•  The Journalist's Toolbox, a first-rate resource containing hundreds of research links organized by beats and topics such as federal government, business, tech business, sports, crime/legal, science/environment, medical/health, phone directories, general research, history and more. Created by former journalist Mike Reilley.

•   I Want Media, a one-man operation from journalist Patrick Phillips, offers a terrific roundup of new media publications, organizations, companies, pointers to new media job sites, and daily news roundups by industry.

•  CyberJournalist.net, a rich resource site for online writers and editors. The site offers tips on online writing and editing, plus news and commentary on online journalism. It's run by Jonathan Dube, the technology editor of MSNBC.com.

•  CyberJournalist SuperSearch, a nice, compact page with keyword searches to resources of interest to online journalists.

•  The Online News Association, launched by working journalists at major news organizations. They sponsor the Online Journalism Awards in conjunction with Columbia University.

•  Journalism Access, a site containing pointers to online news organizations and resources, compiled by Mindy McAdams, Knight Chair Professor at the University of Florida.

•  Insert Text Here, a good guide to journalism jobs, news, resources and more, run by journalist Michelle Nicolosi.

•  Journalist Express, an all-in-one resource page for busy professionals.

•  The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting.

•  Reporter.org, a great Web resource for journalists and the public. It points to a number of specialized journalism organizations and provides a terrific roundup of major international news sources, tech news publishers, sports, and political and financial news organizations.

•  Investigative Reporters & Editors schools journalists in the skills of in-depth reporting. It sponsors the valuable program The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting.

•  The Committee of Concerned Journalists, a group of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession, sponsors forums and is spearheading an ambitious Project for Excellence in Journalism, an initiative by journalists to clarify and raise the standards of American journalism.

•  The Freedom Forum and its Media Studies Center offer valuable assistance to reporters and the public.

•  The Radio-Television News Directors Association, focusing on broadcast news issues.

•  The Online Journalist, a clearinghouse of links to Web sites that publish online journalism, including small and obscure zines; maintained by writer/consultant Doug Millison.

•  The Society of Professional Journalists

•  The National Press Club

•  Freelance writer Amy Gahran's Contentious is a good grassroots resource for online content, writing and publishing. It includes links to other content-related Web sites, zines and articles.

•  The Trade Show News Network publishes a detailed list of media-related trade shows.

New media conferences

J.D. Lasica has been a panelist or workshop presenter at the following conferences:

•  The Third Wave: New media conference at USC, March 14-15, 2002. I'm moderator of the panel "The Economics of Online Publishing" with Robert S. Cauthorn, vice president, digital media, San Francisco Chronicle; Neil Chase, managing editor, CBS MarketWatch; Rusty Coats, director of New Media, MORI Research; and Martha L. Stone, consultant, Innovation International Media Consulting. Here are Webcasts of the five panel discussions.

•  Online News Association 2nd Annual Awards and Conference, held Oct. 26-27, 2001, at the Unversity of California, Berkeley. I was program coordinator and moderator for a panel on New Forms of Journalism. See a transcript of the panel session.

•  New Media Conference, a joint conference by USC and UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, March 15, 2000. Moderated the panel "The Impact of Technology on Journalism" with hacker Kevin Mitnick (just released from a five-year prison term), Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal, Steve Outing of E&P Interactive and Robert Lee Hotz of the Los Angeles Times. A Webcast of the panel is online here.

•  New Media Conference, UC Berkeley, March 10, 1999. Member of the panel "Reestablishing Credibility" with Denise Caruso of the New York Times, Jai Singh of CNET News.com, Thomas Gewecke of PC World Online and David Weir of Salon magazine.

•  Canadian Association of Journalists National Writers' Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 14-15, 1998. Gave two 90-minute workshops on online journalism and writing for the Web.

•  The Society of Professional Journalists annual convention, Los Angeles, Oct. 24, 1998. One of three participants on the panel, "Seeking Truth Online."

•  New Media Conference, UC Berkeley, April 23, 1998. Participated in the panel Credibility and the New Media. The Online Journalism Review called the one-day conference "arguably the best discussion of online journalism to date."

•  Society of American Travel Writers' Editors Council, April 27, 1997, aboard cruise ship from Miami to the Bahamas. J.D. gave the lead presentation with a PowerPoint demo on strategies for travel coverage in cyberspace.

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