Top Ten Picks of 2007

Here is a selection of the best sites for journalists from JNet's weekly picks of 2007. For a complete list of JNet's picks from 2007, click here.

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Search engines:

• Exalead By far one of the most robust competitors to Google - especially in its advanced Search Features. Makes it even easier to search by countries, by format (slide shows, .pdf files) and other sophisticated tricks. For similar tools, see JNet's Search page.
  
  
• Rollyo Rollyo allows you create your own personal search engines. All you have to do is pick the sites you want to search -- for example, your favourite media or news sources -- and they create a custom search engine for you that returns results only from those pages. Think of it as your personal Google. For similar tools, see JNet's Search Tools
  
  

Finding Video

• Blinkx Advanced Video Search One of the best ways to search for any kind of videos on the web, but especially news. You can select from more than two dozen top international networks. For similar tools, see JNet's Video Search page.
  
  
• Liveleak In the wake of the US military's crackdown on blogs and YouTube videos produced by armed forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, Liveleak keeps up a steady supply of raw footage -- from military people, insurgents, you name it. For other ways to search blogs, see JNet's blog search page

Finding News:

• The Lede - New York Times News Blog Get an inside peek by a New York Times staffer as the paper covers the top stories. Great links to developing leads and other stories. One of a growing number of newspaper blogs available from JNets' news Blogs page
  
  
• Dotso Read a dozen top American and world news sites - -from the BBC to the New York Times to Reuters -- without having to leave this single web site. A click on each media outlets gets you a list of their top news stories, conveniently divided by themes. Great for fast browsing without wasting time jumping from site to site. For similar tools, see JNet's News page.
  
  
• NewsAhead World News Forecast: Future world news headlines and the stories behind them. One year ahead for subscribers. One month ahead for free. For other tools, see JNet's Look Ahead Pages

Current Events:

• IraqSlogger It bills itself as "the world's premier Iraq-focused Web site" and it delivers.Up-to-the-minute news plus insight and a review of how the media is covering the war. Run by former CNN executive Eason Jordan. For similar sites, see JNet's News page.
  
  
• Eyes On Darfur Amnesty International's project uses high-resolution satellite imagery to provide evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur -- "allowing people around the world to literally "watch over" and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages." as AI says on its website. For more human rights sites, see JNet's Human Rights page.
  
  
• Portals to the World The U.S.Library of Congress's extensive list of every country in the world, with excellent resources and links. For similar tools, see JNet's Countries page.