On Line Media Sources

• The New York Times

State and Local Newspapers By Region

• New England: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
• Middle Atlantic: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia
• South: Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Lousiana.
• Border south: Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma
• North central: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
• Central: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
• Mountain west: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada
• Pacific: Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska
• Links to more comprehensive lists of papers.
  • Large list of papers
  • Another long list

• Reading list on media and society
  • Click on "television and society" for list of scolarly articles on news, television, politics, etc.
• American Prospect:
  • Liberal but very good.
  American Spectator
  • Conservative; not too many articles available "electronically."
  Campaigns and Elections
  • Great for those interested in campaigning as a vocation; not too
  • much coverage of elections.
  Congressional Quarterly
  • Subscription required, but free trial subscriptions available. This is
  • an important source for political scientists.
  Mother Jones:
  • Liberal; limited number of articles.
  National NOW Times:
  • Publication of National Organization for Women;
  • Limited number of articles from past issues.
  National Review
  • Conservative; some back issues available on-line.
  The New Republic
  • Middle-of-the-road; a few articles available from current issues.
  The Planet - Sierra Club Activist Resource
  • Liberal environmental; some articles available on-line.
  Policy Review
  • Conservative; good source.
  Regulation: The Cato Review of Business and Government
  • Libertarian (a form of conservatism); great source. Articles available in both portable document format (pdf) and web (html) format.
  Roll Call
  • A magazine for policy wonks and those especially interested in politics; useful directories, campaign and politics information; a good starting place.
  Teamster (Magazine Archive
  • Back issues of Teamster union magazine available only in portable document format.
  The Hill - Capitol Newspaper
  • Good source of political and election news.
  The Nation
  • Liberal: limited number of articles available. Why Gina Kolata is no Walter Sullivan. (July 6, 1998).
  The Weekly Standard
  • Conservative; not very useful; only editorials available.
  Texas Observer
  • Liberal; great; I love Molly Ivins! Ditto Jim Hightower.

  Electronic Policy Network

  • An extremely useful source of information about government and politics.
  Z Magazine:
  • Liberal; not especially useful for policy and political analysis, but great quotes. A good source for "alternative" perspectives on current events.