Amarillo College Journalism Department - www.actx.edu/~journalism - Includes links for AC student publications, The Ranger newspaper and AC Current magazine.

American Copy Editors Society - www.copydesk.org - Great resources for editing stories. Go to the "Site Features" and "Editing Booklet" for quizzes on things a good editor should know.

American Press Institute - www.americanpressinstitute.org - In Reston, Va., prestigious host of seminars for professional news people. Source of journalism information.

Associated Press - www.ap.org - You can order "The Associated Press Stylebook" and "The Associated Press Guide to News Writing" here, among other things.

Editor & Publisher - www.editorandpublisher.com - The newspaper industry's magazine.

Freedom Forum/First Amendment Center - www.freedomforum.org - Lots of resources on press law, religion and the media and other issues.

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting - www.nicar.org - You can learn about finding things on the Internet and crunching numbers for stories. Associated with IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors).

National Newspaper Association - www.nna.org - Provides services for community newspapers.

Panhandle Press Association members' Web sites - www.panhandlepress.org/PPA_Members/ppa_members.html - Each site listed along with other information on the newspaper.

Pew Center for Civic Journalism - www.pewcenter.org - Sponsors projects "to help news organizations create and refine better ways of reporting the news so that it helps to engage people better in public life."

Poynter Institute - www.poynter.org - Prestigious "School for Journalists," it hosts seminars for working news people and has probably the most extensive site of journalism information., And most of it is practical.

Pulitzer Prizes - www.pulitzer.org - You might get inspiration or ideas from viewing past stories and photos. And who knows, you might be listed here yourself one day. (The Amarillo Globe-News is.)

Society for News Design - www.snd.org - International group promoting modern page design.

Society of Professional Journalists - www.spj.org - The organization (formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi) that has supported news people for decades.

Texas Press Association - www.texaspress.org - Excellent source of resources for Texas newspapers.

West Texas A&M newspaper, The Prairie - www.wtamu.edu/prairie - The online version of WT's student newspaper.