Guides: STIA 3196: Environmental Change: Engaging the Public with Effective Science Writing: News & Current Events

Subscription News Resources

New York Times (nytimes.com) This link opens in a new window
Registration required: follow the instructions on our New York Times guide and complete registration before accessing.

Provides unlimited access to New York Times content from 1981-present on nytimes.com. Includes access to the New York Times mobile app.
Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) This link opens in a new window
Direct access to washingtonpost.com for GU students, faculty, and staff. More information in the News Research Guide.
Economist.com This link opens in a new window
Articles from the print and online editions of The Economist, the world's weekly newspaper. With searchable archives back to the mid-1990s. (Use the Economist Historical Archive for older issues.) Access excludes apps, audio edition, or specialized newsletters.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Limited to 5 concurrent users.
Provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data.
Politico Pro This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database providing legislative and regulatory insights, data tools and resources for policy research. On-demand, graphic visualization library translates complex policy issues and data sets into infographics. The Document Drawer repository offers primary source documentation. Limited state coverage also included.
National Journal Group This link opens in a new window
This group of databases provides very current news and analysis of politics, policy and government topics. The suite of titles consists of American Health Line, Congress Daily, Greenwire, The Hotline and Technology Daily. National Journal Group Inc.'s online sources provide briefings that are updated on a daily or weekly basis with a focus on news from Washington and Capitol Hill.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexi Uni has three primary collections: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.
Foreign Policy This link opens in a new window
Foreign Policy is an American news publication, founded in 1970 and focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy. Access includes an online repository of all current and previously published Foreign Policy digital data, access to the complete digital print archive, topical and regional newsletters, podcasts, live interviews, and FP Insider.

The library offers full-text access to a variety of national and international newspapers through our database subscriptions. See the news & commentary library guide below or use the Journal Finder to search by title.

News & Commentary
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Science News Publications

Science Daily
This website collects news from worldwide research organizations.
Scientific American
BBC Science
NPR Science

Environment News

New York Times: Climate and Environment
News about environmental topics, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times
The Guardian: Environment
Follow The Guardian's coverage of topics such as climate change, energy, wildlife, pollution, and more.
Nature News
News and commentary from Nature, an international science publication.
NASA Climate News
A feed of press releases for news and features from NASA on climate topics.
Yale Environment 360
Published at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale E360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues. It features original articles by scientists, journalists, environmentalists, academics, policy makers, and business people, as well as multimedia content and a daily digest of major environmental news.
Mongabay
This resources is a non-profit provider of conservation and environmental science news.
Grist Magazine
A non-profit online magazine offering reporting, interviews, opinion pieces, daily news, book reviews, food and agricultural coverage, and green advice. Its stated mission is "to inform, entertain, provoke, and encourage its readers to think creatively about environmental problems and solutions."

Health News

WHO Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization updates on outbreaks of infectious diseases.
HealthMap
This online international map delivers real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers. HealthMap brings together disparate data sources, including online news aggregators, eyewitness reports, expert-curated discussions and validated official reports, to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.
NIH Newsletter
The current public monthly newsletter from the National Institutes of Health.