World news guide: North America
US - major newspapers
The Guardian’s US edition
New York Times
National paper of record: the web presence is less formal than the print edition.
Washington Post
The New York Times’ main rival.
Los Angeles Times
Always a direct, entertaining read.
Wall Street Journal
America’s financial paper divides into US, European and Asian views.
Christian Science Monitor
Quality daily with excellent international coverage.
Chicago Tribune
National paper of the midwest - world famous, but with more of a regional flavour than you might expect.
USA Today
A lighter feel than most US broadsheets. Has a full range of national and international news.
Seattle Times
News for the northwest port. Excellent on local industries, which include the aerospace and technology sectors.
Miami Herald
Florida daily, with good coverage of news in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rival papers the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal merged in November 2001, to create the largest daily newspaper in the southeast USA. The AJC.com site has embraced new forms of journalism, launching blogs and offering video clips.
Philadelphia Inquirer
America’s third-oldest surviving daily newspaper and the winner of an impressive 18 Pulitzer prizes.
US - broadcasters
NPR
The not-for-profit American national radio corporation’s website delivers audio files of its news and analysis from around the world and the chance to listen to NPR’s output live via streaming audio. NPR.org also provides audio links to all its stations.
PBS Newshour
The internet companion to TV’s hour-long nightly news broadcast from this non-commercial media organisation. Contains live audio links, transcripts of past shows and special online supplements.
CNN
Major US news network. Offers a ‘Europe’ view with a less provincial perspective: when we looked, it led on Iraq while the US site led on Mitsubishi vans. Excellent special reports on the big issues.
Time
Fox News
The website of the Murdoch-owned, politically conservative news channel that has grown to rival CNN as the most popular 24-hour news network.
CBS
Respected news network. Best known for 60 Minutes, its news analysis show.
CBS: 60 Minutes
MSNBC
A fluffy front page disguises a hard-hitting news operation. Includes Newsweek, the respected news magazine.
Newsweek
US - government
Voice of America
VOA is part of the state International Broadcasting Bureau, bound by charter to present the US government’s policies from a strictly factual perspective.
White House
CIA
FBI
Democratic party
Republican party
US embassy in London
Library of Congress
See further down the page for US state resources
Canada
CBC
Internet arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Many stories contain additional video or audio links from CBC’s radio and television networks.
Globe and Mail
Quality online daily. Breaking news from a national and international perspective.
National Post
Right-wing daily launched by Conrad Black in 1997, now owned by CanWest Interactive. Part of the canada.com network.
Toronto Star
Canada’s most popular daily paper.
CNews
News service from Canoe, a portal and internet service provider.
Cyberpresse.ca
(In French.) Portal for several major French-language dailies, including La Presse in Montreal, Le Droit in Ottawa and Le Soleil in Quebec.
Le Droit
Le Soleil
Le Devoir
(In French.) Montreal daily.
Globe and Mail
Quality online daily. Breaking news from a national and international perspective.
Hill Times
Weekly independent parliamentary newspaper.
Kingston Whig-Standard
canada.com
Edmonton Journal
Ottawa Citizen
Montreal Gazette
Province
Nunatsiaq News
An English-Inuktitut weekly newspaper that has served the people of Nunavut and the Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec since 1973.
Toronto Star
Canada’s most popular daily paper.
Vancouver Sun
Daily paper based in Canada’s third-largest city. Also part of the Canada.com network.
Government
Government of Canada
Fully-fledged government information service.
Mexico
La Cronica de Hoy
(In Spanish.) Mexico City daily.
Guadalajara Reporter
English-language daily.
La Jornada
(In Spanish.) In its day, a pioneer of independent journalism in Mexico, these days more left-leaning. Published in Mexico City.
The Herald
English-language newspaper produced by El Universal and the Miami Herald.
El Informador
(In Spanish.) Independent Guadalajara daily.
Proceso
Weekly news and political investigation and analysis magazine published in Mexico City.
Milenio
(In Spanish.) National daily published in Guadalajara and Mexico City.
Mural
(In Spanish.) Regional sister paper of Reforma, published in Guadalajara and Jalisco.
Reforma
(In Spanish.) Conservative spanish-language national daily, published in Mexico City. Flagship of the Reforma media group.
El Universal
(In Spanish.) Mexico City daily.
Government
Sistema Internet de la Presidencia
(In Spanish.) Relatively basic official site.
Online media resources for each US state
For each state we have listed the major daily newspapers in the top five cities ranked by population. Where the state capital was not among the top five, it was added to the list of cities.
Alabama
Birmingham News
Huntsville Times
Press Register
Montgomery Advertiser
Tuscaloosa News
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Juneau Empire
Arizona
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
East Valley Tribune (Mesa)
Tucson Citizen
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)
Jonesboro Sun
Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville)
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith)
California
Los Angeles Times
Orange County Register
Press-Enterprise (Riverside)
Press-Telegram (Long Beach)
Sacramento Bee
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Jose Mercury News
San Francisco Chronicle
Colorado
Daily Camera (Boulder)
Gazette (Colorado Springs)
Denver Post
Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
Coloradoan (Fort Collins)
Connecticut
Hartford Advocate
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport)
Hartford Courant
New Haven Advocate
New Haven Register
The Day (New London)
Stamford Advocate
Waterbury Republican-American
Delaware
Dover Post
News Journal (New Castle)
District of Columbia
Washington Post
Washington Times
Florida
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)
Miami Herald
Miami New Times
Orlando Sentinel
Pensacola News Journal
St Petersburg Times
Tallahassee Democrat
Tampa Tribune
Georgia
Athens Banner-Herald
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Augusta Chronicle
Ledger-Enquirer.com (Columbus)
Macon Telegraph
Savannah Morning News
Hawaii
Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Idaho
Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa)
Idaho Statesman (Boise)
Idaho State Journal (Pocatello)
Post Register (Idaho Falls)
Times-News (Twin Falls)
Indiana
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette / News-Sentinel
Indianapolis Star
South Bend Tribune
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Des Moines Register
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Quad City Times (Davenport)
Sioux City Journal
Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
State Journal-Register (Springfield)
Kansas
Kansas City Kansan
Lawrence Journal-World
Topeka Capital-Journal
Wichita Eagle
Kentucky
Courier-Journal (Louisville)
Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisiana
Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Daily News (Bogalusa)
Times (Shreveport)
Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Town Talk (Alexandria)
Maine
Bangor Daily News
Kennebec Journal (Augusta)
Portland Press Herald
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
The Capital (Annapolis)
Daily Record (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Christian Science Monitor (Boston)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Patriot Ledger
Michigan
Ann Arbor News
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Grand Rapids Press
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Kalamazoo Gazette
Lansing State Journal
Minnesota
Duluth Budgeteer-News
Duluth News-Tribune
Mankato Free Press
Pioneer Press (St Paul)
Rochester Post-Bulletin
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
St Cloud Times
Mississippi
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
Mississippi Press (Pascagoula)
Sea Coast Echo (Bay St Louis)
Sun Herald (Biloxi)
Missouri
Columbia Missourian
Jefferson City News Tribune
Kansas City Star
News-Leader (Springfield)
Saint Louis Post Dispatch
Columbia Daily Tribune
Montana
Billings Gazette
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Great Falls Tribune
Helena Independent
Missoula Independent
Missoulian (Missoula)
Montana Standard (Butte)
Nebraska
Bellevue Leader
Daily Nebraskan (Lincoln)
Grand Island Daily Independent
Kearney Daily Hub
Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska State Paper
Omaha World-Herald
Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Sun
Nevada Appeal (Carson City)
Reno Gazette-Journal
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor
Nashua Telegraph
New Hampshire Gazette
Union Leader (Manchester)
New Jersey
Star-Ledger (Newark)
Record (North Jersey)
Trentonian (Trenton)
New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal
Las Cruces Sun-News
Roswell Daily Record
Sante Fe New Mexican
New York
Buffalo News
Newsday
New York Daily News
New York Post
New York Times
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Syracuse Newspapers
Times Union (Albany)
Village Voice (New York)
Wall Street Journal
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times
Charlotte Observer
Greensboro News-Record
Herald-Sun (Durham)
News and Observer (Raleigh)
Winston-Salem Journal
North Dakota
Bismarck Tribune
Forum (Fargo)
Grand Forks Herald
Minot Daily News
Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Columbus Dispatch
Dayton Daily News
Toledo Blade
Vindicator (Youngstown)
Oklahoma
Lawton Constitution
Norman Transcript
Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Tulsa World
Oregon
Oregonian (Portland)
Register-Guard (Eugene)
Statesman Journal (Salem)
Pennsylvania
Erie Times News
Morning Call (Allentown)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Scranton Times Tribune
Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh)
Rhode Island
Pawtucket Times
Providence Journal
South Carolina
Greenville News
Post and Courier (Charleston)
Rock Hill Herald
State (Columbia)
South Dakota
Aberdeen American News
Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Brookings Daily Register
Capital Journal (Pierre)
Rapid City Journal
Watertown Public Opinion

Tennessee
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanoogan
Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Tennessean
Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Dallas Morning News
El Paso Times
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Houston Chronicle
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
San Antonio Express-News
Utah
Herald (Provo)
Salt Lake Tribune
Vermont
Bennington Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald
Vermont Guardian
Virginia
Daily Press (Hampton Roads)
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads)

Washington
Columbian (Clark County)
News Tribune (Tacoma)
Olympian
Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Spokesman Review (Spokane)

West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
Dominion Post (Morgantown)
Herald-Dispatch (Huntingdon)
Intelligencer (Wheeling)
Wisconsin
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Kenosha County News
Capital Times (Madison)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Journal Times (Racine)
Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune
Laramie Boomerang
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne)