Source: Forgotten NY. Photo credit: Greater Astoria Historical Society

Here are a list of links to various news and social commentary websites that may be useful for you in locating a news story to blog about. Of course, you are welcome to draw from sources other than the ones listed below. If there is a website that you would like to see added to the list below, send your ITF, Fiona Lee, an email.

NEWS WEBSITES

Astoria-focused 

http://www.timesledger.com/sections/astoria-times/

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/queens/astoria-long-island-city

Queens-focused

Queens Chronicle http://www.qchron.com/

The Queens Gazette http://www.qgazette.com/

Queens Tribune http://queenstribune.com/

New York City-wide news

ABC http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/index

Gothamist www.gothamist.com

Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/new-york/

NBC New York http://www.nbcnewyork.com/

New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/

The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html 

Newsday http://www.newsday.com/

NY1 http://www.ny1.com/

The Village Voice http://www.villagevoice.com/

SOCIAL CULTURAL COMMENTARY

Colorlines http://www.colorlines.com

Define American Blog http://www.defineamerican.com/blog

Immigration Prof Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/

Montclair Socioblog http://montclairsoci.blogspot.com/

NPR Code Switch http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/

Racism Review http://www.racismreview.com/blog/ 

Sociological Images http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/