This resource document introduces the array of Internet help available to journalism students enrolled in introductory courses. Moorhead State University students experimented with it in fall 1995. If you have suggestions on useful links for inclusion in this document, please send them to Professor Shelton Gunaratne.

One way to select a Listserv relevant to your area of interest is to search the large collection of publicly accessible mailing lists maintained by Stephanie da Silva. You can also use the search engines List of Lists or Inter-Links or Liszt or Tile.Net to look for a discusssion group on a specific topic. To start with, here are some samples of what's available.

Broadcast Media

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub SHOPTALK _your name_.

CARR-L

This is an e-mail discussion group for reporters and researchers. Open this template with the listserv address already inserted, and write the following command in the message area: SUB CARR-L firstname lastname (for example: SUB CARR-L Shelton Gunaratne). To unsubscribe address another letter to the same listserv with the command: UNSUB CARR-L. To contribute to the list, send your message to: CARR-L@ulkyvm.louisville.edu

CDA96-L

Communications Decency Act of 1996 Discussion Group. To subscribe to this group, write the following in the message area: Sub CDA96-L _your name_

Communet

To subscribe to this citizen participation listserv, write the following in the message area: Sub COMMUNET _your name_

Copyediting-L

To join this copyeditors' discussion group, write the following in the message area: Sub Copyediting-L _your name_

East European Media

To join this East-European media-interest group, write the following in the message area: Subscribe EEMEDIA.

Freedom of Information

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub FOI-L _your name_

Government Resources

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Add _my name_ to list

Hyperjournal Forum

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: join hyperjournal-forum _firstname(s)_ _lastname_

INTCAR-L

This Internationally Oriented Computer-Assisted Reporting List will be particularly helpful to students interested in international communication. To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Subscribe INTCAR-L _your name_

IRE-L

Investigative Reporters and Editors List: Sub IRE-L _your name_

Literary Journalism

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub WRITER-L

Magazine Editing

To join this magazine editing discussion group, write the following in the message area: Sub MAGAZINE _your name_

New Information Technologies

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub NIT _your e-mail address_

News Research

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub NEWSLIB _your name_

NICAR-L

To subscribe to the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, write the following in the message area: Sub NICAR-L _your name_

Society of Professional Journalists

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub SPJ-L

Sri Lanka Net

To subscribe to this news service on Sri Lanka, write the following in the message area: Subscribe _your name_. (This is an example of how one can subscribe to news from a developing country ignored by U.S. media.)

Student Media

To subscribe to this list, write the following in the message area: Sub STUMEDIA _your name_