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Online News Resources
Looking for more diverse news coverage? If you press the news
search button on most search engines, you will pick up news from wire
services like Reuters and the Associated Press. There are also news
search engines such as Moreover, Yahoo and Excites’ News Tracker, that
will target headlines from subject-oriented sites.
Moveover provides news feeds covering nearly 300 different
categories. If you visit their homepage, you will find drop down boxes
on the left side of the page allowing you to view current headlines.
You can also choose to have topics of interest emailed to your computer.
From a staff of eight editors, Moreover gets their news from
2,000 different sources. They use diverse sites ranging from CNN and
the New York Times to sites like Gigalaw.com, a subject oriented website
that is currently covering domain name dispute litigation.
At Yahoo, news can be viewed in 2 different ways, either through
the Yahoo News or in Yahoo Full Coverage. Yahoo News can be accessed
from the home page by clicking on the News link below the search box.
This page will give news listed in major categories and information
commonly found through the wire services.
Yahoo Full Coverage is run by a team of editors who compile
webpages and link them to the individual websites. To find the Full
Coverage section from the Yahoo homepage, click
on the tiny Full Coverage link that is just below the larger
“News & Media” link. Besides the choice of headlines, there are
topics such as business, tech, politics, sports and health. Each of
these sections also shows a list of headlines. For example, the sports
section current is covering the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Locally, you can always find the current issue of the Big
Bear Grizzly online at www.bigbeargrizzly.net.
When important events are happening in the valley, the Chamber of Commerce
also puts information in their Director’s Message section. You can access
it at: www.bigbearchamber.com/direct.htm.
With the proliferation of websites on the internet, there
are many resources to find news stories. The White House scandal began
due to the Drudge Report, and alternative online news site. Wherever
you choose to get your information, make sure that it is from a credible
source. There are no censors or restrictions in cyberspace! |
