FAIR encourages the public to become media activists rather than passive consumers of news. JournalismNet Links to media criticism sites in the US, Canada, and the world. Organization of News Ombudsmen Formed in 1980, ONO is a nonprofit corporation with an international membership of news ombudsmen, who receive and investigate complaints from the public about accuracy, fairness, balance and good taste in news coverage. The organization aims to help the journalism profession achieve and maintain high ethical standards in news reporting. The Pew Research Center is an independent opinion research group, sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, that studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
Online reports are available on various topics.
Online Various media codes of ethics, international in scope. Search the CJR Archive for the full text of articles published back to 1991. Ethics in Journalism From the Society of Professional Journalists. The Journalist's Resource Site From WTVM-TV News. 1997 Statistics about the newspaper industry from the Newspaper Association of America.