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This page is a research and information tool for all public relations practitioners. This is not a complete list of PR and media links so if you think we have missed anything, please email your suggestions to:
glenfrost at frocomm.com.au
Websites listed have been grouped into the following categories:
Useful new media sites
Blogs - create your own blogs here
WordPress www.wordpress.com
TypePad www.typepad.com
Blogger www.blogger.com
Bookmark your sites
Delicious del.icio.us
Upload video and stills media
Flickr pictures www.flickr.com
YouTube upload 10 minute video www.youtube.com
Wiki software
Wikispaces wikispaces.com
PBWiki pbwiki.com
Social Networking
Facebook www.facebook.com
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com
Australian
and international Public Relations websites
www.accpa.com.au
The Centre for Corporate and Public Affairs. “
The knowledge centre supporting the strategic development
of the public affairs function within Australian business
and government.
www.aira.org.au
Founded in February 2001 by a broad steering committee
of investor relations professionals across major Australian
and New Zealand companies, the Australasian Investor
Relations Association (AIRA) was established to provide
investor relations practitioners with a single voice
in the public debate on corporate disclosure issues
and to improve the skills and professionalism of its
members.
www.iabcnsw.com
The International Association of Business Communicators
(IABC) is the premier international knowledge network
for professionals engaged in strategic business communication
management.
www.pria.com.au
Public Relations Institute of Australia
Since 1949 the PRIA has been the peak professional
body representing the interests of Australian public
relations and communication practitioners and consultancies.
www.pac.org
Launched in 1954, The Public Affairs Council is the
leading association for public affairs professionals
in the U.S. It provides unique information, training
and other resources to its members to support their
effective participation in government, community and
public relations activities at all levels.
http://www.journoz.com
Ozguide Internet Information Sources for Journalists:
a portal site for journalists run through the University
of Queensland, with links that enable you to find
experts and contacts, Net-based sources of Australian
facts or background information such as business information,
cases, databases, directories, government information,
legislation, reports, statistics and trade figures.
www.ipra.org
International Public Relations Association
IPRA offers a unique opportunity to network with 1,000
top-level professionals in the ever-evolving field
of business and social communications.
www.prsa.org
USA: PRSA is the world’s largest organization
for public relations professionals. Its nearly 20,000
members, organized into 116 chapters, represent business
and industry, technology, counseling firms, government,
associations, hospitals, schools, professional services
firms and nonprofit organizations.
www.ipr.org.uk
The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) is the UK’s
leading public relations industry professional body.
Founded in February 1948, it today has over 7500 members.
www.instituteforpr.com
Institute for Public Relations
(IPR) serves as a catalyst for creating and disseminating
research that is useable by public relations senior
management, agencies, clients and everyday practitioners.
To keep pace with today’s public relations challenges,
IPR strives to be the leading provider of information
and communication-related research.
www.public-relations-online.net
Refererence source for the Public Relations Industry
USA: Council of Public Relations Firms http://www.prfirms.org/
USA: Nerd World: Public Relations (Ecclectic list of
agencies, freelancers, and miscellaneous sites) http://www.nerdworld.com/nw1027.html
Hollis U.K. Press and Publications Annual -- Use
limited to registered subscribers.
http://www.hollis-pr.com/index.asp
The Health Care Public Relations Association is the
only organization which addresses the particular concerns
of the public relations professional in the Canadian
health care setting. http://www.hcpra.org/
European Public Relations Confederation (CERP
http://www.cerp.org/
The Public Relations Society of America, based in
New York City, is the world's largest organization
for public relations professionals. The Society has
more than 28,000 professional and student members.
http://www.prsa.org/
Association of Media Evaluation Companies
AMEC is an international trade organisation for media
evaluation companies. AMEC members "adhere to
AMEC's Quality Assurance Code and provide professional,
independent and impartial planning, evaluation and
research. They guarantee technical expertise and ensure
best practice, best quality and best value."
The site includes a guide to media evaluation, glossary
of industry terms, case studies, links, and other
resources.
http://www.amec.org.uk/
Australian & New Zealand Communication Association
Site includes job postings, calls for papers, conference
details & links to refereed online conference
papers.
http://www.anzca.net/
USA: Arthur W. Page Society
Arthur W. Page Society was founded in 1983 in New
York, has 300 members (mostly senior US PR execs),
and aims to “strengthen the management policy
role of the chief corporate public relations officer”.
Site includes archive of articles from society conferences
on corporate trust and PR ethics.
http://www.awpagesociety.com/
Global Alliance for Public Relations
Bringing together PR and communications management
assoc.s from around the world, we aim to help the
global PR industry to share ideas and best practices,
seek common interests and standards, and better understand
the unique aspects of each culture in which practitioners
operate.
http://www.globalpr.org/
The International Communications Consultancy Organisation
Established in 1986 as “the voice of public
relations consultancies across the world”. An
umbrella assoc. for more than 850 consultancies through
their trade assoc.s in 24 countries. Knowledge bank
on site is members only, no free resources.
http://www.iccopr.com/home/index.cfm
IPR
Leading professional body for the UK public relations
industry & largest public relations membership
body in Europe. Review copies of subscription newsletter
Profile (interviews, case-studies, profiles, style
guides and comment) available online.
http://www.ipr.org.uk/
The Public Relations Consultants Association is the
voice of public relations consultancies in the UK.
The trade association was set up in 1969 and members
now represent 70 per cent of fee income for UK public
relations consultancies.
http://www.prca.org.uk/sites/prca.nsf/homepages/homepage
Institute of Public Relations of Singapore
http://www.iprs.org.sg/Web/main.aspx?ID=,0619da6e-7cf2-4a89-88a0-d43432765f0b
U.S. National Investor Relations Institute
http://www.niri.org/
Public Relations Institute of Ireland
http://www.prii.ie/
Public Relations Institute of New Zealand
No non-member resources
http://www.prinz.org.nz/
Public Relations Institute of South Africa
No non-member resources.
http://www.prisa.co.za/
Popular
culture
A UK based site with communications, cultural and
media studies resources and links.
www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk
A guide to popular culture on the Internet including
conferences, articles, theorists, journals and newsgroups.
www.popcultures.com
www.theory.org.uk
A site about mass media and popular culture.
Media
and communication journals and related sites
www.cjr.org
Columbia Journalism Review: A watchdog of the US press
in all its forms, from newspapers and magazines to
radio, television and cable to the wire services and
the Web. It was established by Columbia University's
Graduate School of Journalism and offers a mix of
reporting, analysis, criticism and commentary. Particularly
useful are the media finder and media ownership links.
http://fifth.estate.rmit.edu.au
The Fifth Estate: An ezine from the School of Journalism
at RMIT.
www.powerreporting.com
Power Reporting: a US based portal site, free and
without advertisements, aimed at journalists. Contains
a vast collection of information and links.
www.tnr.com
The New Republic: an online version of a magazine
focusing on current issues.
www.batnet.com/oikoumene/
WWW Multimedia Law: US site dealing with Internet
law, copyright and intellectual property. This site
has a commercial focus but publishes recent academic
papers concerning social and legal issues around the
media and the Internet.
Australian
Statistics
www.abs.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics: site provides access
to many of their databases and statistics, as well
as information on their services.
Media
Organisations
www.aapmedianet.com.au/
AAP MediaNet provides comprehensive media and specialist
lists.
www.presscouncil.org.au/
The Australian Press Council is the self-regulatory
body of the print media and their site has information
about the council and its activities, including reporting
guidelines for the press.
www.comslaw.org.au/
The Communications Law Centre (CLC) is an independent,
non-profit, public interest
organisation specialising in media and communications
law and policy. Information and resources on their
site represent the four main areas in which they work:
research, teaching, public education and legal advice.
www.alliance.org.au/
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)
is a union for people working in industries that inform
or entertain Australia: media, communications, entertainment,
arts and sport. Their site contains useful links and
information.
Advertising,
marketing and public relations
www.bandt.com.au
B&T: Marketing magazine & daily newsletter.
Advertising Age
www.adage.com/
The Advertising Age site contains various industry
news sections including a specific category of media
news as well as special reports on advertising, industry
data and links.
Adbusters
www.adbusters.org/
A North American based site using new medias to target
advertising, as discussed in Naomi Klein’s book
No Logo.
Adforum
www.adforum.com/
Adforum is a comprehensive portal to the advertising,
marketing and communications industry and contains
information and links to information and resources
about all aspects of the advertising industry.
No Logo
www.nologo.org
The site of the bestselling book by Canadian author
Naomi Klein includes updates on actions against globalisation
and the corporate world.
Film
Australian Film Institute
http://www.afi.org.au/
The Australian Film Institute is a member-based organisation
that seeks to foster links between the general public
and the film industry. Their site includes information
about events, awards, education and research.
Film Australia
www.filmaust.com.au/
Film Australia is one of the nation’s largest
producers of television documentaries and educational
programs. Their site includes information about new
releases, festivals, facilities, their library, teachers
note and other resources.
National Screen and Sound Archive of Australia
www.screensound.gov.au/
The National Screen and Sound Archive is a Commonwealth
Government organisation that collects and preserves
Australia's moving images and sound recordings and
their site includes information about their services
and collection.
Press
The Adelaide Advertiser
www.theadvertiser.com.au/
The Age
www.theage.com.au
The Australian
www.theaustralian.com.au
The Canberra Times
www.canberratimes.com.au
The Courier Mail
www.couriermail.com.au
The Hobart Mercury
www.themercury.com.au/
National Library of Australia
www.nla.gov.au/npapers/
A directory of all online regional and metropolitan
newspapers including papers associated with particular
political or interest groups with links to their websites.
News Limited
www.news.com.au/
News Limited site incorporating all News Limited papers
throughout Australia including The Australian, The
Adelaide Advertiser and The Hobart Mercury.
Online Newspapers
www.onlinenewspapers.com/
A portal site with links to online newspapers from
around the world, searchable by area and country.
Australian newspapers are found at: www.onlinenewspapers.com/australi.htm
Sydney Morning Herald
www.smh.com.au
The West Australian
www.thewest.com.au
Australian Financial Review
http://afr.com
Business Review Weekly
www.brw.com.au/
Reuters International News Service
www.reuters.com/
Radio
ABC
www.abc.net.au
Central site for all ABC radio and television stations
Australia-wide.
Commercial Radio Australia
www.commercialradio.com.au
Member body for Australia’s commercial radio
broadcasters
Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters
www.radiomarketing.com.au
The Radio Marketing Bureau represents Australian commercial
radio stations and their site provides information
and links to surveys, awards, reports and research.
International Radio Stations
http://bestofthenet.ws/radio.html
Links to international radio stations available over
the Internet. Links to Australian radio stations and
othercountries sorted by region are also available.
Radio Locator
www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/nation
Formerly the MIT list of radio stations on the Internet,
this site is a comprehensive listing of all websites
for radio stations around the world, searchable by
country. Most of these provide online programs.
Radiowise
www.amt.org.au/
Australian Radio Industry site including a newsletter,
links and employment information.
SBS
www.sbs.com.au
Central site for all SBS radio and television stations
Australia-wide.
Television
ABC
www.abc.net.au
Central site for all ABC radio and television stations
Australia-wide.
Australian Children’s Television Foundation
www.actf.com.au
Australia’s Channel 7
http://seven.com.au
Australia’s Channel 9
http://ninemsn.com.au/
Australia’s Network Ten
www.ten.com.au/
Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com/
Financial markets online.
British Broadcasting Corporation
www.bbc.co.uk
CNN
www.cnn.com
Cable News Network USA.
Foxtel Australia
www.foxtel.com.au
SBS
www.sbs.com.au
Central site for all SBS radio and television stations
Australia-wide.
Indigenous
media
BRACS stands for Broadcast in Remote Aboriginal Communities.
There are over 100 BRACS communities in Australia,
which broadcast locally to their remote communities.
The three links below will take you to sites that
contain information about specific BRACS schemes in
some remote communities:
www.warlpiri.com.au/bracs/default.htm
Information about the Warlpiri Media Assocation BRACS
scheme.
http://waru.org/organisation.php
Information about SA and NT radio broadcasting to
remote communities.
www.balkanu.com.au/projects/tele-com/bracs.htm
Information about the Cape York BRACS scheme.
Australian
Tertiary Education Institutions
The following links are to departments, schools and
institution sites where Media and Communication related
studies are taught in Australia. Many of these sites
contain useful links and information about media and
communications.
www.aftrs.edu.au/
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
www.anu.edu.au/ITA/ACAT/
Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology
http://www-scam.ecu.edu.au/
Edith Cowan University School of Communications and
Multimedia
http://comedu.canberra.edu.au/sc_details.cfm?ID=09
University of Canberra School of Communications and
Education Creative Communication and Culture Studies
Department
www.hss.uts.edu.au/departments/maci.html
UTS Department of Media Arts, Communication and Information
www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/commun/
Charles Sturt University School of Communication
www.bond.edu.au/hss/index.htm
Bond University School of Humanities and Social Sciences
including Communications Studies, Journalism, Public
Relations, Film and TV
www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/
Central Queensland University School of Informatics
and Communication
www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/cgi-bin/view?area=ccs
Curtin University School of Communications and Cultural
Studies
http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts/building_p/
Deakin University School of Literary and Communication
Studies
http://wwwehlt.flinders.edu.au/screen/
Flinders University School of Screen Studies
www.gu.edu.au/school/fmc/
Griffith University School of Film Media and Cultural
Studies
www.foss.jcu.edu.au/Sias/www/index.html
James Cook University School of Indigenous Australian
Studies (Indigenous Communication Studies)
http://chiron.latrobe.edu.au/www/comace/
La Trobe University School of Communications, Arts,
and Critical Enquiry
www.dmc.mq.edu.au/
Macquarie University Department of Media and Communication
www.mediacomm.unimelb.edu.au/
University of Melbourne Media and Communications
www.arts.monash.edu.au/schools/hcss/
Monash School of Humanities, Communications and Social
Sciences
www.mcc.murdoch.edu.au/
Murdoch University School of Media Communication and
Culture
www.une.edu.au/arts/scect.htm
UNE School of English, Communication and Theatre
http://mdcm.arts.unsw.edu.au
UNSW School of Media and Communications
www.newcastle.edu.au/department/ma/
Newcastle University Department of Communication and
Media Arts
www.ntu.edu.au/faculties/lba/schools/BTH/studyareas/commedia.html
Northern Territory University Communication and Media
http://english.uq.edu.au/
University of Queensland School of English Media Studies
and Art History<
www.creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/
QUT Faculty of Creative Industries
www.adc.rmit.edu.au/
RMIT Faculty of Art, Design and Communication
www.it.swin.edu.au/
Multimedia studies at Swinburne
www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv/index.html
Victoria College of the Arts School of Film and Television
www.vu.edu.au/menu.cfm?menu_id=52
Victoria University Department of Communication, Language
and Cultural Studies
www.uws.edu.au/schools/scdm/
University of Western Sydney School of Communication,
Design and Media
www.uow.edu.au/arts/index.html
University of Wollongong Communications Studies through
the Faculty of Arts
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