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The World Wide Web, the "electronic bookshelf" in every communicator's computer, holds a wealth of information that can inform and enrich the work of faith.   Here's a compilation of links to key sources of information for faith-based communicators, suggested by members of the NCC Communication Commission.
 
 
Media Advocacy Resources
Ban the Spam Campaign
Center for Digital Democracy
Codes of Media Ethics, from 370 sources around the world
Commercial Alert
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Federal Communications Commission
Free Press Media Reform Network
Independent Press Councils (European ethics resource)
Low Power FM Information
Media Access Project
Nat'l Fed. of Community Broadcasters
Prometheus Radio Project
Reclaim the Media
Telecommunication Research & Action Center


Media Education Resources
Action Coalition for Media Education
Center for Media Literacy
Children's Television Workshop/Sesame Workshop
CommonSense Media

General Principles in Media Literacy (California Newsreel)
iSolation in an iPod World (Arizona Republic)
Media Education Foundation
National Institute on Media and the Family
Websites on Media Choices for Families

Research on Religion and Media
Alban Institute
American Religion Data Archive
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Database
Center for Media Literacy
Colorado Media/Religion/Culture Resource
Columbia Journalism Review 
First Amendment Center/Freedom Forum
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Harvard Pluralism Project
Links to Lilly-funded Religion Projects
Louisville Institute
Media, Symbolism, Lifecourse Project
National Priorities Project Database
Pew Forum on Religion & Life
Religion & Public Life Project
Religion Online (Document Archive)
Rutgers Virtual Religion Index
Yearbook of American/Canadian Churches

Religion News Sources
Beliefnet.com
Christian Century
Christianity Today
EthicsDaily.com
Faith & Values.com
First Person (Minnesota Public Radio)
Google Religion News Headlines
Interfaith Voices (Public Radio)
Journalist Express
NPR Religion Index
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS)
ReligionLink for Reporters  (from RNA)
Religion News Service
Religion Scholar Source  (from AAR)
Worldwide Faith News

Yahoo Religion News Headlines

Professional Communication Organizations -
Ecumenical, Interfaith, and Secular

Associated Church Press
Association for Education in Journalism
Association of Theological Schools
ECUNET Online Community
Faith and Values Media
Public Relations Society of America
Religion Communicators Council
Religion Newswriters Association
World Assn of Christian Communication and NARA-WACC

Professional Communication Organizations - Denominational
Baptist Communicators Association
Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals
ELCA Communicators Consultation
Episcopal Communicators
Mennonite Council on Church & Media
Presbyterian Communicators Network
Society of Adventist Communicators
United Methodist Association of Communicators/UMAC

Wordsmithing and Other Helpful Resources
LibrarySpot Index of Online Libraries
Multilingual Dictionary
Thesaurus and Dictionary
Likely sources for English idioms
Famous Quotations
TimeZone and Daylight Clock
 

If you have additional links to suggest, or want to update an obsolete link in the list above, please send us an e-mail.