Center for Media and Public Affairs-Home of Media Analysis: The Center for Media & Public Affairs is a research and educational organization which conducts studies of the news and entertainment media.
The Annenberg Washington Program: A nonprofit forum for examining communications policy issues. Many publications on communications policy.
The Joan Shorenstein Center: Press, Politics, Public Policy: A Kennedy School of Government research center dedicated to exploring the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice.
The Pew Center For Civic Journalism: "The Pew Center is an incubator for civic journalism that enables news organizations to create and refine better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life."