Research Guides: Political Science 381: Introduction to Research Design: News

News Databases

ProQuest News & Current Events This link opens in a new window
Combined access to all 50 ProQuest news databases, both historical and current, including ProQuest Global Newsstream. Only database with coverage of the Washington Post
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 15,000 sources of news, business, legal, and reference information worldwide. Includes transcripts from TV and radio news programs.
BBC Monitoring This link opens in a new window
News alerts, reports, reference and analysis on developments around the world.
Access World News [NewsBank] This link opens in a new window
Full text of 600+ U.S. newspapers and 260+ English-language newspapers from other countries worldwide.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Custom ProQuest cross-search of full-text backfiles of 30 U.S. and 32 international English-language newspapers.
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
CIA-sponsored translations of local news sources from around the world, including newspapers, radio and television broadcasts, etc. Searchable by keyword, region of the world, and date. Provides the full-text in English.
FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports This link opens in a new window
Provides CIA translations of newswires and broadcast services from around the world in full-text from 1941-1996.

Studying the News Media

Columbia Journalism Review
"CJR’s mission is to be the intellectual leader in the rapidly changing world of journalism. It is the most respected voice on press criticism, and it shapes the ideas that make media leaders and journalists smarter about their work. "
Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
Find articles from media industry publications, along with scholarly articles ABOUT journalism and the news media
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
Produces an annual "State of the Media" report. Includes statistics, analysis, and journalism resources.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Studies attitudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. "In this role it serves as a valuable information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars and citizens."
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
(from Harvard University)
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Harvard research center dedicated to the study of press and politics. Produce the Journalist's Resource, providing scholarly research on current events and news topics.
Knight Foundation
Supports excellence in journalism and media innovation. Use the Knight blog to discover organizations and institutions working towards these goals.
Poynter Institute
A "global leader in journalism." Provide resources, tools and instruction for journalists and other media professionals and students.
Reynolds Journalism Institute
From the University of Missouri; the institute "works with citizens, journalists and researchers to strengthen democracy through better journalism".
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Supporting researching in political and health communication, among other areas.
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
From University of Texas; provides free multilingual library of reports on journalism in the hemisphere. Also offers online training for journalists, as well as free e-books on digital tools, skills and resources for journalists.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Research institute at the University of Oxford. Core funding from Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Data Journalism Awards
Journalism Pulitzer Prize winners
Who Make the News?
"A knowledge, information and resource portal on media, gender and other axes of discrimination. It hosts the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the world's largest and longest running research and advocacy initiative that seeks to advance gender equality in and through the news media."
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Provides data on annual press freedom violations; "brings together more than two dozen press freedom groups to create a centralized repository for research."

BBC Monitoring This link opens in a new window
In addition to global news alerts, reports, reference and analysis of current developments around the world, BBC Monitoring provides "media guides" for ~100 countries. Media guides include an overview of current media outlets along with the extent of internet and social media use in each country. Choose country or territory and scroll down page to "Latest Media Guides".

Newseum
In addition to museum info, includes daily feature of daily newspaper front pages from around the world ("Today's Front Pages"), online exhibits, resources, and Online Journalism Awards.

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