Media websites in South Asia and elsewhere

Compiled by Shivam Vij 

            India

The Hoot

In-depth, critical coverage of the media in South Asia.http://www.thehoot.org 

National Union of Journalists http://education.vsnl.com/nujindia 

Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI)

The Network of Women in Media, India, is an association which aims to provide a forum for women in media professions to share information and resources.

http://www.nwmindia.org 

Kerala Union of Working Journalists http://www.kuwj.org 

Northeast Media Network

NEMNET is a network of journalists interested in political and media affairs pertaining to the Northeast. http://www.northeastvigil.com/media 

India Together: Media  http://www.indiatogether.org/media

Reporting People

Run by the Press Institute of India, includes a directory of development journalists.

http://www.reportingpeople.org

Centre for Media Studies  http://www.cmsindia.org

Community Radio Network  http://www.communityradionetwork.org

agencyfaqs!

Advertising industry website. http://www.agencyfaqs.com

Exchange4Media

Provides media, advertising, and marketing news. http://www.exchange4media.com

Indiantelevision.com  Source for information related to Indian television.

http://www.indiantelevision.com

Centre for Initiatives in Journalism http://www.cijindia.org/index_html

The Indian Online Media Forum http://iomf.250free.com

Mediaah!

Bombay journalist Pradyuman Maheshwari's blog on the India media, that lasted six months. Archives still available. http://www.mediaah.com

            Government sites 

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

http://www.mib.nic.in 

Registrar of Newspapers in India

A department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.

http://www.rni.nic.in  

Press Council of India

http://presscouncil.nic.in 

Press Information Bureau

http://www.pib.nic.in 

List of journalists accredited with the PIB

http://pib.nic.in/prs/journalist1.asp 

Press Releases: Government of India

Get press releases of all ministries right into your mailbox.

http://pib.nic.in/release/usr_sub_mail_form.asp

            International Media Websites 

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) http://www.bnnrc.net

For Tamil Journalists in Northern Srilanka

An experimental Initiative of Media Resources and Training Centre of Jaffna University, Jaffna, Srilanka. http://tamiljournalism.blogspot.com 

South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA)

http://www.southasianmedia.net 

Media South Asia  http://www.mediasouthasia.org

Asia Media: The Asia Pacific Media Network

Supported by the University of California http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu 

Commonwealth Press Union  http://www.cpu.org.uk 

South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)

"Serving 800+ journalists in the U.S. & Canada." Includes criticism of the coverage of South Asia in the American media. http://www.saja.org 

Reporters Sans Frontiers  http://www.rsf.org  

Committee to Protect Journalists http://www.cpj.org 

Columbia Journalism Review

"America's premier media monitor." http://www.cjr.org 

American Journalism Review http://www.ajr.org 

World Association for Christian Communication

http://www.wacc.org.uk 

International Federation for Freedom eXchange

http://www.ifex.org 

International Journalists' Network  http://www.ajr.org 

International Center for Journalists  http://www.icfj.org

Institute for Peace and War Reporting http://www.iwpr.net

International Women's Media Foundation http://www.iwmf.org

International Network for Gender Media Watchdogs

http://www.mediawatchdogs.org

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting   http://www.fair.org

NewsWatch

A project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department.

http://newswatch.sfsu.edu 

NewsWatch: Links to American Media Websites

http://newswatch.sfsu.edu/links 

Media Awareness Network

Canada

http://www.media-awareness.ca 

The Communication Initiative

http://www.comminit.com 

Newseum

The Interactive Museum of News http://www.newseum.org

Index on Censorship  www.indexonline.org 

devMEDIA: Media for Development and Democracy

http://www.devmedia.org

MediaChannel

"The global network of democratic media."

http://www.mediachannel.org

Internews

"Internews Network is an international non-profit organization that supports open media worldwide."

http://www.internews.org

Media Monitors Network

http://usa.mediamonitors.net

Sree.net

Website of Sreenath Sreenivasan, "media guru", new media professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

http://www.sree.net

SreeTips

Sreenath Sreenivasan teaches you how to use the web better.

http://www.sreetips.com

To add your media organisation to this list, or to report dead links, write to editor@thehoot.org