We read a newspaper on a daily basis to learn what is happening around the world, nation, state, and our own municipality. Ask yourself how Franklin Roosevelt's presidency was reported at the time and how today's press would write about his terms in office. Can be used to compare the depiction of an event in other sources such as books or articles. Other sections give you insight into the culture.
Most major newspapers are available every day on the Internet .
It is easy and usually free to subscribe to a major newspaper from another city on the web. If you are looking for newspaper articles on specific topics, however, you will need to use an index . Some papers have web sites which allow you to search their archives, but you may not be able to get the full-text of the article without paying for it. Other newspapers are indexed by commercial vendors and access to their files is not free. Some of these include full text of the article as well as an index.