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Tools
of the Trade
A
large part of the work the producers and researchers do here
at CBC News: Disclosure centres on digging up information
for our stories. To
do our jobs well, we need to know how to effectively and
efficiently use the Internet, newspapers, libraries and
other sources. We also have to critically evaluate all of
the information we uncover.
The
following is a list of tools for the investigative journalist,
complied by CBC producer Daniel Schwartz. Schwartz also
teaches a course on "computer-assisted reporting"
at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto.
Textbooks
Paul,
Nora. Computer Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping
Online Information. 4th edition, The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg, Fla., 1999. Part of the textbook is available
online.
Journalism,
Writer Guides
McGuire,
Mary. Internet handbook for writers, Researchers, and
Journalists. 2nd ed. Trifolium Books, 2000. Website.
Allen,
Moira Anderson. writing.com : creative Internet strategies
to advance your writing career. Allworth Press, 1999.
viii, 226 p.
Lockwood,
Trevor and Karen Scott. A Writer's Guide to the Internet.
Allison and Busby, 1999. 143p.
Callahan,
Christopher. A Journalist's Guide to the Internet:
The Net as a Reporting Tool. Allyn & Bacon, 1999.
Website.
Garrison,
Bruce. Computer-Assisted Reporting. 2nd edition,
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Houston,
Brant.Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical Guide.
2nd ed., St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Metter,
Ellen. Facts in a Flash: A Research Guide for Writers:
From Cruising the Stacks to Surfing the Net. Cincinnati,
Ohio: F&W Publications Inc., 1999. 423 p.
Miller,
Lisa C. Power journalism: computer-assisted reporting.
Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1998. x, 262 p.
Quinn,
Stephen. Newsgathering on the net: an Internet guide
for Australian journalists. Precision Press, 1998.
Rich,
Carole. Creating online media : a guide to research,
writing, and design on the Internet. McGraw-Hill/College,
1999. xx, 345 p. Website.
Reddick,
Randy and Elliot King. The Online Journalist: Using
the Internet and Other Electronic Resources. 3rd edition.
Harcourt College Publ, 2001. 277 p.
Hane,
Paula J. Super Searchers in the News: The Online Secrets
of Journalists & News Researchers. CyberAge Books,
2000. 256 p. Website.
Research
Guides:
Berkman,
Robert I. Find it fast : how to uncover expert information
on any subject online or in print. 5th ed. HarperResource,
2000. xxiv, 372 p.
Overbury,
Stephen and Susan Buenaventura. How to research almost
anything: a Canadian guide for students, consumers and
business. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1998. 206 p.
Rowland,
Robin. The creative guide to research: how to find
what you need online and offline. Career Press, 2000.
284p. Website.
Internet
Research Guides
Ernest
Ackermann and Karen Hartman. The Information Searcher's
Guide to Searching and Researching on the Internet and
World Wide Web. 2nd edition, 2001. 438 p.
Ernest
Ackermann and Karen Hartman. Internet and Web Essentials.
Franklin, Beedle & Associates, 2001. 592 p.
Basch,
Reva. Researching online for dummies. 2nd ed. IDG
Books Worldwide, Inc., 2000. xxii, 352 p.
Carroll,
Jim and Rick Broadhead. Canadian Internet Directory
and Research Guide 2000. Stoddart Publishing, Toronto:
1999.
Maloy,
Timothy K. The Internet Research Guide. 2nd edition.
Allworth Press, 1999. 197 p.
Schlein,
Alan M. Find It Online: The complete Guide to Online
Research. 2nd. ed. Facts on Demand Press, 2000. 512
p.
Search
Engines
If
you want to know much more about how search engines function,
see these books:
Search
engines for the World Wide Web. Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner.
2nd ed. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, c1999. xiv, 274 p. :
ill.
The
extreme searcher's guide to web search engines: a handbook
for the serious searcher. Randolph Hock. Cyberage
Books, 1999. Website.
Searching
the Internet. Brian Cooper. Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
72p.
Great
Scouts!: Cyberguides for subject searching on the web.
Nora Paul and Margot Williams. Cyberage books, 1999. 343p.
Website.
Recommended
Reading: General
Phillip
Knightley. The First casualty: from the Crimea to Vietnam:
the war correspondent as hero, propagandist and mythmaker.
1975. 465 p.
John
Allen Paulos. A Mathematician reads the newspaper.
Basic Books, 1995. 212 p.
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