Local Newspapers throughout the World http://www.mediachannel.org/links/links-frameset.html Links to more than 1,000 newspapers and news sites from 150 countries. As transnational media companies grow and international coverage shrinks, this site provides a way to locate the local story anywhere. Developments http://www.developments.org.uk/ http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ Developments is the excellent online (and free print) quarterly magazine produced by the U.K.'s Department for International Development to increase awareness of development issues. Notable Feature(s): Archived feature articles; extensive links directory; "Made Simple" educational materials on development, sustainability, human rights, health and more around the world. Contact Information: Email: C-Shaw@dfid.gov.uk National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/ The first president of the National Geographic Society was Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist who helped found a school for the deaf and promoted the experiments of his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell. Acknowledging in his introductory address that he was neither “a scientific man, nor...a geographer,” Hubbard stated, “By my election you notify the public that the membership of our Society will not be confined to professional geographers, but will include that large number who, like myself, desire to promote special researches by others, and to diffuse the knowledge so gained, among men, so that we may all know more of the world upon which we live.” Organized ‘to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,' the National Geographic Society determined that the publication of a magazine was one means of accomplishing its purposes. After more than a century the National Geographic Society today is propelled by new concerns: the alarming lack of geographic knowledge among our nation's young people and the pressing need to protect the planet's natural resources. As our mission grows in urgency and scope, the Society continues to develop new and exciting vehicles for broadening our reach and enhancing our legendary ability to bring the world to our millions of members. Notable Feature(s): Research, maps, publications, news, country profiles, natural resource maps, and much more. Contact Information: National Geographic Society 1145 17th Street N.W. Washington, DC   20036-4688 USA Telephone: 800.647.5463   The American Prospect http://www.prospect.org/ http://www.epn.org/commonwealth/ The aim of The American Prospect (TAP) is to contribute to a renewal of America's democratic traditions by presenting a practical and convincing vision of liberal philosophy, politics, and public life. TAP publishes articles for the general reader that attempt to break through conventional understanding and creatively reframe public questions. The American Prospect is not a magazine of complaint, of angry gestures, or of private irritations. It is a magazine of public ideas, firmly committed -- however unfashionably -- to a belief in public improvement. America can do much good, and it can do much better. Notable Feature(s): Full-text articles, columns, policy analysis and recommendations, book recommendations, discussion forums, issues pages and much more, including access to Moving Ideas, news and resources from the Policy Action Network, a consortium of top public policy organizations and advocacy groups, providing timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics that shape our world. Contact Information: The American Prospect 2000 L Street NW, Suite 717 Washington, DC   20036 USA Telephone: 888.687.8732   Email: editors@prospect.org Alliance - a quarterly magazine on funding civil society throughout the world http://www.allavida.org/alliance/alliancehome.html http://www.allavida.org/ Alliance is the leading magazine on the funding of civil society across the world. Published quarterly by Allavida, it tracks the latest trends and developments in civil society funding and provides expert analysis of these trends from northern and southern perspectives. Alliance is a unique forum for discussion and exchange of ideas between funders and funded. Providing comprehensive coverage of the challenges faced by NGOs and those who fund them, the quarterly stimulates new thinking on how these can be addressed and overcome. Each issue of Alliance includes a major feature providing in-depth coverage and different perspectives on a significant issue relating to civil society funding, for example, different models for making overseas grants or social justice philanthropy. Alliance's parent, Allavida, is an international development organisation, that works to enable local action. Its mission is to help people acquire the skills, knowledge, confidence and resources to lead local action and achieve constructive change in their communities. Allavida's main development programmes are in South East Europe, East Africa, and Central Asia. In each region Allavida's work encompasses grantmaking, training and mentoring, research and publishing, support for associations and networks, and convening seminars. Notable Feature(s): September 2003 issue on Social Justice Philanthropy; analysis on foundations' grantmaking and social justice; email news alert service. Contact Information: Alliance Magazine Allavida 55 Bondway London SW8 1SJ UK Telephone: +44 20 7735 8006   Fax: +44 20 7735 7608 Development OUTREACH http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/ This initiative of the World Bank Institute aims to promote knowledge and learning for a better world. Development OUTREACH is a flagship magazine in the field of global knowledge for development which reflects the learning programs of the World Bank and presents a range of viewpoints by renowned authors and specialists worldwide. The magazine is designed to occupy a middle ground between the scholarly journal and the general interest magazine. Articles on complex topics are written in a transparent language accessible to the general reader. Notable Feature(s): Special Report, Spring 2001 on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion; Development News of World Bank initiatives supporting health, civil society, judicial capacity building, and youth; email update service; updated development news about World Bank programs around the world. Contact Information: Editorial Offices Rm. J2-139 The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC   20433 USA Email: devoutreach@worldbank.org Ethical Corporation http://www.ethicalcorp.com/ Ethical Corporation magazine is an independent business information provider and events producer on the issues in and around corporate social, financial, and environmental responsibility. The organization Ethical Corporation actively seeks to move the agenda forward in corporate responsibility by discussing practical solutions and management strategies at its events, on its Web site and in the magazine. EC believes the best way to do this is through focused learning events and debate of the key issues facing companies in this area. Its events are designed to be independent forums, where companies, civil society, and government representatives can debate the issues in corporate responsibility management and societal expectations of corporations. Notable Feature(s): Case studies; a broad array of useful resources, tools, analysis, and reports. Contact Information: Ethical Corporation 7/9 Fashion Street London E1 6PX U.K. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 73 75 756   Email: editor@ethicalcorp.com Grist Magazine http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/ http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/about/about.stm Grist Magazine, a project of Earth Day Network, tackles environmental topics with energy and fresh perspective. The online magazine's goal is to inform, entertain, provoke, and encourage creative thinking about environmental problems and solutions. It publishes new content each weekday -- in-depth reporting, cartoons, summaries of breaking news stories, diary entries from activists, book reviews, green investment advice, and lots more. The publication is based in Seattle, and its contributors are scattered around the world. Notable Feature(s): Writers' Guidelines. Contact Information: Publisher and Editor, Grist Magazine 811 First Avenue, Suite 454 Seattle, WA   98104 USA Telephone: 206.876.2000   Fax: 206.876.2016 Email: grist@gristmagazine.com letters@gristmagazine.com Strategic Creativity http://www.glocalvantage.com/scissues/index.html Strategic Creativity is a free, online quarterly journal for people involved with nonprofit organizations. The purpose of Strategic Creativity is to provide nonprofit practitioners with knowledge and insight that can help them make their nonprofit organizations more effective and efficient. The phrase "strategic creativity" embodies two concepts. Creativity is the root of an organization's ability to provide new or better services in new or better ways. However, creativity without direction can be wasted energy. The creativity of an organization must be channeled towards productive ends. And that is the role of strategy. It is the counterbalancing of strategy and creativity that is at the heart of successful organizations in today's environment. Strategic Creativity's topics will include, but not be limited to: leadership, strategy, innovation, planning, vision, creativity, process, getting things done, thinking strategically, credibility, productivity, professional and personal development, human resources, diversity, quality and other nonprofit sector issues. Notable Feature(s): Grants information. Contact Information: Barry Silverberg, Director ACC Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations 5930 Middle Fiskville Road Austin, TX   78752 USA Telephone: 512.223.7076   Fax: 512.223.7895 Email: bsilverb@austincc.edu The Earth Times http://www.earthtimes.org This online news magazine provides in-depth coverage of the global war against terrorism, poverty, discrimination and pollution. The Earth Times is the leading independent international nonpartisan newspaper on the human environment and such interrelated concerns of the international system as economic growth, humanitarian issues, and social development. Published by the not-for-profit International Media Foundation, the newspaper specifically explores the subject of change-how individuals and institutions work in their own societies to tackle their challenges and generate positive change in social and economic conditions. In particular, it examines and conveys the working of the global United Nations system, and that of multilateral and bilateral agencies. The Earth Times also serves as a forum for "voices from the field" - everyday men and women who are active agents of change whose points of view are seldom heard in the mainstream media. Notable Feature(s): Excellent links to worldwide news sources, country reports, subject-specific resources, global conferences, and more. Contact Information: Pranay Gupte, President and Editor-in-Chief Telephone: 212.297.0488 x 17   Fax: 212.297.0566 Email: pranaygupte@att.net The Globalist - the Web's leading daily magazine on the global economy http://www.theglobalist.com/index.htm The Globalist is dedicated to exploring the human dimension of the global economy while adhering to the highest standards of accuracy and journalistic excellence. Independently funded, it is a non-partisan, non-ideological daily account of the many facets of globalization, good and bad, as seen from the street level, not from the lofty perch of policymakers. Its purpose is to broaden the range of voices weighing in on the complex issues that affect our daily lives and by so doing, to inform, to stimulate debate and to facilitate cross-cultural exchanges that point to orderly change. Contact Information: TheGlobalist.com McPherson Square 927 15th Street, NW Washington, DC   20005 USA Telephone: 202.898.4760   Fax: 202.898.4767 Email: webmaster@theglobalist.com The International Journal of Humanities and Peace (IJHP) http://members.tripod.com/~Tetworld/ijhp1.html The journal is dedicated to peace through development. It reaches a cross-section of people in education, business, industry, law, medicine, and other fields. IJHP presents issues and views on current topics from a variety of perspectives, and invites readers' reviews, articles and short reports on peace activities--including research and focus on international and/or cross cultural issues relating to peace, disarmament, negotiation, development, women, children, youth, families, shelter, health, education, environment, impact of social change, synergy, synthesis, transformation, and other pertinent topics. Contact Information: Dr. Vasant V. Merchant, Editor International Journal of Humanities and Peace 1436 N. Evergreen Dr. Flagstaff, Arizona   86001 USA Telephone: 520.774.4793   Fax: 520.774.4793 Email: Tetworld@tripod.net Video Activism: Those With Eyes Shall See: The Satya Interview with Ronit Avni http://www.satyamag.com/aug02/avni.html An interview with Ronit Avni, a program associate of Witness, a human rights organization that helps activists document the abuses they witness with video cameras. Catherine Clyne conducted the interview in August, 2002. Notable Feature(s): Satya, an alternative news and opinion publication focused on social justice, the environment, vegetarianism, and animal advocacy. Contact Information: Satya 539 1st Street Brooklyn, NY   11215 USA Telephone: 718.832.9557   Fax: 718.832.9558 Email: satya@satyamag.com WireTap http://www.alternet.org/wiretapmag/ WireTap is the independent information source by and for socially conscious youth. It showcases investigative news articles, personal essays and opinions, artwork and activism resources that challenge stereotypes, inspire creativity, foster dialogue and give young people a voice in the media. The WireTap Web portal provides a new generation of writers, artists and activists a space to network, organize and mobilize. Notable Feature(s): Youth Network. Contact Information: WireTap c/o Independent Media Institute 77 Federal Street San Francisco, CA   94107 USA Telephone: 415.284.1420   Email: info@wiretapmag.org ABC NEWS http://www.abcnews.com/ About Faces - by Lisa Katzman http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=180 http://www.internews.org/ Television brought with it the notion of the global village. Now "Vis à Vis," a documentary series that uses videoconferencing to bring together people divided by political, cultural or religious differences, is bringing us the global living room. sergeants - Hendriek Mohale in Soweto, South Africa, and David Van in Philadelphia - compare experiences of on-the-job racism and In one segment, "Blue and Black," two black police commiserate about the challenges of enforcing the law in impoverished communities. Originally developed for European television, "Vis à Vis" is produced by Internews Network, a nonprofit media production company based in California that has 20 offices worldwide. Internews also produces television shows with broadcasters in many of the world's troubled spots, and conducts media training programs in several emerging democracies. The videoconferencing system that Internews uses is not all that sophisticated: just a video camera mounted on top of a television to record the conversations. Though the technology isn't new, Santos says: "How you use your tools says a lot about your values. Internews focuses on how to make the tools useful to the development of democratic values." The power of the Internews model is that it is both nonprofit and international, an unusual combination. "The commercial media is characterized by its global reach, but the world of public-interest media and public broadcasting remains national in scope," Santos says. "In a sense, Internews is trying to create a global broadcasting enterprise." Notable Feature(s): The article profiles Internews, a Ford Foundation grantee that supports open media worldwide. The nonprofit organization fosters independent media in emerging democracies, produces innovative television and radio programming and Internet content, and uses the media to reduce conflict within and between countries. Contact Information: Internews 1215 17th Street, NW, 4th Floor Washington, D.C.   20036 USA Telephone: 202.833.5740   Fax: 202.833.5745 Email: info@internews.org AL-AHRAM Weekly Online http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/ Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875, this English language newsletter provides perspective not available in mainstream media in the West. Since it first hit the newsstands on Thursday 28 February, 1991, it has rapidly established itself as the leading English-language newspaper, not only in Egypt, but also throughout the Arab world. Contact Information: Email: weeklyweb@ahram.org.eg Asia Times http://atimes.com/index.html An excellent source of news and analysis of events of importance to the global community. Contact Information: Asia Times online Room 6301, The Center 99 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong China Email: letters@atimes.com BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Since it was first formed as a company in 1922, five years before it received its first Royal Charter and became the British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC has been a world leader in programme production. It has pioneered communications in radio, television and online technologies. The BBC brings people together by providing a trusted forum for debate, the airing of political and intellectual ideas and the coverage of events. Since its early days, the BBC has been the nation's authoritative source for news and current affairs, informing the national debate. The BBC helps to keep the UK's democracy working by testing new ideas, by holding its leaders to account and by giving the nation a voice without taking any sides. The BBC World Service is the world's first choice among international broadcasters for authoritative and impartial news and information. BBC News covers the globe. The Web site provides quick "map-click" access to regions of interest. Notable Feature(s): Wide-ranging Talking Point feature for interactive discussions on topics of current importance; the Forum where experts answer questions from around the world. Contact Information: Email: newsonline@bbc.co.uk CNN http://www.cnn.com/ CThings - Change the World News http://www.cthings.com/main/main.php In a world that methodically tells us day in and day out that nothing ever really changes and nothing ever will, here CThings offers evidence of the opposite. Across all sectors and all in one place, CThings shows one the amazing things people are doing to alter life as we know it. From poverty to peace, from space to the environment, from obscure villages to world capitals, CThings brings change-the-world news to inspire and to use. Notable Feature(s): CThings Blog; useful directory of links to the better world CThings has found. Contact Information: Email: info@cthings.com Environment News Service http://www.ens-news.com/ The Environment News Service is the original daily international wire service of the environment. Established in 1990 by Editor-in-Chief Sunny Lewis and Managing Editor Jim Crabtree, it is independently owned and operated. The Environment News Service (ENS) exists to present late-breaking environmental news in a fair and balanced manner. ENS is now featured as the exclusive provider of environmental news to Lycos, one of the most popular portals on the Internet. It is indexed by Reuters Business Briefing, Dow Jones Factiva, and the London Financial Times. ENS contributors around the world cover issues and events that affect the environment such as: legislation, politics, conferences, lawsuits, international agreements, demonstrations, science and technology, public health, air quality, drinking water, oceans and marine life, land use, wildlife, forests, natural disasters, the indoor environment, hazardous materials, toxics, nuclear issues, renewable energy, recycling, transportation, and environmental economics. Notable Feature(s): Up-to-the-minute news and reports through the AmeriScan and WorldScan features; events calendar; free e-mail subscription to daily headlines. Contact Information: Telephone: 800.632.9528   Email: news@ens-news.com Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/homepage/ Launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, two former Harvard Business Review editors, Fast Company magazine was founded on a single premise: A global revolution was changing business, and business was changing the world. Discarding the old rules of business, Fast Company set to chronicle how changing companies create and compete, to highlight new business practices, and to showcase the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business. Notable Feature(s): Year 2003 winners of FC's second annual global readers' challenge: 50 Ways to Move Business Forward; previous winners' profiles archived; extensive collection of business development tips; discussion forums. Contact Information: Fast Company World Headquarters Editorial Offices 77 North Washington Street Boston, MA   02114-1927 USA Telephone: 617.973.0300   Fax: 617.973.0373 Email: webmaster@fastcompany.com Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) http://www.fpif.org/ Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF), established in 1996, seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. Unlike traditional think tanks, FPIF is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda--one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements. FPIF is a collaborative project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). Notable Feature(s): Excellent source for the latest global news, commentary, policy briefs, discussion papers, and more. Contact Information: FPIF - IPS 733 15th St NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC   20005 USA Email: infocus@fpif.org Globalvision News Network (GNN) http://www.gvnews.net/html/index.html Globalvision New Media was incorporated in August 1999 as the new media division of parent corporation Globalvision, Inc., a leading independent international media firm established in 1987. With a 14-year track record of producing award-winning television series, news programming and documentary films, Globalvision's unique "inside-out" style of journalism is being embraced by a growing global audience. Contact Information: Globalvision News Network 1600 Broadway, Suite 700 New York, NY   10019 USA Telephone: 212.246.0202   Fax: 212.246.2677 Email: gvinfo@globalvision.org Guardian Unlimited http://guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/GWeekly/front/ Guardian Unlimited is the network of Web sites from the Guardian newspaper, based in London. It is a vast clearinghouse of news and provides ready access to all parts of the Guardian media enterprise, including The Guardian and The Observer. Notable Feature(s): News and reports on social issues, the voluntary sector, education, media, politics, books, international coverage, and more; The Guardian Weekly, a compact digest of the best of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers as well as a judicious mix of news, features, and book reviews from The Washington Post and articles translated from Le Monde, France's leading daily paper. Contact Information: Patrick Ensor, Editor The Guardian Weekly 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3ER UK Email: patrick.ensor@guardian.co.uk GVNews (GVNN) http://www.gvnews.net The Globalvision News Network is a project of Globalvision New Media, Inc. Globalvision New Media was incorporated in August 1999 as the new media division of parent corporation Globalvision, Inc., a leading independent international media firm established in 1987. With a 14-year track record of producing award-winning television series, news programming and documentary films, Globalvision's unique "inside-out" style of journalism is being embraced by a growing global audience. Now, through Globalvision New Media, Inc., a new audience of billions of digital media users is being exposed for the first time to Globalvision's "media that matters." In May 2001, Globalvision New Media began development of The Globalvision News Network, a news service that unites an international network of local media partners to syndicate global news and information from the "inside out." The Globalvision News Network is built upon a global network of more than 200 in-country media partners and journalists who have joined forces to give a native voice to news events of global import. Their "inside-out" perspectives differentiate News Network content from the reporting of the world's leading media organizations--Associated Press, Reuters, and CNN, among others. Contact Information: Globalvision News Network 1600 Broadway, Suite 700 New York, NY   10019 USA Telephone: 212.246.0202   Fax: 212.246.2677 Email: gvinfo@globalvision.org Himal South Asian http://www.himalmag.com South Asian headlines and stories in online magazine from Nepal. Notable Feature(s): Announcements of job, grant and fellowship opportunities. Contact Information: Himalmedia Pvt. Ltd GPO Box 7251 Kathmandu Nepal Telephone: 543333   Fax: 521013 Email: editors@himalmedia.com This publication has ceased publication. Hope editors and staff have referred all existing subscribers to another publication, called ODE Magazine (http://www.odemagazine.com). Hope http://www.hopemag.com/ Hope is a solutions-oriented journal focused on people addressing personal and societal challenges with uncommon courage and integrity. A magazine free of religious, political, or new age affiliation, Hope awakens the impulse we all have-however hidden or distant-to make our world more livable, humane, and genuinely loving. Hope's articles and essays are, like life itself, sometimes hard, sometimes tender, sometimes funny. They are also full of possibility and promise, exploring such matters of the heart as love, grief, and family, and such matters of the world as community, education, and ambition. Hope is an ever-expanding handbook of examples for people who want to make the world a better place, and for people trying to find their place in the world. Notable Feature(s): On-line articles and contact information for like-minded organizations and initiatives. Contact Information: Kimberly Ridley, editor HOPE Publishing PO Box 160 Naskeag Road Brooklin, Maine   04616 USA Telephone: 207.359.4651   Fax: 207.359.8920 Email: Info@hopemag.com Humanscape http://www.humanscapeindia.org/ Humanscape is a monthly journal of ideas, alternatives and action. It is a magazine that deals with the need for social change and ways to bring about that change. It believes in communicating the need for social change and alternative solutions not just to a limited circle of activists and non-profit organisations, but to every thinking, concerned reader. Humanscape investigates and debates issues that are being increasingly neglected or marginalised by the mainstream media in India. The magazine is a project of the Foundation for Humanisation, a registered public trust, was set up in 1992 by members of the Humanist Movement. It derives inspiration and motivation for its activities from the high vision and ideals of the founder of the movement. It has been engaged in the publication of books, booklets, and a newsletter on New Humanism. To promote networking amongst activists, NGOs and others, it has brought out a Directory of Voluntary-Work Organizations in India in electronic format. Activists, researchers, NGOs, journalists, writers, students, academics, librarians, documentation centres can access this directory which consists of details of people and groups working at the grassroot level in areas of health, education, environment, tribal welfare, alternative medicine, agriculture, technology, child welfare, women's rights, human issues, etc etc. The directory lists over 525 groups. Notable Feature(s): News; grassroots collaborative opportunties; archive of past issues. Contact Information: Email: humanist@vsnl.com IDBAmerica - Magazine of the Inter-American Development Bank http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/ http://www.iadb.org/ An excellent, monthly magazine on developments, trends, and news pertinent to the civil sector, the environment, private enterprise, democracy, microenterprise, energy, justice, arts & culture, indigenous peoples, urban heritage, and more. Contact Information: Email: editor@iadb.org In Motion Magazine http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/index.html In Motion publishes reports, case studies, and news about social change initiatives around the world. Among its concerns are affirmative action, art, healthcare, human rights, education rights, biodiversity, intellectual property rights, rural America, sustainable development, photography, and the impacts of globalization on people in the U.S. and elsewhere, and much more. Contact Information: Nic Paget-Clarke, Publisher San Diego, CA USA Email: publish@cts.com IPS - Inter Press Service News Agency - the Global Gateway http://ipsnews.net http://ipsnews.net/index.asp Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), the world's leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries. Its clients include more than 3,000 media organizations and tens of thousands of civil society groups, academics, and other users. IPS focuses its news coverage on the events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations. Notable Feature(s): Regional news service for Africa, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and North America; human rights coverage, as well as environmental, cultural, and development issues; contact email addresses for every region. Contact Information: Email: webmaster@ipsnews.net Le monde diplomatique – English Internet Edition http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/ Media Island International (MII) http://www.mediaisland.org/ Media Island International (MII) is a resource and networking center for individuals, organizations, and movements working on a regional, national, and international basis. MII is committed to collecting, processing, and distributing crucial information addressing the social justice, economic democracy, ecological sustainability and peace issues that we all collectively face. MII's goal is to help people across networks of individuals and organizations working on these issues. Notable Feature(s): An enormous directory of links to "civic media" publications, television, and radio sites. Contact Information: Media Island International P.O. Box 7204 Olympia, Washington   98507 USA Telephone: 360.352.8526   Fax: 360.352.8526 Email: mii@olywa.net Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/ http://www.motherjones.com/info/bios.html Mother Jones is a magazine of investigation and ideas for independent thinkers. Provocative and unexpected articles inform readers and inspire action toward positive social change. Colorful and personal, Mother Jones challenges conventional wisdom, exposes abuses of power, helps redefine stubborn problems and offers fresh solutions. The magazine magazine was named after Mary Harris Jones (1830-1930), a pioneer labor organizer known for her feisty spirit and devotion to the labor movement. The magazine was launched in 1976, with the purpose of reaching a significantly larger audience than that reached by existing progressive journals. The Foundation for National Progress, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, founded in 1975 to educate and empower people through media to work toward progressive change. In addition to publishing Mother Jones and the MoJo Wire, the Foundation's projects include training interns in investigative journalism, and the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography. Notable Feature(s): MoJo Wire for daily original content; special reports; extensive archive of print and online content. Contact Information: The Foundation for National Progress 731 Market St. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA   94103 USA Telephone: 415.665.6637   Fax: 415.665.6696 Email: webmaster@motherjones.com Nepal News http://www.nepalnews.com.np/ Newspapers in Africa http://www.ecola.com/news/press/af/ Web sites for newspapers throughout Africa. NGO News http://www.ngonet.org/ NGONet has been created to provide information to, for and about non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in Central and Eastern Europe. It can be used in a variety of ways...by hopeful funders seeking grantees, by hopeful grantees in search of funders, by organizations trying to identify possible project partners, by individuals looking to identify possible employers. The site is constantly revised and expanded to reflect up-to- date practical information for the region's NGO community, including NGO databases, funding guidelines, new program information, and direct links to hundreds of pertinent Internet sites. OneWorld US http://www.oneworld.net/us/ This site is the U.S. news and campaign edition of OneWorld International's global network of more than 1,600 citizen sector organizations and campaigns to improve human rights, living conditions, education, health, and opportunities generally. Notable Feature(s): Special reports on topics of particular urgency; news from OneWorld U.S. parners; on-line U.S. partner directory. Contact Information: OneWorld US Benton Foundation 1625 K St., N.W. 11th Floor Washington, DC   20006 USA Telephone: 202.638.5770   Fax: 202.638.5771 Email: us@oneworld.net Online International Newspapers http://www.acay.com.au/~robyeoh/newslist.html Out There News http://www.megastories.com/index.shtml Out There News was founded in 1996 by two experienced international correspondents, Paul Eedle and John West. Between them they covered four wars and reported from four continents in 30 years of journalism. The news site features special reports and "diary" entries from voices and sources that the mainline media so often miss. Contact Information: Email: feedback@outtherenews.com Public Broadcasting Service Online http://www.pbs.org/ Red Pepper http://www.redpepper.org.uk/ Web site of the UK's "radical left" and "green" magazine. Notable Feature(s): Online articles of current and archived issues; good directory of links. Contact Information: Red Pepper 1b Waterlow Road London N19 5NJ UK Telephone: 0171 281 7024   Salon.com http://www.salon.com/ The Big Issue http://www.bigissue.com/bigissue.html http://www.bigissue.com/foundation.html The Big Issue is an international movement, providing opportunities for people facing homelessness to help themselves. At the centre of this work is The Big Issue Magazine, a news and current affairs magazine written by professional journalists and sold on the streets by vendors looking to overcome the crises surrounding homelessness. The Big Issue aims to: Enable homeless people to earn a legal income through opportunities to help themselves; Invest profits in services to help homeless people and Big Issue vendors tackle obstacles to them helping themselves; Provide people with a voice in the media; Produce a quality magazine which engages readers with issues that affect their lives but are overlooked by other media; and Provide an example of a socially responsible business and an alternative to conventional charity as a response to homelessness. The inspiration for the magazine came from Street News, a newspaper sold by homeless people in New York, which Gordon Roddick of The Body Shop saw on a visit to the States. With the assistance of The Body Shop International, Roddick and A. John Bird launched The Big Issue in September 1991, initially as a monthly publication in London. In June 1993, The Big Issue went weekly, and regional sister titles were later established in Manchester (The Big Issue in the North), Glasgow (The Big Issue Scotland) and Cardiff (The Big Issue Cymru), Bristol (The Big Issue South West) and Birmingham (The Big Issue Midlands). Subsequently editions were also launched in Sydney - Australia, Cape Town - South Africa and Los Angeles - USA. The Big Issue is a founder member of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP), which links up similar magazines from all over the world. The Big Issue campaigns on behalf of homeless and socially excluded people. It is not part of any other media group, and guards its independence fiercely. It has no party political allegiance. Another unique feature of the magazine is Street Lights, the only public forum for homeless people's writing in the media. Notable Feature(s): International network of street newspapers. Contact Information: A. John Bird, Editor-in-Chief Telephone: 020 7526 3200   Email: editorial@bigissue.com The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/ The Economist http://www.economist.com/ The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/ The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ The Times of London http://www.the-times.co.uk// The WorldPaper http://www.worldpaper.com/wphome.html http://www.worldpaper.com/index.html The WorldPaper is a uniquely international publication. The editors - leading journalists and experts native to the regions about which they report - examine vital world issues, not as headlines or info-bits, but as part of the process of world change and development. The diversity of viewpoints creates a balanced, pluralistic and informative coverage. The WorldPaper appears as an independent editorial section in more than 25 national newspapers and business magazines in six language editions, including English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Russian. Third World Network http://www.twnside.org.sg/ The Third World Network is an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues. Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and environmental issues pertaining to the South; to publish books and magazines; to organize and participate in seminars; and to provide a platform representing broadly Southern interests and perspectives at international fora such as the UN conferences and processes. Notable Feature(s): A number of online publications, including Third World Resurgence; theme sections, including the environment, women's rights, human rights, health, and tourism. Contact Information: Third World Network 228 Macalister Road 10400 Penang Malaysia Telephone: 60-4-2266728   Fax: 60-4-2264505 Email: twn@igc.apc.org twnet@po.jaring.my TomPaine.com - A Public Interest Journal http://www.tompaine.com/ TomPaine.com is a public interest journal inspired by the great patriot Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. Paine was a man of humble origins and modest education, but he became a writer of extraordinary skill and passion. He used his talent to advance the cause of liberty and democracy against distant and unaccountable rulers. TomPaine.com seeks to enrich the national debate on controversial public issues by featuring the ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream media. It publishes these in regular advertisements on the Op-Ed Page of The New York Times, in other publications, and on its Web site in news and other "public goods" features. Notable Feature(s): TomPaine.com welcomes submissions. Op-ed length pieces (700 to 1,000 words) are most likely to gain favor. Review writer's guidelines at the Web site. Email articles or illustrations to submissions@tompaine.com. Please include a home address, daytime phone number, and a short biographical paragraph with each submission. Contact Information: John Moyers, Editor in Chief P.O. Box 53303 Washington, D.C.   20009 USA Email: editor@tompaine.com Tourism Recreation Research (TRR) http://www.trrworld.com/ TOURISM RECREATION RESEARCH is a multidisciplinary international journal published three times a year. It focuses on research problems in various recreational environments-ecological, economic, socio-cultural and attempts to seek right answers for sound growth and development with conservation. Contributions are also encouraged on fundamental research concepts and systematics. The journal carries regular features as Reports, Publication Briefs, Research Probe and Book Reviews. Notable Feature(s): Extensive archive of articles on tourism and development, environmental, heritage, ethics, economic, gender, information technology and other issues worldwide; guidelines for authors who want to submit articles for upcoming issues. Contact Information: Tej Vir Singh Centre for Tourism Research & Development A-965/6, Indira Nagar Lucknow - 226016 India Telephone: +91 0522 384908   Fax: +91 0522 381586 Email: tvsingh@sancharnet.in USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service http://www.wings.org/ WINGS is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. WINGS programs are used by non-commercial radio stations, women's studies, and individuals. Programs can be heard on local radio stations, on shortwave, on the Internet, and on cassettes. The WINGS Mailing List provides updates on stories and new information about women's media. Notable Feature(s): Producers' Guide for submitting stories to WINGS; recent programs on raising women's voices worldwide about issues of social, environmental, and human rights concern. Contact Information: Frieda Werden, Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service P.O. Box 33220 Austin, TX   78764 USA Telephone: 512.416.9000   Email: wings@wings.org YES! http://www.yesmagazine.org/index.htm In 1996, a group of practical visionaries including author David Korten and editor Sarah Ruth van Gelder, founded the Positive Futures Network (PFN) as an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. The organization is best known for its publication YES! A Journal of Positive Futures. The award-winning quarterly magazine invites the reader to be part of a global community of change makers. Each issue focuses on a theme, showing the possibilities and practical steps that can lead to a more positive future. Notable Feature(s): Typical YES! story, this one an interview with Vandana Shiva on the earth democracy movement and impacts of globalization, water scarcity, and economic dynamics that lead to cultural and environmental insecurity; events and announcements. Contact Information: Positive Futures Network P.O. Box 10818 Bainbridge Island, WA   98110-0818 USA Telephone: 206.842.0216   Fax: 206.842.5208 Email: editors@futurenet.org