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HeadlineSpot.com: Search news by city, state, country, region, topics. Includes, TV, radio, magazines, podcasts, newswires and news photos.

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World Public Opinion: Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues.

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Media Bloggers Association: Tips, guidelines and legal resources.

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Neat New Stuff on the Web: A great list of resources, updated weekly, from library researcher Marylaine Block.


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Society for News Design
Several great columns and tips on design, workshop schedule, membership database and more.

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Links, industry news updates, contests, etc. for newspaper designers.

VisualEditors.com
A classroom for visual journalism, this site offers a job board, tips, ideas, etc. A super site.

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Design page from the nation's top page designer. News, speaking dates and more.

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News design blog from Mario Garcia.

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Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.

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A great tips, training and resources page for designers.

Media Storm
Brian Storm's multimedia and photojournalism site.

22 Things Never to Say to a News Designer

Devigal.com
A great Web design site by Andrew Devigal and Co. See the latest and best technology used on dynamite sites. Devigal is a former Chicago Tribune and Knight-Ridder Tribune Web designer who has done research and taught at the Poynter Institute.

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Visual Edge
A journalism multimedia design seminar conducted by the Poynter Institute created this site that features 12 multimedia feature stories ranging from a tightly knit group of longtime domino players to handicapped sailors.

About.com's Graphic Design Page
A great page. Tips, resources and more.

Paul Nixon's Graphic Design Weblog
Has links to 9-11 graphics.

BrassTacksDesign
This site contains dozens of stories about what's going in with the newspaper business right now -- both in print and online -- and what newspapers and journalists should be doing about it. It includes a list of designs, which links to hundreds of examples of redesigned newspapers - all of which should serve as a source of inspiration to anyone considering a redesign. There's also a before-and-after gallery showing the extent to which newspapers and websites have been transformed.

MacroMedia Showcase
This page highlights four or five cool Web sites a day. Many are Flash presentations.

Poynter Online's Design/Graphics Resources

Digital Vision Network

FreedomToPhotograph.com
Created to allow photographers to tell their stories about run-ins with law enforcement agencies and what really happened. Sharing stories and trading experiences is what drives this site! It is important to know your rights.

Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
From the Poynter Institute.

FlashChallenge.com
This is a contest site for Flash presentations. Log-in and evaluate different Flash sites, or enter your own. A very highly regarded site for Flash designers.

DesignAddict.com

Font Bureau
One of the best type foundries around.

Bare Bones HTML Guide

HillmanCurtis.com
Great Web design resources from a leading authority on the topic. New York-based design firm's client list includes MTV.com, RollingStone.com, HP, Adobe, Macromedia, Ogilvy One and Sun.

Lynda.com
One of the leading design sites on the Web offers tip sheet, downloads, newsletters, training CD-ROMs and much, much more.

Strategy and Design: Developing the Photographer's Web Site
Tips and ideas from Don Luce.

DigitalJournalist.org: State of Photojournalism: Photojournalism and the Web

NY Public Library Treasure Trove
A huge cache of 337,000 pieces of art . Browse by names, search history.

Olga's Gallery
Search artists by name.

Light Link Graphic Design Resources
Includes software tutorials, font resources, image viewers, Web design tools and much, much more.

Poynter.org: Design Desk
From Design Editor Anne Conneen.

Museum of E-Failure
More than 800 screen shots of dot-bomb designs.

World Wide Arts Resources
Featured artists and other interesting materials.

DesignInMotion.com
Broadcast Designers Association offers the latest broadcast spots, film trailers, and video for the Web. Also has some interviews with designers and tech help.

BornMag.com
Web design and literature.

1001 Free Fonts

Design-Agency.com
Showcases new designers.

Digital Thread
This is another great site that showcases new work from designers all over the world.

NewsDesign.net
A great design site featuring several articles from various magazines that should beof interest.

E-Company's Web Site Design Page
Tip sheets, news stories, organizations and other resource links.

Illustrators.net
Search a database of great illustrators, some of whom are listed below.

Google Art Illustration Page
Tons of links to design portfolios, some of which are listed below.

Andrew Skwish
Illustrations, links and more from artist Andrew Skwish. His work has appeared in many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He also has a portfolio at Poynter.org.

Office of Newspaper Design
A great set of global design links.

Michael Bartalos.com
More super illustration examples!

Wesley Bedrosian
Illustrations, paintings, drawings.

Lynne Bennett Portfolio

MyFonts.com
Links to about 25 news page designers.

Desktoppublishing.com's Graphic Designer's Paradise
Hundreds of links in alphabetical order.

Statistical Graphic Resources
A great site from the York University Math Department.

Excite's Computer Graphics Directory
Links to hundreds of sites.

3D Cafe
Dozens of links for graphic artists, including Web tools, newsletters, jobs and more.

VisualJournalism.com
A great design site from a UK journalist.

Digital Producer.com
Bills itself as a site that has "news, tools and techniques for content creation."

Director Online User Group
Articles, resource links and more.

LogoMotives
A good graphic design site.

Excite's Web Designers in UK/Europe Directory

Tom Tomorrow's Weblog
A cartoonist's weblog.

Nolo.com
A legal site that includes a copyright protection page.

Critique Magazine

Communications Magazine

CoolHomePages.com: The Only Cure for Designer's Block

Cool HomePages.com: Design Resource Links
Links to design magazines, coding pages, tip sheets and more.

FineArtForum.org
A 14-year-old international news service specializing in new technologies in the arts and design. The majority readers are professionals in the arts and design world.

Kira's Web Toolbox
Dozens of great resources, from mail to javascript, to add to your site.

Photoshop Web Tips Database

MacWeek.com

Adobe.com
Several tips sheets and software news.

Web Clip Art

StockXchng
Stock photos of pretty much anything can be found here.

Stock Logos Download

Public Domain Images

Artcyclopedia
The fine arts encyclopedia. One of the top reference sites around, according to the American Library Association. Search by artist, etc.

Five Elements of Digital Storytelling
From the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies offers a site that provides a common vocabulary and structure for understanding new media content.




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