Reporting Resources

 

Online News Sources

Here are some other sites to find story ideas or to find more information about certain topics.

Please let the Institute know about links that do not work, or about sources we should add. If a resource here helped you in covering a story, please let us know by emailing al.cross@uky.edu.

SmallTownPapers, http://www.smalltownpapers.com/
Small town newspapers exactly as they were printed! Get all the news from small town, USA.

Topix.net, http://www.topix.net/
News on 300,000 topics from publications across the country.

Associated Press, http://www.ap.org/
“the essential global news network”

Stateline.org, http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action
“politics & policy news, state by state”

Newswise, http://www.newswise.com
“a trusted resource for knowledge-based news . . . a comprehensive database of current news, searchable archives, subscription wire services, and advanced information-management tools”

Google News, http://news.google.com/
“Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously.”

Yahoo! News, http://news.yahoo.com
Provides stories from Reuters and The Associated Press.

Reuters, http://today.reuters.com/news/default.aspx
Latest news and financial information from around the world

NewsLink, http://newslink.org/
Links to TV, radio and newspaper sites.

U.S. Newswire, http://releases.usnewswire.com
National news release wire service distributing up-to-the-minute news from The White House, government agencies,Congressional offices, etc.

CNET News.com, http://news.com.com
Technology news and business reports.

CNHI News Service, http://www.cnhins.com/
News releases published by Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., and organized by categories such as agriculture, education, energy and health.

Extra! Extra!, http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ -- Investigative Reporters and Editors offers articles on computer-assisted reporting; campaign finance; census & demographics; disasters; environment; first amendment & FOIA; health; homeland security; international; justice; military; politics; science; terrorism; and transportation.

 

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