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Can you point me towards some excellent regional newspapers?
I'm looking to read some outstanding regional newspapers from around the US (or, actually, English language papers from outside the US would also be interesting). Papers that do exciting, original reporting about their region. The St. Petersburg Times is already a favorite, but I know there must be lots of others that I've never heard of. What do you read?
I'm looking to read some outstanding regional newspapers from around the US (or, actually, English language papers from outside the US would also be interesting). Papers that do exciting, original reporting about their region. The St. Petersburg Times is already a favorite, but I know there must be lots of others that I've never heard of. What do you read?
New Times always seems to be on top of it.
I also like Creative Loafing here in Atlanta.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 12:23 PM on November 1, 2013
I also like Creative Loafing here in Atlanta.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 12:23 PM on November 1, 2013
Try http://www.altweeklies.com/. It is a consotrium of independently published, professionally written, high quality, regionally focused tabloids that tend to be center to left leaning. When I visit a new city, the first thing I look for is a box distributing one of these free papers. They usually cover politics, arts, food and entertainment very well.
posted by CollectiveMind at 12:59 PM on November 1, 2013
posted by CollectiveMind at 12:59 PM on November 1, 2013
The Des Moines Register is well respected.
posted by crazy with stars at 1:41 PM on November 1, 2013
posted by crazy with stars at 1:41 PM on November 1, 2013
Minnpost is online only and State based (Minnesota, duh), and pretty new overall but I like them quite a bit.
posted by edgeways at 2:26 PM on November 1, 2013
posted by edgeways at 2:26 PM on November 1, 2013
The Age is part of Australia's Fairfax Media stable and maintains a strong tradition of high quality investigative journalism. I've found The Age far more reliable at at presenting news as news and comment as comment than Murdoch's papers, which usually just smoosh the two together into an irritating propagandistic mess.
posted by flabdablet at 8:23 PM on November 1, 2013
posted by flabdablet at 8:23 PM on November 1, 2013
A couple magazines that do excellent regional reporting are Texas Monthly and High Country News (covering the U.S. West).
The Oregonian has an excellent reputation, but I don't know it myself.
I used to work for The News & Observer, based in Raleigh, N.C. It did a good job of covering the state, but has shrunk a lot in the past several years.
posted by maurreen at 10:08 PM on November 2, 2013
The Oregonian has an excellent reputation, but I don't know it myself.
I used to work for The News & Observer, based in Raleigh, N.C. It did a good job of covering the state, but has shrunk a lot in the past several years.
posted by maurreen at 10:08 PM on November 2, 2013
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posted by jim in austin at 12:22 PM on November 1, 2013