Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
AEJMC, founded in 1912, is a non-profit organization whose members comprise professors of journalism and mass communication, administrators, students and media professionals.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology
AECT, established in 1923, helps networking among professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.

Advanced Public Speaking Institute
APSI's site has scores of articles on public speaking available to browsers at no charge.

American Marketing Association
AMA is a large membership-based organization of professional marketers that supports the practice, study and teaching of marketing.

Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta, founded in 1924, is "a large national society that honors academic excellence during a student's first year at college."

American Communication Association
ACA seeks to "promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication."

American Journalism Review
AJR, a national magazine published ten times a year, examines how the American media cover specific stories, analyses broader coverage trends and monitors ethical dilemmas and the impact of technology.

Atlanta Press Club
APC is a regional hub of journalists that seeks to "serve the professional and social needs of our journalism community and foster journalistic excellence," and to "advance the public's interest in and understanding of a free press."

Broadcast Educators Association
Founded in 1955, BEA is the professional association for scholars, industry professionals and students who are interested in electronic media and multimedia enterprises.

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
CIOS is a membership-based organization that supports the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education.

Exploring Nonverbal Communication
This site created by a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz is an interesting hub of information about nonverbal communication.

Federal Communications Commission
FCC, established in 1934 as an autonomous U.S. government agency reporting to Congress, regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

First Amendment Center
FAC is "a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government." It is affiliated with Vanderbilt University and the Freedom Forum.

Freedom Forum
FF is a "nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people." Its agenda covers a "Newseum," First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity.

Georgia Film, Video & Music Office
GFVMO is a state agency that offers information resources and film office services free of charge to individuals or companies interested in relocating or shooting in Georgia.

International Association of Business Communicators
IABC is an "international network of professionals committed to improving the effectiveness of organizations through strategic interactive and integrated business communication management."

International Communication Association
ICA was formed in 1950, and its president describes it as "an international association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication."

International Telecommunication Union
Headquarted in Geneva, Switzerland, this organization, part of the United Nations, helps "governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and policies."

Institute for Global Communications
Founded in 1987, IGC has helped bring advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, conflict resolution and worker rights.

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
IRE provides educational services to reporters and editors interested in proactive journalism. Its resource center contains abstracts of over 12,000 investigative reporting stories.

Internet Press Guild
IPG promotes excellence in journalism about the Internet, online services, and bulletin board systems.

indieWIRE
indieWIRE is an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados that specializes in reporting film festivals.

National Association of Broadcasters
NAB describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."

Newspaper Association of America
NAB describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."

National Communication Association
Started in 1914, this association of scholars, educators and students supports research, teaching and service in communication fields.

Measures of Communication
This site, created by a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, lists a number of resources for organizational communication scholars, covering conflict, leadership, team-building, group processes, mentoring and management.

Petersons Education and Career Center
Peterson's is a popular education resource on the Web, and contains information about with information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs, distance learning, executive training, private secondary schools, summer opportunities, study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration.