Journalism Resources

This guide is an in-depth resource -- from fact checking to government reports to think tanks.

A project of Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative, Journalist’s Resource is a great place for tips.

Want to hear what the Associate Press is saying? Check out their Twitter account -- no need to have your own account to view this source.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. Extensive Primary Source sets are available as well.

This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship.The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.

Over a million free photos shared by a community of photographers.