Articles:
Atlantic Online:
http://www.theatlantic.com/
Leading magazine on politics and current events. Winner of three 2002 National
Magazine Awards (Reporting, Public Interest, Feature Writing).
Aviation Now:
http://www.awstonline.com/avnow/
A world of choices.
One standard of excellence.
Aviation Week's™ commitment to you concerning aviation new and products
started more than 85 years ago with one magazine, and today spans a worldwide
network of nearly 50 information products and services š each reflecting the
highest standards of excellence and integrity. As a result, aviation and aerospace
professionals today can access the most comprehensive global industry news,
information and insight; wherever and whenever they need it. And advertisers
have more ways than ever to connect with their customers.
The Editorial Eye:
http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye/
The Eye is a resource for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications
specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices.
Any aspect of effective printed, electronic, visual, or spoken communication
is likely to appear as a topic in the Eye. If you think that sounds like a lot
of territory to try to cover, you're right. But the Eye is up to the challenge.
In fact, it's our mission.
Electronic Green Journal:
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj16/index.html
The Electronic Green Journal provides peer-reviewed articles, book reviews,
news, and information on current printed and electronic sources concerning international
environmental topics.
The Goddard Space Flight Center:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/archives.html
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center!
Our Center, located in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington, DC, is home
to the Nation's largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated
to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, solar system, and Universe.
I am delighted you found us here and hope you will return many times to visit
and experience the excitement we feel about our mission.
The Internet is one of the fastest and most powerful tools of communication
available. We will provide you, using this vehicle, with as much information
as possible about current NASA events, status of space science missions and
new findings about Earth studies. Using the Goddard Homepage, we hope you will
encounter amazing result from space science studies about stars, galaxies, black
holes and dark matter; about the Earth's ozone layer, ocean studies and greenhouse
warming of our climate. You will meet the people who make changes in our understanding
of the universe. You will learn about space flight technology under development
and the latest and greatest in space and Earth science. You can read about it
here first.
The Linus Pauling Institute:
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/lpi/new/new.html
The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August
1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and its antecedent organization,
the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from
1973 to 1996). The Institute functions from the basic premise that an optimum
diet is the key to optimum health. Our mission is to determine the function
and role of micronutrients, vitamins, and phytochemicals in promoting optimum
health and preventing and treating disease; to determine the role of oxidative
and nitrative stress and antioxidants in human health and disease; and to advance
knowledge in areas that were of interest to Linus Pauling through research and
educational activities.
Major areas of research in the Institute encompass heart disease, cancer, aging,
neurodegenerative diseases, immune dysfunction and disease caused by exposure
to toxins. Specific laboratories address antioxidants and vascular biology;
vitamin E metabolism and biological activity; colon cancer and cancer chemoprevention
by phytochemicals; the role of nitric oxide and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative
diseases, such as ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease); and the role of oxidative stress
and mitochondrial dysfunction in the aging process.
National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.comAutobiographies
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped
our world from ancient times to the present day.
The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held,
professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Great Writers and Poets
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html
This is a selection of useful places on the net on writers and poets, on libraries,
publishers and booksellers, both of new and second hand/antiquarian books.
Business Writing
Business Week
∑ http://www.businessweek.com/
BusinessWeek’s award-winning Web site www.businessweek.com provides users
with daily perspective, unique insights, breaking news, and in-depth analysis
of the latest trends in the business world. With continuous coverage of today’s
business issues, BusinessWeek Online is the leading full-service Web site for
senior-level executives.
At BusinessWeek Online, users find eight channels replete with trusted information
and resources to help manage their personal and professional lives. From small
business to global business, personal investing to corporate strategies, BusinessWeek
Online provides insight and perspective on all topics relevant to today’s
business professionals. In addition to unparalleled journalism, the site also
offers interactive tools, reports, data, forums, and newsletters.
The Economist
∑ http://www.economist.com/
About Economist.com
• Our website
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 surveys.
Economist.com publishes all articles from The Economist print edition (including
those printed only in British copies) plus a searchable archive of all The Economist’s
articles back to June 1997. Links to other articles and to relevant sources
on the web are included with many of the stories. Other Economist.com services
include:
Global Agenda — continual analysis on major stories and issues as they
unfold (http://www.economist.com/)
Country Briefings — articles, background profiles, forecasts and statistics,
market and currency updates, newswires and links on 60 countries (http://www.economist.com/countries)
Cities Guide — insider information for the business traveller on major
destinations around the world written by Economist journalists and correspondents
(http://www.economist.com/cities)
Global Executive — career guidance, personalised advice and job postings
for senior international business people (http://www.economist.com/globalexecutive)
Backgrounders — concise briefings on key issues in the news, with links
to relevant articles in Economist.com's archive (http://www.economist.com/library/backgrounders)
Market and currency data — more than 20 stock indices from around the
world and stock lookup capabilities from many of the world’s exchanges
(http://www.economist.com/markets)
Web feeds — news headlines from around the web
Diversions — Infrequently Asked Questions: a daily news and current affairs
multiple-choice quiz (http://www.economist.com/diversions)
Mobile Edition — a downloadable version of Economist highlights for PDA
users (http://www.economist.com/email)
Screensaver — data on 64 countries and clocks displaying the time for
various cities around the world (http://www.economist.com/screensaver)
E-mail Newsletters and alerts — (http://www.economist.com/email)
Subscription centre — You can take out, renew and manage your subscription
to The Economist and Economist.com online (http://www.economist.com/subscriptions)
More developments are in the pipeline.
Wall Street Journal
∑ http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Our flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, is the leading global newspaper
of business. In addition to the U.S. edition, which was founded in 1889 and
is edited in New York, the company publishes The Asian Wall Street Journal,
founded in 1976 and edited in Hong Kong, and The Wall Street Journal Europe,
founded in 1983 and edited in Brussels.
In 1994, Dow Jones launched The Wall Street Journal Special Editions, a collection
of Journal pages, in local languages, printed in 38 leading national newspapers
around the world. The centerpiece of these Special Editions is The Wall Street
Journal Americas, published in Spanish and Portuguese in 21 leading Latin American
newspapers.
In 1999, The Wall Street Journal Sunday was launched in 10 leading U.S. metropolitan
newspapers, representing a total circulation of more than four million. In 2000,
additional metropolitan and community newspapers were added bringing the total
newspapers to 35 and by 2001, Sunday Journal's circulation grew to 8.8 million.
Now, in 2002, Sunday Journal's circulation is 10.8 million and the branded Journal
pages appear in 74 newspapers across the U.S.
Dow Jones also publishes Barron's, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly,
founded in 1921; the Far Eastern Economic Review, a Hong Kong-based weekly magazine
founded in 1946 that provides the most current and authoritative news and analysis
on Asian business, economics and politics; and The Wall Street Journal Classroom
Edition, published monthly during the school year for U.S. high school students.
In addition, Dow Jones jointly publishes SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal
Magazine of Personal Business, with Hearst Corp.
In Russia in a joint venture with the Financial Times and Independent Media,
Dow Jones publishes Vedomosti (The Record), a Russian-language business newspaper.
Dow Jones also owns Ottaway Newspapers Inc., a chain of 13 daily and over a
dozen weekly newspapers in communities across the U.S.
Washington Post Business
∑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/
The Washington Post Company is a diversified media and education company whose
principal operations include newspaper and magazine publishing, television broadcasting,
cable television systems, electronic information services, test preparation,
and educational and career services.
The company publishes The Washington Post, The Gazette newspapers (Maryland),
The Herald (Everett, WA) and Newsweek. It owns television stations in Detroit,
Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio and Jacksonville, and cable systems serving
subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states.
The Washington Post Company also owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading provider of educational
and career services; Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, a new-media and electronic-publishing
company; and Post Newsweek Tech Media, which produces publications trade shows
and online services in the government and business technology sectors.
The company has ownership interests in the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post
News Service and BrassRing, an eRecruitment and hiring management company. The
Washington Post Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
WPO.
Journal of Business Communication
∑ http://www.theabc.org/jbc.htm
The Journal of Business Communication (JBC) seeks manuscripts concerning all
areas of business communication and, particularly, the areas of business composition/technical
writing, information systems, international business communication, management
communication, and organizational and corporate communication. JBC seeks to
publish a broad, diverse set of research that focuses on business communication
in all of its facets. Manuscripts that raise and address diversity issues or
present a unique, well-articulated perspective are encouraged.
JBC publishes papers that contribute to knowledge and theory in business communication
as a distinct, multi-faceted field approached through the administrative disciplines,
the liberal arts, and the social sciences. JBC particularly solicits papers
concerning the role of spoken and written communication in the creation, maintenance,
and performance of business. JBC also publishes papers that address other forms
or media of communication (such as nonverbal or electronic) and other types
of organizations (such as not-for-profit).
Business Communication Quarterly
∑ http://www.businesscommunication.org/publications/bcq
Business Communication Quarterly is a refereed journal devoted to the teaching
of business communication, which is a broad, interdisciplinary field. It is
also international, and thus the journal aims to present the field from that
international perspective. The journal publishes the following types of articles:
∑ discussions of issues and methods for teaching business communication
in a variety of settings: two–year college, technical institute, four-year
college, university, corporate or agency training program, and the like
∑ case studies of specific classroom techniques
∑ tutorials on business communication processes or products, especially
innovations in electronic technology that need to be introduced into the classroom
∑ research on classroom teaching or assessment
∑ summary reviews of literature on teaching business communication
book reviews-reviews of both textbooks and other items of interest to teachers
∑ reports on strategies for program development
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
∑ http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0177.html
About the Journal
Social Science Citation Index
The most recent Journal Citation Reports published by the Social Science Citation
Index rank Journal of Business and Technical Communication at number 32 in Communication,
and at number 44 in Business.
The Very Best Scholarship
The Journal of Business and Technical Communcation keeps you informed about
the latest communication practices, problems and trends in both business and
academic sittings. This important publication covers written, oral and electronic
communication in all areas of business, science and government.
Created over a decade ago to meet the growing demand for research and analysis
in this expanding field, the Journal of Business and Technical Communication
provides you with information you can use today. The journal covers topics of
fundamental interest and key issues such as:
· Managerial communication · Collaborative writing · Ethics
of business communication · Technical writing pedagogy · Business-communication
education · Gender differences in writing · International communication
· Graphic design · Ethnography and corporate culture
Colorado State University's Writing Guide:
∑
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/bletter/
Writing@CSU supports writers and teachers of writing inside and outside the
CSU community. To view our resources, please follow the links below. To learn
more about each resource, hover your mouse cursor over its link.
Colorado State University's Writing Guide:
∑ http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/execsum/
Executive Summaries are much like any other summary in that their main goal
is to provide a condensed version of the content of a longer report. To learn
more about executive summaries, choose any item below:
Colorado State University's Writing Guide:
∑ http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/memo/
When you write a memo in industry or for a class assignment, it is important
to have your audience and purpose clearly defined, because this will help you
determine what information to include.
Generally memos follow a particular format, although your instructor or company
may require you to use alternative formats. To find out more about Memos, choose
any of the links below:
∑ Definition of a Memo
∑ Purpose of a Memo
∑ Audience Analysis
∑ General Format
∑ Common Types of Memos
∑ Examples of Memos
Sherron Watkins' Memo to Kenneth Lay at Enron:
Though formatted as a letter, this sample writing falls into the category of
the memo because it was originally written for in-house reading. It's now probably
the most public memo in U.S. history.
∑ http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/news/layletter.pdf
Join ATTW
ATTW membership includes subscriptions to the ATTW Bulletin and Technical Communication
Quarterly as well as access to special sections of this site. After you register
and log on to the site, visit the ATTW Information section to obtain a membership
application.
Format and Commentary at Virginia Tech:
∑ http://fbox.vt.edu/eng/mech/writing/workbooks/proposals.html
These guidelines are designed to help you, the engineering or science student,
perform technical writing assignments in your laboratory, design, and technical
communication classes. In these guidelines, you will find discussions of several
common documents in engineering writing and scientific writing. For these types
of documents, you will find models written by other students.
Brea Barthel and Amanda Goldrick-Jones's Commentary at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute:
∑ http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/resume.html
This guide, "Preparing a Resume," will be useful if you're writing
your first resume or want to analyze the effectiveness of your current one.
The Writing Center can also help you draft your resume and cover letters, and
can give you sample resumes and related handouts. Simply drop by; no appointment
is necessary.
Wooster College's Guide to Writing Résumés:
∑
http://www.wooster.edu/career/resumehandout/write.html
However much a student learns in college, one more skill must be mastered before
he or she begins the serious task of looking for full-time employment. In order
to ensure that all those years of schooling and other experiences will pay off
in the job hunt, even before contacting employers, one must learn the art of
resume writing.
Anjana Srikanth's article at Writers Write:
∑ http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/sep02/srikanth.htm
Effective Business Writing: The White Paper
By Anjana Srikanth
A white paper is considered to be a standard marketing tool today. Statistics
show that decision makers in organizations use them as their first external
source of information. White papers are an effective medium that educate and
inform and, most importantly, influence a prospective customer. A white paper
from a company should reinforce why the organization needs to be selected over
the competition.
Association
for Business Communication:
http://www.businesscommunication.org
The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international organization
committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research,
education, and practice.
The membership of the ABC, like the field of business communication, is richly
interdisciplinary, drawing members from such fields as management, marketing,
English, speech communication, linguistics, information systems, to name only
a few. Our membership also encompasses communication consultants and other business
practitioners. We have a strong membership base in North America, Europe, and
Asia and the Pacific.
Alexander Communications:
alexandercommunications.com/
newsletter.htm
Alexander Communications was founded in 1986 to teach business people to write
clearly, effectively and with confidence.
Clients consistently praise our staff of highly qualified trainers for their
expertise and keen understanding of written business communication.
Our trainers use a non-threatening teaching style that makes participants comfortable
and eager to learn. All trainers have advanced degrees and extensive experience
teaching business writing skills.
Alexander Communications
David Beach's
English/School of Management
http://classweb.gmu.edu/
dbeach/somguide/
This online writing guide was created with grant support from the Office of
the Provost and the Writing Across the Curriculum Program with assistance from
the Technology Across the Curriculum Program.
ZPUB’s links to annual reports
http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl/
Note that the collection of annual reports at the Annual Reports Library in
San Francisco was sold to Global Reports, LLC - this page continues here as
a resource for finding and evaluating Annual Reports.
Essays
East Gate
http://www.eastgate.com/
At Eastgate, we create new hypertext technologies and publish serious hypertext,
fiction and non-fiction: serious, interactive writing.
We deliver wonderful hypertexts and fine hypertexts tools swiftly, anywhere
in the world.
The Essay: Writing and History
http://www.essayisay.homestead.com/essay.html
"Essay, I Say," devoted to the writing of various sorts of essays.
Several articles I have already posted for this column deal with the paragraph,
its purpose and structure. In this article, I want to consider the essay itself--what
it is and what it is for.
PersonalEssay.com
www.personalessay.com
Competition for college and graduate school admission is growing more intense.
This is especially true at "elite" institutions that each year turn
away thousands of qualified applicants. High GPA's, SAT scores, and myriad extracurricular
interests are usually not enough to distinguish one good candidate from another.
The three components of the application process that allow a glimpse of each
applicant as a unique person are written recommendations, the interview, and
the essay. Suggestions concerning recommendations and interviews are available
elsewhere. I have some thoughts about how to create a memorable essay that will
stand out in the blizzard of (poorly written) self-promotion that inundates
admission officers.
Poewar.com - Essay links
http://www.poewar.com/links/essay.htm
The Writer's Resource Center was created in 1993 to serve the needs of writers
on the Internet. The Internet was a simpler place then, with only a fraction
of the sites there are today. This site started out as a single page with a
few dozen links. Now there are a many pages, and thousands of links, along with
articles and job opportunities and book reviews. Still, I hope that this is
the beginning of its growth spurt, not the end. This site is advertising supported,
mostly by Amazon.com. Please do us a favor and bookmark follow this Link to
Amazon's Books Page or to Amazon's Home Page and use it for your future purchases.
It won't cost you a cent, and it will help keep this, your third favorite writing
site, alive. If you can't stand Amazon, try our Affiliates Page.
Guide to Essay Writing
http://members.tripod.com
/~lklivingston/essay/
elcome to Suite101.com, an online publishing community of writers, readers,
and educators who have come together to share their passion. This popular website
is a destination for millions of Internet users who want to learn, express themselves,
and share ideas, interests, and expertise with other like-minded individuals.
At the core of our website are 494 dedicated writers (Contributing Editors)
who publish over 700 articles each month, adding to our existing catalogued
archive of 25,327 articles.
Online style guide for Hypertext
http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/
This guide is designed to help you create a WWW hypertext database that effectively
communicates your knowledge to the reader. It has been prepared in the light
of comments by readers, and many demands by providers of online documentation.
Iowa Review Web
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/
mainpages/tirwebhome.htm
Personal essay writing is always difficult because more than anything else,
we are writing about ourselves. Here in Suite101 however, I'll try to make personal
essay writing easy and personal essay reading enjoyable. If you have any questions
or suggestions, I hope you'll get me informed at once. Thank you and may you
enjoy this site.
"Writing Personal Essays"
by Sheila Bender
http://www.amazon.com/
Sometimes it is difficult to face the truth. It is even worse to write it down.
Fortunately, this book shows how to interpret life's powerful memories, overcome
the fear of placing private truths before an audience, and, finally, form those
experiences into personal essays. Bender uses classroom-tested methods to help
professional and amateur authors master eight classic essay structures, including
description, definition, narration, and persuasion. In textbook format, each
chapter begins with a student's first draft. Then Bender assigns a writing prompt
called a "write question" followed by suggestions for modeling poetry,
clustering, or timed "freewrites." Writers are encouraged to respond
in three ways to their own first drafts: by repeating memorable phrases, reporting
what feelings are evoked, and determining what else needs to be told. A final
student draft is provided and critiqued to show readers how another writer worked
through the same problems they are experiencing. Anyone wanting to submit work
for publication will find helpful hints in the final chapter. This is a thoughtful,
thorough book in a somewhat neglected genre. Bender's creative, yet practical
methods would serve potential E. B. Whites equally well in the classroom, with
a writing group, or at the kitchen table.
Journalism
The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com
For over a century, The New York Times has been an important part of the day
for the nation's most sophisticated readers. Readers who rely on us for the
most comprehensive, engaging coverage of the news—from the arts and entertainment
to sports and science, business and technology to dining and home design.
They trust The Times for its integrity and sound judgment. And it is this influence
that makes The Times the most effective vehicle an advertiser can find. When
you advertise in The New York Times, you can expect unparalleled results.
The Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/
Today, The Times ranks as the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country.
The Time's editorial department is one of the most formidable in the world --
23 foreign, 9 national, five California and six regional bureaus -- and the
largest news-gathering operation in California. The Times' numerous journalism
awards include 27 Pulitzer Prizes, four of which are Gold medals for public
service.
The Times publishes four daily regional editions covering the Los Angeles metropolitan
area, the San Fernando Valley, and Orange and Ventura counties. The Times' National
Edition, launched in late 1998, is distributed outside this home market.
The weekday edition of the Times contains seven sections: Main News, California,
Business, Sports, Calendar and Classifieds. On Sunday, these are expanded with
Book Review, Sunday Calendar, Comics Plus, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Opinion,
Real Estate, Travel, TV Times and CareerBuilder.
The Times publishes four weekly sections: Health, Food, Highway 1 and Calendar
Weekend.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/
Your gateway to Philadelphia on the Web, including news from the Philadelphia
Inquirer and Daily News. Part of the Real Cities Network, philly.com also brings
you local and national sports, features and business plus classifieds, searchable
Yellow Pages and more.
The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
The Miami Herald:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/
Herald.com, the home of The Miami Herald online, offers the best in local news
and information. With 15 million monthly page views, the site features in-depth
and breaking news coverage, searchable entertainment listings, newspaper display
and classified advertising and more. The site includes specific category channels
(i.e. employment, cars, real estate), so that visitors can easily access local
online marketplaces and advertisers can effectively target these consumers.
The Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/
The Guardian Weekly is a weekly newspaper giving you a digest of the world's
news and events from four of the world's best newspapers: The Guardian, The
Observer, The Washington Post and Le Monde.
The Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/?999
The Financial Times:
http://news.ft.com/home/us/
FT.com is the world's most authoritative business resource. Our new subscription
services give you unlimited access to our full range of intelligence, services,
independent insight and expertise. Put simply, FT.com has a breadth and depth
of business information that you just won't find anywhere else.
The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/
The Independent Monday to Friday has an emphasis on providing unbiased news
with thought–provoking opinion and comment through high quality, authoritative
journalism.
The first news section now additionally covers business, comment and sport.
We publish a broadsheet sports supplement on Mondays, which includes reports
and analysis of the weekend's action.
The tabloid Review section, which opens with Miles Kington, contains more arts
and features than ever before with details and reviews of arts events not only
in the UK but also throughout the continent. We also have greater coverage of
media, more health, fashion, science and technology as well as some recently
added features such as a daily Ten Best consumer guide and a section on family
matters on Mondays.
We also publish a dedicated Education section every Thursday.
News Views Quarterly Online News Journal:
http://www.newsviews.info/
News Views is a free quarterly journal providing information and unique outlooks
on current news, sports, travel, education, technological and environmental
issues. The journal offers balanced articles and has a global focus. There is
also a weekly column and Coffee Break, giving readers a chance to post their
views on the weeks topic.
The Northern Virginia Journal:
http://www.jrnl.com/cfdocs/new/ffx/
The Northern Virginia Journal provides local news and world matters to all of
Virginia.
Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism:
http://www.pulitzer.org/Archive/archive.html
Full texts, photographs and cartoons are available for Journalism winners from
1995 - 2002 only. Click a year on the above timeline, then click on the category
name. To display winners' names and citations for any year The Pulitzer Prizes
have been awarded (1917- present), select a year on the timeline or use one
of the forms below.
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/Ethics/
Index of Journalism Ethics Cases from David Boeyink, Indiana U School of Journalism
This set of cases has been created for teachers, researchers, professional journalists
and consumers of news to help them explore ethical issues in journalism. The
cases raise a variety of ethical problems faced by journalists, including such
issues as privacy, conflict of interest, reporter- source relationships, and
the role of journalists in their communities.
NPR and Public Radio Online Style and Ethics Guide
http://www.npr.org/hotnews/stylmain.htm
NPR, renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news, information,
and cultural programming, serves nearly 20 million listeners weekly via more
than 680 NPR member stations. NPR also distributes programming to listeners
in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa via NPR Worldwide, to military installations
overseas via American Forces Network, and throughout Japan via cable.
Writing for Radio - Mike Meckler
http://www.newscript.com/
Welcome to the Writing for Radio homepage. The Writing for Radio website is
here to provide creative suggestions and ideas to radio news reporters, writers
and anchors. I'm Mike Meckler, the creator of the Writing for Radio website.
You Be the Producer! - a news judgment game from CNN
News producing is not a job for the decision-impaired. Over the course of 24
hours, CNN Interactive's producers face a dizzying whirl of choices. They have
to decide which stories to run, when they should be done, who should do them,
and where to put them (oh, and they have to do it fast). The calls aren't easy,
and producers don't always agree among themselves. However, given our format,
resources and audience, some routes may be more apparent than others. To give
you a sense of the factors our producers weigh, we've constructed some common
news scenarios and asked a producer to respond to each. See if your calls match
theirs.
Reporting Census 2000 A Guide for Journalists - Stephen K. Doig, Cronkite School
of Journalism, Arizona State University
This website, created thanks to a generous grant from the Russell Sage Foundation,
is designed to help journalists and others make good use of Census data.
Newslab
http://www.newslab.org/
- Working for excellence in TV news - non-profit television news laboratory
affiliated with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
City Council - a newsgathering simulation. Students gather notes from "last
night's" city council meeting and then write a story. http://www.rcameron.com/journalism/citycouncil/
University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication http://www.uiowa.edu/~journal/index.html
Since its founding in 1924, the mission of the School of Journalism and Mass
Communication has been to provide graduates with a broad liberal arts background,
a sound understanding of both theory and technique, and practical experience.
The School has long been recognized as a leader in journalism education. In
1948 it conferred the nation's first two Ph.D. degrees in mass communication.
In its latest evaluation by the Accrediting Council of Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication, the School was praised for its emphasis on writing,
commitment to theory as well as practice, and exceptional student-faculty relations.
Campus Newspapers on the Internet - American Journalism Review http://ajr.newslink.org/statcamp.html
AJR at a Glance
American Journalism Review is a national magazine that covers all aspects of
print, television, radio and online media. The magazine, which is published
10 times a year, examines how the media cover specific stories and broader coverage
trends. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in the field and monitors the impact of
technology on how journalism is practiced and on the final product. The magazine
is owned by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
AJR publishes exciting features, strong opinions, lively articles and profiles.
Every issue is packed with valuable information, continuing assessment of news
and industry issues and much more. AJR will keep you informed with its in-depth
reporting, incisive analysis and thought-provoking criticism of the news behind
the news. It is written and edited by respected journalists.
Center for New Media at Columbia University
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in the heart of New York City.
Founded by newspaper baron Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and the New York World (then the largest newspaper in the United States), the
Journalism School held its first class on September 30, 1912.
Indiana University School of Journalism
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/
The mission of the baccalaureate program in the School of Journalism is to help
students learn to read, think, and communicate clearly, critically, and creatively.
The school is committed to liberal education in the arts and sciences as well
as to professional training in the skills of journalism and mass communication.
The school believes that both breadth and depth of learning must characterize
the learning process.
The graduate program of the School of Journalism has two missions: to help students
learn how to do journalism, and to help them understand how journalism works
in society. The first is a professional mission; the second is an academic or
scholarly one. The two are sometimes in tension, for the scholar is frequently
the critic of the professional, and the professional is just as frequently the
critic of the scholar. But it can be a creative tension, and it is one to which
the School of Journalism is firmly committed. Indeed, the idea that a journalism
school must be both avidly professional yet rigorously academic is the sine
qua non of the Indiana University School of Journalism.
International Academic Journalism & communication WWW sites
Over 50 years old, the College of Journalism and Communications is one of the
youngest communication schools in the U.S. Yet today it has the second-largest
undergraduate program in the nation. Only Michigan State is larger.
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
http://www.medill.nwu.edu/
http://www.medill.nwu.edu/
The program combines the traditional areas of marketing communications with business skills in marketing, finance, statistics and organizational behavior to form a unique program on the cutting edge of marketing communications and customer relationship management.
Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
The online journalism sequence prepares students to work in the growing and
rapidly changing field of Internet-based, converging media. Careers in online
journalism include
∑ Working for commercial and non-profit online journalism media
∑ Gathering and editing content for online outlets of conventional media
∑ Translating various media formats into integrated multimedia
∑ Building and maintaining Web sites for conventional and online media
∑ Serving as Webmaster in businesses and other organizations
∑ Managing online-based public relations and advertising
∑ Serving on computer-assisted reporting teams
http://www.poynter.org/
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
For 25 years, the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE)
has helped the nation’s news media reflect America’s diversity in
staffing, content and business operations. Through its professional development
programs, the Institute prepares managers for careers in both business- and
news-sides of the journalism industry. Through its Total Community Coverage
direct service programs, the Institute helps news organizations better reflect
their diverse communities, improve communication with the public and uncover
new business opportunities.
Texas A & M University (College Station) http://journalism.tamu.edu/
Welcome to the Texas A&M University Department of Journalism.
Established in 1948 and continuously accredited since 1956, the department offers
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Science and
Technology Journalism. Although the department has grown substantially over
the years and now has 650 students pursuing degrees, we continue to emphasize
individualized attention to students.
U. of Florida College of Journalism and Communications http://www.jou.ufl.edu/
From very humble beginnings 75 years ago, the College of Journalism and Communications
is now one of the country’s premier journalism and communications programs.
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/
U.C.Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Newspaper reporters graduated to the desk, magazine writers paid their dues
and then typically stayed with the same publication for decades, producers spent
their entire working lives at one network. But all of that has changed. Mobility,
both within organizations and across media, is increasingly the norm. Our program
is designed to respond to this new reality.
One key to a satisfying and successful career in journalism these days is a
working knowledge of more than a single medium. Our two-year program presumes
that students will experiment while they’re here. Prospective newspaper
reporters learn broadcast skills; documentary makers start with training in
hard news reporting; radio and television producers often cross-train in both
media. Every student takes at least one course in radio or television; each
also signs up for at least one advanced reporting course every semester.
U. of Wisconsin Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/
The overall mission of the School is:
1. to provide rigorous education in the theoretical concepts, general background
and communication skills necessary for students wishing to pursue careers in
mass communication as well as for those who wish to be enlightened consumers
of the mass media
2. to add to knowledge by conducting important research on the process, context
and impact of mass communication, and to develop appropriate research methods
for the study of mass communication
3. to train mass communication researchers and scholars who will further improve
the field and add to knowledge
4. to provide academic leadership to the field nationally and internationally
5. to engage in critical analysis of the performance of the media of mass communication
∑ U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication
http://www.jomc.unc.edu/
In virtually every national ranking, the School is rated among the nation's
best journalism and mass communication programs. The School regularly places
among the top five schools in its field, and it has been nationally accredited
since 1958. In 1978, the School received the first unit accreditation granted
by the official accrediting agency, the Accrediting Council on Education in
Journalism and Mass Communications. The most recent accreditation report, in
2003, said the School "is recognized by academics and media professionals
as perhaps the best program in the nation. Many believe it has the best balance
of any journalism-mass communication school because it places appropriate emphasis
on both scholarly productivity and professional excellence. Moreover, it combines
the best in undergraduate and graduate education."
Critical Theory
Voice of the Shuttle (VOS). The VOS offers complete online texts ranging from
Plato and Aristotle to the latest Lacanian critique or Derridian analysis. On
their left hand menu bar just scroll down to literary theory and get ready to
be startled by the best in Lit Crit!
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Jack Lynch at Rutgers offers a modest literary theory website. It is a good
place to begin to find what you need for your literary analysis!
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/theory.html
John Hopkins Online Guide:The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Online is designed to balance elegant, readable design with adherence to Web
standards; to take advantage of the medium to provide new or easier methods
of identifying the reference material most suited to your needs; and to enhance
the value of this reference work by enhancing its utility.
Atlantic Online:
http://www.theatlantic.com/
Leading magazine on politics and current events. Winner of three 2002 National Magazine Awards (Reporting, Public Interest, Feature Writing).
Aviation Now:
http://www.aviationnow.com/content/publication/awst/awst.htm
A world of choices.
One standard of excellence.
Aviation Week's™ commitment to you concerning aviation new and products
started more than 85 years ago with one magazine, and today spans a worldwide
network of nearly 50 information products and services š each reflecting the
highest standards of excellence and integrity. As a result, aviation and aerospace
professionals today can access the most comprehensive global industry news,
information and insight; wherever and whenever they need it. And advertisers
have more ways than ever to connect with their customers.
The Editorial Eye:
http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye/
The Eye is a resource for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices. Any aspect of effective printed, electronic, visual, or spoken communication is likely to appear as a topic in the Eye. If you think that sounds like a lot of territory to try to cover, you're right. But the Eye is up to the challenge. In fact, it's our mission.
Electronic Green Journal:
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj16/index.html
The Electronic Green Journal provides peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, news, and information on current printed and electronic sources concerning international environmental topics.
The Goddard Space Flight Center:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/archives.html
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center!
Our Center, located in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington, DC, is home
to the Nation's largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated
to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, solar system, and Universe.
I am delighted you found us here and hope you will return many times to visit
and experience the excitement we feel about our mission.
The Internet is one of the fastest and most powerful tools of communication
available. We will provide you, using this vehicle, with as much information
as possible about current NASA events, status of space science missions and
new findings about Earth studies. Using the Goddard Homepage, we hope you will
encounter amazing result from space science studies about stars, galaxies, black
holes and dark matter; about the Earth's ozone layer, ocean studies and greenhouse
warming of our climate. You will meet the people who make changes in our understanding
of the universe. You will learn about space flight technology under development
and the latest and greatest in space and Earth science. You can read about it
here first.
The Linus Pauling Institute:
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/lpi/new/new.html
The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August
1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and its antecedent organization,
the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from
1973 to 1996). The Institute functions from the basic premise that an
optimum diet is the key to optimum health. Our mission is to determine
the function and role of micronutrients, vitamins, and phytochemicals in promoting
optimum health and preventing and treating disease; to determine the role of
oxidative and nitrative stress and antioxidants in human health and disease;
and to advance knowledge in areas that were of interest to Linus Pauling through
research and educational activities.
Major areas of research in the Institute encompass heart disease, cancer, aging,
neurodegenerative diseases, immune dysfunction and disease caused by exposure
to toxins. Specific laboratories address antioxidants and vascular biology;
vitamin E metabolism and biological activity; colon cancer and cancer chemoprevention
by phytochemicals; the role of nitric oxide and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative
diseases, such as ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease); and the role of oxidative stress
and mitochondrial dysfunction in the aging process.
National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com
REPORTS
U.S. General Accounting Office
(Select “Reports” in left menu)
http://www.gao.gov/
The General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress. GAO exists to support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding decisions. In this context, GAO works to continuously improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the federal government through financial audits, program reviews and evaluations, analyses, legal opinions, investigations, and other services. GAO's activities are designed to ensure the executive branch's accountability to the Congress under the Constitution and the government's accountability to the American people. GAO is dedicated to good government through its commitment to the core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability.
University of Maryland Libraries Virtual Technical Report Center
(including extensive list of links to other sites)
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html
EPrints, Preprints, & Technical Reports on the Web
Welcome to the Virtual Technical Reports Center! The Institutions listed here
provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their
technical reports on the World Wide Web. This site contains links
to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research
reports of all kinds. Some metasites are listed by subject categories,
as well as by institution. This site will be updated monthly. Please email
the author, Gloria Lyles Chawla, gc9@umail.umd.edu,with suggestions for additional
links.
NASA Technical Reports Server
http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/NTRS
The NASA Technical Report Server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Specifically, it is a unified interface to many separate WAIS servers. NTRS is both a superset of the of the various servers, and a canonical listing of the servers.
National Council for Science and the Environment,
Congressional Research Service Reports
http://www.NCSEonline.org/NLE/CRS/index.cfm?&CFID=6822199&CFTOKEN=66289406
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), part of the Library of Congress, prepares its reports for the U.S. Congress. CRS products undergo review for accuracy and objectivity and contain nontechnical information that can be very useful to people interested in environmental policy. CRS does not itself provide these documents to the general public. Although CRS documents are prepared specifically for Congress and not widely distributed, their distribution is not protected by law or copyright. NCSE is committed to expanding, maintaining and updating its database of reports, making them available and searchable for the public
National Archaeological Database of Reports
http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nadb/nadb.mul.html
National Archeological Database, Reports module, is an expanded bibliographic
inventory of approximately 240,000 reports on archeological investigation and
planning, mostly of limited circulation. This "gray literature" represents
a large portion of the primary information available on archeological sites
in the U.S. NADB-Reports can be searched by state, county, worktype, cultural
affiliation, keyword, material, year of publication, title, and author.
This database benefits from the bibliographic records contributed by many partners,
particularly State Historic Preservation Offices and federal agencies. In order
to help partners access and search their records more directly, subsets of data
are provided for the following states--Alabama, Maryland, Wyoming--and the following
federal agencies--Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service.
Oxford Journals Online Public Health Reports
http://phr.oupjournals.org/
Public Health Reports - "The Public Health Journal That You Want to Read"
For more than a century, Public Health Reports has brought important research
and discussions of key issues to the public health community. Now, building
on its long tradition of quality, the journal enters a groundbreaking era in
its history. Public Health Reports is the journal of the U.S. Public Health
Service and is now published bi-monthly in collaboration with the Association
of Schools of Public Health by Oxford University Press.
By continuing to tackle important issues such as tobacco control, teenage violence,
occupational disease and injury, immunization, drug policy, lead screening,
Native American health issues, and tuberculosis control and to present them
in a readable, lively, and accessible format Public Health Reports has established
itself as a key information resource in the public health field.
Each issue contains editorials, letters, news and notes, original research articles,
and international reports.
U.S. Congress Senate, House, and Executive Reports
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html
U.S. Department of State Reports
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/dos/221.htm
Major State Department PublicationsAccountability Report
This annual publication consolidates the reporting mandated by several laws
that have historically required separate reports to the President and the Congress.
It is designed to present the Department's most significant accomplishments
as the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency.
Annual Budget Requests
Provides information about the International Affairs category of the federal
budget, called Function 150, which includes funding for the programs and activities
of four cabinet departments, seven independent agencies, three foundations,
and numerous other international organizations. Budget in Brief provides more
specific information about the Department of State budget. Congressional Budget
Justification provides detailed information about the Foreign Operations portion
of Function 150.
Battling International Bribery
Annual report by the Department of State on enforcement and monitoring of the
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International
Business Transactions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD).
Congressional Testimony
Collection of transcripts from testimony by Department Officials appearing before
the Congress.
Consular Notification and Access
Instructions for Federal, State, and other Local Law Enforcement and Other Officials
Regarding Foreign Nationals in the United States and the Rights of Consular
Officials to Assist Them.
Country Background Notes
These handy guides provide information on a country's leaders, politics, economy,
and relations with the U.S. Note: Background Notes appear on the Department's
web site before they are sent to press for GPO subscribers.
Country Commercial Guides
Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with
the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a
comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political
and market analysis. The CCG's were established by recommendation of the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, a multi-agency task force, to consolidate
various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community.
Diplomatic List
This publication contains the names of the members of the diplomatic staffs
of all missions and their spouses. Members of the diplomatic staff are the members
of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank. These persons, with the
exception of those identified, enjoy full immunity under provisions of the Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The U.S. Department of State: A Guide to Doing Business
Lists useful information concerning the Department's procurement opportunities,
points of contact, subcontracting opportunities, etc. This can be obtained in
hard copy from the Superintendent of Documents.
The Great Seal of the United States
A publication on the history and official use of The Great Seal of the United
States. [Note: You will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to access this 980KB
.pdf file.] This publication, No. 10411, also is available for sale by the Superintendent
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Annual report submitted to the Congress by the Department of State regarding
the status of internationally recognized human rights practices.
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Annual report submitted to the Congress by the Department of State, in accordance
with the Foreign Assistance Act, which describes the efforts of countries, including
those that received U.S. assistance, in the fight against drugs, and on Presidential
narcotics certification determinations on drug producing and transit countries.
International Religious Freedom Report
The Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom describes the
status of religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies
violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations
and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.
It is submitted in compliance with P.L. 105-292 (105th Congress) and is cited
as the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts
This directory lists key officers and their telephone and fax numbers from the
Departments of State and Commerce, and other U.S. agencies at Foreign Service
posts who assist American business representatives around the world.
Patterns of Global Terrorism
Annual report submitted to the Congress on detailed assessments of foreign countries
where significant terrorist acts occurred, and countries about which Congress
was notified pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979 (the so-called
terrorism list countries that have repeatedly provided state support for international
terrorism).
Country Reports On Economic Policy and Trade Practices
Annual report submitted to the Congress with economic policy and trade practices
of countries with which the United States has significant economic or trade
relationships.
Foreign Relations of the United States
This historical record of American foreign policy is produced by the State Department's
Office of the Historian. First published in 1861, Foreign Relations of the United
States preserves a key part of American history in more than 350 individual
volumes. Each volume documents the major foreign policy decisions and diplomatic
activity of the U.S. Government and contains declassified records from the White
House, the Department of State, and other foreign affairs agencies.
Foreign Consular Offices in the U.S.
This publication contains a complete and official listing of the foreign consular
offices in the United States, and recognized consular officers.
State Magazine
Published monthly by the Department to facilitate communication between management
and employees at home and abroad and to acquaint employees with developments
that may affect operations or personnel.
Testimony
Collection of transcripts from testimony by Department Officials appearing before
the Congress.
U.S. Census Bureau Current Industrial Reports
http://www.census.gov/cir/www/
Since 1904, the Current Industrial Report (CIR) program has been providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. The primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector. These surveys measure manufacturing activity in important commodity areas such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, primary metals, computer and electronic components, industrial equipment, aerospace equipment, and consumer goods.
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Movie Review Query Engine
ACQ web's Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/bookrev.html
Welcome to AcqWeb, sister publication of ACQNET and the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development. For those unfamiliar with our terminology, we are the staff who select and purchase the books, serials and related information resources for our libraries.
The Book Report Network aims to solve these reader dilemmas, with thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more every week. We hope you'll visit our websites and discover why since 1996 the Book Report Network has been the best place online to talk about your last great read --- and find your next one.
Theatre Reviews Limited is your source for reviews of many of the shows currently
running in Manhattan as well as in New Jersey and around the United States.
You will also find listings of shows that are on tour.
Additionally, Theatre Reviews Limited has one of the most extensive archives
of reviews available in electronic or print media.
The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated Listings
The Times Argus is over 100 years old and Vermont's largest afternoon newspaper
publishing seven days a week. The Times Argus publishes afternoons five days
a week and mornings on Saturday and Sunday. The paper serves the capital region
of Vermont, Barre/Montpelier, and circulates in four county area including Washington,
Orange, Lamoille, and Caledonia county.
80% of adults in the Barre/Montpelier area read the Times Argus for local news,
state government, sports, and advertising information. Adults in central Vermont
rely on the Times Argus to keep them informed. The mission of the Times Argus
and VermontClassifieds is to be the primary source of news and information for
the community and the state of Vermont.
The first theatre publication devoted to issues of concern to practitioners, Theatre Topics focuses on performance studies, dramaturgy, and theatre pedagogy. Concise and timely articles on a broad array of practical, performance-oriented subjects, with special attention to topics of current interest to the profession, keep readers informed of the latest developments on the stage and in the classroom. The journal's audience includes scholars and students of theatre, educators, members of theatre associations, actors, directors, playwrights, designers, and theatre enthusiasts. Library Journal's Bill Katz hailed Theatre Topics as "an excellent addition to the literature of drama."
Welcome to TheatreForum's home on the web. TheatreForum is an international theatre journal edited by Theodore Shank, Jim Carmody, Adele Edling Shank, and John Rouse. Since 1992, TheatreForum has documented and discussed the work of innovative theatre artists in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. Our focus is on new performance works that reflect contemporary sensibilities and articulate new concepts and forms. Each issue includes at least two previously unpublished scripts, dozens of photographs, and a variety of articles and interviews written by both scholars and artists.
Theater magazine is an indispensable publication for anyone seriously concerned with the art of theater in the world today. It is consistently illuminating, provocative, informative, and challenging; many of the artists whose work I have come to treasure I first learned about by reading Theater, and I have stolen many of my best ideas from its pages.
JazzReview.com has been a well established beacon in the jazz music industry for the last six years. Let us promote your new release or product to jazz fans around the world. We offer advertising packages to fit all budgets. Check out our many ad packages at http://www.jazzreview.com/advertise.cfm
Today, IUMA is the one place to post your music where actual musicians are
watching out for you - not weasels watching the numbers. You have your own URL
with your band name first. And a custom web page where you can post all your
band info and MP3s, sell CDs, create message boards, fan lists, and of course,
get e-mail from your fans - all Free.
The IUMA mission is simple - for every artist with a record deal, on FM radio,
or in Tower Records - there are a thousand talented artists chasing that dream
and a million new music fans who will never get to hear their music. We're changing
all that - bringing these artists and fans together, getting the music out and
giving new music fans a cool new way to discover new music.
Using the site is easy. Go to the home page, find a genre of music you like,
and start listening to new music. You can sample it in Real Audio and then pull
the MP3s when you find something you like. You can also visit Artist's IUMA
web site and interact with the artist through email and message boards. If you've
got work to do, we suggest you launch IUMA Radio and let your favorite genre
play in the background while you work.
At the heart of it all, IUMA is about letting the music speak for itself, and
letting the artist speak directly to their fans. We remain committed to the
independent musician and will continue to bring you the future of music.
CNET offers the best reviews for electronic technology
Salon.com is the source for reviews with humor
http://www.salon.com/archives/2000/21_reviews.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/art/
Latest Art Shows Around the World
SPEECHES
Cesar
E. Chavez Institute for Public Policy
http://www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm
By the Cesar E. Chavez Institute for Public Policy at San Francisco
State University. Included are audio and full-text versions of his speeches.
One speech is in Spanish.
Great
Speeches
http://www.chicago-law.net/speeches/speech.html
Speakers such as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The speeches are arranged
chronologically by decades of the twentieth century.
Historic
Audio Archives
http://www.webcorp.com/test/audioarchive.htm
Historic speeches from people such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Richard
Nixon, Ronald Reagan, etc.
History Channel.com
- -Speeches
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/
A wide variety of speeches in various sound formats. Inclusive of female speakers.
The
World's Greatest Speeches
http://www.broadcast.com/publicaffairs/speeches/
Included speakers like Martin Luther King, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Richard
Nixon, etc.
Douglass Archives of
American Public Address
http://douglassarchives.org
This site is maintained by the School of Speech at Northwestern University.
It includes the full-text speeches of many speakers, including women and African-Americans.
The site can be searched by speaker, by title, chronologically, and by issue.
Gifts of Speech -- Women's Speeches
from Around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu/
Sweet Briar College maintains this site. The site can be searched by speaker,
by last name of speaker, and chronologically. The first speech is from
1849 by Lucretia Mott; the last speech is from 1976 by Barbara Jordan.
There is a large selection of women's speeches from all over the world.
Historic
Speeches Index -- Multicultural Pavilion -- Multicultural Paths
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/centers/multicultural/sites/
hisspeeches.html
This site contains full-text speeches of speakers such as Susan B. Anthony,
Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, etc.
Inaugural
Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
http://www.bartleby.com/124/index.html
Includes all the Presidents up to George Bush. The full-text speeches
include a brief historical description of the inaugural address.
The
Program in Presidential Rhetoric
http://www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speech.html
The Center for Presidential Studies at Texas A&M maintains this site containing
full-text speeches of the Presidents, from George Washington to George Bush.
For instance, the section for Woodrow Wilson's speeches includes his first inaugural,
his war message, and his League of Nations speech.
A Tribute
to Barbara Jordan
http://www.elf.net/bjordan/
The Elf Systems Corporation site includes a tribute to Barbara Jordan.
The site contains the full-text speeches of her address to the Judiciary Committee
considering the impeachment of Richard Nixon, and her keynote speech at the
1976 Democratic National Convention
History and Politics
Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org
This site is "funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in
partnership with Michigan State University." It contains 19
speakers including John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Audio is included
for many of the speakers.
Newer
World's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7202/
An incredible site with all types of speech links and reference links.
The site does designate which links have audio. Included are speakers
such as Hillary Clinton. President Clinton, Jesse Jackson, etc.
Online
Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
Another excellent site maintained by Dr. Michael E. Eidenmuller .
Included are sites with full-text and audio samples as well as full speeches
in mp3 form. It is in alphabetical order by site.
Speech
& Transcript Center
http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech3.htm
This site is maintained by Gary Price, a librarian at Great Western
University. It includes a broad range of speeches, including full-text
and audio web sites. He designates the audio sites. Click on Historical
Speeches and an audio list of sample clips will appear. Included are sample
clips from speakers such as Amelia Earhart, Gloria Steinem, and Malcolm X.
http://www.espeeches.com/
Wouldn't it be great...
if there was a website out there that provided you with all of the tools you
needed to write and deliver a great speech? Stuff like free references, a free
quotes database, free online tools and even free speech writing tips. Of course
it would be great and it could even be fun.
Welcome...
to eSpeeches.com. We are your one stop shop for everything related to speeches,
speech writing and quotes.
http://www.nvo.com/speechwriters/tipswritingperformingspeeches/
Garrett Patterson, The Principal of TheSpeechWriters.com, has written more than 500 speeches for political leaders and senior executives. Thousands of people have benefited from his Tips: Researching, Writing & Performing Speeches.
Speech Newsletters and Journals http://www.executive-speaker.com/
A Clearinghouse & Digest for Speeches by Executives
Providing a Variety of Publications & Services for Speakers and Speechwriters
Technical Writing
The EServer Tech Comm Library at the University of Washington:
The EServer TC Library is a experiment into community-based libraries -- part web portal, part library index -- for professional, scientific and technical communicators. We're based in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington in Seattle. Collaborating with academic librarians and with international advisory and editorial boards, the overall goal of this website is to provide technical communication practitioners, students, teachers and professionals (especially those with limited resources) access to the best resources available online.
Gary Conroy.com-this site offers the technical writer many resources currently available on the web. Always updated and very thorough.
General site offering articles, movies, and forums
Internet Resources for Technical Communicators: although not as graphic savvy as Gary-Convoy.com, it still is another top site that offers great resource links, jobs, reviews, articles, and updated news. Good all around specialized site.
Format and Commentary at Virginia Tech:
These guidelines are designed to help you, the engineering or science student, perform technical writing assignments in your laboratory, design, and technical communication classes. In these guidelines, you will find discussions of several common documents in engineering writing and scientific writing. For these types of documents, you will find models written by other students.
Format and Commentary at Virginia Tech:
Format and Commentary by Roger Munger of ATTW:
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Association of Teachers
of Technical Writing (ATTW):
http://www.attw.org
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Quarterly as well as access to special sections of this site. After you register
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ATTW's email discussion list, ATTW-L, allows you to post job vacancies, announce
professional meetings, issue calls for papers, ask for assistance in locating
pertinent research on a topic, exchange ideas for teaching, and discuss academic
and professional issues. To subscribe to ATTW-L, visit the ATTW-L list website.
Society for Technical
Communication:
http://www.stc.org
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world. Its 25,000 members include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.
Council on Programs
in Technical and Scientific Communication:
http://www.cptsc.org/
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
has five goals:
* promote programs in technical and scientific communication,
* promote research in technical and scientific communication,
* develop opportunities for the exchange of ideas and information concerning
programs, research, and career opportunities,
* assist in the development and evaluation of new programs in technical and
scientific communication, if requested, and
* promote exchange of information between this organization and interested parties.What
will you find in this web site?
This site contains a variety of information relating to the function, activities,
and history of the CPTSC. The sections of this site (accessible through the
navigation bar to the left) contain the following information.
* News. This section offers news up recent and upcoming events.
* Newsletter. CPTSC's newsletter (published annually) is available in .pdf format
here. Back issues are also available.
* Conferences. The Conferences section provides access to general information
about past and present conferences, including programs, keynote addresses, and
proceedings.
* Membership. This section provides information on becoming a member of the
CPTSC and a listing of current members.
* Constitution. This section provides the full constitution for the CPTSC.
* Archives. This section provides an annotated listing of the items available
at the University of Minnesota archive of CPTSC materials. Some materials are
available directly online as well.
* Forum. This section connects to a series of online discussions hosted by the
CPTSC.
* Jobs. This section connects to job postings submitted to this site. Only positions
for the current calendar year are available.
IEEE Professional
Communication Society:
http://www.ieeepcs.org/
The primary mission of the IEEE Professional Communication society (PCS) is
to help engineers and technical communicators develop skills in written and
oral presentation.
To fulfill our mission, we: *
Promote advanced practices and theories for writing technical and scientific
documentation that achieve both technical accuracy and user friendliness
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Develop presentation skills that capture the audience and deliver information
across technical and cultural boundaries
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Provide information about state-of-the-art technologies for document design
and publication
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Explore the integration of visual communication tools (e.g., drawings, diagrams,
3-D models, animation) with written and spoken communication
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Conduct research on how to ensure effective communication in a modern engineering
environment
Pubsnet
http://www3.niu.edu/
publications/pubsnet.html
Our university editors have two major functions: to communicate your message as effectively as possible to your particular audience; and to ensure that all university publications present a coherent and consistent image of Northern Illinois University. You will always have a chance to review edited copy before it is printed.
Nonfiction Publications
New Science, New World (Duke University Press, 1996 http://www.dukeupress.edu/books/A_bk_authors.shtml
Duke University Press publishes about 100 books per year and 32 journals. This
places the Press's books publishing program among the twenty largest at American
university presses and the journals publishing program among the five largest.
The relative magnitude of the journals program within the Press is unique among
American university presses: there is no other publisher of more than 15 journals
that also publishes fewer than 175 books per year.
The Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and issues
a few publications for primarily professional audiences (e.g., in law or medicine).
It is best known for its publications in the broad and interdisciplinary area
of theory and history of cultural production, and it is known in general as
a publisher willing to take chances with nontraditional and interdisciplinary
publications, both books and journals.
http://www.routledge-ny.com/
Routledge was founded over 150 years ago, primarily as a book publisher. Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions it has become one of the world's leading publishers of academic books, particularly within the social sciences and humanities subject areas. It focuses on three academic sectors: undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate; research and reference; and professional education and development. Routledge publishes in the region of 1,000 new books each year and has a backlist of over 7,000 titles in print.
University of California Press
The University of California Press was established in 1893 to distribute research
papers of the University of California faculty by exchanging them, usually free
of charge, for papers from other universities. No one anticipated that the Press
would become one of the five largest university publishers in the nation or
that, in the course of a century, the Press would earn worldwide recognition
for its innovative titles and excellence in book design and production.
Today the University of California Press is a major cultural institution. As
the nonprofit publishing arm of the University of California, the Press publishes
a full spectrum of distinguished works, from inventive first books by young
academics to volumes expressing the results of the research and creative thinking
of many of the world's foremost scholars. It is especially well known for pioneering
books on critical social issues, the collected writings of great authors, special
editions of classics, beautifully crafted art books, major historical studies,
and monumental works of research. Many of the Press's books become bestsellers--for
instance, Robert Bellah's Habits of the Heart, Samir al-Khalil's Republic of
Fear, and Theodora Kroeber's beloved Ishi in Two Worlds. Primarily, however,
the Press publishes works because they contribute to knowledge. A University
of California Press imprint is a guarantee of high quality, whether the publication
is a prestigious scholarly journal or a popular biography. The Press's mandate
remains as strong as ever: it is to serve the University and the people of California,
as well as scholars and university communities around the world, by giving voice
to great ideas.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the printing and publishing house of the University of Cambridge. It is an integral part of the University and has similar charitable objectives in advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. For centuries the Press has extended the research and teaching activities of the University by making available worldwide through its printing and publishing a remarkable range of academic and educational books, journals, examination papers and Bibles. For millions of people around the globe, the publications of the Press represent their only real link with the University of Cambridge.
University Press of Mississippi
http://WWW.UPress.State.MS.US/
The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the south and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than sixty new books every year. Over the past 27 years, the Press has published more than 700 titles and distributed more than 2,250,000 copies world wide, each with the Mississippi imprint. The University Press is the only not-for-profit book publisher in the state.
University Press of Illinois
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/
The University of Illinois Press is the center of scholarly publishing expertise for the University of Illinois. The quality of the Press derives from five principles:
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The Press is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of scholarship.
In order to maintain a distinguished publishing program, the Press needs to
have ready access to the intelligence, education, judgment, and trust of scholars.
The Press must thus be attentive to its own intelligence, education, judgment,
and reliability.
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Scholarly publishing is competitive. The leadership of the University of Illinois
Press must know the persons, professions, practices, laws, measures, and dynamics
of competition in multiple marketplaces. The Press must maintain a strong grasp
of finances in order to optimize income, minimize costs, and manage growth.
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Press expertise includes the arts, skills, history, and traditions of scholarly
publishing, especially university press publishing. It includes attention to
current trends and business practices, as well as careful assessment and adaptation
of emerging disciplines, technologies, and opportunities.
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The Press represents the University of Illinois.
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The Press represents the state of Illinois.
The Press seeks to promote and achieve excellence in all five areas and thus
contribute directly to the excellence of scholarly publishing, the University
of Illinois, the citizens of Illinois, and readers throughout the world.
Perseus Books Group
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/
The Perseus Books Group was created with the belief that works of literary fiction and serious nonfiction are both necessary and desireable and that an innovative and aggressive new model of publishing can fill a void in today's marketplace and allow works of quality to be published both profitably and well. Devoted entirely to supporting and fostering such works, each Perseus Books Group imprint is editorially independent and individually focused, and all are committed to publishing books in that manner.
The Nation
The Nation will not be the organ of any party, sect, or body. It will, on the contrary, 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.
The Boston Globe
Reaching at least 2.3 million unique users each month, Boston.com is one of the most visited regional portals in the world*. We are the premier source of breaking news, local content and information for New England. Boston, rich with Internet users, consistently ranks as one of the "most wired" cities in America. According to Yahoo Internet Life (May 2002,) Boston.com is the fourth most wired city in America. In a similar study, e-Marketer (March 2002) placed Boston as the fifth most wired city in the country.
The Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
Chicago Tribune's sites are number one in total market reach for Chicago news
and information Web sites (source: Media Metrix).
Beating out popular national sites like CNN.com and MSNBC.com, Chicagoans choose
to get their online news from a trusted, local brand. Attracting a young, educated,
and affluent audience, the Chicago Tribune sites reach more than a million readers
every month.
The Dallas News
The Dallas Morning News began publishing on Oct. 1, 1885. It is published by the oldest business institution in Texas, Belo, which has chronicled Texas history for more than 160 years.
The Antioch Review
http://lazurus.antioch.edu/review/
The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. We publish fiction, essays, and poetry from both emerging as well as established authors. Authors published in our pages are consistently included in Best American anthologies and Pushcart Prizes.
USA Today
From breaking news to portfolio management; live sports scores to the latest Hollywood gossip; USATODAY.com is the destination on the Web for users seeking the most up-to-date news and information for their business and personal lives.
Oxford University Press
http://www.oup-usa.org/index.html
Oxford University Press is the world's largest university press. It publishes
3,000 new books a year, has a presence in more than fifty countries, and employs
some 3,000 people worldwide.
It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that
includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, Bibles, music, school
and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a
second language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, journals,
and electronic publishing.
Oxford University Press is an integral part of the University of Oxford. It
is incorporated by royal charter, and governed under the University Statutes
by the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed from the academic staff of
the University.
The Gale Group
Gale®(www.gale.com), a business unit
of the Thomson Learning division of The Thomson Corporation, is a world leader
in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.
Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its
intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company
creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in
print and in microform.
The Gale family of publishing imprints includes such noted reference brands
as Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons™ and Primary
Source Microfilm™. Gale also serves the K-12 market with its U·X·L®,
Greenhaven Press®, Lucent Books®, KidHaven Press™, Blackbirch
Press® and Sleeping Bear Press™ imprints. Thorndike Press®, Walker
Large Print™ and Wheeler Publishing™ serve libraries' large print
collections, while the Taft Group®, specializes in reference materials for
the nonprofit sector. Gale operating companies include distinguished German
reference publisher K.G. Saur™ and the U.K.-based Graham & Whiteside™.
National Council of Teachers
a Professional Association of Educators in English Studies, Literacy, and Language Arts
English Matters
GMU's Online Journal covering the latest in Hypertextual criticism and writings.
Heinemann Boynton/Cook
http://www.boyntoncook.com/default.asp
Heinemann's Philosophy and Company Mission Statement
Heinemann is a publisher of professional resources and a provider of educational
services for teachers, kindergarten through college. We strive to give voice
to those who share our respect for the professionalism and compassion of teachers
and who support teachers' efforts to help children become literate, empathetic,
knowledgeable citizens. Our authors are exemplary educators eager to support
the practice of other teachers through books, videos, workshops, online courses,
and most recently through explicit teaching materials. Our commitment to our
work and customers' enthusiastic response to our offerings has made us the leading
publisher in this area. Our passion for publishing works by professionals for
professionals also informs our trade publishing, which includes books for theatre
professionals, general books on education, and quality works of world literature.
Esquire
Esquire is special because it's a magazine for men. Not a fashion magazine for men, not a health magazine for men, not a money magazine for men. It is not any of these things; it is all of them. It is, and has been for nearly seventy years, a magazine about the interests, the curiosity, the passions, of men.
Motherjones
Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.
Print Muse
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/poet/
Poetics Today brings together scholars from throughout the world who are concerned with developing systematic approaches to the study of literature (e.g., semeiotics, structuralism, narratology) and with applying such approaches to the interpretation of literary works. Poetics Today presents a remarkable diversity of methodologies and examines a wide range of literary and critical topics.
Southern Humanities Journal
http://www.auburn.edu/english/shr/home.htm
The Southern Humanities Review publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, and book reviews on the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and history. SHR was founded in 1967 as the official organ of the Southern Humanities Council, with which it remains affiliated. It is issued quarterly, in February, May, August, and November. It is indexed in the National Index of Literary Periodicals, the Bulletin of Research in the Humanities, the Humanities Index, the Book Review Index, the MHRA Bibliography, and Abstracts of English Studies, and its contents are considered for Best American Essays, the O. Henry Awards, Best American Poetry, and New Stories from the South.
Palgrave Mcmillan
http://www.palgrave-usa.com/
Palgrave publishes a wide range of books in the humanities and social sciences
and presently has over 5,000 active titles. In subjects ranging from Political
Science to History to Literature, the list contains original works by many of
the foremost academic writers and editors in the world, including several Nobel
laureates. In addition, Palgrave is the U.S. distributor of the following UK
publishers: Hambledon and London, Manchester University Press, I.B.Tauris, and
Zed Books
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Press is an independent auxiliary of the University
of Minnesota. This means that while the Press is a department of the University,
it is self-supporting-less than 6% of its funding comes from the University,
or less than $300,000 per year. The Press is a nonprofit organization.
Decisions about what to publish are made on the basis of several factors: quality,
originality, and importance of the scholarship; evaluations by experts in the
field; potential contribution to the author's discipline and academic discourse
generally; and, in the case of regional books, service to the people of the
state of Minnesota.
The University of Minnesota Press is editorially independent. A faculty advisory
board, the Committee on the Press, reviews and votes on all proposed book projects,
evaluating the quality and importance of both scholarly content and solicited
peer reviews.
Northern Virginia Writing Project
http://gunston.gmu.edu/nvwp/about.htm
The Northern Virginia Writing Project (NVWP) is a site of the NationalWriting Project (NWP), the largest staff development project for teachers in the country. NVWP is a cooperative effort of George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, and the public and private schools of Northern Virginia. Its purpose is to improve the teaching of writing to all students in all disciplines from kindergarten through university.
Enculturation
http://enculturation.gmu.edu/index.html
ENCULTURATION is a refereed journal devoted to contemporary theorizations of rhetoric, writing, and culture. We accept academic arguments, broadly construed, in all media forms suitable for web-based publication, including conventional articles, hypertexts, and multimedia projects.
Kairos
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
Kairos is a refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology and pedagogy. Each issue presents varied perspectives on special topics.
Pre/text: Electra(lite) Publishing Network
http://www.utdallas.edu/pretext/index1a.html
PRE/TEXT: Electra(Lite), the Elect Way is an "ad hoc" electronic journal, a temporary surrogate for a more e-laborate, more e-playful, forthcoming electronic publication. This electronic version, like the forthcoming one, is an X-tension of the print ("pulp") version of PRE/TEXT: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory.
Southern Illinois Press
http://www.siu.edu/%7Esiupress/index.htm
Southern Illinois University Press celebrated its fortieth anniversary in 1996,
having published its first book--Charles E. Colby's A Pilot Study of Southern
Illinois--on October 20, 1956. From its bucolic location just off the Carbondale
campus, the Press has mounted a global mission, reaching out through all avenues
of the worldwide network of scholarship to attract manuscripts from an international
corps of authors.
Throughout its existence, the Press has published an enviable mixture of solid
younger scholars balanced by those with established reputations. Publishing
in the humanities and social sciences, it has made substantial contributions
in art and architecture, classical studies, literary criticism, philosophy and
religion, history (with a growing emphasis on the Civil War), speech communication,
and rhetoric. The Press also boasts a strong list in First Amendment rights
and media studies. The film and theatre list grows more robust each year as
do the lists in aviation and regional history. SIU Press also has made important
contributions in criminology, political science, baseball, poetry, and women's
studies.
Association for Business Communication
http://www.businesscommunication.org/
The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international organization
committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research,
education, and practice.
The membership of the ABC, like the field of business communication, is richly
interdisciplinary, drawing members from such fields as management, marketing,
English, speech communication, linguistics, information systems, to name only
a few. Our membership also encompasses communication consultants and other business
practitioners. We have a strong membership base in North America, Europe, and
Asia and the Pacific.
College Composition and Communication
http://www.ncte.org/ccc/www/ex.htmlThe
drive to launch CCC Online began in February 1997 with Joseph Harris's editorial
"Virtual Citings." In the fall of 1997, Todd Taylor, an Assistant
Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was appointed
as the first Web Editor. The CCCC Executive Committee approved the appointment
and committed financial support to the project in its November 1997 meeting.
With support from CCCC and the University of North Carolina, the original Web
site was designed by Todd Taylor and the databases by a consultant at UNC: Will
Sexton. Two graduate students at UNC, Candice Love and Julia Lee, compiled most
of the information for the databases. Tom Tiller at NCTE and the staff at OmegaType
in Urbana, IL provided electronic copies of typeset CCC files for translation
into HTML. Eric Crump at NCTE headquarters oversaw the creation and maintenance
of site storage on NCTE's Web servers.
University of Michigan Press
http://www.press.umich.edu/index.html
The University of Michigan Press was founded in 1930 as a publisher of books dedicated to imparting important scholarly research. We now publish top-notch books of wide-ranging interest, including political science, gender studies, fiction, theater, classics and archaeology, medieval and Renaissance history, law, and economics. Our innovative English-as-a-second-language books are used the world over to prepare persons to use American English in school and business. In addition, we publish books aimed at the inquisitive reader who is interested in poetry criticism, music, African American studies, American culture-including life in the Great Lakes region. In short, we publish books that contribute to public understanding and dialogue about contemporary political, social, and cultural issues.
ECW Press
http://www.ecwpress.com/home.htm
Welcome to ECW Press
Publishers Weekly recently recognized ECW Press as one of the fastest growing
and most diversified independent publishers in North America. Now in its 25th
year, ECW Press has published close to 1000 books that are distributed throughout
the English-speaking world and translated into dozens of languages.
WEAVING A SYLLAWEB: CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE CONSTRUCTING AN ON-LINE SYLLABUS
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/tcc_conf97/pres/johnston.html
"Learning in Cyberspace" describes a webbed learning environment as open, distributed, dynamic, globally accessible, asynchronous, filtered, interactive and archival [1], all characteristics that must be dealt with in the planning of any web site. Frequently, an educator's site will derive from a paper syllabus that he is attempting to transfer to a computer, which he envisions as a "helpmate" or "assistant" whose primary function is to move text efficiently between instructor and class. [2] In fact, far more is involved. If the prospective web publisher's personality contains a high degree of self-efficacy, an enthusiasm for change and an inclination to risk-taking, all is likely to go well. [3] Such a teacher is about to radically restructure previous conceptions of oneself, one's students, texts, and even of the learning process itself.
John Hopkins University Press
http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/index.htm
Founded in 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins is the oldest university press in continuous operation in North America. It is also one of the largest university presses, publishing upward of 170 new books and 52 journals each year with a staff of over 100. Since its founding, the Johns Hopkins University Press has published more than 5,000 books, of which almost half remain in print today. Paralleling the Press's book publishing program is a flourishing program of scholarly periodicals, including the publishing of these journals online in a program known as Project Muse. Another major online project is The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Vanity Fair
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Nobody knows more about star power than VANITY FAIR. With celebrated writers like Dominick Dunne and Gail Sheehy, and award-winning photographers like Annie Liebovitz and Helmut Newton, VANITY FAIR gives you access to people, personalities and power like no other magazine. This is a limited-time offer, so lock in my savings and free gift now!
Temple University Press
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/index.html
Founded in 1969, Temple University Press chose as its inspiration Russell Conwell's
activist vision of this university as a place of educational opportunity for
the urban working class.
The Press is perhaps best known as publisher of books in the social sciences
and humanities that address social justice issues. Temple was an early publisher
of books in urban studies, housing and labor studies, organizational reform,
social service reform, public religion, health care, and material cultural studies.
It became one of the first university presses to publish in what later became
the fields of women's studies, ethnic studies, and African American Studies.
It also became one of the first university presses to publish books questioning
the conventional assumptions of American history and drawing public attention
to violations of international human rights.
Harvard University Press
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/index.html
Although Harvard may be said to have been a home to printing since 1643 when Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard College, inherited his wife's printing press, plates, and paper, it was not until January 13, 1913, that the Harvard Corporation established the entity known as Harvard University Press. The Press's first Director was C.C. Lane, who had been the university's publishing agent. On January 1, 1920, Lane was succeeded by Harold Murdock, a Boston banker. Murdock's tenure saw the Press greatly expand the number of series it published and undertake the strategy of publishing books of general interest emanating from lectures given at Harvard. The first Norton lectures, Gilbert Murray's The Classical Tradition in Poetry, were published in 1927, and such luminaries as T.S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, e.e. cummings, Lionel Trilling, Leonard Bernstein, Italo Calvino, and Umberto Eco, John Cage, and Nadine Gordimer have followed. In 1984 the Press began to publish the William E. Massey Lectures in the History of American Civilization, inaugurated by Eudora Welty's bestselling One Writer's Beginnings, and followed by Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark (also a bestseller), Gore Vidal's Screening History, and Alfred Kazin's Writing Was Everything. A number of other distinguished lecture series bear the Press's imprint, among them the Godkin Lectures, the Carl Newell Jackson Lectures, the William James Lectures, the newly created W.E.B. DuBois, Nathan Huggins, Joanna Jackson Goldman Lectures, and the Jerusalem Harvard Lectures.
The Woman's Review of Books
http://www.wellesley.edu/WomensReview/
The Women's Review of Books appears monthly (except August). We publish reviews
of new books by and about women, in all fields, including non-fiction, fiction
and poetry. We've been called "a lifeline" and "more than a guide
to good reading--a monitor of the currents in contemporary feminism."
Recently the Hungry Mind Review wrote: "This newsprinted monthly makes
the New York Times Book Review seem about as comprehensive as Reader's Digest."
The Paris Review
The Paris Review has, from the first, sought to discover strong new voices.
Jack Kerouac was first published in these pages, as were Philip Roth, T. Coraghessan
Boyle, Mona Simpson, George Steiner, and V.S. Naipaul. Selections from Samuel
Beckett's novel Molloy appeared in the fifth issue, his first publication in
English. The Paris Review also introduced a number of individual works now widely
read, such as Philip Roth's Goodbye Columbus, Ned Rorem's Paris Diary, Peter
Matthiessen's Far Tortuga, Donald Barthelme's Alice, Jim Carroll's Basketball
Diaries, and Italo Calvino's story “Last Comes the Raven." In recent
years the magazine has published Jonathan Saffran Foer’s "About the
Typefaces Not Used in This Edition," Jeffrey Eugenides’ “The
Virgin Suicides,” and early stories by Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace.
As The Paris Review began to attract some attention—Newsweek called it
"the first really promising development in youthful, advance guard, or
experimental writing in a long time"—works by more established writers
began to appear alongside those of the talented newcomers. Among the writers
whose work has appeared in the Review over the years are Jorge Luis Borges,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, Henry Miller, Gunter Grass, Allen Ginsberg,
Margaret Atwood, Grace Paley, E. L. Doctorow, Harold Brodkey, William Faulkner,
Ezra Pound, and Norman Mailer.
In addition to the focus on original creative work, the Review's editors found
another alternative to criticism—letting the authors talk about their
work themselves. The premier issue featured an interview with E.M. Forster,
who spoke on the art of fiction, recounting how he first conceived of the classic
Marabar Caves scene in A Passage to India. This was the first in the series
of interviews with authors for which The Paris Review is perhaps best-known.
Since then The Paris Review has managed to interview such distinguished recluses
as Philip Larkin, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.
Recently Random House published the thirteenth collection of interviews from
this series, entitled Writers at Work—a series which once prompted Harper's
editor Lewis Lapham to remark in his nominating letter to the Pulitzer Prize
committee, "No equivalent collection of texts exists in the canon of contemporary
writing." The Paris Review interviews offer writers a rare opportunity
to discuss their life and art at whatever length they choose; they have responded
with some of the most revealing self-portraits in literature. The interviews
have met with wide acclaim from writers and critics. Among the interviewees
are Faulkner ("If a writer has to rob his mother he will not hesitate;
the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies"); Ezra Pound
("I am writing to resist the view that Europe and civilization are going
to hell"); Ernest Hemingway ("The most essential gift for a good writer
is a built-in, shock-proof shit detector"); Vladimir Nabokov ("My
characters are galley slaves"); and John Updike, who said, "When I
write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little
to the east of Kansas. I think of the books on library shelves, without their
jackets, years old, and a countryish teen-aged boy finding them, and having
them speak to him."
Despite its long history and its long masthead, The Paris Review has always
been a small operation with an itinerant existence. In the 25th anniversary
issue, Plimpton recalled the various offices of the magazine: "First the
board room in the basement of Les Editions de la Table Ronde, then the small
room upstairs with the French windows which the editors could open and drop
down to the rue Garançere when the concierge locked the office doors
in the evenings; the loft in the offices of Editions Stock in the rue CasimirÁ
Delavigne where Robert Silvers moved the magazine; the room in the auto-rental
agency in the rue Vernet on the right bank near the Champs-Elysees; and then
finally the office of the Gallimard company on the rue Tournon back on the left
bank where Maxine Groffsky ran things from 1966 to the winter of 1973 when the
magazine, largely because of the financial burdens involved in publishing abroad,
moved to New York to the little ground-floor office on the East River with the
lion-trainer's chair hanging from the ceiling." The editorial offices remain
on 72nd Street; as always, there are people working on The Paris Review from
their own homes and offices worldwide.
The Iowa Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiareview/
With 2002, The Iowa Review enters its 32nd year of continuous publication. Several hundred unsolicited manuscripts arrive each week through most of the year, from throughout the country and abroad, from which we select most of our contents. We take our mission to be nudging along American literature, to be local but not provincial, to be experimental but not without love for our literary traditions. Although you may find writers already familiar to you in most of our issues, you will surely find others who are not. Discovering a new and compelling writer, one we'd never heard of before but whose writing comes through to us --- the writing alone; imagine that! --- that still seems the magic of our work.
The New Republic
When The New Republic was founded in 1914, its mission was to provide its readers with an intelligent, stimulating and rigorous examination of American politics, foreign policy and culture. It has brilliantly maintained its mission for over eighty years.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, The New Republic is uniquely positioned to cover public affairs from an insider's vantage point. Its editors are among the most respected and influential journalists in the country, known for their uncanny ability to get at the important stories long before they reach other media. Their expertise has earned The New Republic the loyalty of influential readers on all points of the political spectrum.
The Partisan Review
http://www.partisanreview.org/
Partisan Review reaches over 8,000 individuals through subscriptions, libraries, newsstand sales, and bookstores. A survey of libraries found that eleven individuals read each individual copy of the magazine. And your advertisement will be in good company alongside those from the finest university writing programs, small presses, literary journals, and large publishing houses. Our rates are highly competitive and your advertisement will be on the newsstands for at least two months.
The Kenyon Review
Founding Editors
L to R: Phillip Blair Rice, John Crowe Ransom, and Norman Johnson
The Kenyon Review was founded in 1939 by poet-critic John Crowe Ransom. During
his 21-year tenure, Ransom published such internationally known writers as Allen
Tate, Robert Penn Warren, William Empson, Mark Van Doren, Kenneth Burke, and
Delmore Schwartz, as well as younger writers: Flannery O'Connor, Robert Lowell,
and Peter Taylor, to name a few. It was perhaps the best known and most influential
literary magazine in the English-speaking world during the 1940s and '50s.
In 1969, discouraged by the quarterly's financial burdens and sagging reputation,
Kenyon College ceased publication of The Kenyon Review. The journal was revived
in 1979, and in June 1990, internationally acclaimed poet and editor Marilyn
Hacker was hired as the Review's first full-time (and first female) editor.
She quickly broadened the quarterly's scope to include more minority and marginalized
viewpoints.
In April 1994, the trustees directed that The Kenyon Review be continued, but
with significant cost-reducing and revenue-enhancing initiatives. Hacker left
and David Lynn (acting editor in 1989-90), Kenyon English professor, was named
editor on a two-thirds time basis. The magazine's financial picture has since
stabilized and improved dramatically. The creation of a Kenyon Review Board
of Trustees and a renewed commitment by Kenyon College combined to guarantee
the financial health of the Review and to free its editors to pursue increased
excellence. Such is the status of The Kenyon Review today.
Les Belles Lettres
http://www.lesbelleslettres.com/
Resources
Computer
GMU's Ginger Montecino’s page of tech resources:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/
Welcome to my academic and technology resources for students and faculty. I include "how-to" guides for Web publishing, computer-mediated communication, and resources on distance learning, copyright, research and writing, source evaluation, virtual libraries, cyberculture and more. Faculty can also find scholarship on enhancing teaching and learning with technology.
Technology in English concentrations
http://classweb.gmu.edu/edit/tec/
Offers instruction on various webdesign techniques
Web Style Guide
http://www.edit-work.com/
What makes Web content work?
What works is audience-focused language that's consistent within the site and
is grammatically correct.
Why should I care if it works?
You should care if you want your audience to understand what you're saying and
to buy whatever you're selling.
How do I make content work?
Edit it — by using stylebooks, style guides, style sheets, and by establishing
and using editorial procedures for copy flow, production, and quality control.
Web Usability Links
http://usableweb.com/topics/000716-0-0.html
Magazines and journals that have covered Web ease-of-use issues.
GMU's STAR (Student Technology Assistance and Resource) Center
http://media.gmu.edu/
STAR Mission
The STAR(Student Technology Assistance and Resource)Center's mission is to provide
opportunities for students to develop their information technology skills, presently
to include Multimedia, Internet Connectivity, Video (digital and analog), Desktop
Publishing, Presentation, and Web Authoring. STAR brings together technology
training, skills, equipment, software, and experienced students creating a one-stop
shop for students interested in learning about technology.
General Resources
Dictionaries
www.m-w.com/home.htm
Merriam Webster Online - The Language Center
Online dictionary with search function. Also online thesauri with search function.
Plus - A Brief Look at the History of English
http://eserver.org/langs/
Languages and Linguistics page from E-Server
Offers links to dictionaries in several languages, including English-German,
French, Russian, Spanish. Also links for learning foreign languages, including
Japanese, Arabic, and Russian. Links concerned with Linguistics, oxymorons and
acronyms.
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
An Index of Online Dictionaries (multi-lingual and specialized English)
A web of online grammars, linguistic fun, thesauri and other vocabulary aids.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Project Perseus - An Evolving Digital Library
Contains book texts, English word and phrase search and an English-Greek search
tool.
Grammar
www.grammarlady.com
This site offers interactive help from a former teacher in the "English
as a Second Language" program in Pittsburgh, Pa.
This site has a grammar hotline, a newsletter and a help column.
www.edunet.com/english/grammar
Online English Grammar
Definitions of parts of speech. The list is quite extensive, but the definitions
are very short and utilitarian. Examples are included following the definitions.
This site also has a 'eForum' that looks very much like the COD eForum.
By clicking on "Subject Index" you arrive at an alphabetic listing
of all grammar subjects covered at this site.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/rllink.htm
This site is a potpourri of all things relating to English grammar. There are
10 General headings with many, many related links under each. The headings and
related links are: Etymology, Grammar & Usage (with link to COD Grammar
126), linguistic links, newsgroups, puns, reference (dictionaries and thesauri),
word games, word & letter play and word watching and vocabulary development.
http://168.229.236.7/~bcurtis/grammar.htm
Also http://members.aol.com/hu4wahz/ug/index.html
This site contains an essay called "Why Good Grammar?" at the bottom
of the essay is a link to The Underground Grammarian.
www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/help/grammar_help/
Interactive site starting with how to use parts of speech correctly. This is
followed by a long list of grammar and word games, puzzles and short quizzes.
http://www.stormloader.com/garyes/its.html
Only one page to this web site. It is dedicated to the difference between "it's"
and "its". Also included is a link to "Grammar and Style"
web site.
www.dsoe.com/explore/english/english.html
This is also a relatively small site - It covers "Anatomy of English"
(parts of speech) and "Style Elements" (capitalization, punctuation
and spelling)
www.theslot.com/contents.html
The Curmudgeons Style Book
Written as a supplement to the AP stylebook, this site helps with word choice,
capitalization, compounds and punctuation.
www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Writers Workshop
This site offers assistance with the parts of speech, phrases and clauses, usage
problems and sentence elements. It also has links to a writer's workshop and
other sites that offer help with writing everything from research papers to
resumes.
Punctuation
www.awbi.com/classes/english/punctuation/01
from: The Utah Valley State College and The Association of Web Based Learning.
This site appears to be an English class online. There are 10 basic rules of
punctuation with links to examples and participation questions. When answered
and submitted, the computer will assess your understanding of the rule.
www.powa.org/punctuat.htm
There are no cute graphics or interesting looking pages with this site. It is
just one long page of punctuation rules, explanations and examples. The few
links that are included cover "coordinating conjunction", "base
clauses," "dependent clause," "sentence," "main
& independent clauses," and "basic sentence concepts."
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/by-topic.html
Purdue University has an online writing lab that covers grammar and punctuation.
It can be linked to the writing lab which includes instructional handouts and
writing resources
www.cas.usf.edu/JAC/pms/index.html
Punctuation information from "The Writing Group." The site presents
an overview of punctuation and pages of explanations and examples of 5 major
means of punctuation:
1. the apostrophe
2. the colon
3. the dash
4. the comma
5. the semicolon
http://sti.larc.nasa.gov/html
A Functional Concept of Punctuation
This site seems to be part of a larger site that is a 'Handbook for Technical
Writers and /Editors' called Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization. This is
Chapter 3 and covers the apostrophe, colon, comma, Em dash, En dash, hyphen,
italics, parentheses, ellipsis, period, question marks, quotation marks, semicolon
and slash
www.lifelong.com/AcademicWorld/Punctuation/home.html
Lifelong Universe:Punctuation Made Plain (high school & up)
As the title shows, this site deals mostly with punctuation. It explains and
demonstrates sentences, intonation, questions, & exclamations. The site
includes a glossary of terms that covers everything from adverbial clauses to
verbs. The definitions include examples and occasionally a link to more information.
Each page of explanations has an unusual graphic.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Files/Punctuation.html
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
This site offers links to pages that explain the usage of commas, apostrophe,
quotation mark, hyphen, semicolon, dash, and parenthesis. You will also find
help with run-on sentences, comma splices and fused sentences. there is also
a page of definitions of such terms as: independent and dependent marker, independent
& dependent clauses, coordinating conjunction, and some common errors to
avoid
Writing Aid
www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk
Online Version of "Elements of Style" by Wm. Strunk
Designed to aid the student who is combining Composition with literature course.
Covers the Elementary Rules of Usage, Principals of Composition, Words and Expressions
Commonly Misused
www.interlog.com/~bcutler/home.html
Grammar Grabbers
Professional Tips for Amateur Writers
A humorous look at grammar choices that will make your writing clearer and more
interesting. Offers help with misused words and phrases, suggestions for simplifying
word choices, a brief section of grammar assistance, web page design tips and
a section on being "gender neutral."
www.library.ca/www/utel/index.html
University of Toronto English Library
This site, like so many others, covers more than one category. It includes links
to History of English, English Composition and writers' resources.
www.idbsu.edu/english/cguilfor/paradigm
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
This site is specifically for learning to write. There are pages explaining
how to decide what to write, how to organize, revise & edit what you write.
Also has help writing informal, exploratory & argumentative essays.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html
Common Errors in English
Interesting web site that lists the most common errors in English and explains
why they are errors. For Instance: affect/effect, capital/capitol, compare &
contrast, for all intensive purposes, different than. There are also supplementary
pages of usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are perfectly okay.
Site lists other resources (with a link to Dan Kies' Modern English Grammar).
Teaching Resources
GMU's Composition Program:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/english/composition/
The Composition Program offers writing courses at the 100 and 300 levels. These courses make up part of the general education curriculum for all students at GMU. At the 100 level, English 100: Composition for Nonnative Speakers of English (4 credits) and English 101: Composition (3 credits), either of which can be used to fulfill the First-Year Composition requirement, assist students in their transition into the literacy practices expected in the university at large.
GMU's Writing Across the Curriculum Program:
http://wac.gmu.edu/
Welcome to WAC at GMU. This site is a resource for GMU faculty, students, and administrators, as well as for Internet visitors.
GMU Writing Center:
http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/
George Mason's Writing Across the Curriculum program was named the fourth best "writing in the disciplines" program in the U.S. in the U.S. News and World Report "Best Colleges" issue. Other universities in the top five include Harvard, Cornell, Yale, and Princeton. According to the magazine, "Colleges with these programs typically make the writing process a priority at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to produce and refine various forms of writing for different audiences in different disciplines."
Northern Virginia Writing Project:
http://gunston.gmu.edu/nvwp/index.htm
The Northern Virginia Writing Project (NVWP) is part of the National Writing Project, the largest staff development project for teachers in the country. NVWP is a cooperative effort of George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, and the public and private schools of Northern Virginia. Its purpose is to improve the teaching of writing to all students in all disciplines from kindergarten
GMU's Instructional Resource Center:
http://www.irc.gmu.edu/
GMU's Division of Instructional and Technology Support Services:
http://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/
he Division of Instructional & Technology Support Services is an umbrella organization under the Vice President for Information Technology. Our organization serves as the "front door" to technology services for students, faculty, and staff at George Mason. For students, DoIT provides technology training and facilities in support of curricular and extracurricular activities. For faculty, DoIT provides resources and support for instructional improvement. For staff and all members of the George Mason community, DoIT serves as an information clearinghouse for technology training and software workshops.
GMU's Center for Teaching Excellence:
http://www.gmu.edu/cte/teaching.htm
Whatever your teaching assignment, the Center for Teaching Excellence provides
programs, services and resources that will address your needs. If you're curious
about the interaction in the classroom or you're looking for an innovative teaching
strategies we can help:
* Existing Faculty: Innovative teaching strategies by discipline
developing teaching portfolios, classroom management, motivating students, effective
assessments, get videotaped...* New Faculty: Required GMU paperwork, where do
I go to find... writing a good syllabus, classroom management, making the best
impression, writing teaching foals, effective assessments, utilizing TA's...*
Graduate Teaching Assistants: Required GMU paperwork, where do I go to find...,
do I qualify for tuition remission. Writing a good syllabus, classroom management,
making the best impression, writing teach goals, effective assessments, graduate
studding union...
Find out who the people are behind the Center for Teaching Excellence!
* Laurie Fathe: Director
* Aja Ravulap: AssistantWhat does the Center for Teaching Excellence do? Read
our Mission Statement and find out what we are about...
Would you like to work collaboratively with a faculty member and gain valuable
experience? Then the Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program is for you!
Visit here and find out how to apply...
Interested in taking a teaching workshop? Visit the Workshop Calendar page for
a list of workshops available this semseter and for information on how to register.
You can also download past workshop notes...
Do you have information and experience you would like to submit to a Teaching
Journal? Click here for a list of Teaching Journals by subject and find out
contact information...
The Center for Teaching Excellence has a wealth resources to help support faculty
members! Click here and explore the many tips, documents, helpful hints and
support links to other valuable resources....
Being a teacher can be very rewarding, but sometimes awards are great too! Visit
the Teaching Awards page and find out what awards are offered at GMU like the
David Kind Award and The SCHEV award. Also find out about past award winners...
Undergraduate Apprenticeship Programs
The Faculty-Student Apprenticeship for Undergraduates is designed to introduce
undergraduates to the "scholarship-in-action" in their major field
of study. The experience is intended to complement and enrich required course
material, providing undergraduates with the unique opportunity to work collaboratively
with faculty. *
Spring 2003 Application Form (word format)
* Sample Resume (word format)
*
Summer 2002 -List of apprentices with abstracts from their research work
*
Spring 2002 Projects
*
Fall 2001 Projects
Byron Hawk's Links to Computers and Composition Sites:
http://classweb.gmu.edu/bhawk/611-CW/links.html
Welcome to Byron Hawk's Computers and Writing web site. I teach courses in electronic
rhetoric and rhetoric/composition at George Mason University in the English
Department. This web site is both a general resource and a resource for my course
Studies in Rhetoric: Computers and Writing. The Links, Bibliography, and How-To
pages are a general resource and will be updated periodically. The List is primarily
for seminar participants, but others may join in the conversations. The menu
on the left contains material relevant to specific courses--syllabi and student
projects--which will be updated each time I teach the course. Below, some relevant
GMU/English Department links. Enjoy.
Associations
American Society of Business Publication Editors
http://www.asbpe.org
Founded in 1964, the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE)
is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers
employed in the business, trade, and specialty press.
ASBPE is widely known for its annual Awards of Excellence competition, which
recognizes the best in editorial, design, and online achievement.
The organization also sponsors the annual ASBPE National Editorial Conference.
Regular educational seminars are held by local chapters.
The society is operated in accordance with a set of bylaws drafted by the national
board and ratified through a member vote.
Construction Writers Association Home Page
http://www.constructionwriters.org/
A group of professional business press editors and newspaper journalists, writing
for and about the construction industry, recognized the need for a professional
organization that would:
* Lend prestige and professional status to specialist editors and writers whose
business is to cover news of activities and to report on developments in construction,
the largest, most dynamic industry in the world.
* Enhance the public's image regarding the construction industry through authoritative,
accurate, and unbiased reporting of construction activities and developments.
* Help improve the quality of reporting, writing, editing and photography that
appears in the construction business press, press releases concerning construction
events, and marketing material promoting construction services and products.
* Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information sources among professional
journalists and public relations professionals serving the construction industry.
* Establish an interactive communications network that links the construction
business press with design and construction firms, equipment manufacturers and
distributors, materials producers and suppliers, building trades and construction
unions, professional and technical societies, trade associations, and government
information offices.
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
http://councilscienceeditors.org
CSE's mission is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information.
CSE's purpose is to serve members in the scientific, scientific publishing,
and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion,
and exchange and to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues
in the communication of scientific information.
The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) became the Council of Science Editors on
January 1, 2000. The new name, which was voted on by the membership during 1999,
more accurately reflects our expanding membership.
CBE was established in 1957 by joint action of the National Science Foundation
and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Today, it enjoys close relationships
with a number of scientific publishing organizations, both national and international,
but it functions autonomously, relying on the vigor of its more than 1,200 members
to attain the goals of the organization.
Any individual interested in the purpose of the CSE is eligible for regular
membership.
Education Writers Association
http://www.ewa.org/
The Education Writers Association (EWA) is the national professional organization
of education reporters. EWA was organized
in 1947 by a group of newspaper reporters with the intent of improving education
reporting to the public.
Garden Writers Association of America
http://www.gwaa.org/
The Garden Writers Association (GWA) is an organization of over 1800 professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry. No other organization in the industry has as much direct contact with the buying public as GWA.
International Association of Business Communication
http://www.iabc.com/
The Society for Scholarly Publishing Home Page
http://www.sspnet.org
The mission of SSP is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and
the professional development of its members through education, collaboration,
and networking among individuals in this field.
SSP provides the opportunity for interaction among members in all aspects of
scholarly publishing, including journal and book publishers, librarians, manufacturers,
and web editors.
The Society for Technical Communication
http://www.stc.org/
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts
and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its
type in the world. Its 25,000 members include technical writers and editors,
content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional
designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals,
visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose
work makes technical information available to those who need it.
Society membership provides opportunities for ongoing learning and professional
networking. Through the efforts of a small, full-time staff and a large network
of volunteers, STC promotes the public welfare by educating its members and
industry about issues concerning technical communication.
STC shares many goals with a number of related organizations and is a member
of INTECOM, an international alliance of technical communication organizations
aiming to improve technical documentation and communication. STC invites other
organizations to promote the Society's goals through sustaining organization
memberships.
STC is governed on a Society level by an elected board of directors. Membership
is divided into eight regions each containing approximately 20 local chapters.
In addition to the Society leaders, each local chapter elects a set of chapter
level officers.
Jobs for Writers
Craig's List:
http://www.craigslist.org/wri/
craigslist is about:
* giving each other a break, getting the word out about everyday, real-world
stuff.
* restoring the human voice to the Internet, in a humane, non-commercial environment.
* keeping things simple, common-sense, down-to-earth, honest, very real.
* providing an alternative to impersonal, big-media sites.
* being inclusive, giving a voice to the disenfranchised, democratizing ...
* being a collection of communities with similar spirit, not a single monolithic
entity.
Journalism Jobs:
http://www.journalismjobs.com/
JournalismJobs.com was launched in April 1999 by Dan Rohn, a former copy editor
and writer with The Washington Post, editor with America Online, and Washington,
D.C.-based stringer with Money Magazine. It is operated in association with
Columbia Journalism Review magazine, and can be found online at AOL Keyword:
JournalismJobs.com. JournalismJobs.com is the largest and most-visited resource
for media jobs, and receives almost two million page views a month. It has the
best variety of jobs, and the largest database of resumes for journalists
Media Bistro
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/
mediabistro.com is dedicated to anyone who creates or works with content, or who is a non-creative professional working in a content/creative industry. That includes editors, writers, television producers, graphic designers, book publishers, people in production, and circulation departments — in industries including magazines, television, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media, advertising, PR, and graphic design. Our mission is to provide opportunities (both online and offline) for you to meet each other, share resources, become informed of job opportunities and interesting projects, improve your career skills, and showcase your work.
News Jobs:
http://www.newsjobs.net/usa/
NewsJobs.Net FAQ
What is NewsJobs.Net?
NewsJobs.Net is an exhaustive resource for editors, writers, PR staff, and other
editorial workers in the English-speaking world who want to find the top sites
that offer jobs. We offer links to every conceivable site we can find that advertises
jobs -- weeding out the junk so you don't have to -- and provide advice to job
seekers.
News Link
http://newslink.org/
Comprehensive news index offering jobs, newspaper sites and much much more.
The Society for Scholarly Publishing:
http://sspnet.org/classifieds/
This Job Bank was created and is maintained by SSP to ensure that the community is aware of career opportunities in scholarly publishing and to give employers access to a group of professionals with relevant qualifications. It is open to all potential employees and employers, and at present, is free of charge. Submissions will be posted as soon as possible after receipt. If no deletion date is specified on the submission form, the ads will be deleted after 30 days.
Sun Oasis
http://www.sunoasis.com/
Sunoasis Jobs for Writers, Editors, and Copywriters provides job listings and
other resources for the editorial and creative communities. It started operation
in October of 1997.
Sunoasis Jobs currently averages between 2,000 and 3,000 unique visitors per
day during the work week. These statistics are provided by ValueWeb.
The people who come to Sunoasis Jobs can be described as content providers of
every age and experience. It includes
* Freelancers looking for their next gig
* Young people looking for their first job
* Experienced writers and editors looking for their next opportunity.
* Employers who look for talent and post jobs
* Technical writers
* Writers from around the globe
Writers' Resource Center:
http://www.poewar.com/jobs/index.html
The Writer's Resource Center was created in 1993 to serve the needs of writers on the Internet. The Internet was a simpler place then, with only a fraction of the sites there are today. This site started out as a single page with a few dozen links. Now there are a many pages, and thousands of links, along with articles and job opportunities and book reviews. Still, I hope that this is the beginning of its growth spurt, not the end. This site is advertising supported, mostly by Amazon.com. Please do us a favor and bookmark follow this Link to Amazon's Books Page or to Amazon's Home Page and use it for your future purchases. It won't cost you a cent, and it will help keep this, your third favorite writing site, alive. If you can't stand Amazon, try our Affiliates Page.
Writer's Market
http://www.writestart.homestead.com/marketindex.html
Writer's Market is for new and unpublished writers looking for resources to start their career.
Bureau of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook for Writers:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the
Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
VISION
With the strongest commitment to integrity and objectivity, the BLS will be
premier among statistical agencies, producing impartial, timely, and accurate
data relevant to the needs of our users and to the social and economic conditions
of our Nation, its workers, its workplaces, and the workers' families.
GOALS
* Measure the economy through producing and disseminating timely, accurate,
and relevant information in our areas of expertise.
* Improve accuracy, efficiency, and relevance of our economic measures and program
outputs through increased application of state-of-the-art statistical techniques,
economic concepts, technology, and management processes.
Biomedical Writers:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rhetrx/bmw/
Biomedical writers need to be at ease with science and writing. Some people are more proficient with the writing aspect, and others the science aspect, but either area is a strong beginning. The biomedical field also includes the areas of medicine, health policy, pharmaceutics, communication, marketing, and electronic media. Until recently, no formal degree program in biomedical writing existed. Individuals had an interest in one of these fields and applied their knowledge to start a career that evolved into much more than they ever imagined. Here are some profiles of biomedical writers at different stages of their careers.
Health Writers:
http://www.healthwriting.com/
Welcome to the website of Kathy Summers. As a freelance writer, my articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Healthy Living, Your Health, Health & Fitness, Women's Sports & Fitness, Pediatrics for Parents, Healthy Kids, Desert Living, Smart Business, Entrepreneur, and more. I wrote the book Secrets to Writing Health Features to help aspiring writers find the fascination and self-determination to follow their dreams.
Free Lancing:
http://www.writingfornichemarkets.com/
How to write what you love and make money
* Find freelance writing jobs
* Market yourself as an expert and get top assignments
* Write a killer query that an editor can't resist.
* Think outside the box when querying
* Discover how to quickly and easily find expert sources.
* Craft a meaty interview and fill your articles with juicy quotes.
* Learn how using a digital camera can boost your sales.
* Offer an irresistible photo-feature package.
* Which writer's newsletter you MUST subscribe to.
* How a mailing list can establish you as an expert.
* 3 ways to beat the competition
* Where to find clients who are actively looking for freelancers
* How to get great jobs, even if you're just an average writer.
* Secrets of finding jobs even in a down-economy.
* 25 ways to pitch a single idea.
Writing for Radio:
http://www.newscript.com/
The purpose of this website is to help radio journalists improve their skills as writers and anchors. Journalism education has greatly declined over the past decade as colleges and universities have either closed journalism programs or transformed them into "Communications Departments." Radio journalism has been especially hard hit, with diminished teaching resources given over to television instruction because TV is the more attractive broadcast medium.
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/0,6961,,00.html
Welcome to the Site of the Week chosen by GMU's Nonfiction Universe. For exemplary journalism covering political issues to the latest film craze, the Guardian Unlimited is the place. Based in the United Kingdom, but branching out to the world via the internet, the Guardian provides the best in objective journalism. Check it out!
Dataal
Datatel is committed to delivering innovative technology solutions that save Clients time and money, provide faster implementations and make best use of critical resources. Datatel's solutions enable Clients to efficiently and effectively manage the administrative functions that support their overall learning environment.
National Public Radio
NPR, renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news, information,
and cultural programming, serves nearly 20 million listeners weekly via more
than 680 NPR member stations. NPR also distributes programming to listeners
in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa via NPR Worldwide, to military installations
overseas via American Forces Network, and throughout Japan via cable.
If you're thinking about joining the NPR team, you may view the job listings
to find out about current openings. You can also get the latest on our next
generation radio training programs for budding journalists.
Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity. Note: The Freedom Forum has closed its international offices and discontinued international programs. The First Amendment Center consolidated its operations in Arlington and Nashville.