Weekend update: Other things found this week:
Since I've added some links here found this week on Mark Shaver's Depth Reporting site (mentioned in last posting), I guess it's time to say again that I don't take credit for finding most of the links listed each week. Most of them come from sites like Resourceshelf, newsletters like The Virtual Chase, browsing other blogs, and a couple listservs (NICAR-L and NewsLib). Many of them come from the blogroll in left column. I also have browsed several 'New on the Web' sites for years, although I've been neglecting some of them lately. So why this blog at all , when there are so many other sources? Because I like to think that the things I pick out from those other sites have special interest for journalists and news researchers, and not many other sites are targeted this way. I hope they are reaching the people who can use them.

The other links:

Reference:

Public Opinion on the War with Iraq, study from American Enterprise Institute.

Online soil survey maps from USDA.

Best 361 college rankings, from Princeton Review.

School Matters from Standard & Poor's, rates individual schools for lots of
factors.

U.S. workers get less vacation days than European workers (from Economic Policy Institute).

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2004

F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2005, has obesity rates by state. From the Trust for Americans' Health.

Suicide and Homicide in State Prisons and Local Jails, new report from Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Religion Facts, a guide to individual religions.

The Comic Characters Database.
The Religious Movements Homepage (University of Virginia).
Governments, Politics:

FAQ: How AP covers the war in Iraq.

Budgeting for Basics: The Changing Landscape of City Finances, new report from Brookings Inst.

North Korea and the United States: Declassified Documents from the Bush I and Clinton Administrations, from National Security Archives.

A Journalists' Guide to the Federal Courts.
Tools:

Merriam-Webster online has added a French-English dictionary and a Medical Dictionary to the online search menu of the Unabridged subscription service.

Environmental Media Services, putting journalists in touch with energy and environment experts.
Business:

Who counsels Who? from Law.com, lists attorneys for major corporatations. Need to register.

Hospital Compare from HHS: get stats and comparisons on individual hospitals.

Petroleum Marketing Annual, 2004.

Health Plan Report Card from National Committee for Quality Assurance, rates health care, Medicaid, Medicare insurance plans.
People:

NNDB, a database of information on people. This site is rather puzzling and evoked some discussion on NewsLib this week.
Journalism:

Muckraker.org, the Center for Investigative Journalism.
Statistics:

Facts for Features: Back to School from Census.
Florida:

Exemptions to Florida's Open Government laws, list from First Amendment Foundation, searchable, sortable database.

Fun/Entertainment:

Timeline clock: this is very cool.

Games for the Brain: fun exercises. (This via Resourceshelf.)