Database of media ethics codes from around the world and associated bibliography.

Initiative of the US National Endowment for Democracy to promote independent media globally. Some useful free publications covering the state of media around the world.

Advice for journalists in using data

GMFD offers unusually long time series data & is compiled by professors Jenifer Whitten-Woodring (University of Massachusetts Lowell) and Douglas A. Van Belle

The International Federation of Journalists is the world's largest organisation of journalists.

Includes Media Laws database (mainly in connection with defamation) and Death Watch (statistics on numbers of journalists killed).

Washington based organisation seeking to support the role of female journalists around the world. See also the Global Media Monitoring

RFE/RL operates in former Eastern Europe, Russia, and from the Caucasus across to Afghanistan. It is funded by the US government. It seeks to provide uncensored news reports and discussion from countries in the region where press freedom is limited or absent.

Respected organisation, particularly noted for its annual World Press Freedom Index (2002-) & report.

Up to date (2020) & open access academic e-book, mainly drawing on US experiences

Data back to 1993, includes nationality, gender, country in which died

From IREX. Continuation of the Media Sustainability Index (2000-), focusing on the health of the media/information sphere in Russia, and countries in Central Asia & Eastern Europe that were formerly part of the Soviet Union

Portal focusing on women, gender, and the media. Includes the Global Media Monitoring Project

Offers useful series of country reports, updated at lengthy intervals

Seeks to safeguard media pluralism and freedom across EU member states. Produces annual Media pluralism monitor.

EU agency created in 1992 to collect and distribute information about the audiovisual (film, TV, video on demand) industries in Europe.

Founded by 25 organisations seeking to uphold press freedom in all parts of Europe. Maintains database of media violations & Resource Centre of open access research

Research network of European media institutes.

EU-funded project examining news consumption and political polarization in Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia)

Great site for all things Nordic in the realm of media & communication

NGO funded by George Soros promoting democracy, civil society and EU integration in Bulgaria. Also produces handy Media Literacy Index (2017-) assessing the resilience potential to fake news in 41 European countries

Research project by academics, journalists & others on the sustainability, innovation, and impact of independent digital native news organisations in more than 40 countries across Europe.

RFE/RL operates in former Eastern Europe, Russia, and from the Caucasus across to Afghanistan. It is funded by the US government. It seeks to provide uncensored news reports and discussion from countries in the region where press freedom is limited or absent.

Archive of activist media in video, photograph and written form. Print materials are held at the MayDay Archive in London - https://maydayrooms.org/projects_draft/amp_home/

Digitised copies of the BBCs annual handbook (later yearbook and then annual report) from 1928 onwards

Numerous useful resources, including:
BBC Genome Project provides access to TV & radio listings covering the period 1923-2009
History of the BBC section
BBC Archive

See especially their guide to film, TV & radio collections in the UK, and Box of Broadcasts (BoB) media recording and archive service, to which the Library subscribes (key TV & radio channels have an archive back to about 2007). TRILT - the database behind BoB - has details of recordings from 1995, and it's possible to request copies of these.

The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press was the most wide-ranging inquiry of its kind in British history, reflecting the central role of news and journalism in modern society. This archive was curated by Kingston University in cooperation with the National Archives & other bodies.

Campaigning group aiming for an accountable press & implementation of the Leveson Report.

Independent regulator for the digital media age, aims to encourage independent journalism, and build trust between journalists and the public. Funded through the Independent Press Regulation Trust

Independent regulator for the newspaper & magazine industry in the UK.

Useful website for current awareness of academic research in this field, maintained by the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland)

Independent coalition of groups and individuals set up in 2011 to maximise the public interest in media & communications.

UK quango, communications & media (TV & radio) regulator, produces a variety of useful publications, including:
Adults' media use & attitudes report
Children's media literacy
Communications market reports
Online nation (2019-)

Detailed insight into the influence of the internet on everyday life in Britain, based on survey data every 2 years since 2003. A similar exercise in the US is the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Major UK centre, based at Oxford University

Launched in 2004 to counter right-wing media misinformation

Looks at the future of (US) journalism in the internet age. Based at Harvard.

Similar to the Oxford Internet Surveys above, but covering the US. See also the annual Pew survey.

Future of Media project from Harvard University looks at ownership of US media and donors

Excellent starting point for for all things relating to fact check.

Ditto for fake news.

Independent website that analyses news sources and news sites, assessing for political bias and degree of factual reporting

US based non-profit, non-partisan organisation aiming to educate students and the public about news literacy - identifying credible sources and avoiding misinformation

Useful web page on identifying fake news

NGO funded by George Soros promoting democracy, civil society and EU integration in Bulgaria. Also produces handy Media Literacy Index (2017-) assessing the resilience potential to fake news in 41 European countries

Website of Emma Briant, who unveiled the Cambridge Analytica scandal and leading researcher of the digital influence industry

World's oldest (1994) & largest fact check site. Strong US & popular element, reflecting its origins in checking out urban legends & rumour research.

Practical guidance from European Journalism Centre on how to detect & investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, and other forms of disinformation and media manipulation

Created by Agence France Presse in 2012 to promote accurate reporting. Contributions in English or French

Not a fact check site, but offers views of the same stories from the left, centre, and right of politics.

Open access academic e-book available Oct. 2020, looking at the post-fact information age in the US

Annenberg Center

Washington Post

Visualisations of fake news stories & internet rumours on Twitter.

The IFCN at the Poynter Institute maintains a list of signatories. Good place to start looking for fact-check organisations around the world

Excellent news & analysis from the US Social Sciences Research Council on digital disinformation and misinformation in relation to elections, democracy, media, and technology. Global, with strong coverage of the US

Tampa Bay Times

Uses government data & backed by SIEPR, Wharton, etc.