Computer-Assisted Reporting
Bibliography

Online Resources
Books

ONLINE RESOURCES

The CAR/CARR Links Page
http://www.ryerson.ca/~dtudor/mega11.htm
By Dean Tudor, Ryerson Polytechnic University.

"Computer-Assisted Journalism: An Overview"
http://www.ibiblio.org/journalism/cajinv.html
By Barbara P. Semonche, in News Media Libraries.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

CAR Park UK
http://www.rawlinson.co.uk/CARpark_UK/
Resources for journalism in the United Kingdom.

Computer-Assisted Reporting Research Project
http://www.miami.edu/com/car/index.htm
By Bruce Garrison, University of Miami.

CAR Talk
http://www.webcrossings.com/cartalk.html
By Adam S. Miller.

"Computer Assisted Research:
A Guide to Tapping Online Information"
http://www.poynter.org/Research/newcar/index.html
By Nora Paul, 4th edition, 1999.

The J-Files@ VCU
http://saturn.vcu.edu/~jcsouth/
By Jeffrey C. South, Virgina Commonwealth University.

A Journalist's Guide to the Internet
http://reporter.umd.edu/
Christopher Callahan created this research page.

The Journalist's Toolbox
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
Mike Reilley's site features sources helpful to
the media and anyone else doing research.

FACSNET
http://www.facsnet.org/
Links to qualified sources and background
material on a wide range of issues.

IRE: Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org/
Founded in 1975 by a small group
of investigative journalists, IRE has become a grassroots
network for journalists of all kinds from around the world.

JournalismNet
http://www.journalismnet.com/
Julian Sher maintains this resource site.

NICAR: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
http://www.nicar.org/
NICAR is a non-profit educational program of IRE
and the Missouri School of Journalism.

No Train, No Gain
http://www.notrain-nogain.org/
Training for newspaper journalists.

Power Reporting
http://www.powerreporting.com/
Bill Dedman is the editor of this resource site.

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/
Robert Niles compiled this introduction to statistics.

Syllabi on Computer-Assisted Reporting
http://powerreporting.com/syllabi.html
This list comes from Bill Dedman's Power Reporting website.

Thescoop.org
http://www.thescoop.org/
Computer-assisted reporting is often
mentioned on this site by Derek Willis.

TRAC: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
http://trac.syr.edu/
TRAC is a data gathering, research, and distribution
organization associated with Syracuse University.

"We're All Nerds Now"
http://www.cjr.org/year/99/2/nerds.asp
By Joel Simon with Carol Napolitano,
CJR, March / April 1999.

BOOKS

Barnett, Tracy L., ed. 100 Computer-Assisted Stories.
Columbia, MO: Investigative Reporters and Editors, 1995.

DeFleur, Margaret. Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.

Ettema, James S. and Theodore L. Glasser. Custodians of Conscience:
Investigative Journalism and Public Virtue.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Gaines, William. Investigative Reporting for Print and Broadcast.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 1998.

Garrison, Bruce. Computer-Assisted Reporting. 2nd ed.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998.

----. Successful Strategies for Computer-Assisted Reporting.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996.

Houston, Brant. Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Koch, Tom. Journalism for the 21st Century.
Westport: CT: Praeger, 1991.

----. The Message is the Medium: Online All the Time for Everyone.
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.

Maxwell, Bruce. How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet.
Washington: Congressional Quarterly Books, 1999.

Meyer, Philip. The New Precision Journalism.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.

Miller, Lisa C. Power Journalism: Computer-Assisted Reporting.
Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997.

Paul, Nora. Computer Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Information. 4th ed.
St. Petersburg, FL: Poynter Institute/Bonus Books, 1999.

Paul, Nora, ed. When Nerds and Words Collide:
Reflections on the Development of Computer Assisted Reporting.
St. Petersburg, FL: Poynter Institute, 1999.

Reddick, Randy and Elliot King. The Online Journalist. 3rd ed.
Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Reavy, Matthew. Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Journalist's Guide.
Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001.

Semonche, Barbara P. "Computer-Assisted Journalism: An Overview."
in News Media Libraries.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Scott, Andrew, ed. IRE 101 Computer-Assisted Stories from the IRE Morgue.
Columbia, MO: Investigative Reporters and Editors, 1993.

Sankey, Michael L., ed. The Sourcebook of State Public Records. 4th ed.
Tempe, AZ: BRB Publications, 1998.

Ward, Jean and Kathleen A. Hansen. Search Strategies in Mass Communications. 3rd ed.
New York: Longman, 1997.

Weinberg, Steve, ed. The Reporter's Handbook:
An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques.
New York: St. Martins Press, 1996.

Wendland, Mike. Wired Journalist: Newsroom Guide to the Internet. 3rd ed.
Washington, DC: RTNDF, 1999.