MEJO 625: Media Hub

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Fancy Google Searches

incarcerated fathers children / + "north carolina"

"marriage records" site:gov "columbus county" "north carolina" | nc

Finding Story Ideas

CQ Researcher
24-page reports on topics like health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. From the Congressional Quarterly.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. North Carolina residents with a borrower's card may access from off campus by visiting NCLive directly. Contact the Davis Library Service Desk for the NCLive password (instructions).
Coverage: 1991-present

Journalist's Resource
Information about news stories "through a research lens." From Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

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North Carolina News

America's News
Over 1,200 U.S. newspapers including:
- The (Raleigh) News & Observer full-text articles (1991-present)
- The (Raleigh) News & Observer full images (March 2018-present)
- The (Greensboro) News & Record (1906-present)
- The Charlotte Observer (1886-present).
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

U.S. Newsstream
To find long "journalistic" articles, add this to your search:

(WC(1200-5000)) AND stype.exact("Magazines" OR "Reports" OR "Trade Journals" OR "Other Sources")

WC means that the article has to be over 1,200 words
stype.exact means that articles have to be from magazines, reports, trade publications, or news transcripts.

National News

U.S. Newsstream
National and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines.

Includes: the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Guardian (U.K.).

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.