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Story Development Resources
| Columbia Missourian NewsRoom Web Resources | Homepage provides categorical links to: city desk; sports; digital media resources; general information; sources, email addresses and discussion groups; phone numbers; Internet search engines; copy desk; City of Columbia; and other journalism resources. |
| IRE's Beat Source Guide | These are your choices: Agriculture / Arts / Business / Courts / Crime / Demographics / Disasters / Education / Entertainment / Environment / Federal Government / First Amendment / FOIA / Health Care / Homeland Security / Housing / International / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Local Government / Military / News Sources / Nonprofit Organizations / Politics / Religion / Science / Sports / State Government / Terrorism / Transportation |
| Journalist's Resource Knowledge Based Reporting | The site’s mission is to bridge the gap between the worlds of journalism and scholarly research by providing timely, authoritative studies as well as skills-based material. The vast world of objective knowledge – facts and context that can supercharge stories. |
| Nicar's Help with Your Beat |
Strategy: Many Web sites - even those not specifically designed for journalists - are organized around topics similar to a newsroom's beat structure. Others, such as the Beat Source Guide, offer specific help by beat. |
| Power Reporting | Resources and training site for journalists |
| Newsroom Training | Resources, exercises and links |
| Reporter's Tools | These sites offer a range of reportorial aids from guidelines for searching the Internet to lists of quotable experts, from tips on using public opinion polls to video feeds for television newscasts |
| Reporter's Desktop | Site is divided into three main topics: Reference, Government, and Press. Under Press, comprehensive beat links are provided. Also provides reverse telephone number search capabilities, a directory of phone numbers and addresses, email listservs, and miscellaneous queries plus links to other search engines. |