JOUR 207: Reporting and Writing I: Journalism tools

The mission of Journalist’s Resource is to curate scholarship relevant to the media for use by practitioners, educators and students. We also invite all those interested in policy and public affairs — from citizen bloggers to civic groups — to use the site’s materials.

eCirc is a quick, concise online source for ABC top-line circulation (based on the latest released FAS-FAX report) information. eCirc lets you sort and search summarized circulation data by Publication Title, State/Province, U.S. SRDS or Canadian CARD classifications. Circulation statistics for newspapers, journals, magazines, business publications and web publications.

The National Freedom of Information Coalition protects our right to open government.
We are a nonpartisan alliance of citizen-driven nonprofit freedom of information organizations, academic and First Amendment centers, journalistic societies and attorneys.

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that any person has a right, enforceable in court, to obtain access to federal agency records, except to the extent that such records (or portions of them) are protected from public disclosure by one of nine exemptions or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions.

As an online community of nearly 27,000 corporate, university and other communicators, we can connect you promptly with the experts you want to reach from within the largest network of experts of its kind.

The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Extensive editorial review of all newspaper sections ensures thorough selection of obituaries for easy access. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.

Nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal help to reporters and news organizations.

Society of Professional Journalists provides news in internet tools for journalists search able website.

Records are available for births occurring in Los Angeles County since 1866.

The most comprehensive single source for facts and statistics about Los Angeles County!

123people is an online search engine dedicated to people search. 123people empowers anyone to find information about themselves and others – free and fast.

White pages directory.

Your Encyclopedia for State and County Public Records

The most comprehensive people search on the web.

Great resource to locate the following:
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Courts of Appeals
U.S. District Courts
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services