WNCLibrary: News Sources: Resource Guide

News Wire Resources

A news wire service--also known as a news agency or wire service--is an organization that generates news reports and sells them to other reporting agencies, such as newspapers, magazines, television broadcast programs, and digital news reporting sites.

The majority of news reports come from stories originally reported by the wire services, making them an excellent source to consult. However, as with any resource, be sure to evaluate any information and reporting for bias.

There are over a dozen different wire services, based around the world, but the librarians at WNC recommend starting with the following:

Reuters
Reuters is one of the largest and most well-known news agencies in the world and is based in the United Kingdom.
Agence France-Presse
AFP is the oldest news reporting and distribution agency in the world. It is based in Paris, France and is a state run agency.
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP), founded in 1846, is a non-profit news agency, headquartered in New York.
For AP's news site, please click on this link.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
The German Press Agency (dpa) is one of the world’s leading independent news agencies. It is based in Hamburg, Germany.

National News Sources

Directory of Newspapers by State

USNPL Newspaper Directory
A comprehensive list of newspapers by state

Historical Newspapers

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress; from 1836 - 1922)
This collection doesn't include Nevada or a number of other states.

Directories

Conservative News Outlets
Editorial Pages Links
Liberal News Outlets
Newslink (U.S. radio and television stations)

Media Watch Groups

FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

National News Outlets

International News Sources

Recommended

Al Jazeera America
The English language site for the Arabic-language TV channel.
World News Network
Stories from hundreds of news sources from around the world.

Additional

CBC News
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation international news online.
Common Dreams.org
"News for the Progressive community" with links to newspapers, news services, columnists, radio and televisions programs.
Google News
News stories from over 4,500 sources.
Newseum
Daily newspaper front pages from newspapers around the world.
World Newspapers.com
World Newspapers, Magazines and News Sites In English
Worldpress.org
Articles reprinted from the world's newspapers and magazines as well as articles written by their staff.