Accuracy in Media
Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
http://www.aim.org/Alternative Media Watch
Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.
http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
American Journalism Review
National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
http://www.ajr.org
Center for Media and Public Affairs
Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
http://www.cmpa.com
Columbia Journalism Review
Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
http://www.cjr.org/
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
http://www.fair.org/
Independent Press Councils (IPC)
Containing details of press councils who have successfully adapted the idea of self-regulation to their own cultural and political context, to facilitate the exchange of views and information, and to promote and support self-regulation.
http://www.presscouncils.org/
Media Monitors Network (MMN)
Non-profit, non-partial and non-political platform for serious media contributors and observers.
http://www.mediamonitors.net/
Media Research Center
Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.
http://www.mediaresearch.org/
Media Talk
Wisconsin Public Radio show looking at current issues inside network television, cable, newspapers, magazines, the Internet and radio. Hosted by Dave Berkman. Audio archives link included.
http://www.wpr.org/mediatalk/
Media Transparency
Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations.
http://www.mediatransparency.org
Media Watch
Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.
http://www.mediawatch.com
MediaChannel.org
Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.
http://www.mediachannel.org
Morality in Media
Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
http://www.moralityinmedia.org/
National Institute on Media and the Family
Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.
http://www.mediafamily.org
On the Media
Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/
PR Watch
Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.
http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/index.html
Project Censored
Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.
http://www.projectcensored.org
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
http://people-press.org/
Tyndall Report
Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.
http://www.tyndallreport.com/
Who's Lying?
Media-focused nonprofit devoted to correcting statements and/or actions that do not responsibly reflect objective reality.
http://whoslying.org
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