Research Guides: French Language and Literature: News Sources

News Databases

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Source for global news, and business, financial, and company information, providing access to thousands of newspapers and other publications. Stock quotes are also available. Simultaneous users: 6
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly LexisNexis Academic. Access to major newspapers from around the world, as well as: industry and market news; company financial information; general medical topics; accounting, auditing, and tax information; legal news, law reviews, and case law; and the U.S. and state codes. Please use Google Chrome or IE browsers with this database.

Below is a list of selected online French news sources. You'll find a more complete list here.

ABYZ Newslinks
Includes links to internet news media (newspapers and magazines), broadcast media (tv and radio) and press agencies.
Onlinenewspapers.com
Extensive listings of links to newspaper sites.
EuroNews
News stories, interviews and features video coverage for most stories.
UN News Centre
News from the UN News Service in English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Worldpress.org
A nonpartisan magazine composed of reprinted articles and original material. Main page with top news stories. Worldpress.org illuminates the issues that barely see the light of day in the mainstream press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing the best of the international press from more than 20 languages.