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| Member blogs | |
| Coasolutions Blog | General musings of COA Solutions staff and COA Solutions owner Jon Moulton, relating to IT, finance, HR and business intelligence. |
| The Philosophy Shop | A blog that applies philosophical reflections to everyday life, and particularly education news. |
| Vitis PR's blog | Whatever vitis considers interesting in PR, technology and life. |
| News feeds | |
| NewsNow | UK news source updated every 5 minutes |
| Wired | Respected source of technology news |
| PA News Centre | News snipppets from the PA |
| The Register | IT news with attitude |
| CNET News | IT news from CNET |
| Red Herring | More tech sector news |
| BBC News | The BBC's searchable news resource |
| Press releases & contacts | |
| PR Newswire Multimedia Releases | Multimedia news releases (MNRs) from PR Newswire make it easy to deliver news in a multimedia format, merging video/audio, text, logos, photos and related documents into a dynamic HTML platform. See http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/prnewswire/50530/ |
| ProfNet | Global expert sourcing service from PRN |
| SourceWire News Distribution | Simple, effective, press release distribution. |
| ResponseSource Enquiry Service | Popular service that enables journalists to request information from PRs |
| Press Dispensary | Professionally written press releases and distribution services ordered online at a reasonable price. Aimed at SMEs who wish to make announcements but do not wish to pay agency fees. |
| Discussion lists & forums | |
| uk-netmarketing | Lively and invaluable discussion list populated by leading figures from the new media industry |
| Fleet Street Forum | A bulletin board for journalists |
| Reference & research tools | |
| Dictionary.com | Also includes Thesaurus.com...find just the word you need |
| Refdesk | Excellent starting place for Net fact-hunting |
| Finding Data on the Net | A journalist's guide to Internet searching |
| NUA Internet Surveys | Search through hundreds of research reports |
| Forrester Research | Research outlining the growth of the Net and beyond |
| IMDb Internet Movie Database | Whatever the movie, find out all about it here |
| Hobbes' Internet Timeline | Useful history of the Internet |
| Useful Internet Web Sites for Investigators | Part of UKLegal.com |
| whatis.com | Find the meaning of technical terms |
| Headcount.com | The size of Internet markets worldwide |
| The Web's Too Big:PR | Search engine focusing on the websites of UK PR agencies, providing users with a highly focused search experience |
| New media publications | |
| .net | Consumer orientated publication with accompanying Web site, on-line forums and mailing list |
| New Media Age | More about the new media sector |
| Newmediazero | Yet more... |
| Internet.Works | Internet business title |
| ClickZ | All about online marketing and PR strategy |
| Resources for journalists | |
| Audit Bureau of Circulations | Who's selling what |
| Freelancers Net | Find a freelancer / promote yourself |
| Freelance Journalist | A resource aimed specifically at freelance journalists |
| DotJournalism | Online news for online journalists |
| Media UK Internet Directory | Online radio, magazines, TV and newspapers in the UK |
| The Rate for the Job | Useful guide for freelancers from the NUJ |
| Hold the Front Page | News stories and resources aimed at regional journalists |
| The Slot | Useful Stateside resource for copy editors, created by Bill Walsh |
| Guardian Unlimited Style Guide | Useful guidance for writers |
| Resources for PRs | |
| Gorkana | Media database where the journalists' contact details are frequently verified for accuracy |
| PR Week | Popular PR publication online |
| FeaturesExec Media Database | Detailed media database for media outlets, media contacts, forward features information and industry news. |
| Press Dispensary | Provider of press release writing and distribution services and affordable 'white label' media centres with a whole host of useful functionality. |
| PR Newswire Social Media Metrics | Companies can monitor what’s being said about them online with PR Newswire’s Social Media Monitoring tool. This invaluable resource covers 30,000 online news sites, 20 million blogs, 5 million daily forum posts, as well as microblogs, (Twitter), photo and video sites (YouTube and Flicker) and publically available spaces of social networking sites (Facebook and MySpace).. |
| Industry training courses | |
| Press Dispensary's PR Masterclass | A basic grounding in how to write good PR copy and avoid language and content journalists dislike, with advice about online distribution methods. |
| PR industry bodies | |
| Institute of Public Relations | "The eyes, ears and voice of the public relations industry" |
| Public Relations Consultants Association | Another central UK public relations body |
| PR Scotland | Online resource for Scotland's PR professionals |
| PR agencies | |
| Quote Bean - PR Companies | A free PR comparison site to help UK businesses get free advice and quotes from local PR companies. |
| Midnight Communications | Clients include Sky Sports Living for Sport, Thomas Eggar, West Coast Energy and Carewatch. |
| Press Dispensary | Provider of modular, affordable PR services. |
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