Research Guides: Arts in Cultural Context: RUS 0871: Keep up with News

Why Use News?

News sources (newspapers, magazines, news blogs, news broadcasts, news feeds, etc.) are written by reporters and journalists on topics of current interest.

When and Why You Should Use News Sources:

You need information on a recent event or topic of interest
You need eyewitness accounts of events
You need reports on activities of state and local government
You need insights into local culture, arts & entertainment
You need perspectives from underrepresented groups
You need sources that advocate a particular viewpoint or opinion

Remember: Not all news sources are created equal! Some have hidden (or obvious!) motives or political beliefs. Do some background research into who owns the news organization to learn more about it.

Russian News Sources in English

Agentura (current issues)
Covers Russian secret services, intelligence and terrorism issues.
The Current Digest Digital Archive (1949-present)
Presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
Interfax: Russia & CIS General Newswire
A newswire that reports political and economic events in Russia, the CIS and other countries.
ITAR-TASS News Agency (current)
Contains Russian and world news stories in English.
Kommersant.ru (current issues)
Nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business.
Moscow Times (2013-present)
The Moscow Times is Russia's first and leading English language daily newspaper and has become the primary source of news to the growing number of foreign businessmen, diplomats and journalists living and working in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The newspaper, which has appeared five days per week since October 1992, covers political, business and cultural news from within the former Soviet Union.
Novaya Gazeta (current issues)
Russian newspaper well-known in the country for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs.
Regnum (current issues)
Goverment-affiliated, leading Russian online information services covering news from Russia, the CIS countries, and the Baltic states.
Russian Life (2000-present)
A consumer magazine that covers a wide range of stories such as travel, language, cuisine news.

Global Voices: Eastern & Central Europe

Global Voices is "a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring you translations and reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media."