Current News
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World Newspapers and Magazines
Collects in one place headlines from online newspapers, magazines and news sites, in the U.S. and internationally all written in English. Caution, evaluate linked sites on their own merit, some stories may not be from authoritative sources.
This extensive website offers thousands of newspapers from around the globe and you can search by country and region of the world. They also offer an option to search for papers written specifically in English or in another language including French, Spanish, Italian, German, or Portuguese.
This is a non-profit organization that is independently funded and not underwritten by the government or corporations. Its mission is to have reporters uncover the stories that might be left hidden without their investigations.
This well-known news site has an online section geared specifically towards teens. Here students can find articles from the regular edition of the Huffington Post but also content that would be of interest specifically to their age group.
Head to the New York Times website to find all of its print content in digital form. However, it does not give it away for free. You’re allowed to download ten articles each month without incurring any costs.
This popular news site was created from the ashes of the print news magazine, Newsweek. All of its content is available digitally. It includes news about current events and politics in the US and the world.
Although this website no longer has a print version, it continues its history of writing articles with news and information by publishing all of its content online.
Visual Sites
The Newseum, in Washington D.C., is all about educating visitors about media literacy and the first amendment freedoms found in the US Constitution. The museum’s website offers daily pictures of the front page from newspapers over 800 newspapers around the United States
This is a more of a visual tool, which can be engaging for many students. On the homepage, you’ll see a map of the world with icons showing you where each newspaper is published and there are easy color-coded symbols that let you know the language of a specific newspaper. You have the option to read the newspaper in the language in which it was printed or have the text translated into English with ease. There are newspapers from every continent with a permanent population
News Explorer – Another tool to explore news visually, make connections between stories.
Commercial Newsites
- Google News
- abc News
- CNN news
- FOX News
- BBC International news coverage from one of the world’s leading news sources. Based in Britain.
- The Oregonian – The Oregonian link will be live soon. This is a link to OregonLive where you will find some of the Oregonian online.
Podcasts
There are many podcast directories. Some include iTunes, Amazon, PBS but there are many more places to find the podcast for you.