News can be accessed through a variety of "medium." Each medium presents a unique set of strengths and weaknesses.
Newspapers | Magazines | AV | Internet
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Newspapers
offer immediate news printed and delivered on a daily or weekly basis. |
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Print newspapers offer a constant source of news and give the reader the opportunity to browse the headlines. The HUHS Library subscribes to a number of major newspapers, including
- WestBend News
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Wisconsin State Journal
- Chicago Tribune
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- USA Today
- International Herald Tribute
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Online |
- Proquest Newspapers provides allows you to access a hundreds of national and global news services.
- Wisconsin Newstand offers access to larger Wisconsin based papers, including the Capital Times and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Magazines
articles offer in-depth coverage, printed and delivered weekly or monthly. |
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Print magazines present news stories alongside photos, information graphics, and related "sidelines," providing readers with a more complete understanding of the issues at hand.
The HUHS library subscribes to many weekly, monthly, and bi-monthly magazines.
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Delivered via the computer, HTML Full Text articles present only the text of an article. PDF articles are a "copy" of the original that includes pictures and original layout. Ask your teacher if this will be considered a "print" resource.
e-Library has access to both newpaper and magazine articles previously published in print. Also try EBSCO Host, a database that indicates if we own a hard copy of the magazine. |
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AV News
allows us to listen and watch news through a variety of resources, including photos and other graphics, radio, television, and online broadcasting. |
Maps |
Maps can be easily located online using CountryWatch or CultureGrams. |
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Current news photographs and information graphics can be located at AP Images (in affilation with the Associated Newswire). Online radio stations such as NPR (National Public Radio) and those featured on Worldwide Radio as well as many television news stations provide downloads of their broadcasts. Check out the podcasts on--> PBS | BBC | NPR |
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Internet News
is so plentiful, readers must be
careful
to remember that publishing to the internet is a simple process. This
news
is only as reliable as it's source. |
Be sure to consider:
- the sponsoring news agency (reputation, biases)
- sources cited in the article (balanced presentation)
The following represent some reliable sources:
Many more reliable news sources can be found at Headline Spot. Search by media format, theme and region.
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Local Perspective
can be studied in news reported from and analyzed by those people closest to the events. This news is often also aimed at an audience of like people. |
Local Newspapers reporting local events:
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on a local labor strike...
- Wisconsin State Journal on the Governor's actions...
- USA Today on the national elections...
Wisconsin Newstand offers access to larger Wisconsin based papers, including the Capital Times and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
CountryWatch provides access to the current local headlines published in countries around the world.
Headline Spot offers links to regional papers:
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Middle East
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Global Perspective
occurs as a reaction to local news by the global community. Reported by and to people disassociated from the event, understanding of the event will vary according to the nation or political viewpoint. |
American newsources offer US citizens news about other countries, as seen through the lens of American ideas, such as:
News sources from a different countrymay offer a slightly or radically different viewpoint of the same event, such as:
Watching America shares news translated from Around the World about the US.
News Aggregators:
Some news sources have a reputation for broad/unbiased reporting, such as:
Most of these resources are available online and in another media format (such as print or broadcast news).
Time, Newsweek, US News and other weekly news magazines provide news stories that have been researched more thouroughly than immediate news sources such as daily newspapers or the nightly news-broadcast. Many news magazines offer online versions.
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Studied Perspective
is an indepth consideration of events that results from both emotional distance and time lapse. While not totally free of political bias, these sources are more likely to have considered various sources of information prior to analysis. |
Monthly magazines often offer a studied perspective on news of interests to their reading audience.
Broadcast "news magazines" such as 60 Minutes, 20/20, and NPR (National Public Radio) offer studied analysis of events. Often, clips from these shows can be found online:
Peer-reviewed journals provide analysis from the viewpoint of experts in a given field.
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Personal Commentary
is expressed as opinion offered by professional columnists and private citizens in the form of editorials, letters-to-the-editor, political cartoons, blogs, and forum posts.
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Individual commentaries are available in most print newspapers. Headline Spot also offers sections featuring:
Columnists | Critics | Op/Eds |
Added Perspective
is achieved through photographs, information graphics, and other visual elements presented within the layout of a news report impact a reader's reaction to a story. |
Because of this, readers generally benefit from seeing news reports in their original format, whenever possible.
To locate images not included in a news report, AP Images (in affilation with the Associated Newswire) is an excellent source for both photographs and information graphics.
Online Resources, such as e-Library, with access to a wide variety of publications, provider researchers with convenient access to news from all perspectives and an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast different points-of-view.
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