Information published in the first 24 hours is usually breaking news. Common sources include: social media, internet news sources, and some television news sources. People reporting are typically journalists, local officials, witnesses to the event, and so on.
The information published is kept to the basics: the Who, What, Where, When, and How. However, due to the quickness and often chaotic nature of the reporting, facts may not be completely accurate or verified.
Popular Online News Websites:
One way to find same-day coverage of past events: CNN Transcripts
To find same day coverage of a past event through the library, you can limit the search in one of our databases to just that day (usually under advanced search).
Gale OneFile: News is a really good database to search. Under the advanced search, you can easily limit to a single day of news articles (see example below for a search of the Notre Dame Fire that occurred April 15, 2019).
Library Databases
Gale OneFile: News provides access to thousands of full-text newspapers from local, regional, national, and international sources. It’s a one-stop resource for current news and searchable archives. Watch tutorial.
With thousands of news sources, NewsBank Access World News allows you to track issues, find information on people and events, and look for articles that contain a certain keyword or phrase. Contains over 12,000 searchable titles that span a wide array of source types, from newspapers to blogs to newswires to videos and more, providing local, national and international information from trusted sources. Watch tutorial.
Provides selected full text for more than 200 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. Updated daily. Watch tutorial.
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal. With print and online editions, the titles offer researchers historic and current coverage of local, regional, and global events with journalistic balance and perspective. Watch tutorial.