Find News Coverage - Studies in Creative Writing - The Writer and the Archive: ENG 4096

What's So Great About News Coverage?

News sources (newspapers, magazines, etc.), past and present, have unique qualities that make them great sources for creative writers to find:

Find Current News Coverage

Access World News This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles from local/regional newspapers, in addition to major national and international titles.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text national and international newspapers from the last 60-90 days. See the original page layout and format, complete with color photographs and advertisements!

For a Philadelphia-focus:

Philadelphia Inquirer (1983-present) This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text of the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1983 to the present.
Philadelphia Daily News This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles of the tabloid newspaper from 1983 to the present.
Philadelphia Tribune (1991-present) This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles from Philadelphia's African American newspaper from 1991 to the present.

Al Dia
Web-based version of the Philadelphia newspaper focused on the Latino experience in the United States.

Find Historical News Coverage

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains digitized images of historical local, national, and international newspapers, like the Philadelphia Inquirer, (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia Tribune, New York Times, and more.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains digitized images from hundreds of historic early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922. Use the map tool in the Advanced Search to search for news stories by state.
American Periodicals Series Online This link opens in a new window
Contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published between 1740s and 1940s.

For a Philadelphia-focus:

Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 This link opens in a new window
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century. It provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods.
Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers] This link opens in a new window
Contains digitized images of the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860 to 2001.