Resources

The Journalism Department moved to the new Communications Facility in 2004. It has modern, technology-rich classrooms, 10 computer labs and offices for faculty, staff and student publications.

Two of the computer labs and a small anteroom provide state-of- the art Macintosh computers and software compatible with current journalism industry standards.

The Western Front, Planet and Klipsun, our award-winning publications, each has large production rooms with more Macintosh computers.

The Journalism Library, funded by alumni donations, offers students current copies of 20 daily and weekly local (Seattle Times, Bellingham Herald, etc.) and national (The New York Times and Wall Street Journal) newspapers. It also makes available over 50 periodicals and journals, such as Advertising Age, American Journalism Review, Editor and Publisher, Harpers Magazine, Media Report to Women, Mother Jones, The Nation, Nieman Reports, Quill, Wired and Z.

The main office for the department provides students with information about hundreds of local, regional and national internships as well as scholarships specific to journalism students. The Journalism Department is endowed with funds for up to nine scholarships a year. The Adele Saltzman Memorial Fund is available for small, short-term, interest-free loans to Journalism students.

What follows are a number of links which should be good starting points for journalism students in doing research, finding job opportunities and online publications around the World Wide Web. Although it is mainly directed toward students in Western's Journalism Department, it is by no means exclusive to these individuals. Feel free to add this URL to your link list.