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Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.Dispute Resolution--Media--Presentation
Dr. Bonner is regularly asked to comment on current issues, and has recently been interviewed by BBC News, The National, Power and Politics, The New York Times, Power Pl...
Fame & FortuneFame & Fortune, published by Sources, features awards, fellowships and scholarships available to Canadian journalists. For each award, information is provided about the eligibility requirements, the deadline for a...
Media Names & NumbersPublished by Sources, Media Names & Numbers is a comprehensive Canadian media directory - in the form of a searchable database as well as a print directory/media list - including television and radio networks, sta...
The Sources CalendarThe Sources Calendar contains event listings of interest to journalists and the media.
Organizations with a current Sources membership may post releases at no cost.
To submit items use the online form at http...
Barrie ZwickerAuthor, producer and social and political activist Barrie Zwicker has specialized in media criticism since 1970. Since the events of 9/11 he has become a leader in the "9/11Truth movement." Millions of people around the ...
New Releases
The Benefits of Reaching the MediaSources
The benefits of being listed in Sources.
Introducing the Sources CalendarSources
The Sources Calendar enables you to inform the media of your newsworthy events.
News Release DistributionSources
Sources media release distribution service.
Publicity 101 for Colleges2009-05-02
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Q: What's the best way for a college to get continuing media attention?
A: By being found in SOURCES, the Media's Guide to Experts and Spokespersons
Sources Select Resources
Advocacy JournalismConnexipedia Article
Article
A genre of journalism that intentionally and transparently adopts a non-objective viewpoint, usually for some social or political purpose.
Catastrophes on CameraWhy Media Coverage of Natural Disasters is Most So Bad
Cockburn, Patrick
Article
2010
CounterPunch
The reporting of cataclysms or lesser disasters is often wildly misleading. Stereotyping is common: whichever the country involved, there are similar images of wrecked bridges, half-submerged houses a...
Confessions of a Media CriticArticle
1984
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Barrie Zwicker says that with the planet in crisis it isn't time for 'business as usual', least of all in journalism.
Effective Media RelationsNurturing your relationships with reporters
Article
2000
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Our relationships with journalists need to be maintained over time in order to be fruitful.
Effective Media RelationsArticle
2006
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Media relations is human relations. Journalism is about telling compelling stories about people and their lives.
Expose Yourself!Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Article
2006
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A booklet about effective media relations, providing practical advice about getting media coverage and relating to the media.
Fame & Fortune OnlineWebsite
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Comprehensive listing of awards available to Canadian journalists.
Flying High: 5 Sure Ways to Get Your Business SoaringFillmore, Cathleen
Article
2001
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Know your audience, know your message, be clear and consistent in that message, then develop a strategy and execute it.
Frequently Asked Questions about SourcesArticle
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SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, c...
Getting your story into the mediaArticle
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Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people w...
Guerrilla Tactics for Maximizing the Results of Your Media CampaignFreeman, Cameron
Article
2001
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Strategy and tactics for successful media campaigns.
Helping you reach the mediaHow Sources can help you get more and better media coverage
Article
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Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity ...
How Sources magnifies your Internet visibilityArticle
2006
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How the high Internet ranking of the Sources Web site helps magnify the public profile of organizations and companies who are listed in Sources.
How to Make Your B-roll WorkLaVigne, Mark
Article
2003
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Getting a videographer or camera assigned to your story is a challenge to say the least. If you're lucky, you may get one or two cameras out to your news event. That leaves another three or four stati...
In Print: Maximizing Coverage in Community NewspapersFenske, Lynn
Article
2004
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How to get coverage in community newspapers.
Maximizing Coverage of Charity Activities in Community NewspapersFenske, Lynn
Article
2002
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When it comes to getting coverage in the local newspaper, presentation is paramount. Tto maximize your profile and get your story or event covered, give the newspaper what it wants, when it wants it.
Media ExposureCoburn, Jean
Article
1997
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Promoting your magazine on a shoestring.
Media Relations as a Marketing ToolFriesen, Carl
Article
The first step to getting media attention is to make sure that reporters know about you.
Media Watch: When the Media Tell Half the StoryEmery, E. Eugene Jr.
Article
1997
Skeptical Inquirer
Out Lickspittle PressDoorkeepers to the House of Lies
Roberts, Paul Craig
Article
2010
CounterPunch
Today no one believes that our country’s success depends on an informed public and a free press. America’s success depends on its financial and military hegemony over the world. Any information incons...
Outrageous Campaigners Show Size Isn't EverythingTatchell, Peter
Article
1992
Socialist
OutRage! therefore consciously tries to make its protests informative and amusing. It projects it's political message with wit, style, humour and theatricality. Indeed, a typical OutRage! action could...
PR Industry launches new standard for measurement and ROILaVigne, Mark
Article
2006
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A new standard for measuring editorial coverage and return on investment.
Pressing for PressWineland, Slyvia
Article
The Greenhouse
A serious attempt to get press coverage can be a campaign in itself. If you really want it, go after it methodically and shamelessly.
Publicity 101 for CollegesSources News Release
Article
2009
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Q: What's the best way for a college to get continuing media attention?
A: By being found in SOURCES, the Media's Guide to Experts and Spokespersons
Rethinking Media in Conflict ZonesHow can journalists minimize safety risks whilst reporting on conflicts?
Elmi, Hamid
Article
Asia Media Summit
Conflicts and wars are the everyday stuff of national, regional and world news. They are likely to intensify and give birth to permutations that make media coverage and analysis more difficult and com...
Shadows of LibertyTremblay, Jean-Philippe
Film/Video
2012
Docfactory
Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America versus the public battle for truth and democracy.
Smooth Talking! Explore the Paid Speaking MarketFillmore, Cathleen
Article
2005
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Becoming a professional speaker.
Sources CalendarWebsite
2009
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Listings of events of interest to journalists, editors, researchers, publishers and others working in the media and in publishing, covering Canadian and international events, press conferences, meetin...
Sources gives you powerful tools to help you stand out from the crowdArticle
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An overview of how you can use SOURCES to amplify your message.
SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, writers, producers and researchers with the sources they need for their ...
The Sources HotLinkWebsite
1996
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A website and newsletter dealing with media relations strategies.
Swine Flu Coverage Around the WorldArticle
2009
Pew Research Centre's Project for Excellence in Journalism
The swine flu story quickly topped the American media agenda when the story broke in late April. How did coverage in other countries compare with the U.S.? Was there any correlation between the number...
Telling Journalists Who You AreGetting the most from Sources
Article
1999
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A well-written descriptive paragraph in your Sources listing tells journalists why they should call you.
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009Article
2009
Project Censored
Provides a list and indepth analysis of the top 25 stories that were censored throughout the year in 2009.
Twenty-five Years of SourcesArticle
2002
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From the beginning, Sources was seen as a public service as well as a tool for journalists.
What Makes Mainstream Media MainstreamChomsky, Noam
Article
1997
Z Magazine
Noam Chomsky shares his approach to analyzing media and reveals the meaning and consequence of the strategic design of communication.
When to Contact the MediaGraham, Barbara Florio
Article
2004
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Advice on when to contact the media.
Wikileaks - The Smear and the DenialArticle
2010
Medialens
The Internet has revealed a chasm separating the corporate media from readers and viewers. Previously, the divide was hidden by the simple fact that journalists monopolised the means of mass communica...
Sources Bookshelf
Blindspots in The NewsManson, Katherine; Hackett, Robert
Book
1995
The filters that determine what gets into the "news" and what doesn't.
Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - And WhyThe 1995 Project Censored Yearbook
Jensen, Carl, and Project Censored. Introduction by Michael Crichton. Cartoons by Tom Tomorrow.
Book
1996
Documenting how the U.S. mass media does a shabby job, deliberately or negligently withholding information of vital importance.
Expose Yourself!Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Article
2006
A booklet about effective media relations, providing practical advice about getting media coverage and relating to the media.
Frames of WarWhen Is Life Grievable?
Butler, Judith
Book
2009
Butler explores the media's portrayal of war and its effect on audiences' understandings of human life. Such portrayals, Butler argues lead to the rationalization of modern warfare and state violence....
Manufacturing ConsentThe Political Economy of the Mass Media
Herman, Edward S.; Chomsky, Noam
Book
1988
Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets...
Media ThinkWinter, James
Book
2000
Increasingly the news media are owned by a small group of very large corporations with extensive interests outside the industry, run by the corporate elite.Winter argues that instead of offering diver...
Morals and the MediaEthics in Canadian Journalism
Russell, Nick
Book
1994
Russell focuses on the fundamental moral questions and ethical dilemmas faced by journalists and discusses how the media both reflect and influence society.
Necessary IllusionsThought Control in Democratic Societies
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1989
An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide...
News and the Culture of LyingWeaver, Paul H.
Book
1997
The news media lie, says Weaver, not by slipshod reporting or unethical practices, but in the very "plot structure" of the news, in the masks of impersonality assumed by reporters and editors, and in ...
Newspeak in the 21st CenturyEdwards, David; Cromwell, David
Book
2009
Revealing the lethal bias in 'balanced' reporting.
Sources.comPortal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
Website
1977
Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and ind...
Sources Select ResourcesReviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
Website
1977
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
Weapons of Mass PersuasionMarketing the War Against Iraq
Rutherford, Paul
Book
2004
Rutherford, an academic and media critic at the University of Toronto, tries to show how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out with the aid of a compliant med...
What Really Happened to the 1960sHow Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy
Morgan, Edward P.
Book
2010
A historical overview, critical analysis, and appraisal of the 1960s. Drawing upon historical and media studies, theories of capitalism and democracy, and in-depth study of the era's social movements,...
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