed of job opportunities and interesting projects, improve your career skills and showcase your work."
Media News
Jim Romenesko's site, hosted by Poynter.org
- To quote Sree, a news-junkie heaven.
Media Rights
non-profit advocacy organization.
The Nation
published by Columbia J-school professor, Victor Navasky.
- see links to the program, RadioNation.
One World
- an international news source.
- "as a value-based network...operating under transparent ethical standards" and an objective of accountability (see affiliation with MediaChannel.org under WATCHDOGS below).
Tom Paine
- a self-professed "public interest journal," featuring political coverage" ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream media."
- see their internet Tips, Leads and Links section.
Peace and Justice Studies
at Tufts University
- alternate news and media sources.
Poynter Foundation
- a gallery of next-day newspaper front pages.
Salon magazine
- a daily news source.
Utne Reader magazine
- a compendium of news and reports from global alternative media sources.
World Press Review
- funded by The Stanley Foundation of Iowa, "seeking a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance" and featuring an Armed Conflict Wall Map.
Keeping an eye on the gatekeepers, in both
print and
broadcast.
td
- a watchdog of the press in all its forms, from newspapers and magazines to radio, television, and cable to the wire services and the Web.
- Journalism Tools for research can be found under OUTREACH & SUPPORT.
- see also their breakdown of "Who Owns What" in media, as well as this link.
Common Courage Press
- a watchdog and publisher of "books for an informed democracy": on social justice, race, gender, feminism, economics, ecology, labor and U.S. domestic and foreign policy.
- publisher of works by MIT linguist and historian, Noam Chomsky, among others.
FactCheck: holding politicians accountable
from the Annenberg Public Policy center at the University of Pennsylvania.
FAIR/Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
- criticism of media bias, such as How Public Is
Public Radio? (June 2004).
- "(An) anti-censorship organization (to) expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled."
- "FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information. Uniquely, FAIR works with both activists and journalists"."
- see their Media Watch links for The Women's Desk and The Racism Watch Desk.
Freedom Forum
a nonpartisan foundation
- "...dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit focuses on three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity."
Journalism.org's State of the News Media 2004
an annual report
- the radio report
appears here.
Media Channel
founded and run by notable journalist and "news dissector," Danny Schechter.
- "a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide."
- see their Journalists' Toolkit under News Gathering & Reporting.
Media Matters
non-profit research organization.
- "dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."
Media Reform
Network
a Free Press non-profit media reform
organization
founded by author Robert McChesney.
- "... working to open, democratize and ignite media policy debates... (and) increase advocacy efforts in Washington connected to grassroots outreach across the nation...."
- includes essays on "Our Media In Crisis," "Media Monopoly Made Simple: 10 Things Big Media Doesn't Want You To Know," and links to media policies and initiatives.
- read there mission statements for additional information.
MediaTenor
- analysis of media content internationally.
News Watch: The Stories Behind The News
a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department.
- "a collaboration between the Native American Journalists Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association."
Online Journalism Review
produced at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
- "...committed to covering the full range of journalistic issues in all media, but with a particular emphasis on the Internet...."
Project Censored
a media service of Sonoma State University.
- ""explore(s) and publicize(s) the extent of censorship in our society" to stimulate responsible journalists to provide more mass media coverage of those issues and to encourage the general public to demand mass media coverage of those issues or to seek information from other sources."
Rocky Mountain Media Watch
- seeking "better news for a strong democracy."
Who owns the media?
- here are several listings to cross reference, from
Take Back The Media.
Michael Wolff
media writer formerly at New York magazine, now writing for Vanity Fair.
- a strongly opinionated media insider, his weekly news column, This Media Life, is archived through February 2004.
RESEARCH
A Journalist's Guide to
the Internet
by Christopher Callahan, University of
Maryland,
College of Journalism.
Mervin Block
a teacher of broadcast news writing workshops
who has
written
for the Big Three television networks and many news anchors -- be
sure to look at his "Tips"
page.
- dedicated to ensuring greater public participation
in public media.
- "holding corporations accountable."
- heard of journalism fixers? This one reaches across
the globe and was founded by a Columbia j-school grad.
Fred Friendly
seminars
at Columbia University.
Freedom
of Information Center, Federal and State
Gotham Gazette
published by the Citizens Union Foundation.
- covers NYC news and policies.
Grady Reporting links by Dr. Barry Hollander
journalism professor at the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia in Athens.
- links worth reviewing include the Elements Of Style, journalism job sites and other media.
Internet Resources for News Librarians and Researchers
- includes Usenet Groups, listservs and web links.
LAMP / Latin America Media Project
- "a resource guide... aimed at reporters and editors who cover Latin America."
LookSmart's
free Find Article search
Making Contact
see their extensive web links page.
Media Channel
founded and run by notable journalist and
"news dissector," Danny
Schechter.
- essential resources in their Journalists' Toolkit.
The News Accumulator, from Surfwax.
The Newsroom: "Access to the world"
- offers debates and global
views of culture and politics.
John Allen
Paulos
Professor of mathematics, Temple
University.
- "author of several best-selling books, including Innumeracy, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper and A Mathematician Plays the Market.
- His Who s Counting? column on ABCNEWS.com appears monthly.
Power Reporting: free research tools for journalists
in partnership with the Columbia Journalism Review.
Sree Sreenivasan
Associate
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia
University's Graduate School of Journalism.
- an
invaluable
guide to the
internet for journalists that addresses how to get the most out of
your
research and time.
- as a general recommendation, see the links for "web" and Sree's Tips.
- links from his "Smarter Surfing" class are available online. You can also catch him weekly on WABC-TV in New York.
- additionally, see his Guides
For (And By) Journalists (or use Poynter's
QuickLink:
A3983).
Voice
of America
pronunciation guide
- link is available from the main page but be patient as it may take a while to load into your browser or may even be off-line periodically.
and an honorable mention goes to"
Gadfly
- ceased publishing in July, 2002 but at least 3 years of the back issues are still available.
- "...created to provoke readers to recognize the relevance of art and culture...;"...a warehouse of American pop culture..."; see also BOMB magazine.
- publishes documents "...that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and blast protection -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those."
The Center for Democracy and Technology
- addresses issues of free speech, data privacy and government surveillance.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
- their stated mission is to "protect... fundamental rights regardless of technology,... educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology,... and to act as a defender of those liberties."
Electronic Privacy Information Center
- privacy news and information.
The titles below primarily address a free press and the stewardship of a free, informed and democratically-based society.
See also: http://www.iwantmedia.com/books.html.
The Media
Monopoly: With a New Preface on
the Internet
and Telecommunications Cartels
by Ben H. Bagdikian, Beacon Press 2000
(originally 1983)
The
Decline and Fall of Public
Broadcasting: Creating
Alternative Media
by David Barsamian, South End Press 2001
The New
News Business: A Guide To Writing
And Reporting
by John Chancellor and Walter R. Mears,
HarperPerennial
1995
Understanding
Power: The Indispensable
Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky, New Press 2002
Public
Radio and Television in America: A
Political
History
by Ralph Engelman, Sage 1996
Breaking
the News: How the Media Undermine
American
Democracy
by James Fallows, Pantheon Books 1996
Custodians
of Conscience
by Theodore Lewis Glasser and James S. Ettema,
Columbia
University Press 1998
Manufacturing
Consent: The Political
Economy of the
Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Pantheon
1988
The
Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople
Should
Know and the Public Should Expect
by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosensteil, Crown and
Three Rivers
Press 2001
Pacifica
Radio: The Rise of an Alternative
Network
(American Subjects Series)
by Matthew Lasar, Temple University Press
2000
The Sound
and the Story: NPR and the Art of
Radio
by Tom Looker, Houghton Mifflin 1995
Four
Arguments For The Elimination Of
Television
by Jerry Mander, William Morrow & Co.,
1978
Our
Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic
Struggle Against
Corporate Media (Open Media Series)
by Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols and Barbara
Ehrenreich,
Seven Stories Press 2002
Rich
Media, Poor Democracy: Communication
Politics
in Dubious Times
by Robert Waterman McChesney, New Press
2000/University
of Illinois Press 1999
A
Mathematician Reads The Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos, HarperCollins BasicBooks
1995
Innumeracy
by John Allen Paulos, Hill & Wang 1989
Covering
Islam: How the Media and the
Experts Determine
How We See the Rest of the World
by Edward W. Said, Vintage Books 1997 (originally
Pantheon
1981)
Independence
And Integrity II: A Guidebook For Public Radio
Journalism
by Alan G. Stavitsky, NPR/PRI/PRNDI 1995 &
2003
Radiotext(e)
by Neil Strauss (Editor), Metatext Press 1993
The Last
Empire Essays 1992-2000
by Gore Vidal, Doubleday 2001
United
States: Essays, 1952-1992
by Gore Vidal, Random House 1993
Rebels on
the Air: An Alternative History
of Radio
in America
by Jesse Walker, New York University Press
2001
Information
Anxiety 2
by Richard Saul Wurman, David Sume and Loring
Leifer,
Que 2000
A
People's History of the United States,
A People's
History of the United States: The
Wall
Charts
by Howard Zinn, New Press 1997
The
Future of History: Interviews With
David Barsamian
by Howard Zinn, Common Courage Press 1999
The
Politics of History
by Howard Zinn, University of Illinois Press
1990
The
Twentieth Century: A People's History
by Howard Zinn, HarperPerennial 1998
If you come across any other sites of interest and would like to share them, please let me know and we'll post it here at RadioCollege.org.
T. Dec
td2034@columbia.edu
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