Breaking News
Who to follow
It's a good idea to keep up with what's going on with the major networks like NBC, Fox, and CNN, as well as big name papers like the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal
- Lexis NexisSmall and large newspapers from around the country.
- National NewspapersIncludes Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
- Academic SearchSome national newspapers and news magazines
In addition, the following organizations are excellent resources for well-researched, in-depth coverage of important issues.
- PropublicaAn independent news agency, known for high quality investigative reporting
- Center for Public IntegrityNonpartisan, nonprofit investigative journalism
- Center for Investigative ReportingThe nation's first nonprofit investigative journalism organization
- The HillSince its launch in 1994, The Hill has been the newspaper for and about Congress, breaking stories from Capitol Hill, K Street and the White House.
- PoliticoLaunched in 2007, the central mission of POLITICO, from birth to our current period of growth, has been to help sustain and vastly expand nonpartisan political and policy journalism.
- Five Thirty EightBegun in 2008 as a polling aggregation website, Nate Silver's data analysis site has been purchased by the New York Times and then ESPN, expanding from purely polling data to a wide variety of topics, still very data driven.
- SCOTUSblogSCOTUSblog is devoted to comprehensively covering the U.S. Supreme Court without bias and according to the highest journalistic and legal ethical standards. The blog is provided as a public service.
Keeping an eye out for bias
- Pew Research Center - Where News Audiences Fall on the Political SpectrumKeep in mind, this study tracks the political leanings of the audiences, not necessarily the news itself
- Wall Street Journal - Blue Feed, Red FeedCompare how social media impacts what news we see based on political leanings
- AllSidesAggregates news from the center, right and left of the political spectrum. Keep in mind that the bias scale is generated by user feedback, so the site may reflect public perceptions of the news sources rather than actual bias
Evaluation Strategies
For helpful tips and tricks for evaluating news sources, check out these posters from NewseumED
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More about Fake News
- Verification HandbookRead or download for free
Authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid providers. It provides the tools, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.
Fake Health News
While this graphic, created by ABC Science Australia, is intended as a joke, it points to a very real problem in our society. The crazy headlines generated using the graphic don't sound very different than some health news we see reported all the time. Remember to view these stories critically and follow up on the claims yourself by looking at the actual research.