The Raw Story

The Raw story is a website (www.therawstory.com) that I have visited daily since 2005 when I heard a radio interview with one of the editors. The Raw story is an online based publication and delivers up to date news stories from around the world and from their own small writing staff.
In the ‘about us’ section of their webpage, Raw Story claims that it is “an alternative news nexus” a statement that I wholly agree with. Raw Story’s layout is basically just a front page, much like a newspaper. Generally, there is only one picture above the featured story. There are of course many elements similar to a typical daily paper, such as sections for science, business, technology, international and politics. However, Raw Story also features what they consider the top headlines from the blogosphere.
In their mission statement, they claim that their goal “is to unearth and spotlight stories underplayed by the popular press.” This may in fact be too true. As Raw Story is one of my primary news outlets, their dedication to the underplayed story sometimes gets the best of them. I know from experience that their commitment to underplayed stories sometimes causes them to forget the really big story. I have found that checking Raw Story daily will fill you with news you may have otherwise missed, however I found that often I was the last to know about a truly big story.
Raw Story has enjoyed rapid growth since its founding in 2004. Today, Raw Story has grown so much that they now even have a White House codependent. Not only that, there correspondent has continued to be one of the more aggressive the in the White House News Core. This demonstrates Raw Story’s commitment to hard, factual news. Unlike many blogs and smaller online news outlets, Raw Story does not sensationalize its news. No phony, misleading headline, just the facts.
However, Raw Story does have relationships with Bloggers and keeps a link list of what they feel to be some of the better blogs under the heading ‘blog role.’
On the whole, Raw Story is a left leaning publication, however, they are not afraid to publish what some may consider conservative news. Often, when Raw Story runs a story, there are links to how various other news sources are covering the story. This keeps Raw Story honest and adds to their values of being a ‘alternative news nexus.”
I recommend Raw Story to all those who love news!