Journalism Links and Resources

The sites mentioned below are helpful resources for reporting, fact-checking, learning and discussing journalism-related topics, and for reading news from around the state.

Texas Open Records & Meetings acts

Detailed information and examples of the Texas Open Records Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act can be found in the Texas Freedom of Information Handbook, a guide published by the Freedom of Information (FOI) Foundation of Texas Inc. See a sample of an Open Records Request letter.

The FOI Foundation is a nonprofit and independent organization that provides public service on First Amendment issues. The complete handbook can be ordered through the Freedom of Information site.

Other sources on the acts are the Open Records Handbook and the Open Meetings Handbook that are published by the Attorney General's Office annually. Copies are available in campus libraries and can also be obtained free of charge from the Attorney General's Office.

Fact-Checking Sites

These sites can help journalists with background information, spelling and verification of facts.

• World Factbook

• U.S. Government's Official Web Portal

• Public Records Databases

• Library of Congress

• Lexis-Nexis

• Virtual Library

• People Search

• Journalists' Toolbox

• Dictionary/Thesaurus

Journalism Sites

The following sites are dedicated to improving the profession by sharing ideas, opinions and stories based on everyday journalism.

• Poynter Institute

• Pew Center for Civic Journalism

• Online Journalism Review

• American Journalism Review

• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

• Newspaper Association of America

• National Association of Broadcasters

• Journalism.org

• Editors Weblog of the World Association of Newspapers

Media Ethics

The following sites discuss current ethical issues that journalists face on the job.

• Poynter Institute

• Online Journalism Review (OJR)

• Accuracy in the Media (AIM)

• Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America

• Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

• Cursor

• Pew Center for Civic Journalism

Texas Daily Newspaper Sites

Catch up on news from around the state.

• Abilene Reporter-News

• Amarillo Globe-News

• Athens Daily Review

• Austin American-Statesman

• The Baytown Sun

• Beaumont Enterprise

• Borger News-Herald

• The Brazosport Facts

• The Banner-Press

• The Brownsville Herald

• Bryan-College Station Eagle

• Cleburne Times-Review

• Conroe Courier

• Corpus Christi Caller-Times

• Corsicana Daily Sun

• The Dallas Morning News

• Denton Record-Chronicle

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Gainesville Daily Register

• The Galveston County Daily News

• The Greenville Herald Banner

• Daily Court Review

• The Daily Sentinel

• El Tiempo de Laredo

• The Herald Coaster

• Herald Democrat

• Herald Zeitung

• Houston Chronicle

• The Huntsville Item

• Jacksonville Daily Progress

• Kilgore News Herald

• Laredo Morning News

• Longview News-Journal

• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

• The Lufkin Daily News

• Marshall News Messenger

• The Monitor

• The Midland Reporter-Telegram

• Mineral Wells Index

• Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune

• Odessa American

• The Paris News

• Pecos Enterprise

• Plainview Daily Herald

• Plano Star Courier

• Port Arthur News

• San Angelo Standard-Times

• San Antonio Express-News

• The Shorthorn

• Stephenville Empire-Tribune

• Sweetwater Reporter

• Temple Daily Telegram

• The Terrell Tribune

• Texarkana Gazette

• Texas City Sun

• Valley Morning Star

• Waco Tribune-Herald

• Waxahachie Daily Light

• Weatherford Democrat

• Wichita Falls Times Record News

Texas Weekly Newspaper Sites

Read news reported in weekly newspapers around Texas.

• Austin Business Journal

• Austin Chronicle

• Bulletin of Brazoria County

• Canyon Lake Times Guardian/Chronicle.

• Canyon News

• Dallas Business Journal

• Dallas Observer

• El Paso Internet Courier

• FW Weekly

• Houston Business Journal

• Houston Press

• Howe Enterprise

• La Prensa de San Antonio

• Marble Falls Highlander

• Mesquite News

• Montgomery County Bulletin

• Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

• People Newspapers

• Prime Time Newspapers

• San Antonio Business Journal

• The Lake Cities Sun

• Wilson County News

Texas University Newspaper Sites

• Read news reported by students from college campuses in Texas.

• Angelo State University

• The Baylor Lariat at Baylor University

• The Battalion at Texas A & M

• The Daily Cougar at the University of Houston

• The Daily Texan at the University of Texas

• The Daily University Star at Texas State University

• The Rice Thresher at Rice University

Other University Sites

Want to learn more about other journalism programs? Here is a start.

• Arizona State University

• Boston University

• California Polytechnic University-SLO

• Colorado State University

• Columbia University

• Howard University

• New York University's Journalism and Mass Communication

• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism

• Ohio University - E.W. Scripps School of Journalism

• Syracuse University - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

• University of Arizona

• University of Florida

• University of Kansas at Lawrence

• University of Missouri at Columbia

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• University of Wisconsin at Madison

Link Submissions

Do you have a journalism-related link that you would like to submit to this page? If so, please email the link to j.webmaster@communication.utexas.edu. Also, please report any broken links to the same address.