I have gathered a list of useful web sites for students to visit.
These can be used for assignments or just for fun:

Newspapers

The Clark College Independent
News for the Clark College, Vancouver and Clark County communities

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/
The Oregonian

http://www.columbian.com/
The Columbian

http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Washington Post

http://www.nytimes.com/
The New York Times

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/
The Miami Herald

http://www.chicagotribune.com/
The Chicago Tribune

http://www.suntimes.com/index.html
The Chicago Sun-Times

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/
The Seattle Times

http://www.jsonline.com/
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - a great example of Web journalism

http://www.opb.org/
Oregon Public Radio and Television

http://www.npr.org/
National Public Radio

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Showcase.view&showcaseid=0017
ASNE, Poynter put the spotlight on hard-edged reporting - A must read for any staff member of the spring 2007 Independent

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=34&aid=82985
The all important watchdog reporting culture

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=36&aid=37661
Interviewing Tips from Poynter

http://www.poynter.org/article_feedback/article_feedback_list.asp?user=2194&id=37661
Journalists sound off on interviewing

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=36&aid=38681
Interviewing Techniques

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Media Law and Ethics

http://www.freedomforum.org/
Know and understand your first amendment rights

http://www.spj.org
Know the SPJ's Code of Ethics

http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?ID=888
American Society of News Editors

http://www.snd.org/about/organization_ethics.html
Society for News Design Code of Ethics

http://www.splc.org/
Student reporter should be aware of their rights as journalists.

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/topic.aspx?topic=shield_laws
Info on shield laws

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=15938
State shield laws (aka Sunshine Laws)

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/information/news.aspx?id=18494
NEW - WASHINGTON STATE SHIELD LAW

http://www.rcfp.org/ogg/index.php?op=browse&state=WA
Open Government Guide: Washington State

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.30
MORE Open Government Guide: Washington State

http://supreme.justia.com/index.html
Know the name of the case? Look up the Supreme Court opinions that apply to YOUR 1st Amendement rights

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Look up Federal Statues

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser
This site allows you to search State statutes, i.e., click on The Revised Code of Washington. Criminal laws are found in Title 9 and 9A, also check under Title 35, Chapter 35.99.

Washington cases are searched through a subscriber service called Westlaw or going through books called "Washington Digest" at the law library on the first floor of the county courthouse on Franklin Street. Open to the public after 1:00 p.m.

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Design

http://www.newseum.org/
Check out all of the front pages around the world

http://www.newspagedesigner.com
See what other designers are doing: Everything from inside pages to special sections.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/photo/
A look at the other side: See what the photojournalists have to go through to get a picture for a story

http://www.snd.org/
Society of News Design

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Media Criticism

http://www.factcheck.org/
Annenberg Political Factcheck

http://www.freepress.net
A nonpartisan organization working to involve the public in media - A watchdog organization

http://www.mediaresearch.org/
Media Research Center - America's Media Watchdog (Conservative leaning)

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Communication

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
American Rhetoric

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References

PU's Owl Database. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2004, from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
APA Guidelines - Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab)

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/apexercises
Working with Words Grammar Quizzes

http://www.blogger.com
Your link to Blooger.com!

http://thomas.loc.gov/
Legislative information from the Library of Congress

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/legislature/
Washington State Legislature - find a bill, find your district and much more

http://www.census.gov/
Census info

http://www.house.gov/baird/
Link to Washington's fightin' 3rd district

http://www.governor.wa.gov/
Link to Washington's Governor, Chris Gregoire

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