Think Tanks you could look at

Think Tanks that might have Policy Papers to look at:

Stanley Foundation
Media Think Tanks
Poynter Institute
World Journalism Institute
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism
Thompson-Reuters Foundation
International Institute for Journalism
World Press Institute (right in your own backyard!)
Center for Public Media

Non-Press Think Tanks
Council on Foreign Relations
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Middle East Institute
International Crisis Group
Center for American Progress
World Affairs Councils
ISIS
Woodrow Wilson
International Institute for Strategic Studies