By Julian Sher Finding people is what we do as journalists. Like everything else on the information highway, searching for people is an inexact science at best. But here are some tips and sites to help you. This can be a gold mine for journalists because not only can you save time and money looking for that bad guy who fled your hometown to Utah without going through the operator.
Many yellow pages have excellent search functions.
For example, in the BC Yellow Pages if you were doing a story on recycling in the Fraser River Valley, you can click by subject and region and find the 10 companies in the business you want in the region you want. A special treat for journalists is the Federal government phone book . Say you have the name of a civil servant mentioned in some document or referred to by one of your sources. And if you want to reach Uncle Edward in Yemen or a business contact in Australia. The World Phone books lists directories from many countries across the globe.