LibGuides: POLI120: American National Government: Home

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.

National Newspapers
Includes Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
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Some national newspapers and news magazines

The Hill
Since 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.
Politico
Launched 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 Eight
Begun 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.
SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblog 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.

POLI120: American National Government: Home

Who to follow

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