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- _ _ _ _ __ __ __ _|_ ALT.INTERNET.MEDIA-COVERAGE _|_ __ __ __ _ _ _ _
- | CHARTER & FAQ |
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- Segment II of Release 9508.01
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS (SEGMENT TWO):
-
- III. Other 'net resources
-
- 1. Related newsgroups & mailing lists
- A. About journalism and/or the media
- B. Not actually related (but look like they could be)
- C. Assorted interesting groups & lists
- 2. World Wide Web, Gopher, FTP
- A. Sites with lists of other sites
- B. Assorted interesting sites
- _ _ _ _ __ __ __ ___ ___ ____ _______________ ____ ___ ___ __ __ __ _ _ _ _
-
- III. Other 'net resources
-
- Though alt.internet.media-coverage is a great resource for
- journalists, its main purpose is and will always be for anybody,
- non-journalists and journalists alike, to discuss how the 'net is
- portrayed by major media.
- P. Fehrmann has listed most if not all of the Journalism resources
- avaliable on the Internet at:
- gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/journ%3afehrmann
-
- Many other newsgroups, mailing lists, and 'net sites deal with
- related issues. Here's just a sampling of the best....
-
- III.1. Newsgroups and mailing lists
-
- Not all related newsgroups and mailing lists are listed here, but
- I hope to have all of 'em later on. If you are a devotee of a group
- which is not listed here, but should be, please EMail <jdfalk@cais.com>
- with a short blurb so I can include it here.
-
- III.1.A. About journalism and the media
-
- alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
- This group attracts cable television industry people who are
- primarily interested in keeping up-to-date on federal and state
- regulation and consumers who have views to air about the cable
- television industry.
- -- Cgbg@aol.com
-
- alt.journalism.gonzo
- A newsgroup about gonzo journalism in general and Hunter S.
- Thompson in particular. Our net motto should be: "When the net
- gets weird, the pros turn here".
- -- Kevin M. McGrath <kmcgrath@pipeline.com>
-
- alt.journalism.objective
- alt.journalism.objective is a Usenet newsgroup for grassroots news
- and feature reporting. The single goal is to showcase high-
- quality, minimally-biased journalism written by anyone on the
- Internet. Articles can be on any subject that a newspaper or
- magazine might carry. Daily news is preferred.
- -- Jeff Chan <chan@shell.portal.com>
-
- alt.journalism.students
- The alt.journalism.students newsgroup is meant to be a forum for
- the discussion of issues of special importance to journalism
- students. These issues include, but are not limited to:
- journalism programs, student papers, broadcasts, writing,
- internships, professors, journalistic techniques and points of
- law. The newsgroup invites participation from students around the
- world and of all ages -- high school, undergraduate and graduate
- students alike.
- -- Kevin Thom <kthom@chat.carleton.ca>
-
- alt.radio.networks.cbc
- Discusses the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio networks.
- The newsgroup has only existed since roughly the beginning of
- December, and consequently discussion has been minimal so far.
- -- Peter K. Taylor <ptaylor@Canada.Sun.com>
-
- Of particular note is that the CBC is getting involved in the
- Internet in a big way. Many of their shows have e-mail addresses,
- and other things like WWW sites and sound files are coming on-line
- as well.
- -- Colin R. Leech <ag414@freenet.carleton.ca>
-
- alt.radio.digital
- Gateway for the RADIO-L mailing list (see below.)
-
- alt.radio.networks.npr
- Discussions regarding National Public Radio (U.S.) it's
- programming, politics, trends, and the underlying issues thereof.
- Mostly literate discussions with relatively few diatribes.
- -- Skip Winitsky <skipwin@ritz.mordor.com>
-
- rec.radio.broadcasting
- A moderated newsgroup dedicated to radio professionals,
- para-professionals and others interested in broadcast radio. We
- cover almost every radio-related topic under the sun, from the
- technical to formatics to who is who. Rec.radio.broadcasting also
- has an email digest called AIRWAVES RADIO JOURNAL. For more
- information, send email to info@airwaves.com and request our FAQ.
- -- <rrb@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu>
-
- For more information, the newsgroup's official Web site is:
- WWW http://radio.aiss.uiuc.edu/~rrb/
-
- RADIO-L@UMINN1 (BITNET)
- RADIO-L@vm1.spcs.umn.edu (Internet)
- The RADIO-L discussion list is a forum for addressing the issues
- involved in the transition to a Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
- standard in the United States and other countries. Discussion
- regarding the relative technological merits of various DAB
- proposals, as well as the social and economic implications of a
- transition to DAB, is welcome and encouraged on this list.
- -- Ron Stone <ston0030@gold.tc.umn.edu>
-
- For more information, the RADIO-L FAQ is archived at:
- WWW ftp://vm1.spcs.umn.edu/radio-l.601/FAQ
- FTP vm1.spcs.umn.edu /radio-l.601/FAQ
-
- III.1.B. Not actually related (but look like they could be)
-
- The following newsgroups and mailing lists look (going just by the
- name) as if they could well be related to the media. However, they are
- most emphatically not for that purpose.
-
- aus.radio (Australia)
- This group has nothing to do with the media. It's charter is for
- 'AMATEUR RADIO' and related topics, which falls into more of a
- hobby/pasttime concept. This group is often misused for media
- related topics, but that's not it's charter.
- -- Rob Mayfield <mayfield@itd.adelaide.edu.au>
-
- triangle.radio (North Carolina, USA)
- The Triangle.Radio newsgroup is not a broadcast/media newsgroup.
- It is aimed at Amateur Radio operators in the Research Triangle
- area of North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill).
-
- Journalists looking for Amateur Radio tie-ins to local stories
- might find help on Triangle.Radio. Hams are frequently involved
- in emergency communication, public-service work, and we're an
- interesting hobby.
-
- BTW, I'm the North Carolina Public Information Coordinator for our
- national organization, the American Radio Relay League.
- -- Gary Pearce <kn4aq.gary@mms.raleigh.nc.us>
-
- III.1.C. Assorted interesting groups & lists
-
- alt.culture.usenet
- Basically for discussions of anthropology (or sociology, or even
- psychology) of the community sprung up around the usenet groups.
- Alas, it has started attracting so many idiotic crossposts from
- other, unrelated groups, that it now takes a killfile to get much
- worthwhile information from it.
- -- Jim Jewett <jimj@eecs.umich.edu>
-
- The alt.culture.usenet FAQ can be found at the URL:
- http://www.wpi.edu/~boigy/text/a.c.u.FAQ.current
-
- alt.culture.internet
- For the net in general. In theory, this would cover things like web
- pages, and leave usenet to the usenet group, but in practice,
- there tends to be an awful lot of overlap, and "clued->a.c.u;
- unclued->a.c.i" would be almost as accurate (but still not very)
- as a division based on the actual names.
- -- Jim Jewett <jimj@eecs.umich.edu>
-
- alt.usenet.kooks
- For discussing usenet's native kooks. Particularly mind-bending
- posts from other groups will often be reposted here.
- -- Jim Jewett <jimj@eecs.umich.edu>
-
- alt.usenet.surveys
- Where all the "I'm conducting a survey" posts _ought_ to go ...
- also the right place to discuss how to do net surveys right,
- though this discussion is sporadic.
- -- Jim Jewett <jimj@eecs.umich.edu>
-
- III.2. FTP/Gopher/WWW sites
-
- What with the veritable explosion of information avaliable mostly
- or only on the World Wide Web, most of this list is made up of WWW
- sites. Often, the same information is avaliable via FTP or Gopher from
- that same site. Here's how to tell:
-
- WWW http://www.example.org/amazingstuff/info.html
-
- might also be
-
- Gopher gopher.example.org
-
- and/or
-
- FTP ftp.example.org
- directory /pub/amazingstuff
-
- A little experimentation is usually the best (if not the only)
- way to figure it out.
-
- III.2.A. Sites with lists of other sites
-
- Electronic Newsstand
- WWW http://www.enews.com
- Gopher gopher.enews.com
-
- An amazing number of publications, from AGNI to Chrysler Power
- Magazine to Field & Stream to The Jewish Enquirer to Political Science
- Quarterly to Vibe to Yellow Silk.
- Also include information about subscribing to a number of
- electronic versions of paper media, such as NEWSDAY DIRECT and the L.A.
- Times Online.
-
- I.B.M.'s News Rack
- WWW http://www.ibm.net/menu09.html
-
- Though probably not originally meant for the public at large, "big
- blue" has provided a great service in this WWW page -- it includes links
- to just about every WWW or Gopher site set up by various publications and
- other forms of major media, as well as weather reports, public
- media-related sites, and much more.
-
- Yahoo at Stanford
- WWW http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/News/
-
- A very complete collection, including most if not all of the
- sites below and probably a number of others as well. Looks as if it
- probably has a very good graphical interface, but is still easily
- navigated by text-only browsers.
-
- America OnLine's News Hotlist
- WWW http://www.blue.aol.com/Hotlist/NewsHotlist.html
-
- Much like IBM's News Rack, America OnLine has compiled a lengthy
- listing of media-related sites, which is open to the general public as
- well as its own users. It is thought (but not confirmed) that eventually
- this will also include information previously only avaliable to paid
- subscribers of the system.
-
- III.2.B. Assorted interesting sites
-
- These sites are ones which may be of interest to journalists
- looking for more information on the 'net. Not all are guranteed to be
- useful, but they are certainly interesting. (Note that many, but not
- all, are also referenced in the text above.)
-
- History of the 'net
- ftp://umcc.umich.edu/pub/users/seraphim/doc/nethist8.txt
-
- List of USENET FAQs
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html
-
- Another list of FAQs http://www.cs.ruu.nl/cgi-bin/faqwais
-
- About FAQs http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/
- faq/usenet/faqs/about-faqs/faq.html
-
- Finding & Writing FAQs http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs.html
-
- Bible of USENET http://sunsite.unc.edu/usenet-b/home.html
- or FTP ftp.clark.net pub/usenet-b/info/bible-faq
-
- Newsgroup Archives
- ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
-
- List of Mailing Lists http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml
-
- Copyright FAQ FTP ftp.netcom.com /pub/ca/carrolt/law/copyright/faq/
- Copyright Law FAQ FTP charon.amdahl.com pub/misc.legal/Copyright-FAQ/
-
- Hacker Jargon http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/
- List of Lists ftp://ftp.nisc.sri.com/netinfo/
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-
- This document is Copyright (c) 1995 by J.D. Falk and Tristan Louis, all
- rights reserved. Permission is granted for it to be reproduced
- electronically on any system connected to the various networks which make
- up the Internet, USENET, and FidoNet so long as it is reproduced in its
- entirety (either in two parts as here, or combined), unedited, and with
- this copyright notice intact.
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