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Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

The Society of Professional Journalists is the largest journalism organization in the United States. Its members are news gatherers of all types — print, online, radio, TV, bloggers, whatever. Anyone who considers him/herself a journalist may join. The organization contains both professional journalists and college journalists. The national organization's website, which is filled with helpful information, can be found here. The New Jersey state organization website is here, and the Rutgers chapter is here.

Sunshine Week
	This is important for you to know. Sunshine Week celebrates free speech and helps Americans (especially journalists) to open government records and meetings.

Grammar help here!
	This is a site by a Rutgers professor. Take some time and look through these pages. Click this link to find it.

Find out about plagiarism
	Click on this link to find out about plagiarism — how it finds its way into student papers, how to be aware you're doing it, how to make sure you are not accused of it.

Media feeding frenzies
	Look up media feeding frenzies of the past. It's a lot of fun to find out what has been the fodder for national news organizations over the last 50 years or so, then look up more details on the ones you find interesting.

Stinky Journalism
	FOR ETHICS STUDENTS: This website investigates poor journalism and how it got that way. Mouse through the various cases to be able to report on the one you feel is closest to your own topic.

Are you under 40?
	If you are under 40, and even if you're not, you should read this article explaining why young people have little interest in reading/watching/understanding the news. It follow a book assigned to Ethics-480 classes at Rutgers on the same subject by the same author.