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Below, in addition to our own Editors' Choice are a a list of websites and other areas where you can access articles of interest to add to your content in your Talking Newspaper.

TNF Soundings

Produced by a roster of volunteers from across Britain, TNF Soundings extends the audio information service previously provided by the charity Infosound.  Soundings is part of the Talking News Federation charity and has been established specifically to deliver audio articles following Infosound’s decision to discontinue their audio information service after eight years. More details for different ways in which you may receive TNF Soundings content may be found at https://tnfsoundings.org.uk/content/accessing-our-content/

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You can sign up to TNF Soundings emails at https://tnfsoundings.org.uk/sign-up

Produced by a roster of volunteers from across Britain, TNF Soundings extends the audio information service previously provided by the charity Infosound.  Soundings is part of the Talking News Federation charity and has been established specifically to deliver audio articles following Infosound’s decision to discontinue their audio information service after eight years. More details for different ways in which you may receive TNF Soundings content may be found at https://tnfsoundings.org.uk/content/accessing-our-content/

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You can sign up to TNF Soundings emails at https://tnfsoundings.org.uk/sign-up

British Library

The British Library’s collection includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound.  Many of thier digital collections provide the material for free online. 

https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections

InYourArea

The UK’s leading local news, information and community platform.  InYourArea aggregates all the latest news for your local area from news sites, blogs and social networks. They are the only service that gives an 360 view of up to the minute updates on your area. You can access the content at:

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/

St Albans TN

St Albans TN offers a range of articles of general nterest which you mau use. If you do use this facility for use in your own local Talking Newspaper, please advise SADTN (email [email protected]) and please also respect the integrity of the item and contributors in any re-editing you wish to make.

On their "Listen Online" page you have have access to their four most recent weekly programmes and most recent Quarterly Magazine programme as distributed to their regular listeners. You can also hear previous Interviews, Nature Notes, Talking Bookshelf series (audio book reviews), as well as various other special items.   You can access the Listen Online page here:

http://www.sadtn.org.uk/listen/

Published: 16th October, 2019

Updated: 10th November, 2020

Author: Michael Lewington

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