New York Times

This is an excellent site: informative, well produced, with a distinctive voice and the imprimatur of quality. The New York Times stands out from many of its competitors for its extensive coverage of politics, technology, culture and business. It is also notable for giving as much weight to world news as domestic issues.

The New York Times is updated regularly and even has a searchable archive going all the way back to 1851. Its extensive multimedia section offers fifteen channels including science, sport and breaking news. The videos are generally quite short and snappy and feature content related to recent stories featured on the site.

Its Learning Network is a great resource for teachers, parents and pupils, offering lesson plans and student opinion polls based on news stories old and new, as well as test yourself questions, student crosswords, poetry pairings and more..

If you are planning a trip to the Big Apple take a look at the New York City guides. As well as practical help with flights and accommodation this collection of articles, videos and slide shows will help you get the most of your time in the city. The extensive archive has features on everything from the best restaurants to how to decide what to see.

Should the online version of the New York Times prove insufficient for your needs an exact digital replica is also available from $9.99.