Knight Center for Specialized Journalism Source Lists

  • The "Digital Life: Privacy & Policy" seminar explores how digital technology and the Internet are reshaping society and culture, with an emphasis on privacy concerns and regulatory policy in domestic and international contexts. This is a list of readings and sources to ground reporters in these issues and to aid in reporting on them.

  • The U.S. is stuck in the middle of what could be the worst recession since the Great Depression. There has been a proliferation of websites, reports -- and even one book already published -- helping to explain what happened, and what's still happening. Here's a guide to some of the sources most trusted by some of the top journalists covering the issue, and some resources for gathering your own basic information.

  • Erica Smith, multimedia producer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and creator of Paper Cuts, a blog and map that tracks layoffs in the newspaper industry, lists her top lists of free web resources for multimedia journalists.

  • Readings, reference materials and sources on military affairs, assembled for the U.S. Military: New President, New Outlook? seminar, Feb. 15-20, 2009.

  • Sources for journalists, students, researchers and the general public interested in issues of aging and related healthcare policies in America.

  • Use this source list to better understand America's changing demographics, obesity, cancer research and other hot medical topics.

  • From early childhood development, bilingual education and No Child Left Behind, this source lists will help those wanting to explore the most pressing issues today in public education.

  • Rising health care costs, shrinking insurance coverage and concerns about financing Medicare. This source connects journalists and the general public with thought-leaders on these topics and others, which include medical costs to employers, the uninsured, heath care economics and a look into the future of health care in America.

  • This source list connects journalists and the general public with sources to illuminate the shift in demographics in the United States and its far-reaching effects.

  • This source list examines the ways in which digital technology is transforming how Americans and people around the world live, work and play.