Some useful resources for individual and group projects

Center for Public Integrity: http://www.openairwaves.org/telecom/default.aspx

CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

CJR – Who owns what? http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/index.asp

Committee to Protect Journalists: http://www.cpj.org/

CRIS (Communication Rights in the Information Society) Campaign: http://www.crisinfo.org/

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: http://www.fair.org/index.php

Frontline Media Giants: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/

Global Policy Forum: http://www.globalpolicy.org/

Media Research Center: http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Media Rights: http://www.mediarights.org/index.php

Mediachannel: http://www.mediachannel.org/

Pew Internet and American Life Project: http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp

Pew Research Center for People and the Press: http://people-press.org/

UNDP Human Development Reports: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/

UNESCO’s Communication and Information page: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1657&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

World Bank Data and Statistics: http://www.worldbank.org/data/ See also: Measuring the Impact of Communication in Development Projects and Programs: http://dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/wccd1/index.cfm?CookieTested=TRUE

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): http://www.itu.int/wsis/

Z-Net: http://www.zmag.org/GlobalWatch/Media.html