Cynthia Lee Katona, Professor - English and Women's Studies Departments

Resources: News and Current Events

This page provides you with links to various sites concerning news and current events. There are international sites, news magazine sites, and broadcast news sites.

British Broadcasting Company

The British Broadcasting Company is one of the most respected voices in radio and TV, worldwide. At its impressively thorough website, you can listen to the latest news in English and many other languages, view video features, and read recent news stories, often annotated with sound clips. Rare interviews and performances. [Source: Fortune Magazine]

CNN/SI

Sports Illustrated's in-depth analysis combines with CNN's timely coverage to create a thorough, up-to-date site. Organized by sport, with links to standings features, statistics and team rosters. CNN/SI is easy to navigate and chock full of info on all major pro and college sports, including women's sports. [Source: MacWorld]

Ecola Newsstand

Ecola offers over 5,000 magazines in 100 categories, as well as a searchable newspaper archive with full-text articles. [Source: The Wired Society, by Carol Lea Clark]

Los Angeles Times

The great paper from L.A. has a great website. There is no registration required and it is fairly easy to navigate. Helpful hint: The best way to see what is new is to browse Section A of the newspaper. [Source: Prof. J. Dean]

National Public Radio

This is a good site to see how audio is being used on the Internet. [Source: Management on the World Wide Web]

The New York Times

The New York Times offers the CyberTimes section, an exclusive to the online edition, which covers breaking newsand features related to computers and the Internet. A searchable archive makes it easy to locate articles. At present, The New York Times is not charging a fee for most online articles, though they do require you to register before viewing the site. [Source: The Wired Society, by Carol Lea Clark]

Newsstand: National Newspapers

Ohlone College students have access to coverage (abstracting or text) of five national newspapers: The Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. [Source: Prof. C. Katona]

The Onion

If you need to take a quick break from your research, this a good source of the latest satirical writing. [Source: Prof. Dean]

The San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner

Online versions of the San Francisco Bay Area's major newspapers. [Source: Prof. J. Klent]

San Jose Mercury News

The Mercury Center Web is the first complete daily newspaper on the World Wide Web. This service offers continually updated news coverage, the complete text of each day's final edition of the San Jose Mercury News, including classified ads, and a variety of special features. [Source: Prof. W. Enos]

The Washington Post

The online version of The Washington Post. [Source: Prof. J. Klent]