Who to follow
It's a good idea to keep up with what's going on the 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
Additionally, sources like Propublica, the Center for Public Integrity, and the Center for Investigative Reporting are excellent outlets to follow for in-depth, investigative journalism. Buzzfeed, although known for viral videos and just-for-fun quizzes, is also doing some high quality investigative journalism in its news wing.
- 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
- 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.
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