AdAccess.  7,000 images from the history of U.S. advertising.  Selected categories.  From the Special Collections Library at Duke University.  Complements “Emergence of Advertising” below.

American Journalism Historians Association. Organization to foster research and teaching of journalism history.  Publishers of  “American Journalism."

American Journalism.  Scholarly journal published quarterly by AJHA.   Articles, research notes, book reviews, and correspondence dealing with the history of journalism.

Chronicling America.  Newspaper history project co-sponsored by Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Complements National Digital Newspaper Program below.

Emergence of Advertising in America.  9,000 images relating to the early history of U.S. advertising from the Special Collections Library at Duke University.  Complements “AdAccess” above.

History of Business Journalism.  Small but interesting Web site from the Carolina Business News Initiative at the University of North Carolina.

History and Development of Magazines.  Short, lightweight introductory overview.

History Division: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication  Members conduct research into a variety of topics related to the history of journalism and mass communication

Jhistory Discussion List  Listserv devoted to journalism history. Members include professors, graduate students, and journalism professionals. 

Journalism History  Scholarly journal published quarterly by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio U. 

Journalism History Bibliography  From Poynter Institute. 

Library of Congress American Memory.  Excellent sections on advertising.

Media History.  Scholarly journal published in the U.K.

Media History Monographs  An online journal devoted to the history of journalism and mass communication.

National Digital Newspaper Program.  Outstanding joint project between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Provides online access to NW Ayer American Newsper Annual 1869-1919.  Complements "Chronicling America" above.

Newseum.  (Just opened)  Washington, DC museum of journalism.  Web site contains a few interesting items.

On the Media: Media History  Web site of the excellent NPR show “On the Media.” 

Research Society for American Periodicals  An outstanding resource.   The RSAP is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars interested in American magazines and newspapers. It publishes the journal American Periodicals.  First-class links.

Spartacus Journalist Biographies.  Enormous database of American journalist biographies.

U.S. Newspaper Program.  A cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm American newspapers published from the eighteenth century to the present