Listservs

• ASIANSCRIBES -- Journalists working in Asia, people interested in journalism in Asia, job postings. To subscribe send a blank message to: Asianscribes-subscribe@onelist.com
• ASSOCIATION OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS -- the UK organisation's list, hosted by Onelist. To subscribe, go to the registration page
• CARR-L -- Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting: how to find data, software programs, use of data in stories, etc. To subscribe send message subscribe carr-l firstname lastname to: listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
• COPYEDITING-L -- To subscribe send message subscribe copyediting-l firstname lastname to: listserv@listserv.indiana.edu
• CORREX-L -- Foreign correspondents hang out here sharing contacts and ideas. To subscribe send message subscribe correx-l to: majordomo@true.net
• FLEETSTREET -- UK journalism list. Subscribe via: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/fleetstreet
• IFEJLIST -- International Federation of Environmental Journalists. Subscribe via: http://www.topica.com/lists/ifejlist@list.msu.edu/?cid=4270
• INTCAR-L -- investigative reporting, journalism, access issues and computer-assisted reporting internationally. To subscribe send message subscribe intcar-l firstname lastname to: listserv@american.edu
• IRE-L -- discussions related to investigative reporting. To subscribe send message subscribe ire-l firstname lastname to: listproc@lists.missouri.edu
• IREPLUS-L -- Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) members share techniques and resources, with an an emphasis on brevity and efficiency. To subscribe send message subscribe ireplus-l e-mailaddress to: majordomo@nicar.org
• JAGIS-L -- Journalists and GIS, linking journalists and other professionals interested in digital mapping. To subscribe follow instructions on the JAGIS-L Web page
• JOURNET -- journalism educators discuss course content, resources, teaching strategies, ethics, and current news events. To subscribe send message subscribe journet firstname lastname to: JOURNET@CMICH.EDU
• NEWSLIB -- news librarians, reporters and other researchers offer useful finds on the Internet and tips on where to get information. To subscribe send message subscribe newslib firstname lastname to: listproc@listserv.oit.unc.edu
• NICAR-L -- Information on computer-assisted reporting run by the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting at the University of Missouri. To subscribe send message subscribe nicar-l firstname lastname to: listproc@missouri.edu
• ONLINE-WRITING -- focus on writing for online media, including the Web, e-mail publications and intranets. Subscribe via: http://www.planetarynews.com/online-writing
• WRITER-L -- writers and editors discuss feature writing, explanatory journalism, literary journalism and book journalism. A subscription fee is charged. E-mail mailserv@oregon.uoregon.edu and write the following in the message area: Sub WRITER-L

Newsgroups -- a selection

Browse a list of Newsgroups in UK, or search for Usenet newsgroups by keyword to find information and opinion about news topics at Google Groups. Google also publishes a Usenet archive

alt.journalism -- journalists and journalism students talk shop
alt.journalism.freelance -- for freelance writers
alt.journalism.newspapers -- writing in the newspaper industry
alt.journalism.photo -- the work of photo journalists
alt.journalism.print -- for newspaper, magazine and online reporters