Hot News Picks - 1999

Here is a random selection of some of the best, most topical or just plain fun sites for journalists selected by JournalismNet in 1999.

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•  Pick of the week for December 26, 1999:        Y2K News   It's the most over-hyped story of the year. Trust JNet, the lights won't go out on January 1, 2000.  But if you have to cover this story, Facsnet will give you good leads on news angles, including a good list of sources.   You can also read the US State Department's Terrorism warnings online.If you just want some straight news round-up, try The Year 2000 Information Center.  Yahoo also provides headline coverage.  And for news from down under where the millennium starts first, check out the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for December 19, 1999:Pick of the week for December 12, 1999:        ForeignTV    International news from the Internet only.  A new site featuring such former network stars as Peter Arnett and The Nation's excellent UN correspondent, Ian Williams. Including world news from Europe, Turkey and China.
  
  
• Pick of the week for December 12, 1999:        Newstream  Press releases on everything from politics, science and technology to sports and tourism.  With photos, videos, charts and other handouts, plus contact numbers.  A joint venture of BusinessWire and Medialink.          Newstream  Press releases on everything from politics, science and technology to sports and tourism.  With photos, videos, charts and other handouts, plus contact numbers.  A joint venture of BusinessWire and Medialink. 
  
  
• Pick of the week for December 5, 1999:       NewZPrint  delivers content from the leading online news sources directly to your PC -- and it looks just like a newspaper. A very impressive list of international sources -- not just US papers, but Europe, Asia and Canada . Stories are displayed on your screen in a familiar newspaper layout, right down to the sound pages make as they are turned. You can also personalize it -- for example, choosing international news from one paper, sports from another. A free download. For more tools that allow you to personalize your news, see JNet's Choose your News Page.
  
  

• Pick of the week for November 28, 1999:    WTO Watch    The World Trade Organization meets this week in Seattle and you can get plenty of critical background information from the World Trade Watch, including a press center. See also the Center for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization at  the University of Warwick, Britain.   Other links available from The Nation's special issue.   The official WTO page gives the mainstream view.   For more help searching for alternative news, check out JNet's Alternate News Page.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for November 21, 1999:  Moreover   A new site from the UK with the latest headlines from around the world.   Excellent way to see what is making news -- from thousands of reliable sources.   Search by industry or by country.  For more help searching for news, check out JNet's Search News Page.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for November 14, 1999:  BUBL -- Academic Resources  This UK academic site has excellent academic resources. Their main page has a search engine which will return a handful of top, reviewed sites of high quality.  Plus their country page gives you good background information on every country in the world with recommended web sites.   For more help searching, check out JNet's Assisted Searches page.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for November 7, 1999:   Governments on the web   Contains more than 13,000 entries from 220 countries and territories. Frequently updated. Plus Political Parties on the web , Law Courts on the web and Parliaments on the web.   Check out JNet's new Find Governments page for more resources.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for October 30, 1999:   The Global Beat, a weekly-updated resource service for the international journalist, is a program of the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media at New York University. Includes an Experts Directory , Publications  and Events for Journalists, and  a helpful Links Directory
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for October 24, 1999:    Internet file Zone    Have a huge file you want to share with someone and it's too big to send by email?  Going on a trip and you don't want to lug your laptop?   You can upload  all your files securely on this web site and then access them on any other computer in the world ... for free.  Check out Driveway and other Desktop Sharing tools on JNet's Neat Software Page.
  
  
  
• Pick of the week for October 17, 1999:    WorldFlash Ticker    Vast array of international news and business can scroll across your desktop. World sources include New York Times, MSNBC, BBC, Sydney Herald from Australia,  CP and CBC from Canada and other media from France,Spain and Germany.  For more personalized news services, check out J'Net's Choose Your News page
  
  
• Pick of the week for October 10, 1999:    Excite Assistant    One of the newest and best products putting the "me" in media.   Download it and you can pick the headlines, stocks, weather and radio you want to listen to -- including NPR, BBC and CBC. For more personalized news services, check out J'Net's Choose Your News page
  
  
• Pick of the week for October 3, 1999:   Click Marks    Upload, save and manage your bookmarks online.  Great for the journalist on the road. Click here for more road warrior tools from J'Net's Neat Software Page
  
  
• Pick of the week for September 26, 1999:   Monique Cuvelier's News Jobs   Looking for a new job in the media. Monqiue's listings can be one of the most helpful. She also has a Newsjobs-UK site. For more Journalism Jobs, check out J'Net's Jobs page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for September 19, 1999: Super-Seek   New multiple search engine has several advantages.  Each engine you choose (AltaVista, Northern Light, etc) opens in a seperate browser. And you can do a multiple newspaper search.   For more multiple search engines, see J-Net's Multiple Search page
  
  
• Pick of the week for September 12, 1999:   Izvestia in English Watch the crisis in Russia unfold as Moscow is gripped by bombings. Izvestia publishes regular updates in English. Plus check out Russia Today, Moscow News and the Moscow Times . For a list of other Russian publications, see AJR
  
  
• Pick of the week for September 5, 1999:   East Timor Today   As violence flares in East timor, get the latest news and insight from this comprehensive page maintained by the East Timor International Support Center.   Also check out East Timor Net , including the best web sites and background history.
  
  For the US and Canada, get a different spin on Labour day news with LaborNet.
  
  
• Pick of the week for August  29, 1999:   1st Headlines  Fast way to hunt for the latest news from 150 different news sources. Mainly American, but a good selection of international news too, including BBC, Swiss Radio, CBC and UK Press Association.   Plus sports and business news. For other tools, see J'Net's Search News page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for August  22, 1999:   SportsPages  Excellent one-stop shopping for the latest sports news and views.  Mainly American (for columnists) but an impressive international list of sports pages from major media around the world.
  
  
• Pick of the week for August  15, 1999:   Arribavista, Baby!   Hunting for a picture of the Ayatollah Khomeni? Or Pokemon for the kids?  Arribavista finds most pictures quickly and gives you several choices. For more PhotoFinders, check out J'Net's Visual Search Page
  
  
• Pick of the week for August  8, 1999:   Powerize   One of the fastest ways to find information on any company. Powerize finds free data available on the web -- the company's official web page; but also reports and analysis from various financial sites.  An excellent, fast tool. For more financial news, check out J'Net's Business page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for August  1, 1999:   Newswatch   Instead of just reporting the news, read how others are reporting on how you report. Good, hard-hitting criticism of the   (largely American) media ... everything from the Kennedy crash to the Atlanta shootings.  For  more media criticism, check out J'Net's Media page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for July  15, 1999:   Human Rights Reports   The latest massacre in Kosovo reminds us of the continuing horrors around the world.  Keep tabs on human rights abuses on one web page provided by the UN -- it links you to reports by country filed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the UNHCR.
  
  
• Pick of the week for July  18, 1999:   Currency Converter    Planning that long awaited vacation and you want to know how much your hard-earned dollars or pounds will bring you in foreign currency.  This converter will do the math for you in a snap, with the latest exchange rates up to the second.  Great for business stories, too.
  
  
• Pick of the week for July  11, 1999:   International News Archives   Finding today's news is easy on the web (see J'Net's Newspaper Page).  But archives are harder to find.  Check out this excellent list from the Special Libraries Association -- for Canada, Europe , the US and Africa. For more archive listings (especially for Canada and the UK),  check out J'Net's Archives  Page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for July  4, 1999:    Emma Goldman's Declaration of Independence - 1909   Tired of the traditional way the media covers America's national holiday ... or any other issue?  Try ZNet, one of the web's leading voices of dissent, for a different perspective.  You can read a rousing speech made by the fiery anarchist feminist ninety years ago, plus critiques of Kosovo, Iraq and East Timor. For more alternative views, check out J'Net's Alternate News  Page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for June  27, 1999:    Journalistic Ethics   When if ever is it correct to reveal sources?   When do we go too far and invade privacy?  A course guide from the University of Indiana contains dozens of case studies, articles and commentary about journalistic ethics.  Food for thought for those lazy summer weekends. For more, check out J'Net's Ethics Page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for June  20, 1999:    Find newspapers with Kidon   A  comprehensive list of newspapers and magazines by country. Fast and up-to-date.  For other ways to find newspapers, check out CJR search, AJR's list and E and P's list, plus  J'Net's Newspaper Page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for June  13, 1999:    Snap.com's advanced search  A great way to hunt for visuals or audio, by country or domain. Looking for TV reports from France on Kosovo -- this is how you can find them. For other visual searches, check out J'Net's Visual Search page.
  
  
• Pick of the week for June  6, 1999:    Public Agenda   Need detailed background information on a burning issue of politics in the United States?  From guns to abortion to environment, this non-partisan foundation provides reporters with a goldmine of information and links, including an excellent Behind the Headlines page.   Mainly American news, with occasional international coverage.
  
  
• Pick of the week for May 30, 1999:    Investigative Journalism Award   The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists offers a $20,000 US award for the best investigative report. (Nate Thayer won last year for his exclusive reports on Pol Pot.) The main criteria is that reporting come from  at least two countries. See the excellent collection of investigative reports they have supported.
  
  
• Pick of the week for May 23, 1999:     Online Journalism Review    An excellent way to keep abreast on news on the web and news about the web. Intelligent, thoughtful articles and very helpful resource links