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Review local and national news online through a variety of outlets and find sites which offer guidance for use of the media as an effective component of a communications strategy. |
LA Observed
LA Observed is a website devoted to independent reporting, informed commentary and selective linkage on Los Angeles news, media, politics, business, books and other topics. |
Blogdowntown
Blogdowntown is an online community hub for Downtown Los Angeles, delivering news and information aimed at informing readers so that they can be active members of their community. It is a community-supported, non-profit news site. |
OurLA
OurLA.org is the public square for the 21st century. There is one goal: To create a public conversation where everyone can have a voice and the chance to be heard. The chance to hear others, to learn from experts, to review the facts, to expand awareness and connect to each other and find the common ground. |
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
ASCD is a diverse, international community of educators forging covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners. The ASCD Advocacy Kit provides information about working with policymakers and the media, tips for setting up community forums and media events, glossaries of legislative and media terms, and more. |
Cause Communications
Cause Communications aids nonprofit organizations in developing and implementing an effective marketing and communications strategy, including advertising, capital campaigning, public relations, and more. Free resource books available through their site include Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes, Communications Toolkit, and Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes. |
CNN
CNN.com delivers local and international news and information. The site, updated continuously throughout the day, includes features such as multimedia technologies and searchable news archives. News is separated by topics including U.S., Tech, Business, Sports, Weather, Politics, Entertainment, and more. |
Community Media Workshop
Based out of Chicago, the CMW seeks to connect the community with the media to promote news that matters. Despite its Chicago roots, the site provides useful resources to nonprofits seeking to gain media attention for their grassroots initiatives, including a press release creator in the PR Tips section. |
Federal Communicators Network
The Communicators Guide offered on this website contains seven chapters. Although created from a civil servant perspective, the Guide offers some very helpful advice to nonprofit organizations as well. Their chapter titles include Keeping Current, Working With the Media, Planning, The Internet, How To Do It and more. |
LA Newspaper Group
An alternative news source, the Los Angeles Newspaper Group is comprised of eight daily newspapers located in and around the Los Angeles market. Publications include the LA Daily News, the Press Telegram, the Pasadena Star News, and others. |
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times site allows viewers to access current news stories and search archives for previously published stories. |
National Public Radio
NPR is privately supported nonprofit membership organization that produces and distributes noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming via partnerships with independently-operated local stations. Southern California NPR member stations include, among others, KCRW, KPCC, and KKJZ. |
New York Times
The New York Times site provides access to current and archived news articles. |
Washington Post
The website for this Washington D.C. based newspaper posts current news as well as provides access to archived news stories. |
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