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Political Resources - News Media
Magazines and Journals
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Magazines and Journals (Back to Top)
Advocate
We are a monthly magazine with a focus on the news, news analysis, and developing arts & entertainment stories that involve out gay and lesbian people or are of direct interest to a national readership of out gay and lesbian readers.
American Journalism Review (AJR)
National magazine that covers all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
American Prospect
Magazine of liberal ideas - committed to a just society, an enriched democracy, and effective liberal politics.
American Spectator Online
Publishes investigative reports and opinion pieces on politics, public policy and culture.
Atlantic Monthly Magazine
Magazine on politics, current affairs, education, and the arts.
Campaigns and Elections Online!
Campaigns & Elections' Politics magazine educates, informs, entertains and connects all those who touch politics,
Cato Journal
The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace.
Columbia Journalism Review
Recognized throughout the world as America's premier media monitor-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.
Commentary
Commentary is Americas premier monthly magazine of opinion and a pivotal voice in American intellectual life.
Dissent Magazine
Leftist quarterly magazine of politics and culture edited by Mitchell Cohen and Michael Walzer.
Economist
Economist.com is the premier online source for the analysis of world business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology, as well as overviews of cultural trends and regular industry, business and country special reports.
Editor & Publisher
Editor & Publisher is the authoritative journal covering all aspects of the North American newspaper industry, including business, newsroom, advertising, circulation, marketing, technology, online and syndicates.
Foreign Policy
Magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. Mission is to explain how the world works-in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives.
Harper's
Harper's Magazine, the oldest general interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation through such celebrated features as Readings, Annotation, and Findings, as well as the iconic Harper's Index.
Harvard Political Review
America's preeminent undergraduate journal of politics and public policy.
Human Events
National Conservative weekly magazine that looks at events through eyes that favor limited constitutional government, local self-government, private enterprise and individual freedom.
In These Times
Magazine dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice; to providing a forum for discussing the politics that shape our lives; and to producing a magazine that is read by the broadest and most diverse audience possible.
Liberty
Liberty is a journal of culture and politics written from a classical liberal point of view.
Monthly Review
Magazine that speaks for socialism and against U.S. imperialism; attempts to frame the issues of the day with one set of interests foremost in mind: those of the great majority of humankind, the propertyless.
Mother Jones Magazine Online
Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting.
Ms. Magazine Online
Magazine recognized nationally and internationally as the media expert on issues relating to women's status, women's rights, and women's points of view.
Nation
The Nation will make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.
National Journal
National Journal Group is the leading source of nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment and emerging policy trends.
National Review
A biweekly magazine and web site, founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955 and based in New York City. It is usually considered the center of intellectual activity for the American Conservative movement in the twentieth century.
National Review
Conservative magazine that describes itself as the 'best alternative to the slanted 'news' served up daily by the liberal media.'
New American
Conservative magazine that focuses on positive news and hard-hitting, non-partisan analysis of current issues.
New Republic Magazine
Covers issues before they hit the mainstream, from energy to the environment, from foreign to fiscal policy.
Newsweek
Weekly magazine offering comprehensive coverage of world events with a global network of correspondents, reporters and editors covering national and international affairs, business, science and technology, society and arts and entertainment. Also features respected commentators.
Online Journalism Review
The Knight Digital Media Center is dedicated to helping good journalists and good journalism succeed in the 21st century by providing training for New Media at all levels.
Political Science Quarterly
A nonpartisan journal, PSQ is edited for both political scientists and general readers with a keen interest in public and foreign affairs. Each article is based on objective evidence and is fully refereed.
Progressive
The Progressive has steadfastly opposed corporate power and reckless U.S. interventionism and has championed peace, women's rights, civil rights, civil liberties, a preserved environment, an independent media, and real democracy.
Reason
Reason is the monthly print magazine of free minds and free markets. It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews.
The American
Conservative-oriented current-affairs magazine. Formerly known as The American Enterprise (TAE) magazine.
The New Republic
The New Republic was founded in 1914, its mission is to provide its readers with an intelligent, stimulating and rigorous examination of American politics, foreign policy and culture.
The Week
Weekly magazine that collects and summarizes 'the best of U.S. and International Media.'
Time
Through trustworthy reporting, authoritative news analysis, and best-in-class photojournalism, TIME and TIME.com set the news agenda by answering questions instead of just asking them.
U.S. News and World Report
Weekly News magazine well-known for its annual rankings of American colleges and universities.
Utne Magazine
Utne magazine reprints selected articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
100-page magazine published 9 times per year in Washington, DC, that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region.
Wired News
Monthly magazine that focuses on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics.
Newspapers and Wire Services (Back to Top)
AScribe
A public interest newswire used by more than 500 leading nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, medical centers, research labs, public-policy organizations, government agencies and philanthropic foundations to issue releases to the media.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Online
A daily newspaper published in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Associated Press: The Wire
News website of the Associated Press, its member newspapers and broadcasters.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Bloomberg
Bloomberg provides real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
Boston Globe
The New York Times Companys core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
Chicago Sun-Times
Daily newspaper offering news from international to local community news, sports and weather.
Chicago Tribune
To help people throughout Chicagoland engage their world. Every day we strive to make a difference for the communities and consumers that we serve that goes well beyond beyond words.
Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is an international daily newspaper published Monday through Friday. Does not rely primarily on wire services, like AP and Reuters, for its international coverage.
Cox Newspapers
Atlanta-based newspaper publisher. Website includes information and links for all newspapers published by Cox Enterprises.
Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News began publishing on Oct. 1, 1885. It is published by the oldest business institution in Texas, Belo Corp., now A.H. Belo, which has chronicled Texas history for more than 160 years.
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit News
One of the two major newspapers based in Michigan. Founded in 1873. It is generally considered a conservative paper, but claims to follow a more libertarian philosophy.
Examiner.com
An insider source for everything local.
Guardian Unlimited
Online version of the London-based Guardian newspaper. Founded in 1821 and has a long history of editorial and political independence.
Houston Chronicle
The Chronicle provides the information that readers need to enrich their lives, vote responsibly, converse knowledgably and make informed life decisions.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is the only newspaper in the West with the resources and commitment to cover important stories wherever they happen. We strive to be the definitive news source for Californians, an essential part of the national news dialogue, and the voice of Los Angeles around the world.
McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company is the third-largest newspaper company in the United States, a leading newspaper and internet publisher dedicated to the values of quality journalism, free expression and community service.
New York Times
The New York Times Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
Newsday.com
Newsday's history of honest, hard-hitting journalism has become a deeply rooted, Long Island tradition. Today, our vision is to connect Long Islanders to one another, their communities and their passions.
Reuters Alertnet
Wire service focused on alerting humanitarians to emergencies.
Roll Call
Newspaper of Capitol Hill.
San Francisco Chronicle
Northern California's largest daily newspaper. Founded in 1865.
The Hill
Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress.
Times Picayune
The Times-Picayune writers will provide online-only breaking news all day long, every day of the week. We'll also have big breaking news stories, photos and video when events call on us to tell a major story more in-depth.
USA Today
USA TODAY is the largest paper in the country, with a circulation of over 2 million, and a total readership of approximately 5 million and growing.
Village Voice
As the nation's first and largest alternative newsweekly, the Voice maintains the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and criticism it first embraced when it began publishing fifty years ago.
Wall Street Journal Online
The Journal is committed to delivering the highest quality journalism. This means authoritative, accurate and fair reporting, as well as providing exclusive analysis, context and perspective designed for our community of readers.
Washington Post
The Washington Post is generally regarded among the leading daily American newspapers. Founded in 1877.
Washington Times
The Washington Times is a full-service, general interest daily newspaper in the nation's capital.
Washington Times National Weekly Edition
Weekly version of the Washington Times.
Online Resources (Back to Top)
ABC News: The Note
Daily political news summary and commentary produced by ABC News.
AP Images
AP Images, a division of The Associated Press, is one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery.
AlterNet.org
AlterNet's aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc (CQ)
CQ is primarily a subscription-based publisher whose clients include 95 percent of the members of Congress, top academic and media outlets, and leaders in business, nonprofit organizations, government affairs and the executive branch. CQ also produces a legislative tracking service, with more than two dozen databases of in-depth information on Congress and government.
Current Online Newspaper
Current is an editorially independent journalistic service of Current LLC, an affiliate of WNET.org. Web based news service appealing to individuals in public TV and radio.
Democratic Party
Online press room of the Democratic Party.
Google News
Google News gathers stories from more than 4,500 English-language news sources worldwide, and automatically arranges them to present the most relevant news first.
Governing.com
GOVERNING is dedicated to creating products and environments that allow leaders from across geographic and institutional boundaries to share ideas, identify best practices and avoid pitfalls. In addition, we provide insights on the state and local experience to broader audiences of interest, including those in the federal government, national politics, the private sector and the media.
Green Party Press Room
Online press room of the Green Party.
In Motion Magazine
Multicultural, online U.S. publication about democracy.
Libertarian Party Press Center
Online press center of the Libertarian Party.
Media Literacy Online Project
The Media Literacy Online Project website contains archived articles, bibliographies, and other resources of value in the study of media, children, and adolescents. The gateway to media literacy lists special sites on the Internet related to media education.
Newslink
Online database of newspapers, magazines, and tv and radio stations throughout the world.
Political Information
Search engine for politics, policy, and political news.
Politico
POLITICO covers political news with a focus on national politics, Congress, Capitol Hill, the 2008 presidential race, lobbying, and advocacy.
Pop + Politics
Pop and Politics is committed to aggressive truth-telling, to debating new ideas, and to educating and empowering younger Americans to fully participate in civil society.
Power Reporting
Thousands of free research tools for journalists.
Pro Con
ProCon.org promotes critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship. The site presents controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format.
Republican National Committee News Room
Online news room of the Republican National Committee.
Salon
Salon Media Group, Inc. is an Internet media company that produces 7 original content sections as well as two online communities -- Table Talk and The WELL. The content sites, updated daily or more frequently, include News and Politics, Opinion, Technology & Business, Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life and Comics.
Slate Magazine
Slate is a daily magazine on the Web. Founded in 1996, we are a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, and culture.
Stateline.org
Stateline.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news site that practices journalism in the public interest by reporting on emerging trends and issues in state policy and politics.
The Huffington Post
Offers syndicated columnists, blogs and news stories with moderated comments.
Tyndall Report
Tyndall Report monitors the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts. The statistics quoted in the Tyndall Weekly measure the time devoted to each story in minutes on all three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC combined) on Monday through Friday each week.
White House Press Briefings
Transcripts of White House press briefings.
Yahoo! News
Top news stories provided by Yahoo!
Organizations (Back to Top)
American Press Institute - Journalist's Toolbox
Founded by newspaper publishers in 1946, the American Press Institute is the oldest and largest center devoted solely to training and professional development for the news industry and journalism educators.
Asian American Journalists Association
Founded in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a non-profit professional and educational organization with more than 2,300 members today. AAJA serves Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by encouraging young people to consider journalism as a career, developing managers in the media industry, and promoting fair and accurate news coverage.
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is the trade organization for the alternative newspaper business. AAN is a diverse group of 126 non-daily free-circulation papers that are distributed in all of the major metropolitan areas of North America.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, non-profit corporation that was created by Congress in 1967.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. It works to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.
Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, the First Amendment and newsroom diversity.
Independent Media Center
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
The mission of Investigative Reporters and Editors is to foster excellence in investigative journalism,
Journalism.org
Our goal is to help both the journalists who produce the news and the citizens who consume it develop a better understanding of what the press is delivering, how the media are changing, and what forces are shaping those changes.
Maine Women's Lobby
"The Maine Women's Lobby is dedicated to legislative action on behalf of Maine women and girls. Since our formation in 1978, we have held true to the vision that women and girls should have economic security, access to health care, and freedom from violence and discrimination."
Media Alliance
Media Alliance is a 29 year-old media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations, and social justice activists. The organization's mission is excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility.
Media Institute
The Media Institute is a nonprofit research foundation specializing in communications policy issues. The Institute exists to foster three goals: freedom of speech, a competitive media and communications industry, and excellence in journalism.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
"NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nations largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses."
National Association of Black Journalists
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of black journalists worldwide.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Established in April 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists.
National Press Club
The National Press Club has been a part of Washington life, and more significantly of downtown Washington life, for nearly a century. Its members have included four generations of American and foreign journalists, plus many of the 20th Century's foremost newsmakers, including 17 consecutive Presidents of the United States - from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.
National Press Photographers Association
The National Press Photographers Association is dedicated to the advancement of visual journalism, its creation, practice, training, editing and distribution, in all news media and works to promote its role as a vital public service.
Native American Journalists Association
The Native American Journalists Association serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
Newspaper Association of America
NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $47 billion newspaper industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. NAA members include daily newspapers, as well as non-dailies, other print publications and on-line products.
Poynter Online
The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists is the nations most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. is a strategic alliance advocating fair and accurate news coverage about people of color, and aggressively challenging the industry to staff its organizations at all levels to reflect the nation's diversity.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
Radio (Back to Top)
ABC Radio News
The ABC Radio Network has approximately 4,600 affiliate stations reaching about 109 million listeners age 12 and over each week. Programs and services include ABC New Radio, Paul Harvey News and Comment, The Sean Hannity Show, The Satellite Sisters, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Doug Banks Morning Show, MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker, The Mark Davis Show, The Larry Elder Show, American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, The Dan Patrick Show, The Michael Baisden Show, Dick Bartley's American Gold and Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits, The John Batchelor Show, Todd Pettengill at the 80's, Jack FM, Renan Almendarez Coello ? El Cucuy de la Manana, El Vacillon de la Manana with Luiz Jimenez and Moonshadow, El Vacillon de la Manana with Enrique Santos and Joe Ferrero and Daddy Yankee on Fuego.
Air America Radio
Air America Radio offers viewpoints on politics and current events with a progressive twist.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The world's largest broadcaster, founded in 1922
Clear Channel
Premiere Radio Networks unit syndicates more than 70 programs to more than 5,000 radio affiliates, including Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, Jim Rome and Carson Daly.
National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of more than 25 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 800 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations.
PRI Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI), an independent, not-for-profit corporation and managing partner of American Public Radio LLC, the satellite radio company, is public radio's leading source for innovative programming and audio content.
Television Stations (Back to Top)
ABC News
A division of American television network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company.
C-Span
C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Our mission is to provide public access to the political process.
CBS News
The news division of American television and radio network, CBS.
CNN
CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States. While the news network has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
Clear Channel
Owns and operates 41 television stations. Affiliations include NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB and Telemundo. Katz Media Group unit represents more than 2,600 radio stations and 400 television stations.
Clear Channel
Owns and operates 41 television stations. Affiliations include NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB and Telemundo. Katz Media Group unit represents more than 2,600 radio stations and 400 television stations.
Fox News
Fox News is an American cable news and satellite channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation.
MSNBC
MSNC combines breaking news, original journalism, extensive sources, advanced technology, and expansive content to provide our readers with "A fuller spectrum of news"
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a public non-profit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 348 public television stations.
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