Publication discovery
Find the outlet, confirm it is active, then inspect ownership
A maintained newspaper directory should help reporters discover coverage while showing when a listing was last checked.
On this page
Research starting points
Current and historic newspapers
Library of Congress newspaper collections provide catalog and digitized-newspaper entry points.
Historical U.S. pages
Chronicling America contains digitized historic newspapers and directory data.
Obituaries and death records
Use the obituaries and death records guide to confirm a death and find historic obituaries.
Archived sites
Wayback Machine can recover previous outlet pages and ownership statements.
Local context
State library catalogs, press associations and public-media networks help identify regional coverage.
Listing standard
- Open the publication and confirm recent original reporting.
- Record geographic coverage, language, ownership and access model.
- Distinguish a newspaper from an aggregator, newsletter or abandoned domain.
- Review links on a schedule and remove or annotate changed destinations.
Sources
- Library of Congress newspaper collectionsloc.gov
- Wayback Machineweb.archive.org