Press Contacts

Print and Online

Bacon's Radio/TV/Cable Directory lists all U.S.radio and TV stations, including name, telephone numbers, program format, and target audience. Also available on CD-ROM.

Booklist Magazine from the American Library Association is another terrific periodical read by librarians, distributors and store buyers, and others. Booklist, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. www.ala.org/booklist.

Columbia Journalism Review online has a searchable database of newspapers and magazines.

Editor & Publisher has directories and links of print and broadcast media from all over the world. Editor & Publisher, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-9595. Editorial Phone 646-654-5270, fax 646-654-5370.

Library Journal is the oldest independent national library publication. Founded in 1876, this terrific periodical is read by more than 100,000 library directors, administrators, and others in public, academic, and special libraries. Library Journal, 245 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. Phone 212-463-6819, fax 212-463-6734. E-mail lj@cahners.com.

Video Librarian, 8705 Honeycomb Ct. NW, Seabeck, WA 98380. I've never read this magazine but a librarian friend of mine swears by it. Interesting Web site. Phone 360-830-9345, fax 360-830-9346. E-mail vidlib@videolibrarian.com.

Organizations

The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is the trade organization for alternative newspapers in North America. Copies of the AAN directory, which contains demographics and information about each AAN member publication, are available. If you would like a copy of the directory, please call AAN at 202-822-1955, or send a check for $25 along with your return address to AAN, attn: Directory Sales, 1020 Sixteenth Street NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20036-5702.

Association of America's Public Television Stations (APTS) is a nonprofit membership organization that supports the continued growth and development of a strong and financially sound noncommercial television service. Association of America's Public Television Stations (APTS), 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite #200, Washington, DC 20036. Phone 202-887-1700, fax 202-293-2422.