All the News that Fits and a Few Gigs More
http://www.ccsu.edu/library/tomaiuolon/news.htm
Companion web site for Chapter Two of Nick Tomaiuolo's Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources -- All the News that Fits and a Few Gigs More (Excellent resource) |
AlterNet Top Stories
http://www.alternet.org/
AlterNet is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism that also includes WireTap Magazine, an online magazine by and for socially conscious youth, and the Strategic Press Information Network, a non-profit public relations consulting organization that provides media trainings to other non-profit organizations to enhance the power of their message. |
Blinkx video search (TV and radio)
http://www.blinkx.com/
Searches for video and audio clips through CNN, BBC News, C-SPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, and other networks; also searches NPR, BBC and Voice of America for radio programs. |
Daypop - a current events-weblog-news search engine
http://www.daypop.com/
Daypop is a current events search engine that crawls the Internet at least once a day, thus bringing you the latest informaiton relevant to your searches. It also searches results from weblogs that may direct you to unique and valuable web resources. --Schlein Daypop allows you to search over 59,000 news sites, weblogs, and online magazines--excellent for breaking news, major news sites crawled every three hours, and blogs crawled every 12 hours. Daypop also has lists of the 40 most popular weblogs and the most popular topics written about in weblogs and the news during that day. --Ackermann |
Documents in the News
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
University of Michigan provides this section of their Documents Center for Current Events Research -- an archive of documents "in the news" from 1995-2005. "Documents in the News identifies issues about government making news headlines and web sources with additional information." |
Google News
http://news.google.com/
Covers 4500 news sources and arranges headlines by relevance, with articles from several newspapers and other sources grouped under each story. The database is updated every 10 to 15 minutes. International in scope, it uses mathematical algorithms to determine which stories will be listed on its main page. |
iPodder-- the cross-platform podcast receiver
http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/download/index.php
Streaming audio programs on the Web are of great interest to many, and range from those programs sponsored by various policy institutes to popular music programs. Unfortunately, sometimes individuals cannot be present when their favorite programs are broadcast over the Internet. Stepping in to assist users is iPodder 2.0, which allows them to select and download audio files from anywhere on the Internet to their desktops. Also, users can use the application to download various audio files at specific times as well. iPodder 2.0 is compatible with Windows 2000 or XP and Mac OS 10.3 or newer. [KMG] |
NewsDirectory
http://www.newsdirectory.com/
"NewsDirectory is your guide to all online English-language media. This free directory of newspapers, magazines, television stations, colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies and more can help you get to where you want to go, or find sites you didn't know about. NewsDirectory is a simple and fast site that can be used to access all the news and information that you can handle. Get links easily. You will find that NewsDirectory is logically organized so that our links can provide you with easy access to thousands of periodicals worldwide. You can link to: - Over 3,600 newspapers - Over 4,800 magazines - Hundreds of television stations - Plus colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies, travel links, and comics - More than 14,500 links in all " |
NewsIsFree- NewsMaps
http://www.newsisfree.com/newsmap/
(in collaboration with The Hive Group) This site offers visual maps of the NewsIsFree headline database. News Maps allow you to quickly scan dozens of news articles and instantly understand what's being reported all over the world. Each square in the News Map is an article. You can obtain additional detail on each article by moving your mouse over it. You can read an article by clicking on it. |
NewsLab: Working for Excellence in TV News
http://www.newslab.org/
NewsLab is a non-profit resource center for television and radio newsrooms, focused on training and research. We offer workshops on writing, storytelling, ethical decision-making, and other topics. Workshops range from an hour or two to half-day, full-day or multiple day sessions. We often provide training at state, regional and national journalism conferences, and we can work directly with your newsroom to develop specialized training. Among other issues, we have recently led workshops on: Telling the non-visual story ; Standups and live shots ; Reporting under pressure ; Time management ; Assignment desk management. We are incorporated as an independent non-profit, and provide training for a reasonable fee. We hope you’ll use the free resources on this website to find better ways of telling complex stories, and to improve the quality of your coverage. NewsLab's goal is to help newsrooms better inform viewers and listeners about substantive and complex issues that affect their lives. |
NewsLink
http://newslink.org/
Provides links to U.S. and foreign newspaper, college newspapers, radio stations, and magazines. Can also search for radio stations and newspapers by city and state. |
NewsVoyager
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/about.cfm
"NewsVoyager.com is the ultimate "newspaper portal," a comprehensive gateway to newspaper Web Sites around the world. Newspapers are the leading providers of local information online, including news, classifieds, arts and entertainment guides, community information, sports, shopping and much more. If you need information about a local community, newspaper online services are the place to start. NewsVoyager.com provides links to U.S. daily and weekly newspaper home pages and sections, Canadian and international daily newspapers, newspaper groups, associations and other media organizations. We also provide a link to other sites with links to college newspapers and newspaper archives. On the main page, "Feature of the Week" highlights an innovative product or service from a newspaper Web site. This site is a service of the Newspaper Association of America, a nonprofit organization representing the $59-billion newspaper industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Information about NAA and the industry may also be found at the Association’s Web Site http://www.naa.org." |
The New York Times Article Archive
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html
Complete backfile of the New York Times can now be searched from NYTimes.com, over 16 million articles in all. Two article archives: 1996-present (Text only format) and 1851-1995 (PDF). Articles available for a fee. |
NPR - National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/
Site lets you listen to news on the hour, and other programs. View summaries of programs and listen to them, or check out some of the special highlighted stories you may have missed. |
Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org/
Dedicated to the preservation of the free press as a cornerstone of democracy in the U.S., this site is maintained to help defend the First Amendment rights and to promote high standards in journalism. Catch the top news stories regarding journalism topics, find out more about careers in journalism, learn about SPJ's programs for journalists, and enter a contest for a chance to win a prestigious SPJ award in journalism. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
U.S. News Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
Provide links to U.S. news archives available on the Web. Sources arranged by state; site provides dates of the archive, along with the cost to retrieve the item. Unless noted, searching is free; charges may apply to retrieval. Archives of international, Canadian, and Asian news sources are also available; along with "Other Sources." The Special Libraries Association News Division Web Team maintains this list of links; has no special access privileges. |
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/photos/
Since 1907, United Press International (UPI) has been a leading provider of critical information to media outlets, businesses, governments and researchers worldwide. UPI is a global operation headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in Beirut, Hong Kong, London, Santiago, Seoul and Tokyo. UPI licenses content directly to print outlets, online media and institutions of all types. In addition, UPI’s distribution partners provide our content to thousands of businesses, policy groups and academic institutions worldwide. Our audience consists of millions of decision-makers who depend on UPI’s insightful and analytical stories to make better business or policy decisions. As we approach our 100th anniversary, our company strives to continue to be a leading and trusted source for news, analysis and insight for readers around the world. |
Waypath - Blog Discovery Engine
http://www.waypath.com/
Lets you find blogs you want to read, it watches over 4 million blogs and analyzes individual posts. Topic Streams use revolutionary concept-analysis software to identify automatically the subject matter of every new blog post so you can read what bloggers are saying about your favorite topic. Great News blog directory included. |
Yahoo- News
http://news.yahoo.com/
Covers 7000 sources in 35 languages; relies extensively on wire services such as Reuters and Associated Press. Archives are kept from seven days to one month, depending on the source. Advanced searching allows searching for stories written in foreign languages and limiting results to a specific source or location (country or state); also has a news alert service. |
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