Resources for journalists

A list of useful tools for journalists, from databases to fact-checking options to style guides.

Tool kits

• SPJ journalists toolbox: Has good info and best practices on a variety of topics, including ethics, fact-checking, records requests, sources, social media and digital journalism

Sports data sites

• Sports Reference (includes Baseball Reference and other sites for various sports)

• Baseball Savant (Statcast data)

• Over the Cap (NFL salary cap and contract information for every player including bonus money, dead money, and positional salary rankings)

• Spotrac (Sports contracts, salaries, etc.)

• Sports data page in the SPJ Toolbox

Fact-checking resources

• Percentage calculator 
• Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
• CIA’s World Factbook

Style guides

• Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)

• National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

• NAHJ Cultural Competence Handbook

• National Center on Disability and Journalism

• Indigenous Journalists Association

• NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

• Trans Journalists Association