1. Are you paying too much to send out your news releases?
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   If you have been using a corporate newswire service to send out your news releases you are likely paying $500 or more to send out a single release -- and that release may not even be reaching the people you want to reach.
2. Between the Lines
   How to Detect Bias and Propaganda in the News and Everyday Life
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1981
   
3. Blindspots in The News
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1995
   The filters that determine what gets into the "news" and what doesn't.
4. Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
5. Breaking News from Around the World
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   
6. CNSP Review 1974-75; Canada in an International Context
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1976
   An analysis of developments in Canadian society based on newspaper coverage.
7. Confessions of a Media Critic
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1984
   Barrie Zwicker says that with the planet in crisis it isn't time for 'business as usual', least of all in journalism.
8. Creeping contradictions
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1978
   News tidbits.
9. Daily news, eternal stories (book review)
   Review of Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2002
   
10. Dean's Digital World: The reporter's friend
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2007
    
11. Don't be a Time Bandit
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Don't waste journalists' time.
12. From Politics to Profit
    The Commercialization of Canadian Daily Newspapers, 1890-1920
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Analyzes the transformation of Canadian newspapers that occurred between 1890 and 1920 when daily newspapers slowly changed from political mouthpieces to a marketable industry.
13. A Guide to the Photographic Identification of Individual Whales Based on Natural & Acquired Markings
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    
14. HotLink Resouce Shelf: In the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    Review of a book on media relations in Canada.
15. In The News
    The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
16. Introduction to the Media Guide
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    An introduction to "Media for Social Change."
17. Iraq: News website latest target in government’s legal offensive against independent media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi government’s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media.
18. Media and Minorities
    Representing Diversity in a Multicultral Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2001
    An examination of the politics of media minority relations in a multicultural Canada.
19. Necessary Illusions
    Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
    An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control."
20. News Release Distribution
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Sources media release distribution service.
21. Newspeak in the 21st Century
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2009
    Revealing the lethal bias in 'balanced' reporting.
22. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
    Peter Steven aims to make readers realize the power and influence of dominant media but, at the same time, also understand that they are not "omnipotent" and that there are alternative forms available.
23. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
24. Sources.com
    Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students – and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
    Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
    Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
25. The Sources HotLink
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    A website and newsletter dealing with media relations strategies.
26. Spinwars
    Politics and New Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
    An examination of media manipulation in late 20th Century North American politics.
27. The State of the News Media
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2003
    Journalists are older, smarter, generally more educated, and usually more cynical than their predecessors. Cynicism often breeds distrust making the current generation of news reporters more suspicious and more formidable than ever.
28. There's no such thing as a slow news day
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2003
    The news media are always looking for news.
29. Tracking the News that Wasn't (Book Review)
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1996
    
30. Tracking the News that Wasn’t
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1996
    A review of two books about media bias and censorship.
31. Understanding the News Business
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1983
    
32. Watching the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2000
    Watching the news to learn what the media are interested in.
33. What Does a Reporter Want?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2001
    What does a reporter what when they interview you?
34. What Makes a Good Story?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    What makes a story interesting is often a combination of the interests of the audience, the interests and abilities of the reporter, and a long history of journalistic tradition.
35. Yesterday's News
    Why Canada's Daily Newspapers are Failing Us
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    Illuminates the decline of print journalism, suggests reasons for this decline and proposes solutions to reverse this downward trend.
36. Yesterday's News (Review)
    Review of Yesterday's News: Why Canada's Daily Newspapers are Failing Us
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1999
    

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