Since the publication of the first newspaper in the American colonies, numerous organizations have been established for U.S. journalists and journalism educators. This list, based on one from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism website, includes a broad range of resources for journalists.

This list is divided into five sections: journalists’ associations, support associations, training resources, watchdog groups and research organizations. Click on each link to go directly to that section.

Journalists’ associations

American Society of Business Publication Editors, http://www.asbpe.org

Asian American Journalists Association, http://www.aaja.org

Association of Health Care Journalists, http://www.healthjournalism.org

Association for Women in Sports Media, http://awsmonline.org/

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

Capitol Correspondents Association of California, http://www.ccac.us

College Media Advisers Online: http://www.collegemedia.org

Education Writers Association, http://www.ewa.org

Investigative Reporters and Editors, http://www.ire.org/

National Association of Black Journalists, http://www.nabj.org

National Association of Hispanic Journalists, http://www.nahj.org

The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, http://www.nlgja.org

National Press Club, http://www.press.org

Native American Journalists Association, http://www.naja.com

Organization of News Ombudsmen, http://www.newsombudsmen.org

Overseas Press Club, http://opcofamerica.org

Religion Newswriters Association, http://www.rna.org

Society of American Business Editors and Writers (Sigma Delta Chi Foundation): http://www.sdxdc.org

Society of Environmental Journalists, http://www.sej.org

Society for News Design, http://www.snd.org

Society of Professional Journalists, http://www.spj.org

South Asian Journalists Association, http://www.saja.org

Support associations

Committee to Protect Journalists, http://www.cpj.org

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, http://www.dartcenter.org

The Freedom Forum, http://www.freedomforum.org

The Media Institute, http://www.mediainstitute.org

National Freedom of Information Coalition, http://www.nfoic.org/

The Newspaper Guild, http://www.newsguild.org

Pew Center for Civic Journalism, http://www.pewcenter.org

Reporters Without Borders, http://www.rsf.fr

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, http://www.rcfp.org

Student Press Law Center, http://www.splc.org

Trade associations

AlterNet, http://www.alternet.org

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, http://www.aan.org

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

Training resources

American Copy Editors Society , http://www.copydesk.org/

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, http://www.aejmc.org

Emergency Journalism, http://emergencyjournalism.net/

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

Journalist’s Toolbox: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org

Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, http://www.knightcenter.umd.edu

Knight Digital Media Center, http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org

National Center for Business Journalism, http://businessjournalism.org

The Newseum, http://www.newseum.org

News University, http://www.newsu.org

News21, http://news21.com

Nieman Lab, http://www.niemanlab.org

Nieman Reports, http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports.aspx

No Train No Gain, http://www.notrain-nogain.org

OnlineJournalism.com, http://www.ojr.org

Poynter Institute, http://www.poynter.org

Religion Link, http://www.religionlink.com

Resources for Working Journalists, http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/journalists.html

Watchdog groups

Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch, http://www.prwatch.org

Factcheck.org, http://www.factcheck.org

The Media Channel, http://www.mediachannel.org

NiemanWatchdog, http://www.niemanwatchdog.org

Politifact.com, http://politifact.com

Research organizations

Center for Media and Public Affairs, http://www.cmpa.com

Full Text Reports, http://fulltextreports.com

Help a Reporter, http://www.helpareporter.com

Local TV News Media Project, http://www.localtvnews.org

Mechanical Turk: https://www.mturk.com

Media Tenor, http://www.mediatenor.com

National Institute on Money in State Politics, http://www.followthemoney.org

NewsLink, http://newslink.org

Open Secrets, http://www.opensecrets.org

Pew Hispanic Center, http://pewhispanic.org/

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, http://pewhispanic.org/

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

Who Needs Newspapers? http://www.whoneedsnewspapers.org