Resources on the Internet for Business Journalists



Resources on the Internet for Business Journalists

Society of American Business Editors and Writers – Business Investigative Reporting Workshop

Atlanta, Oct. 5, 2004

Ira Chinoy

ichinoy@jmail.umd.edu

Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

This page:

Updated Nov.15, 2004; additions since Oct. 5 include two sections near the bottom of this page –

sites suggested by conference participants and a grab bag of other sites,

including sites with links for reporting on energy-related issues

An abridged version of the workshop presentation appears in SABEW’s newsletter,

The Business Journalist, for December 2004,

as the article “The Internet as a Reporting Tool”. It is posted online at:



Sites with collections of useful links

Society of American Business Editors and Writers:

Online resources:



Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE):

IRE Resource Center:

The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR):

NICAR Net Tour:

NICAR database library:

A Journalist’s Guide to the Internet, by Chris Callahan:

Business page:

Federal government page:

State and local government page:

:

Business beat:

Poynter Institute’s resource center:

Links to links for hot news stories:

Writing and editing tips:

American Press Institute – The Journalist’s Toolbox:

Portico:

: Find businesses by category:

Yahoo Finance:

Reference: definitions, math, etc.

New York Times glossary of financial terms:



Yahoo glossary of financial terms:

– glossary:

:

– searchable reference works:

Wikipedia:

Math for Journalists:

Web tools

Pandia Search Central:

Master list:

The Internet Scout Project:

– a network of information searchers:

Gary Price’s “Direct Search” -

Gary Price’s “Fast Facts” -

Introduction to Reference Work, Volumes I and II:



Search Engine Watch:

AlltheWeb (search engine):

Free & fee-based databases available at or through public universities

University of Maryland Libraries:

New York University Libraries:

Internet lists, newsgroups, weblogs and chatrooms

L-Soft - catalog of LISTSERV lists:

– list of lists:

Journalism-related lists:

Newsgroup search from Google:

Weblogs – Yahoo:



Chatrooms – Yahoo:

Investigative reporting on business

SABEW’s Best in Business contest award winners:



Investigative Reporters and Editors – archive of reporting projects on the Web

Business reporting projects:



Workplace reporting projects:



Government reporting projects:



Health reporting projects:



Computer-assisted reporting projects:



Online investigative reporting projects (need to be IRE member):



Newsletters

Annual Journalism Award Winners – Newsletters and Electronic Publishers:



Classic Reporting:

Works by Donald Barlett and James Steele:



Ida Tarbell’s A History of the Standard Oil Company (1904)

Text in electronic format:



Preface:

Links to business news publications:

World-:

Business magazines:

Business news:

LookSmart’s FindArticles:

Business & finance publications:

Securities and Exchange Commission filings

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – EDGAR Database:

edaux/searches.htm

Guide to SEC Forms:

Examples for demo:

US INC:



MARTHA STEWART CIK search



10K (annual):



DEF 14A (proxy info):



:

FreeEdgar:

Edgar Online, Inc.:

IPO Monitor:

Examples of tools for making connections

Namebase:

Example -- Enron:

Kart00:

TouchGraph GoogleBrowser:

The economy

Federal Reserve

Economic Research and Data:

U.S. Census Economic Programs:

Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce:

Industry, business, and occupation profiles and issues

Department of Labor:

Bureau of Labor Statistics:

Standard Occupational Classification System:

DOL Dictionary of Occupational Titles:

Hoover’s:

Bloomberg:

D & B:

Standard & Poor’s:

– business profiles:

The Corporate Library:

E-commerce

U.S. Census Bureau E-Commerce Statistics:



The U.S. Census, demographics, and general statistics

U.S. Census:

Site search:

Economic programs:

State data centers:

FedStats:

MapStats:

Kid's Count Data Book:

Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.:

Government generally…

FirstGov:

Federal agencies:



State agencies:

Local agencies:

Office of Management and Budget:

FedWorld:

Federal Agencies with Statistical Programs:

GPO Access: The Government Printing Office:

Government Executive magazine:

Top 200 federal contractors:



Procurement Preview – Special Annual Issue:



Business and government

:

“The Business Gateway to Federal Resources”

FedBizOpps – Federal Business Opportunities:

U.S. Department of Commerce:

Commerce Business Daily (to 1/2/ 2002):

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce:



U.S. Small Business Administration:

U.S. Business Advisor:

The business of politics

Federal Election Commission:

The Center for Responsive Politics -- :

Campaign donors:

Contributions by industry:

Lobbyists database:

The Center for Public Integrity -- State Projects:

PoliticalMoneyLine / FECInfo / :

Federal assistance and other programs: The good, the bad, …

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance:

Federal Assistance Award Data System:

:

“THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies”

Federal Audit Clearinghouse:

IGnet – Federal inspectors general:

U.S. Government Accountability Office -- GAO Reports:

GAO – Investigators Guide to Sources of Information (1997):



Congressional Research Service (Posted by the National Library for the Environment):



Yahoo -- Government Fraud and Waste:



Yahoo -- Corporate Welfare:



POGO -- Project on Government Oversight:

Law and regulation: Federal

:

State and Local Gateway:

IRS:

Facts and figures:

Criminal tax fraud info:

Annual report: criminal investigations:



Federal Trade Commission:

The Library of Congress – Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet:



Federal Register online:

U.S. Courts:

Directory:

PACER:

Environmental Protection Agency:

Finding people to talk to in federal agencies - examples

Department of Commerce person finder:

DOE This Month (Department of Energy):



Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Government lawyers:



Licensing and regulation: State and local

Maryland Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing:

dllr.state.md.us/query

:

National Association of Secretaries of State -- Corporate Registration:



National Center for State Courts:

Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation:

Public records

SearchSystems -- Searchable public records on the Web:

Government documents repository at McKeldin Library, University of Maryland:\



The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:

Tapping Officials’ Secrets:

Electronic Access to Court Records (state by state):



Merlin Information Services:

See “Industry Links” for state-by-state public records on the Web

- FAA Service Difficulty Reports:

$pass*58675635!_h-_landings/pages/search/search_sdr.html

Workplace and contract issues

Department of Labor Research Resources:



U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:

Federal Labor Relations Authority:

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Occupational Safety and Health Administration:

OSHA Statistics and Data:

OSHA inspections:

OSHA Workplace Safety Data available from NICAR:



U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Worker Fatalities Data:



Consumer and investor protection

Consumer Safety Product Commission:

National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators:

National Association of Attorneys General:

Securities Investor Protection Corp.:

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse:

Invention, innovation, technology and science

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:

HowStuffWorks:

Office of Technology Assessment archives (to 1995):

EurekAlert!

(press service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for embargoed access to new scientific research)

Health care

National Center for Health Statistics: nchs

National Association of Health Data Organizations:

National Library of Medicine: nlm.

Medical Product Safety Information:

Food and Drug Administration:

Department of Health and Human Services:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:

American Medical Association:

The American Hospital Association:

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations:

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America:

U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs:

Emergency Care Research Institute:

Administrators in Medicine (links to state boards):

Banking, finance and real estate

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:

FDIC Summary of Deposits:

Deposit Market Share:

FDIC Statistics on Depository Institutions:

National Credit Union Administration:

Office of Thrift Supervision: ots.

Federal Reserve Board:

Federal Financial Institution Examination Council:

HMDA Data Products:

Community Reinvestment Act Performance Ratings:

House Financial Services Committee: financialservices.

Senate Finance Committee: finance.

Conference of State Bank Supervisors:

Appraisal Institute:

Local appraisal and tax assessments:

Maryland:

Merlin Information Services (see “Industry Links”):

Business on business

PR Newswire:

Business Wire:

Corporate Annual Reports:

Nonprofits

American Institute of Philanthropy:

The Foundation Center:

National Association of State Charity Officials:

Guidestar – Nonprofits, 990s:

Insurance

National Association of Insurance Commissioners:

NAIC consumer information:

Coalition Against Insurance Fraud:

Insurance Services Office, Inc.:

ISO’s page of links:

American Agent and Broker: Magazine for insurance agents:

Health Care Insurance Association of America:

Trade associations and interest groups

Yahoo listing of trade associations:



National Association of Realtors:

The Epsom Salt Industry Council:

The Pet Food Institute:

National Association of Tower Erectors:

AARP:

Business of media

Romanesko:

Federal Communications Commission:

World-:

Business magazines:

Business news:

Newspaper Association of America:

Magazine Publishers of America:

National Association of Broadcasters:

National Cable Television Association:

Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association (NEPA):

Interactive Advertising Bureau:

Motion Picture Association of America:

Recording Industry Association of America:

Public opinion

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Public Agenda:

:

Gallup:

Globalism

World Bank Poverty Monitoring Database:



Currency converter:



The visual display of data: Graphics, charts and maps

IRE archive of mapping projects on the Web:



Edward Tufte – graphics guru:

A classic: Charles Joseph Minard’s1869 graphic of Napoleon’s Russia campaign of 1812-1813:

Florida Today: “NASA never studied debris risks”:



Experts

National Press Club database of experts:

Kitty Bennett’s list of sources and experts:



Sites with databases to download or purchase

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting – database library:



The Association of Public Data Users:

Selected public data links:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research:



2000 Census Data for Maryland:

Medicare:

Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - (MAUDE):



Census: Federal, State, and Local Government Data:

Consolidated Federal Funds Report:

Federal Assistance Award Data System:

Bureau of Labor Statistics:

U.S. Census Bureau E-Commerce Statistics:



U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: National Compensation Survey Tables:



U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Worker Fatalities Data:



The Urban Institute’s State Database:



American Public Human Services Association – Federal Data Index:



Right-to-Know Network – Environmental Databases:

Toxicology Data Network TOXNET:

EPA Data:

EPA Envirofacts:

Historical Severe Weather Data – NOAA:

Sites recommended by SABEW conference participants (updated 10/10/04):

Vivisimo – search engine that groups results in clusters by common elements:



Baruch College/CUNY Master’s Program in Business Journalism:

Home page:

Tools for business journalism:



- The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism

at the American Press Institute:

Jonathan Oatis – Web sites for business journalists:

I Want Media – links to daily media news:

FRED Database for economic research from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis:

Home page:

Data downloads:

– National Fraud Information Center / Internet Fraud Watch:

Bankruptcy Research Database, Prof. Lynn M. LoPucki:



CallStreet: Fee-based conference call transcripts:

Postini – Preemptive Email Protection:

– Consumer Action Center:

National Foundation for Credit Counseling:

Consumer Credit Counseling Service:

Business Software Alliance:

Michigan Government Laws, Regulations, and Courts:



Wall Street Jounral Online (fee based):

– economic data:

– “corporate memos and internal communication”:



Value Line – investment research:

Stone & McCarthy Research Associates:

- :

“The Dismal Scientist,” from :

NewsEngin – knowledge management tools for news organizations:

Percent change calculator:



Society of Environmental Journalists:

U.S. Department of Justice:

:

Choose to Save – education program of the Employee Benefit Research Institute:



Wisconsin Democracy Campaign:

– information on the payment card industry:

– Yellow Pages:

WTRG Economics – Energy economics site:

Grab bag of other sites (updated 10/10/04):

Maps in the News (John R. Borchert Map Library, Univ. of Minn.):



City- – maps, satellite phoros and data by zip code:

Home page:

Example: Zip code 20814 (in Bethesda, MD):



Links for reporting on energy-related issues:

Energy-related links from the International Association for Energy Economics:



U.S. Department of Energy:

Energy Information Administration – energy statistics from the federal government:



U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

Public Utility Research Center, Univ. of Florida:

National Association of Regulatory Utility Centers:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory:

WorksOnWork – Index of work-related materials:

(from theHerman Reference Room, Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota)

And last but not least, a plug or two …

Mining databases for news: Computer-assisted reporting

JOUR 472 / 772, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Univ. of Maryland:

Syllabus:

Resources:

Links to data on the Web:



Links to stories on the Web:



Mining archives for news stories: When really old stuff is news…

JOUR 459A / 779A, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Univ. of Maryland:

Syllabus:

Resources page:

“Investigative Reporters, the National Archives, and the Search for ‘Nazi Gold’ and other Treasures,” by Greg Bradsher of the National Archives



“Turning History into Justice: Holocaust-Era Assets Records, Research, and Restitution March 1996-March 2001,” by Greg Bradsher, National Archives:



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