US Journalism Mailing Lists

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  • IRE-L at listproc@lists.missouri.edu -- Discussions about investigative reporting  To join this list, send an e-mail message to the address highlighted above with ONLY the following message: subscribe listname your firstname your lastname .The IRE also has an excellent searchable archive, where you can check for any discussion of a topic of interest to you.
  • IREPLUS-L. A better level of discussion for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) members. Send message subscribe ireplus-l e-mailaddress to: majordomo@nicar.org
  • CARR-L at listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu     One of the most active and useful  journalism lists.  Based in the United States, but with a lot of international participation. By far the best and the busiest list for an Internet journalist to join. 
  • NICAR-L  Run by the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting at the University of Missouri. To subscribe send message subscribe nicar-l firstname lastname to: listproc@missouri.edu
  • NEWSLIB  News librarians and  researchers discuss how and where to get information. To subscribe send message subscribe newslib firstname lastname to: listproc@listserv.oit.unc.edu
  • Writer-L      A moderated list for those interested in literary journalism and discussion about interviewing and writing techniques.  For subscription info,inquire at WriterL@telix.com. $17 U.S. a year and well worth it
  • COPYEDITING-L  Send message subscribe copyediting-l firstname lastname to: listserv@listserv.indiana.edu
  • JOURNET-L at listserv@american.edu   Journalism education discussion.  To join this list, send an e-mail message to the address highlighted above withONLY the following message:  subscribe listname your firstname your lastname
  • TEACH ETHICS-L at listproc@hawaii.edu
  • MEDIA LIST at listserv@su.se     Invesgative journalism discussion.  Put words: sub media     in the body of your message
  • SPJ Society of Professional Journalists. Send an email to listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
  • SPJ Ethics Discussion of ethical issues.    Send an email to majordomo@dworkin.wustl.edu 
  • WIW-L Washington Independent writers.    Send an email to listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
  • FOI-L   Freedom of information issues. American.  Send an email to listserv@listserv.syr.edu
  • Freelance-Journalists  For freelancers to share news and views.  Send an email to majordomo@mlists.net
  • Sports  Listserv@mailhost2.broadcast.com   Send an email with the message: Subscribe sports.   Find out more at Broadcast.com
  • Online News  For editors and content providers. Run by Steve Outing. Check out the web page at www.planetarynews.com/online-news
  • Online writing.  Writing for the web, intranets, even  email.  Run by Amy Gahran. Check out the web page at www.planetarynews.com/online-writing
  • RTVJ-L   Radio and TV journalists. Run by University of Montana.  Send an email to listproc@listserv.umt.edu
  • AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) Mailing List    Send an email to listserv@lsv.uky.edu To subscribe to AMIA-L the command is: SUBSCRIBE AMIA-L firstname lastname

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