Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
http://www.fair.org/

Media Research Center
Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.
http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Media Transparency
Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations.
http://www.mediatransparency.org

MediaChannel.org
Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.
http://www.mediachannel.org

Alternative Media Watch
Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.
http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm

Media Watch
Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.
http://www.mediawatch.com

Media Monitors Network
Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.
http://www.mediamonitors.net

Columbia Journalism Review
Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
http://www.cjr.org/

American Journalism Review
National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
http://www.ajr.org

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
http://people-press.org/

Tyndall Report
Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.
http://www.tyndallreport.com/

Project Censored
Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.
http://www.projectcensored.org

National Institute on Media and the Family
Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.
http://www.mediafamily.org

Center for Media and Public Affairs
Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
http://www.cmpa.com

Morality in Media
Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
http://www.moralityinmedia.org/

PR Watch
Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.
http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/index.html

Stats
Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues.
http://www.stats.org/

Adbusters
Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.
http://www.adbusters.org

Independent Press Councils (IPC)
Containing details of press councils who have successfully adapted the idea of self-regulation to their own cultural and political context, to facilitate the exchange of views and information, and to promote and support self-regulation.
http://www.media-accountability.org

Media Watch (ABC TV)
A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/

Global Media Monitoring Project
A twice-a-decade study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the world’s news media.
http://www.whomakesthenews.org/

Press Complaints Commission
Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.
http://www.pcc.org.uk/

Media Matters for America
A non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Founded by David Brock, a conservative media insider.
http://mediamatters.org/

Media Matters for America
Reports and critique of recent incidents of conservative political bias in the U.S. media.
http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/latest.rss

Center for Media and Democracy
A wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative focused on the public relations industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices. Contribute to a quarterly investigative journal, the Weekly Spin listserv, donate or draw on newsfeeds.
http://www.prwatch.org/

NewsTrust
Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions.
http://beta.newstrust.net/

On the Media
Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
http://www.onthemedia.org/

SourceWatch - Regulating Media Content
Encyclopedia article focused U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Regulating_media_content