Mailing Lists for Journalists and Broadcasters

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(For help in findings lists to subscribe to, see Finding Newsgroups and Mailing Lists.)

Some General Interest Mailing Lists

• Edupage - a thrice-weekly summary of news items on information technology.
  
  To subscribe to Edupage: send a message to: listproc@educom.edu, with the subject blank and in the body of the message type: subscribe edupage Jackie Robinson (assuming that your name is Jackie Robinson; if it isn't, substitute your own name). ... To cancel, send a message to: listproc@educom.edu and in the body of the message type: unsubscribe edupage. Edupage is also available via the WWW. For the French edition of Edupage, contact proulxj@ERE.UMontreal.CA.

  net-happenings - a list of new sources and sites on the Internet. To subscribe to net-happenings, send a message to majordomo@lists.internic.net with the subject blank and "subscribe net-happenings" in the message body.
  

  Both Edupage and net-happenings are archived:

  • http://educom.edu/edupage.old for Edupage
    
  • http://www.gi.net/NET for net-happenings.

  (The subscribing process which is outlined for Edupage and net-happenings works with most other lists, so I won't repeat it in such detail for the rest of them. )

  For some of these lists, subscribing is a two-step process. After you send the original message, you might be asked to send another brief email to the moderator of the list outlining for what professional reasons you should be added to the list.

  BTW, (Note 3) ListServs and Majordomos are fairly smart entities. If, in your subscribing message, you happen to get the syntax wrong or more information is needed, you'll automatically get a message back explaining who you should do.

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  Some Journalism Mailing Lists

  CAJ-List - Canadian Association of Journalists List

  To subscribe to CAJ-List , send a message to: majordomo@eagle.ca and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe caj-list (your email address) The CAJ also has a web site.

  Women in Media List - From the Canadian Association of Journalists

  To subscribe to the Women in Media List, send a message to: majordomo@eagle.ca and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe wim-list (your email address)

  INTCAR-L - Internationally-Oriented Computer-Assisted Reporting List

  To subscribe to INTCAR-L, send a message to: listserv@listserv.american.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe INTCAR-L Firstname Lastname.

  CARR-L - Computer-assisted Reporting and Research

  To subscribe to CARR-L, send a message to listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe CARR-L Firstname Lastname.

  IRE-L - Discussion from the Investigative Reporters and Editors group

  To subscribe to IRE-L, send a message to listproc@lists.missouri.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe IRE-L Firstname Lastname. An archive of messages is also available via WWW.

  NICAR-L - Discussions of National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting

  To subscribe to NICAR-L send a message to: listproc@lists.missouri.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe NICAR-L Firstname Lastname.. An archive of messages is also available via WWW.

  SPJ-L - Discussion from the Society of Professional Journalists in the US

  To subscribe to SPJ-L , send a message to: listserv@psuvm.psu.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe SPJ-L Firstname Lastname.

  JOURNET-L a discussion List for Journalism Education Topics

  To subscribe to JOURNET-L, send a message to:listserv@american.edu and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe JOURNET-L Firstname Lastname.

  INET-NEWS - Discussion of OnLine News Sources and their Uses

  To subscribe to Inet-News, send a message to: listserv@nstn.ca and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe INET-NEWS Firstname Lastname.

  ONLINE-NEWS - Discussion of OnLine News Sources and their Uses

  To subscribe to Online-News , send a message to: majordomo@marketplace.com and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe Online-News Firstname Lastname. An archive of messages is available via WWW.

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  Some Broadcasting Related Lists

  BLists - from Broadcast Net

  Automates the signup for a whole range of broadcasting-related listservs.

  RADIODRAMA - a discussion list about Drama on Public and Private radio

  To subscribe to RADIODRAMA, send a message to: majordomo@world.std.com and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe radiodrama Firstname Lastname.

  PUBRADIO - a Public Radio Discussion Group

  To subscribe to PUBRADIO, send a message to: listserv%idbsu.bitnet@listserv.net and in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe pubradio Firstname Lastname.

  RADIO-FORUM - Radio Broadcasting Industry

  To subscribe to RADIO-FORUM, send a message to: majordomo@sojourn.comand in the body of the message put ONLY: subscribe RADIO-FORUM Firstname Lastname.

Still a Growing Area

• CARR-L Subscribers: 2137
  (by February 1996 - 2324 - including 95 from Canada, one of 49 countries represented.)
• JOURNET Subscribers: 962
• IRE-L Subscribers: 752
• SPJ-L Subscribers: 668
• PUBRADIO Subscribers: 654
• INTCAR-L Subscribers: 218