Center for Online Investigative Research

The following links can be used to locate transcripts of news shows or government officials news conferences, speeches, and testimony.

Google Video Beta searches the subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired as well as information from programme guides. The user is presented with a transcript and a still image from the show. Users will be able to search transcripts and view related TV images from content providers including the Public Broadcasting Service, the National Basketball Association, Fox News Networks, and C-SPAN.

Fox News provides partial transcripts for many of its shows.

CNN also provides partial transcripts - make note that transcripts are often marked "rushed" and therefore may not be complete.

Department Defense News Transcripts offers transcripts of all DoD news briefings and significant interviews

World Press Institute Journalism Tools

http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html

Behind_the_Homefront
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: "A daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public's right to know."

This book is devoted to resources that track our First Amendment rights:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/

Journalism.org_Tools

Project for Excellence in Journalism's Journalism Tools for Citizens, Print Journalists, TV/Radio Journalists, Online Journalist, Managers, Students and Teachers.

Reporter's_Desktop
Make the desktop your home page in your browser and easily access a large array of search engines, directories, and links to assist in your research.

GAP How To Blow The Whistle
The Government Accountability Project provides a great deal of advice, support, and resources on how to blow the whisle:

"If you witness wrongdoing on your job, you must choose whether to remain silent or bear witness and speak out. As you make that monumental personal decision, you should ask yourself a series of questions before you blow the whistle:
Is the wrongdoing at issue substantial enough to warrant the risks of reprisal and the investment of human and financial resources to expose it?
Are your allegations reasonable and can they be proven?

Resources for whistleblowers and sources.

AJR_Tools
Links to sites that offer "a range of reportorial aids from guidelines for searching the Internet to lists of quotable experts, from tips on using public opinion polls to video feeds for television newscasts."