Professional Organizations and Resources
DownloadPublic Relations
- Canadian Public Relations Society www.cprs.ca
- International Association of Business Communicators www.iabc.com
- International Association of Online Communicators www.onlinecommunicators.org
- International Public Relations Institute www.ipra.org
- Institute for Public Relations www.instituteforpr.com
- National Association of Government Communicators www.nagc.com
- National Council for Marketing & Public Relations www.ncmpr.org
- National Investor Relations Institute www.niri.org
- National School Public Relations Association www.nspra.org
- Public Relations Society of America www.prsa.org
- Religion Communicators Council www.religioncommunicators.org
Advertising
- American Advertising Federation www.aaf.org
- American Association of Advertising Agencies www2.aaaa.org
- American Marketing Association www.marketingpower.com
Communication
- American Communication Association www.americancomm.org
- Association for Business Communication www.businesscommunication.org
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication www.aejmc.org
- Canadian Communication Association www.acc-cca.ca
- Center for the Study of Communication and Culture cscc.scu.edu
- International Association for Media and Communication Research iamcr.org
- International Communication Association www.icahdq.org
- Journalism Education Association www.jea.org
- National Communication Association http://www.natcom.org/
- World Communication Association facstaff.uww.edu/wca
Journalism
- American Copy Writers Association www.copydesk.org
- American Medial Writers Association www.amwa.org
- American Society of Magazine Editors www.magazine.org/asme
- American Society of Newspaper Editors www.asne.org
- Associated Collegiate Press www.studentpress.org/acp
- Associated Press Sports Editors http://apsportseditors.org/
- Association of Alternative Weeklies aan.org/alternative
- Association of Food Journalists www.afjonline.com
- Association of Health Care Journalists www.healthjournalism.org
- Association for Women in Sports Media www.awsmonline.org/
- Canadian Association of Journalists www.caj.ca
- Criminal Justice Journalists reporters.net/cjj/index.html
- Education Writers Association www.ewa.org/
- International Federation of Agricultural Journalists www.ifaj.org
- International Federation of Journalists www.ifj.org
- International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association www.ifwtwa.org
- Investigative Reports and Editors www.ire.org
- Military Reporters and Writers www.militaryreporters.org
- National Academy of Television Journalists www.angelfire.com
- National Association of Science Writers www.nasw.org
- National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting www.nicar.org
- National Conference of Editorial Writers www.ncew.org
- National Education Writers Association www.ewa.org
- National Press Photographers Association www.nppa.org
- National Association of Science Writers www.nasw.org
- Online News Association www.onlinenewsassociation.org
- Pew Research Center for the People and the Press people-press.org
- Poynter Institute www.poynter.org
- Radio-Television News Directors Association www.rtnda.org
- Religion Newswriters Association www.rna.org
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press www.rcfp.org
- Society for Features Journalism https://featuresjournalism.org/
- Society of American Business Editors and Writers sabew.org
- Society of Environmental Journalists www.sej.org
- Society of News Design www.snd.org
- Society of Professional Journalists www.spj.org
Broadcasting
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences www.emmys.org
- American Indian Public Telecommunications www.airos.org
- American Sportscasters Association www.americansportscastersonline.com
- Broadcast Education Association www.beaweb.org
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting www.cpb.org
- Federal Communications Commission www.fcc.gov
- Independent Media Center www.indymedia.org
- National Association of Broadcasters www.nab.org
- National Association of Television Program Executives www.natpe.org
- National Cable Television Association www.ncta.com
- National Federation of Community Broadcasters www.nfcb.org
- National Writers Union www.nwu.org
- Native Networks Radio www.nativenetworks.si.edu
- Public Radio International www.pri.org
Communication Diversity
- American Women in Radio and Television www.awrt.org
- Asian American Journalists Association www.aaja.org
- Association for Women in Communication www.womcom.org
- Association for Women in Sports Media www.awsmonline.org
- Canadian Women in Communications www.cwc-afc.com
- National Association of Black Journalists www.nabj.org
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists http://www.nahj12.org/
- National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Education www.namic.com
- National Black Public Relations Society www.nbprs.org
- National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association www.nlgja.org
- Native American Journalists Association www.naja.com
- South Asian Journalists Association www.saja.org
- Unity: Journalists of Color www.unityjournalists.org
- Women in Cable Telecommunications www.wict.org
Media Publications and Professional Resources
- Advertising Age adage.com
- All About Public Relations aboutpublicrelations.net/mlibrary.htm
- American Journalism Review www.ajr.org
- Behind the News newsresearch.blogspot.com
- Columbia Journalism Review www.cjr.org
- Editor & Publisher www.editorandpublisher.com
- First Amendment News www.firstamendmentcenter.org
- Freedom Forum Publications www.freedomforum.org
- Journalism Ethics Cases Online journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
- Journal of Mass Media Ethics www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmme20/current
- Journal of Marketing Communications www.marketingpower.comx
- Journal of Integrated Marketing Communicationwww.medill.northwestern.edu/imc/
- Journal of Public Relations Research www.tandfonline.com/toc/hprr20/current
- News Media and the Law www.rcfp.org
- Public Relations Journal www.prsa.org/prjournal
- Online Journalism Review www.ojr.org
Career Resources
- PR Week www.prweekus.com
- PRSA Job Center www.prsa.org/jobcenter
Diversity Resources
- American Advertising Federation (multiculturalism) www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=20
- American Civil Liberties Union www.aclu.org
- Diversity Inc (online magazine) www.diversityinc.com
- Diversity Watch (Canada media focus) www.diversitywatch.ryerson.ca
- Ethnic Majority (diversity in media) www.ethnicmajority.com/media_home.htm
- Forum on Media Diversity (online academic forum)www.masscommunicating.lsu.edu
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation www.glaad.org
- Freedom Forum (Info on diversity) www.freedomforum.org
- Common Blog (Common Cause blog) www.commonblog.com/
- Media Diversity Institute (international scope) www.media-diversity.org
- National Center for Disability and Journalism (multiple links) www.ncdj.org/index.php
- Poynter Online (ethics and diversity) www.poynter.org
- Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (focus on diversity) mije.org
- Society of Professional Journalists (Diversity section) www.spj.org/diversity.asp
- U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov
Ethics Resources
Journalism
- American Society of Newspaper Editors (Statement of Principles) www.asne.org
- Associated Press Management Editors (Ethics Code) www.apme.com/?page=EthicsStatement
- Journalism Net (international links to press codes) www.journalismnet.com/media/ethics.htm
- National Public Radio (News Code of Ethics & Practices) www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/ethics/ethics_code.html
- New York Times (Journalism Ethics Policy) www.nytco.com/press/ethics.html
- Scripps Newspapers (Statement of Policy on Ethics & Professional Conduct) asne.org/article_view/articleid/270/e-w-scripps-co-statement-of-policy-on-ethics-and-professional-conduct.aspx
- Society for News Design (Code of Ethical Standards) www.snd.org/about/code-of-ethics/
- Society of Professional Journalists (Code of Ethics) www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
Public Relations
- Public Relations Society of America (Code of Ethics) www.prsa.org/aboutUs/ethics/preamble_en.html
- Canadian Public Relations Society (Code of Professional Standards) www.cprs.ca/aboutus/code_ethic.aspx
- National School Public Relations Association (Code of Ethics) nspra.org/code-ethics
- Association for Educational Communication & Technology (Code of Ethics) www.aect.org/About/Ethics.asp
- Religion Communicators Council (Ethical Guidelines) www.religioncommunicators.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=70782
- International Association of Business Communicators (Code of Ethics) www.iabc.com/about/code.htm
Advertising
- American Advertising Federation (Advertising Ethics & Principals) www.aaf.org/
- Canadian Code of Advertising Standards www.adstandards.com/en/standards/thecode.aspx
- Japan Advertising Agencies Association (Code of Ethics) www.jaaa.ne.jp/english/introduction/5.html
- Malaysian Advertising Code of Ethics www.asiamarketresearch.com/news/000158.htm
- Vatican: Pontifical Council for Social Communication: Handbook on Ethics in Advertising www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_doc_22021997_ethics-in-ad_en.html
Media Literacy and Media Criticism
- Accuracy in Media (conservative analysis) www.aim.org
- Action Coalition for Media Education acmecoalition.org
- Ad Busters adbusters.org
- Ad Critic creativity-online.com/?action=adcritic:home
- Ad Flip www.adflip.com
- Alliance for a Media Literate America www.amlainfo.org
- Association for Media Literacy www.aml.ca
- Center for Media and Democracy (PR Watch and SourceWatch progressive analysis) www.prwatch.org
- Center for Media and Public Affairs www.cmpa.com
- Center for Media Literacy www.medialit.org
- FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (progressive analysis) www.fair.org/index.php
- GLAAD Media www.glaad.org
- Independent Media Institute www.alternet.org/
- Jesuit Communication Project jcp.proscenia.net
- JournalismNet www.journalismnet.com/media/criticism.htm
- Media Awareness Network www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
- Media Channel www.mediachannel.org
- Media Literacy Clearinghouse www.frankwbaker.com
- Project Censored www.projectcensored.org
- News Watch www.newswatch.org