Metro Focus is a multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. The program includes commentary on current events, in-depth reporting, and news updates on areas such as education, transportation, and poverty. Visitors can look around at the organization's programs via the Topics tab at the top of the page and also just scroll through recent episodes which cover everything from the...

Readers curious about how newspapers around the nation and the world are covering events during these difficult times may find this site useful. NewspaperLinks, is brought to the Web by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) and gives quick links to newspaper Websites around the world. A clickable map as well as drop-down menus make this a very easy-to-use site, and content includes links to...

This Website, part of the School Zone Website developed by Newspapers in Education (NIE), gives plans and resources to educators that enable them to help students integrate newspapers and the Internet as learning and research tools. Activities, which are designed to have students begin with newspapers and then pursue further information on the Web, include units on Women in the News, International...

Readers curious about how newspapers around the nation and the world are covering events during these difficult times may find this site useful. From the Newseum, this resource provides expandable thumbnails of front pages from September 12, 2001 newspapers from around the world. The Newseum is an interactive museum devoted to journalism and sponsored by the Freedom Forum, "a nonpartisan,...

Truthdig was voted the best political blog as part of the 2010 Webby Awards, and the good folks behind the blog like to say they are "drilling beneath the headlines." The blog describes itself as a "progressive journal of news and opinion" that challenges conventional wisdom and provides a reliable source for those readers who want to explore topics in-depth. Truthdig offers multiple ways to get...

While the Green River Journal and the Murray Eagle may not be newspapers the general public is immediately familiar with, these Utah newspapers provided small communities with local news during their existence, and give contemporary historians a glimpse into the daily activities of people in these areas. Working together, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University have placed digitized...

Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Vox offers up a range of topical essays, complemented by videos and images, that illustrate the latest news and trending stories. Visitors can scroll down to Understand the News to get concise and pithy summaries of everything from Bitcoin to the recalls of major automobile manufacturers. The Today's Top Stories area is quite nifty and the Most Read...

The Washington Post has an online version on the Web. The site includes the full text of the daily edition, plus news from the 50 states, a daily congressional calendar, and over 1000 pages of links to news, reference and Web sites for over 200 countries around the world. Features include movie reviews, book reviews (along with selected first chapters of books), links to over fifteen online comic...