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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)

1. ABYZ News Links: http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
2. All you can read: http://www.allyoucanread.com/
3. Headline Spot: http://headlinespot.com/
4. Internet Public Library News Page: http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
5. Kidon Media Link: http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php
6. News Directory: http://www.newsdirectory.com/
7. News Link: http://newslink.org/
8. Online Newspapers: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
9. Radio Locator: http://www.radio-locator.com/
10. UNC Greensboro Library News and Newspapers Online: http://library.uncg.edu/news/

Cool things to do with the News

1. BBC Most Popular: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/graph.stm
2. Buzztracker: http://www.buzztracker.org/
3. Mapped Up: http://www.mappedup.com/
4. News Cloud: http://www.newscloud.com/
5. News Map: http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/
6. News is Free (RSS Reader): http://www.newsisfree.com/
7. Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
8. Ten by Ten: http://www.tenbyten.org/10×10.html
9. Vanishing Point: http://www.low-fi.org.uk/vanishingpoint/
10. Week in Review: http://www.weekinreview.org/

15 December 2006 Susan Kurtas