Journalism Research Guide

Based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Journalist’s Resource examines news topics through a research lens.

ProfNet Connects Journalists to Expert Sources.

Tools and resources for fact-checking, reporting, editing, and more presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.

A curated page of resources on current issues. The grant-funded project supports research to improve political fact-checking, and works with news organizations to significantly increase and improve accountability journalism practices as well as contribute to public debates on the topic.

An American nonprofit investigative journalism organization whose mission is "to serve democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism."

A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Fact Check monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.

A clearinghouse for data and analysis regarding money in politics created by The Center for Responsive Politics.

A nonpartisan fact-checking website focused on American Politics. Politifact was created by the Tampa Bay Times, and acquired by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists in 2018.

Free directory of links to public records. Visitors may search by records type or location.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives the public the right to request records from any federal agency.

An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.

Search by ZIP Code or city and state, using the state's two-letter postal code (e.g. Lincoln, NE), to find nearby court locations in your district or circuit.