Resources for Journalists

Resources on Pakistan


Global Resource

WWW Virtual Library: Journalism 

Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this site provides a directory of journalism-related sites on the Web, including associations, awards, college and university departments, surveys, research services, and news organizations.

News Resource

This commercial site contains links to hundreds of newspapers throughout the United States and the world. There is a region wise sorting of news items. Click on the map and get the list of news items related to the country in the regions.

TotalNEWS

This commercial site offers a directory of world, national, local, business, entertainment, and other news sites on the Web; it also provides a keyword search engine of the news sites in its directory. Links to CNN BBC and other business as well as general news channels are available.

Inter Press Services 

IPS, one of the world´s leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries, with satellite communication links to 1,200 outlets. 

PubList.com

PubList.com is a comprehensive, free directory of information about more than 150,000 publications from around the world. I t is an Internet Directory of Publications; one can browse publication by subject as well.

News Agencies 

AFP 

Agence France-Presse is the world's leading news and photo agency and presents its contents in English, German, French, Arabic etc. 

Reuters

Reuters, the number one source for news online. By offering online customers and web surfers the latest news and information AFP gives them a compelling reason to visit the site over and over again.

Journals on Journalism

The Online Journalism Review 

This online publication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California offers news, feature articles, and commentary on journalism and new media.

Columbia Journalism Review 

This online version of the Columbia Journalism Review, published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, includes articles from the current issue, along with an archive of previous articles.

Journalists’ Bodies

South Asian Journalists Association

It is a US based group of journalists that tries to create a working group of journalists from South Asia. It also helps in linking up journalists. 

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists 

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of The Center for Public Integrity, offers information about the organization, online investigative reports, and links to resources for investigative reporters while linking them together as well. Committee to Protect Journalists  is also working with this association.

Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the press and promote press freedom around the world. A group of U.S. journalists created CPJ in response to the oftenbrutal treatment of their foreign colleagues by authoritarian governments and other enemies of independent journalism.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

It is a Canadian body of journalists that works to, through coalitions, protect journalists all over the world. Its also produces country profiles in connection with the protection of journalists.

International Magazines and Newspapers

Los Angeles Times

This online version of the Los Angeles Times provides coverage of current news stories; it also offers information about Southern California.

Reader’s Digest World 

Reader’s Digest offers home repair articles, a gardening calendar, recipes, a how-to library, and health information.

The New York Times on the Web 

The online version of the New York Times offers daily coverage of national and international news, business, sports, culture, and weather, along with special Web features; access to most parts of the site is free but requires registration.

The Times

This online version of The Times of London covers British news, world news, sports, business, the arts, and other topics; requires free registration.

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition

Presented by the Wall Street Journal, this site provides news, personal finance services, and other services to subscribers; several features are available free of charge.

International Herald Tribune 

The International Herald Tribune offers an online version of its daily newspaper, as well as an archive of past issues.

The Electronic Journalist 

Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, this site provides journalism-related news and resources.

The New York Times 

The online version of the New York Times offers daily coverage of national and international news, business, sports, culture, and weather, along with special Web features; access to most parts of the site is free but requires registration.

Yahoo News Services 

Yahoo a portal offers general news site that provides links to other information resources and collects news from international news agencies like Reuter etc. 

ENS: Environment News Service 

This site gives information about environment and development. They publish stories for all over the world. Any catching journalistic story on environment can be sent to them. 

The One World Organization 

The One World Broadcasting Trust (OWBT) is aimed to advance global development education - and to do so primarily by harnessing the powerful medium of broadcasting and new media. For many years it successfully achieved this aim through a range of well-received activities and events including a super site for development and human rights to tap the democratic potential of the Information Communication Technologies. 

Washington Post 

The Washington Post offers the newspaper, links to other web resources, and other information on weather etc.

Asia Resources by Country 

This commercial site provides links to resources on Asian countries available on the Internet; information is accessible by country or category.

Pakistan 

Government Of Pakistan

 Government of Pakistan  

This site gives country profile, links to other ministries and departments including news updates, electronic and print media as PTV and Radio Pakistan FM 101 etc.

 News Agency 

NNI  News Network International 

This network is Pakistan’s largest independent news service.

Mailing Lists/Web Forums on Environment and Other Issues:

 Green Press

 It covers national and international news on environment. One can send a message to greenpress@eGroups.com for subscription to this service. 

Help Asia

 It covers development issues related to South Asia in particular and Asia in general. 

To subscribe send message to: 

helpasia-subscribe@egroups.com

Chowk

 An Internet Community with an Interactive Magazine, Forums and more. 

Journalist Body 

Journalists’ Resource Center

This is a body of journalist which seeks to build capacity of journalists regarding their profession and arranges dialogues on national and international issues. They say, “We might not be the history makers, but we could say we were there when it was shaping and, we reported"

Newspapers

Business Recorder

Pakistan's National Financial Daily 

DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper 

Jang Group of Newspapers Pakistan

The largest English and Urdu newspaper publication network of Pakistan.

 The Friday Times: Pakistan's First Independent Weekly Paper.
 

Takbeer is the largest circulated International Urdu weekly newsmagazine. 

Daily Hot News International

News from Pakistan, also with coverage on Asia and world news. 

Jasarat Interactive News Paper

Your one source for Pakistani News, Pakistani Culture, Pakistani Aticles & in one word for PAKISTAN . One has to download Urdu fonts given on the site. 

Millat Online!

Pakistan's First 24 Hour Newspaper. In one of the links they paste scanned newspapers. 

Nawa-i-Waqt / The Nation

Covers national and international news.

Pakistan News Service

English source of news and info on Pakistan. Audio-video is also available.