News Resources:  30 sites in 30 minutes

This seminar introduces a selection of the many excellent Web sites offering free news online. 

Aggregate News Sites (many sources through one interface)  

1. All Africa:  http://allafrica.com/
2. Clusty news:  http://news.clusty.com/
3. Drudge Report:  http://www.drudgereport.com/
4. Google news:  http://news.google.com/
5. News Now:  http://newsnow.co.uk/
6. Topix.net:  http://www.topix.net/
7. World news network:  http://wn.com/
8. World Press:  http://www.worldpress.org/
9. Yahoo news:  http://news.yahoo.com/
10. $ News Library: http://www.newslibrary.com (search is free)
    

News Resource Guides (find a specific source online)

11.  ABYZ News Links:  http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
12.  All you can read:  http://www.allyoucanread.com/
13.  Headline Spot:  http://headlinespot.com/
14.  Internet Public Library News Page:  http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
15.  Kidon Media Link:  http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php
16.  News Directory: http://www.newsdirectory.com/
17.  News Link:  http://newslink.org/
18.  Online Newspapers: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
19.  Radio Locator:  http://www.radio-locator.com/
20.  UNC Greensboro Library News and Newspapers Online:  http://library.uncg.edu/news/  

Cool things to do with the News

21. BBC Most Popular:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/graph.stm
22. Buzztracker:  http://www.buzztracker.org/
23. Mapped Up: http://www.mappedup.com/
24. News Cloud:  http://www.newscloud.com/
25. News Map:  http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/
26. News is Free (RSS Reader):  http://www.newsisfree.com/
27. Newseum's Today's Front Pages: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
28. Ten by Ten:  http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html
29. Vanishing Point:  http://www.low-fi.org.uk/vanishingpoint/
30. Week in Review:  http://www.weekinreview.org/

15 December 2006  Susan Kurtas