New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on, and defines the culture, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. It was founded in April 1968 by the editor Clay Felker and the graphic designer Milton Glaser, and was among the first "lifestyle magazines" meant to appeal to both male and female audiences. Geared for an audience that is generally college-educated working professionals, its readership includes both area residents and visitors interested in keeping in touch with local lifestyles. Created to report on and interpret recent events in the New York metropolitan area, it contains news about the city as well as reporting and criticism about restaurants, the arts and entertainment, shopping and services in New York. The publication is comprised of reader letters, opinions, news, features and interviews. Editorial content is broken down as follows: The Intelligencer section features New York people, places and happenings. It includes three subsections; a quick survey of the city’s most important events is included in It Happened This Week; Party Lines is a photo page; and the Competition, which challenges readers to solve New York-specific problems such as designing a new bridge or remaking an urban health club. The Features section showcases the big stories about people, politics, business, the media, food, fashion, crime, culture, real estate, medical issues, parenting, and quality of life issues. The Strategist section is dedicated to inspiring New Yorkers to live well by providing advice in the following subsections: The Best Bet, Mating, The Look Book, Storefront, Market Research, Food, The Everything Guide, Economy of One, Map, Body, Real Estate and Travel. The Culture Pages section gives the low-down on entertainment with subsections on Movies, Theater, Music, Art, Books and TV. The Agenda section at the back of each issue provides succinct listings for things to do. Subsections include Movies, Broadway & Off-Broadway, Art Museums, Galleries, Photography, Special Events, Music & Dance, Nightlife, Readings, Lectures & Panels, Restaurants, Kids and The Word. The final page is reserved for the Artifact section, highlighting current ideas, trends or interesting information reflecting city life. The magazine's website, nymag.com features several off-shoot digital publications including The Cut, Vulture, and Science of Us.

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.

CALmatters is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online publication features information regarding California policies and politics.

Features news and information about people, places and things to do in Michigan. Covers daily news, sports, entertainment, business, travel, health and weather. Also offers classified advertisements and forums. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

Texas Tribune features original reporting on Texas politics, government, public policy and other matters of statewide interest. Coverage includes immigration, education, transportation, health care, water, the environment, criminal justice, energy, poverty and more. The organization also produces content for The New York Times' Texas regional edition, published on Fridays and Sundays. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Media Alert: Thursday November 11th 2010 The New York Times announced it has launched a Texas regional edition. The new edition is printed Fridays and Sundays and features added pages of Texas regional news distributed in copies throughout the state. The editorial content will be created by the Texas Tribune. It will be similar to the Chicago and San Francisco regional editions launched in fall 2009. All editorial information can be directed to Ross Ramsey, Managing Editor at The Texas Tribune, he can be reached on +1 (512) 716 8611 and rramsey@texastribune.org