News & Current Affairs
Newspapers are regular (serial) publications that publish news and current affairs. Newspapers generally publish issues on a daily or weekly basis, and magazines on a weekly or monthly basis.
Newspapers are written for different places and people. The coverage of newspapers may be local (town or city), regional (county) or national (country). They may cover general current affairs, or be written for special interest groups i.e. business, economics and finance, or law. Newspapers may also convey political bias, and may be considered left (labour) or right (conservative) wing, or be impartial (centre).
Traditionally newspapers were published in print format with unbound pages, but are now also published online. Popular newspapers are known as tabloid newspapers and they feature simple articles with more photographs. Quality newspapers are known as broadsheet newspapers, and they feature in-depth articles with more analysis.
Newswires distribute breaking news and press releases to journalists and news agencies. News is also reported via TV and radio programmes, and recordings and transcripts may be available via digital streaming services i.e. Box of Broadcasts.
PressReader is a collection of 7,000+ newspapers and magazines, from 120+ countries in 60+ languages. Featuring popular titles on current affairs, business, politics, finance, entertainment, health, sports and hobbies. Access online and via Apple and Android mobile apps.
For the best experience, create a personal PressReader profile. In PressReader, click on 'Sign-Up' and register with your @warwick.ac.uk email address (ignore options to sign-up with social media, or by library or group). With a personal profile, you can create your own bookshelf of newspapers and magazines and be alerted when new issues are available to read.
Economist.com | Economist Historical Archive
Online daily edition of The Economist newspaper on international current affairs, business and politics. Access via https://www.economist.com/. First time users, click on 'Login' and 'Register Now' with your @warwick.ac.uk email. Afterwards, login is via email address and password. Download the Economist app from Apple or Android stores. Older issues of the weekly edition of The Economist available via The Economist Historical Archive (1843-2020).
FT.com | Financial Times Historical Archive
Online daily edition of the Financial Times newspaper (London). Access via https://ft.com/Warwick. First time users, complete the data privacy agreement and FT registration. Afterwards, login is via the university's single-sign-on authentication. Download the FT.com Business News app from Apple or Android stores. Older issues of The Financial Times available via The Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2021).
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New York Times | New York Times Historical Archive (1857-2018)
Online daily edition of The New York Times newspaper on international current affairs, business and politics. Includes daily editions in Mandarin and Spanish. First time users, register at https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/digitalpass, click on 'Create Account' and register with your @warwick.ac.uk or @wbs.ac.uk email address. Afterwards, login with your email address and password. Download the New York Times app from Apple or Android stores. Older issues of the New York Times are also available via The New York Times Historical Archive (1857-2018).
Newspaper aggregator databases make full-text articles available from a range of national and local newspapers and newswires across the world. They are updated on a daily basis and typically include the current edition of the newspaper. They publish the full-text of articles, but not associated photographs, tables or graphs. Newspaper databases are designed to be searched by keyword, and the results filtered by publication date, location and newspaper title. You can also create alerts and receive emails when new issues or articles are published that meet your search criteria.
Selected full-text local, regional and national newspapers, newswires and magazines from the UK and across the world.
Selected full-text local, regional and national newspapers and magazines from the UK and across the world.
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