Current Events resources online:

• http://journalistsresource.org :

"Based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, the Journalist’s Resource project examines news topics through a research lens. We surface scholarly materials that may be relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers. Our philosophy is that peer-reviewed research studies can, at the very least, help anchor journalists as they navigate difficult terrain and competing claims. In 2013 the American Library Association named us one of the best free reference Web sites."

• Politifact.com (2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner) 

"PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter....also tracking more than 500 of Barack Obama’s campaign promises"

• Factcheck.org(Project of Annenburg Public Policy Center)

• ProPublica (2010 & 2011 Pulitzers)  :

"ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. ...ProPublica was a recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting."

• Reporters Without Borders 

• Pew Center For Civic Journalism