Mass Communication and Journalism: Journalism Tools

Fnd data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more from government sources.

KSJ (Knight Science Journalism @ MIT) curated collection of resources and tools for finding, analyzing, and presenting data.

Created by the European Journalism Centre. DataJournalism.com provides data journalists with free resources, materials, online video courses and community forums.

Examines public policy news topics through a research lens — and research through a journalistic lens. Provides journalists with a way to get up to speed on academic studies about complex problems and their potential solutions.

Web site from the Society of Professional Journalists. Includes information about careers, fact-checking, and other tools for journalists.

The National Freedom of Information Coalition is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of state and regional affiliates which protects our right to open government by ensuring state and local governments and public institutions have laws, policies and procedures to facilitate press and public access to information and proceedings.

This is the website for an association of digital journalists. The Resources section includes a digital toolkit, advice for early career journalists, a career center, and more

Through public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research this nonpartisan fact tank informs the public about issues, attitudes and trends in news and media. It provides significant coverage on online news and media platforms.

The goal of the Poynter Institute is make journalism better. Classes and workshops are available and articles on the site cover the field of journalism. Special focus is placed on fact-checking, ethics, leadership, innovation and storytelling.

Lists resources for high-quality public domain photographs. Each resource has a description and gives tips for using the photos.

"The nonprofit, nonpartisan SPLC provides information, training and legal assistance at no charge to student journalists and the educators who work with them."

A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage. Authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook provides the tools, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.