CURRENT EVENTS AND NEWS

Breaking news / news directories

Google News - news aggregator that browses 25,000 news sources and presents news coverage by topic, with multiple links for each story; updated continuously

Yahoo News - the online location for news coverage by the Associated Press

Headline Spot - a wide-ranging directory of news sources

Topix.com - news aggregator that presents news by location (local zip code) or by topic

World-Newspapers.com - an excellent journalism resource; offers selective and well-maintained directories of websites for international newspapers, business journalism, information technology, sports, weather, alternative news, news photos, media criticism, college newspapers, and obituaries; provides a comprehensive directory to magazines as well

Newseum: Today's Front Pages - from 543 papers in the United States and around the world; an efficient way to gauge public opinion on current news topics

Virtual Library International Affairs Resources - News Sources - listing of various directory sites for international news

Local, regional, state, national and international news papers

The Redding Pilot - Redding's hometown newspaper; published weekly

The Connecticut Post - reports on news of southwestern Connecticut

Hartford Courant - largest daily newspaper in the state of Connecticut; statewide news coverage

New York Times - the renowned newspaper also covers issues and events in the metropolitan region

Wall Street Journal - the premier national business news publication

International Herald Tribune - provides an excellent survey of international news

Newspaper archives available through ICONN Newstand (use barcode on your library card for access)

The ICONN Newstand offers access to full-text articles (no graphics) in the archives of the following newspapers

The Boston GLOBE - 1980---
The Christian Science MONITOR - 1988---
The Hartford COURANT - 1992----
The Los Angeles TIMES - 1985----
The New York TIMES - 1980---
The WALL STREET JOURNAL - 1984---
The Washington POST - 1987---

Also available is a complete archive of images in the Associated Press, starting in the mid-1800s.

Click here to access ICONN Newstand

Broadcast News Sites (podcasts, videos and show transcripts frequently available)

ABC News

MSNBC

CBS News

Fox News

CNN

BBC World News America

News Wire Services

Reuters

ASSOCIATED PRESS -breaking news on Yahoo News is supplied by the Associated Press

National Radio

National Public Radio - miss your favorite show? find podcasts (from 1996 on) and transcripts (from 1990 on) here - and lots more

Opinion Journalism

American political pundits (list from Wikipedia) mass-media news commentators

American columnists (list from Wikipedia)

American radio personalities (list from Wikipedia; current and historical)

New on-line journalism formats

You-Tube News and Politics

Citizen journalism (blogs)

Blogrunner.com monitors 12,000 blogs and other media sources

Mediashift tracks how new media is influencing society

Special-focus journalism

Propublica - "an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest"

GlobalPost - a new digital media company focusing specifically on foreign news

ESPN.com - sports news

Media Analysis

World-Newspapers.com - Media Criticism list

Sourcewatch - provides a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda, (with particular attention to corporate and public relation activities)

 

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