a summary of news stories from around the world, updated every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day.

Reports on the shifting media landscape, digital disruption, & business models in a mobile, networked world.

Pew Center on the States includes news, issues, research & analysis, etc.

Media watchdog in West Michigan, GRIID teaches media literacy, critical thinking skills about how media functions & how it can misinform the public on critical issues. Helps student groups with their own media campaigns & production.

Co-founded by Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, CCIJ leads global investigations through strategic mentorship. They expose issues with visual and data-driven storytelling, strive for accountability, and seek solutions.

Provides stories, training, & resources

Ranks the level of civil discourse by country, using variables like commitment to freedom of speech and media with actual data from Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, internet access, online censorship, literacy rates.
Also includes interviews with journalists about strategies to overcome misinformation.

Provides tools, apps, resources, opportunities, tips, & trends for journalists

examines news topics through a research lens: scholarly materials relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students.

professional organization for journalists, including professional development activities for journalism students

provides information, advice, and legal assistance for student journalists.

Reports on freedom of the press, internet, political rights, & civil liberties by country from a pro-democracy "independent watchdog."

Gender in the world’s news media.

Contains magazine, newspaper & journal articles, books, & Websites. MeL can be used by any citizen of MI.