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Newspapers
General Information

Daily, popular publications containing accounts of the day's events and other features. Most newspapers are typically published for a single city or town (The Wenatchee World), while papers from the largest cities (The New York Times) have a more global readership, and others target a more specialized audience (Wall Street Journal).

 

Strengths:

  • Local perspectives on a story
  • Primary source for events
  • Good for local news stories too small to be published elsewhere

Considerations:

  • Large city papers may publish separate city and national editions with different content
  • Articles written with newest developments 1st & background information later
  • Back issues of most papers are normally available only on microfilm, if at all
  • Web versions usually differ from print versions
  • Target audience: General public, usually in a specific city or region

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