CCJ is a consortium of journalists, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession.

EthicNet is a collection of codes of journalism ethics from most of the European countries, translated into English.

FAIR works to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism, and to improving the public's access to independent information sources. Its services include an online magazine; a news service for the independent press; an online magazine for socially conscious youth; and training for advocacy groups.

The IPA seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions.

Lists nonpartisan, liberal and conservative sites.

Media Alliance is a 25-year-old nonprofit training and resource center seeking excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility.

MEF is the US's leading producer and distributor of educational videos that foster critical thinking about the mass media.

MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media. Resources include thematic special reports, action toolkits, forums for discussion, an indexed directory of hundreds of affiliated groups and a search engine constituting the single largest online media-issues database.

The MRC is the US’s largest conservative media watchdog organization. It is the only organization with a complete tape library of network news and entertainment shows back to the late 1980s.

Based at San Francisco State University's Journalism Department, News Watch promotes dialogue among journalists regarding coverage of people of color, lesbians and gays, and other communities which have been the victim of biased reporting or ignored by the news media.

Project Censored explores and publicizes the extent of censorship in our society by locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.

PEJ is a research organization that specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press. It is non-partisan, non-ideological and non-political.

Weekly statistics on minutes spent by the major TV news networks covering various news stories. Online archives go back to 2000.

Extensive listing of media watchdog groups.