Category
News
Stay informed without the noise. Curated sources, aggregators, and bias-aware reading.
Aggregators & Feeds
- Ground News—See how left and right outlets cover the same story. Brilliant for media literacy.Recommended
- AllSides—News from left, centre, and right side by side. Build a complete picture.
- Flipboard—Personalised magazine-style news feed. Curate topics and sources you care about.
- Feedly—RSS reader for following any publication without social media algorithms.
Fact-Checking
- Snopes—The original fact-checking site. Reliable, sourced, and regularly updated.
- FactCheck.org—Non-partisan political fact-checking from the Annenberg Public Policy Centre.
- Media Bias Fact Check—Rates the bias and factual accuracy of hundreds of news outlets.Recommended
Long-Form & Analysis
- The Atlantic—Long-form journalism on politics, culture, and ideas. Some of the best writing online.
- Harper's Magazine—America's oldest monthly magazine. Essays, criticism, and reporting that goes deep.
- The Atavist—Award-winning long-form narrative journalism. Each story is a deep dive.Hidden Gem
- ProPublica—Investigative journalism in the public interest. Free and consistently excellent.Hidden Gem
Global & Niche
- The Conversation—Academic experts write accessibly about news and research. No spin, just expertise.Hidden Gem
- Axios—Smart brevity — news explained concisely without sacrificing depth.
- Inkl—Read paywalled newspaper articles legally and ethically through a single subscription.
Data & Visual Journalism
- Information is Beautiful—Complex data turned into stunning visualisations. Changes how you see statistics.Hidden Gem
- The Pudding—Visual essays on culture and data that you won't find anywhere else.Hidden Gem
- FiveThirtyEight—Data-driven journalism on politics, sports, and culture. Numbers over narratives.
- Statista—The largest statistics portal online. Find data on almost any topic imaginable.
Independent & Alternative
- The Intercept—Fearless investigative journalism on national security, politics, and civil liberties.
- Mother Jones—Nonprofit investigative journalism focused on social justice and political accountability.
- Bellingcat—Open-source investigative journalism. The best OSINT reporting on the internet.Hidden Gem
- Hacker News—Tech community link aggregator with some of the sharpest comment sections online.Hidden Gem
Newsletters Worth Reading
- Morning Brew—Business and tech news in a conversational format. Daily email that's actually worth opening.
- The Daily Beast—News and opinion with attitude. Strong on politics and entertainment coverage.
Science News
- Quanta Magazine—Rigorous science and maths journalism that doesn't dumb things down. Exceptional.Hidden Gem
- New Scientist—Weekly science news and long reads for the curious general reader.
- Phys.org—Science and technology news aggregated from research institutions worldwide.
Local & Community
Tech & Science News
- Wired—The defining publication for technology, culture, and science. Long reads worth your time.
- Ars Technica—Deep technical journalism on technology, science, and policy. No dumbing down.Hidden Gem
- MIT Technology Review—The best source for understanding what emerging technology actually means.Hidden Gem
- IEEE Spectrum—Engineering and technology news from the world's largest technical organisation.Hidden Gem
- The Register—British tech news with sharp wit and proper scepticism. Refreshingly blunt.Hidden Gem
Finance & Business
- Financial Times—The world's best financial journalism. Some articles free without subscription.
- The Economist—Weekly analysis of global business, politics, and culture. Worth every word.
- Bloomberg—The definitive source for financial markets and business news.
- MarketWatch—Real-time financial news and market data. Free and comprehensive.
- Investopedia—Financial education alongside news. Understand what the jargon actually means.
Environment & Climate
- Carbon Brief—The best data-driven climate journalism anywhere. Rigorous and accessible.Hidden Gem
- Guardian Environment—The newspaper most consistently covering climate and environmental issues.
- Inside Climate News—Pulitzer-winning nonprofit climate journalism. Serious investigative reporting.Hidden Gem