Thank you to Carolyn Soltau (KPU Contract Librarian & Vancouver Sun News Research Librarian) for discovering many useful resources and improving this guide in fall 2024.
Carolyn drew on the good work of Toronto Metropolitan University Library's Journalism Research Guide (CC-BY 4.0) and UBC X̱wi7x̱wa Library's Indigenous Publishers, Distributors and News Media Research Guide.
What has been written about this topic online, in newspapers and in broadcast media?
1. Check the KPU Newspaper Databases
Canadian Newsstream - has full-text of the both major Canadian newspapers,(Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun) and small market community papers - with archives dating back to the 1970's / 80's.
US Newsstream has current and extensive backfiles of American newspaper, wires, and broadcast transcripts.
For more newspaper databases, go to the "Find Newspaper Articles and News Sites" section of this guide.
2. Check news organization websites
For links to news organization websites for British Columbia, Canada, and International, go to the "Find Newspaper Articles and News Sites" section of this guide
Where can you find expert sources and read the latest research?
Check the KPU Scholarly Databases
For more newspaper databases , go to the Find Journals and Magazine Articles section of this guide
Academic journal articles usually include email contact info and sometimes phone numbers for the authors as a starting point for requesting interviews.
Do you need government information?
Check out our government information guide which lists tools to help you find information produced by about government bodies and their programs.
Looking for data or statistics for a story?
KPU Library has a general research guide for Canadian and international statistics, a specialized business statistics guide, and data services (Canadian data sources available to KPU users, and tools for working with datasets)
Does your topic have an Indigenous aspect?
Check out our Indigenous research guide for journalism
Do you need guidance on fact-checking?
See these fact-checking guides for journalists, and library resources for background information.
Do you need writing or formatting help?
Check out our writing style guides for journalists
