The Washington Post focuses on news from the nation's capital, including national business, political issues, commerce, federal regulations and finance. There is also coverage of sports, entertainment, features, local and world news. Lead times vary.

The BBC World Service is the international broadcasting arm of the BBC. It is available around the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM and MW relays. The broadcaster is available in more than 40 languages in addition to English. BBC World Service English has eight regional feeds: East and South Africa; West and Central Africa; Europe and Middle East; the Americas and Caribbean; East Asia; South Asia; Australasia; and the United Kingdom.

Designed as a news magazine written for upscale readers who have a high degree of intelligence and critical capacity and are interested in contemporary trends in finance, politics, the arts, literature, books, cuisine, public and foreign affairs, science and technology, culture, food and travel. Editorial content is aimed at the serious reader and is comprised of reflective pieces and non-fiction that provide different perspectives on what is occurring in contemporary society.The magazine was founded as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, MA, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets, and encouraging major careers. It published leading writers' commentary on abolition, education, and other major issues in contemporary political affairs.The magazine's founders were a group of prominent writers of national reputation, who included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell. Lowell was its first editor. The editor-in-chief as of November 2009 is James Bennet. The publisher as of November 2009 is Jay Lauf, who is also a vice-president of Atlantic Media Company.The Family section looks at covers the political, cultural and economic factors that impact American family life. The section has it's own public Facebook group and newsletter and runs coverage both print and online as well as in The Atlantic's podcasts and video content.The switchboard will transfer the caller directly to the journalist.Direct contributed content to submissions@theatlantic.com. When sending in content be sure to submit it as a PDF. Also include a short paragraph about the author and a description of the piece being submitted.

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. It covers a range of topics, such as government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology.

The Kansas City Star is a 80+ page daily, broadsheet newspaper that was founded in 1880 covering local, regional, national and international news. The Star produces a wide range of content, from investigative journalism and government accountability journalism to wall-to-wall coverage from its sports team.