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http://www.dinfos.osd.mil - This link to the DefenseInformationSchool, a.k.a. DINFOS, at Fort Meade, MD provides good info on a variety of journalism fundamentals including how to write leads, news stories, press releases and other related topics.

http://www.vpa.net/nie.htm  - 100 Ways to Use the Newspaper. This list of 100 sample activities covers, science, math, language arts, character education, newspaper knowledge, targets elementary, middle and high school and more.  The ideas are presented by the VPA NIE Committee, which urges teachers to contact their local NIE coordinator about purchasing newspapers for their classroom.

http://www.copydesk.org/quizzes.htm - Aces Online Quizzes

http://www.newsroom101.com/ - Exercises in Grammar, Usage and Associated Press Style.  These self-instructional exercises are based on issues of grammar, usage and AP style that arose at daily newspapers.

http://www.cagle.com/  - Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle is the host of this comprehensive site of world-wide political cartoons.  It includes lesson plans for using the cartoons in the classroom.

http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story695.html - This BBC site now offers free journalism training guides. The style guide and other online tools are intended for journalists but available to anyone with Internet access.  

http://www.highschooljournalism.org – High School Journalism

http://www.asne.org/ideas/highschools.htm – American Society of Newspaper Editors – Helping High School Journalists

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ - This Link will take you to The New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plan
http://www.ihigh.com – The high school internet network

http://www.schoolsports.com – School Sports, the Nation’s Leader in High School Sports

http://www.spj.org – Society of Professional Journalists – Improving and Protecting Journalism

http://www.asne.org - American Society of Newspaper Editors

http://www.naa.org – Newspaper Association of America

http://www.naafoundation.org – Newspaper Association of America Foundation

http://www.nerdworld.com/  – Nerd World.com, your source for nerdy culture, life, and work styles since 1995. Search results for "High School Newspapers"

http://www.poynter.org – Poynter Online, Everything you need to be a Better Journalist.

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

http://www.reporter.org – Reporter.org. Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc.

http://journalismnet.com – Journalism Net

http://www.poynter.org/links/- Journalism Links at Poynter Online

http://www.naa.org/info/facts99/index.html – Facts about Newspapers from NAA, 1999

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm - Media Awareness Network

http://reporter.umd.edu – A Journalists Guide to the Internet

http://powerreporting.com – Power Reporting – Resources for Journalists

http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/hsji/ – Indiana High School Journalism Institute, School of Journalism. Status of Journalism and News Media in the Nation’s Secondary Schools

http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/tae.htm - American Society of Newspaper Editors, The American Editor Archives

http://www.cjr.org – Columbia Journalism Review

http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/index.jsp – Editor& Publisher.com

http://www.splc.org – StudentPressLawCenter

http://www.jea.org/resources/proorgz/natregasso.html – Journalism Education Associate, national and regional Associations

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/page_one/index.php – Online Journalism Review

http://jteacher.com/ - For Journalism Teachers Only

http://nie.daytondailynews.com/  – NIE at the Dayton Daily News

http://www.thinkquest.org/  – Think Quest.com "Only a Matter of Opinion" 

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/journ.html – Web English Teacher, Journalism Resources

http://www.ccom.ua.edu/journalism/index.html - Mass Communication, Introduction to Media Writing

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ - Newseum, Today’s Front Pages. Pages from 28 Countries displayed alphabetically

Specific Discussion sites: For a educationally sound refresher discussion of the impact of prior review, please check out: http://www.studentpress.org/sourcebook/index.html