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National Partnership for Reinventing Government
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Chapter 7
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Archive
Chapter Six
Tools of the Trade/Resources
"Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach."
- Pindar, 518-438 B.C.
Organizations:
- ACE (Agricultural Communicators in Education): www.aceweb.org
- Federal Communicators Network: www.fcn.gov
- International Association of Business Communicators: www.iabc.com
- National Association of Government Communicators: www.nagc.com
- Public Relations Society of America: www.prsa.org
- United States Distance Learning Association: www.usdla.org/
Books:
- Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, (Neilsen, J) Indianapolis: New Riders
- Guidebook: Communication Public Risks and Benefits, (Pat Melgares) Kansas State Research and Extension.
- On Writing Well, William Zinsser, HarperCollins
- The Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook: Incorporating the AP Libel Manual, Brad Kalbfeld, AP
- The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, Norm Goldstein, Editor, AP
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition, University of Chicago Press
- The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, MacMillan Publishing Co.
- The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly, Revised and Expanded Edition, Times Books, Random House
- The Word, An Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing, Rene J. Cappon, AP
- UPI Stylebook: The Authoritative Handbook for Writers, Editors & News Directors, UPI
- Writing News for Broadcast, Edward Bliss, John M. Patterson, Columbia University Press
Internet Clipping Services: These are only a few of the many clipping services now available on the Internet:
- Bacon's Clipping Bureau, www.bacons.com
- NewsDesk: www.newsdesk.com
- Powerize: www.powerize.com
- Reuters: www.bizinfo.reuters.com
- Dow Jones Interactive: www.dowjones.com
- NewsEdge: www.newsedge.com
- NewsEdge's newsPage: www.newspage.com
- Hoover's Online: www.hoovers.com
- LEXIS-NEXIS, LEXIS-NEXIS.com
Web Sites by Subject: Web sites seem to change on an almost daily basis. These Web sites were active when we went to press:
- Access America E-Gov E-Zine: www.accessamerica.gov
- Accessibility: www.cast.org/bobby/, www.section508.gov, www.access-board.gov, and www.w3c.org.
- Accountability data (gathering): www.ces.ncsu.edu/AboutCES/Factsheets/
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center: web.aces.uiuc.edu/agcomdb/docctr.html
- Copy Editors' Site: www.theslot.com
- Choosing Fonts: www.will-harris.com/typoscrn.htm
- Crisis Communications: www.oklahoma.feb.gov/emergencyplan.html#Purpose
- Distance Education: www.uidaho.edu/evo/distglan.html
see also The Distance Education Handbook: A Guide for University Faculty (Telg, R.W. & Irani, T.).
- Federal Press Releases: www.fedbuzz.com
- Good Documents: www.gooddocuments.com
- Government-Wide Information: www.firstgov.gov
- How People Read Web News: www.poynter.org/centerpiece/071200.htm
- Instructional Design and Teaching Strategies for Online Course Development: Illinois.online.uillinois.edu/model
- Journalism/content/publishing: www.content-exchange.com
- Jeff Kagan's weekly column: www.newsbytes.com
- Marketing online: www.emarketer.com
- Measuring effectiveness: Journal of Extension Web site. www.joe.org/joe/ or
Journal of Applied Communications Web site www.aceweb.org/JAC/jac.html
- Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: www.people-press.org
- Plain Language: www.plainlanguage.gov
- Public Service Advertising Research Center: www.psaresearch.com
- Risk Communications: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html#OVERVIEW, www.rutgers.edu (click on "Center for Environmental Communication," then click on"publications.")
- Successful Online Student Profile: Illinois.online.uillinois.edu/model/Studentprofile.htm
- Testing Web Sites with 5 Users: www.useil.com/alertbox/20000319.htm
- Usable Web: www.usableweb.com/
- Web Authoring Tools: www.fas.org/cp/author.htm
- Web Design and Usability: www.abeleto.com/
- Web Writing (evaluating): www.oznet.ksu.edu/prev/ and click on "Summary of Data Collection Methods and Procedures."
- Web Writing:
- Writer's Page: www.ignet.gov/ignet/writing.html
- Yale Style Manual for Website Design: info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
Media Directories:
- Bacon's Media Directories, www.bacons.com
- Burrelle's Media Directory, www.burrelles.com
- Finderbender Media Directories, www.finderbender.com
- Gebbie Press, www.gebbieinc.com
- The Capital Source, National Journal, Washington, DC
Media Web Sites:
- ABC: www.abc.go.com
- AP: www.ap.org
- Atlanta Journal Constitution: www.ajc.com
- BusinessWeek: www.businessweek.com
- CBS: www.cbs.com
- CNN: www.cnn.com
- Federal Times: www.federaltimes.com
- Forbes: www.forbes.com
- Government Executive Magazine: govexec.com
- Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com
- MSNBC: www.msnbc.com
- NBC: www.nbc.com
- PlanetGov: www.planetgov.com
- Newsweek: www.newsweek.com
- New York Times: www.nyt.com
- Salon Magazine: www.salon.com
- Time Magazine: www.time.com
- USA Today: www.usatoday.com
- U.S. News & World Report: www.usnews.com
- Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
- Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com
All resources are for information and do not imply endorsement.
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