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Meeting the Media
U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Center of Excellence. Written to help the military deal with the press, this booklet gives a good overview of the interaction between reporters and military personnel.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/pace/meetingmedia.pdf

New Directions from the Field: News Media Community
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, August 1998. This OVC bulletin is a reprint of chapter 13 from "New Directions" and deals specifically with promising practices and recommendations related to crime reporting and how reporters should ethically report crime without further hurting the victims.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/new/directions/pdftxt/bulletins/bltn14.pdf

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Freedom of Information Act Guide
U.S. Department of Justice, May 2004. This is an overview discussion of the FOIA's exemptions, its law enforcement record exclusions, and its most important procedural aspects.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foi-act.htm

Freedom of Information Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies
The principal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) administrative and legal contacts at all federal agencies dealing regularly with FOIA matters. In some instances (e.g., the Department of Defense), all major agency components are listed individually under the agencies. In other instances (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration), major agency components are listed separately. In still other instances (e.g., the Department of Labor), no components are listed, as it is the agency's preference that all FOIA contacts be made through its main FOIA office.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XX_1/page3.htm

Journalistic Ethics

Code of Ethics
Society of Professional Journalists. This code is voluntarily embraced by thousands of writers, editors and other news professionals. The present version of the code was adopted by the 1996 SPJ National Convention, after months of study and debate among the Society's members.
http://www.spj.org/ethics.pdf

Ethical Journalism: Code of Conduct for the News and Editorial Departments
New York Times. This document presents the guidelines for reporters and editors of the newspaper.
http://www.nytco.com/company-properties-times-coe.html

VOA Journalistic Code
http://www.voa.gov/index.cfm?sectionTitle=VOA%20Journalistic%20Code

Awards and Grants

The Pulitzer Prizes
A list of the 88th annual Pulitzer prizes in journalism, letters, drama and music, April 2004.
http://www.pulitzer.org

Newswise Guide to Journalism Awards, 2003-2004
Comprehensive list of awards with description, deadline and contact information.
http://www.newswise.com/resources/j_awards/

Newswise Guide to Journalism Grants and Fellowships, 2003-2004
Comprehensive list of grants with description, deadline and contact information.
http://www.newswise.com/resources/j_grants/

Online Links to Journalism Resources

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