Introductions

Hi Folks!

This will be the class blog which will be a forum for discussions, source of information, and key for assignments. Please check in frequently, comment often, and enjoy using it.

To start with, here are some good news sources that I rely on regularly:
(if you need to register to use these, it is worth doing it. If there is a charge - try accessing it through Lexis Nexus through Galileo on the UGA Libraries web page http://www.libs.uga.edu/ Use your student ID number to get the password or ask me for it.)

http://www.nytimes.com/ - The New York Times, owned by GE, generally well respected.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ - BBC World News, good international news source

http://www.ft.com/home/us/ - Financial Times, UK based conservative. Excellent news source. Worth picking up and reading in airports too (It's the pink paper)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ - The Guardian, UK based more populist paper, interesting to contrast with The Financial Times

http://www.csmonitor.com/ - A US daily paper that has good back ground

http://www.worldpress.org/ - A review of stories from around the world, worth looking at for different view points

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/55ABE840-AC30-41D2-BDC9-06BBE2A36665.htm - Al Jazeera, major news source for many Islamic Countries. Definitely worth looking at.

http://www.economist.com/ - The Economist - a weekly magazine that give excellent information. If you need a subscription, you can get this through Lexis Nexus via Galileo.



And for back ground information on countries:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html - CIA World Fact Book. Not a newspaper, but full of information and widely used. No security clearance needed.

Please review these regularly - you will find them very helpful for class discussions and beyond.