1. Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
2. And Then They Came For Me
   Final Words from Lasantha Wickrematunge
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   An editorial by Lasantha Wickrematunge shortly before he was murdered on January 8, 2009, and published three days after his death.
3. Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2005
   An academic text aimed at scholars and students.
4. The Canadian Public Relations Society, Inc.
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
5. Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operations
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Media corporations claim to care about quality journalism, but they’ve deceived Canadians for decades -- censoring news to protect their profits, pandering to the interests of the corporate world, and neglecting to invest adequately in their news operations. For decades powerful media corporations have decided what news Canadians should read, hear, and see. By reading just about any Canadian daily newspaper it’s not hard to see how the values of corporate-owned media are quite different from the values and interests of the majority of Canadians.
6. Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - And Why
   The 1995 Project Censored Yearbook
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1996
   Documenting how the U.S. mass media does a shabby job, deliberately or negligently withholding information of vital importance.
7. Connexions Archive seeks a new home
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home.
8. The Cultural Industries in Canada
   Problems, Policies and Prospects
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1996
   Dorland discusses policy problems specific to the Canadian cultural industries that produce cultural commodities, such as books, films and television programs.
9. Don't Forget to Write
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Writing letters to the editor is an effective way of getting publicity for your point of view.
10. The Form of News
    A History
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2001
    A history of newspaper design in the USA, the ways of writing, how papers are organized, presentation values of typography, space and pictures, and the impact of changing technology
11. From Politics to Profit
    The Commercialization of Canadian Daily Newspapers, 1890-1920
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Analyzes the transformation of Canadian newspapers that occurred between 1890 and 1920 when daily newspapers slowly changed from political mouthpieces to a marketable industry.
12. Getting the Whole Story
    Reporting and Writing the News
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    
13. Green Isle in the Sea; an informal history of the alternative press.
    An Informal History of the Alternative Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1986
    
14. A Guide to the Photographic Identification of Individual Whales Based on Natural & Acquired Markings
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    
15. Hanging On: Native media are surviving
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1992
    Native media are struggling to survice.
16. Have new social media made ‘traditional’ media obsolete?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    New media provide additional channels for getting messages out, but they don't make older media obsolete. The task is of public relations is to reach people through the media they use. In an increasingly diverse and fragmented world, that means using as many different channels of communication as possible.
17. A History of News
    From the Drum to the Satellite
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    
18. Hitler's Propaganda Machine
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1978
    
19. How to do Leaflets, Newsletters and Newspapers
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
    
20. An Illustrated Guide to Newspapers in Toronto
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1976
    
21. In The News
    The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
22. In the News
    The Practice of Media Relations in Canada - 2nd Edition
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2008
    An introduction of media relations in Canada, from both a practical and philosophical approach.
    
23. International Multimedia News Lab Launched in Prague
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Representatives of World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and PPF Group have launched the International Multimedia News Lab in Prague. The training and educational centre, combined with the editorial house is called FUTUROOM - newsroom of the future.
24. Islamic Peril
    Media And Global Violence
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    
25. Journalism of Outrage
    Investigative Reporting and Agenda Building in America
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
    Examines the myths and misconceptions of investigative journalism and presents empirical research to support a model that challenges the classical theory.
26. Journalism: Truth or Dare?
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2003
    Ian Hargreaves discusses the history, development, future and ethics of journalism and describes journalists' relationship with the public. He focuses on the increase in journalism's influence and the criticism thrown at journalism today by all sectors of society.
27. Loaves and Fishes
    The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement
    Resource Type: Book
    
28. Manufacturing Consent
    The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
29. Media Names & Numbers
    Your Connection to the Media
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2009
    A comprehensive directory of the Canadian news media, including television and radio stations and programs, daily, weekly, ethnic and campus newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, and academic journals. Media Names & Numbers is indexed by subject, and is available in print and electronic formats. An annual subscription includes a print directory and access to the continuously updated online version.
    
30. The Missing News
    Filters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news is printed or aired, which letters will be published, or who will be accorded credibility?
31. The Monthly Epic
    A History of Canadian Magazines
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    
32. New Website for International Association of Sports Newspapers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Association of Sports Newspapers (IASN) has launched a new website, www.press-iasn.org, to highlight its work in the promotion of the interests and freedom of the sports press.
33. News Media Stifle Ideas and Debate
    Review of Democracy's Oxygen: How Corporations Control the News
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1997
    Far from providing democracy's oxygen, as they claim, the news media today legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informed, they manufacture public consent for policies which favour their owners: the corporate elite.
34. Newspapers and the Workers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1916
    The worker must resolutely reject any solidarity with a bourgeois newspaper. And he must always, always, always remember that the bourgeois newspaper (whatever its hue) is an instrument of struggle motivated by ideas and interests that are contrary to his.
    
35. The Organizer's Manual
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1971
    
36. Propaganda and Consciousness: The Future of Big Flame Newspaper
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A political dicussion of the strategy and practice of Big Flame, written in the early 1970s.
    
37. Radical Newspapers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1979
    A radical newspaper succeeds to the extent that in engages in dialogue with its readers and community, rather than in preaching.
38. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
39. Sources Newsstand
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    
40. Spinwars
    Politics and New Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
    An examination of media manipulation in late 20th Century North American politics.
41. Uncovering the Sixties
    Life and Times of the Undergound Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered themselves in print.
42. Underground Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    
43. Yesterday's News
    Why Canada's Daily Newspapers are Failing Us
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    Illuminates the decline of print journalism, suggests reasons for this decline and proposes solutions to reverse this downward trend.
44. Zeitung
    Unser täglicher Hausgast
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1938
    
45. Barrie Zwicker
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    

Experts on Newspapers in the Sources Directory

1. Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association
2. The British Library
3. The Canadian Public Relations Society, Inc.
4. Deutsches Historisches Museum
5. Media Names & Numbers
6. National Print Museum
7. Barrie Zwicker