COMM 230: Politics, Citizenship, and Communication (Dr. Burgchardt)

A search engine that organizes news stories by political leanings.

Easy access to US Census data, easily create data visualizations with Census data.

Catalog of over 256,089 datasets.

ICFJ works at the nexus of journalism and technology, building the expertise and storytelling skills of reporters worldwide.

Based at Harvard, this organization curates public policy research relevant to the news media. Also offers tips sheets on sourcing and evaluating sources.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Conduct free public record searches: Search billions of records through tens of thousands of government and public links.

"Provides links to timely story ideas highlighting the Census Bureau's newsworthy statistics that relate to current events, observances, holidays, and anniversaries."

In their book The Elements of Journalism, Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel identify the essential principles and practices of journalism. This website excerpts that source and discusses elements common to good journalism as drawn from the book.

The Associated Press is a coalition of journalists and newspapers that shares news with its members. AP stories are generally considered "neutral" and will often be used when a news agency doesn't have a reporter for a particular region (such as when a small-town newspaper needs to run a story about a national event.)

NPR is available as a podcast, radio show, and a website. It covers national and international news. Local NPR stations will also generally cover local issues and events (the Quad Cities station is WVIK at https://www.wvik.org/).

Reuters is an international news agency that tends to focus on business and financial news.