Mass Media

Internet Sites:

• HeadlineSpot.com
This free news resource provides easy access to the latest headlines and the best newspaper sections, magazines, television shows, radio programs and online news sources by topic or region.
http://www.headlinespot.com

• Foreign Language News and Newspapers
Electronic journals, newspapers and magazines in Chinese, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese.
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews

• National Public Radio
Includes program Information from National Public Radio, links to NPR Member Stations, transcripts and audio of news programs,and other public radio related information.
http://www.npr.org/

• The Wire – Breaking News from the Associated Press
Includes headlines from AP member websites arranged by state.
http://customwire.ap.org/specials/bluepage.html

• CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/

• PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org

• MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp

• National Press Club Online
Gives Club members, journalists and the general public unprecedented access to this professional and social organization for journalists that is one of Washington D.C.’s most prestigious institutions. It includes Internet access to speeches and press conferences at the Club, which make the national news on a daily basis.
http://npc.press.org/

• TV Links Film and Television Website Archive
TV Links Film and Television Website Archive is a site that points to almost anything you can think of relating to film and television. Categories include television shows, motion picture production companies, screen and video professional organizations, awards (Oscar, Emmy, and Tony), world TV schedules, 30 TV networks, Usenet newsgroups, and film festivals, among others.
http://www.timelapse.com/tvlink.html

• Burrelle’s Information Service
A comprehensive Media Monitoring Organization.
Telephone number-  800-631-1160
http://www.burrelles.com/

• Yahoo! News and Media
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/
 

Online Communities:

• Current Events Chatboard at Teachers.net
“Discussions appropriate to this forum include all issues related to events around the world.”
http://teachers.net/mentors/events

• MSNBC Chat Auditorium
Chat with NBC News correspondents live from Albania. Chat rooms are only open during scheduled times; look here for listings.
http://www.msnbc.com/chat/default.asp