looking for an above-average news site

Eugene · 22nd January 2009, 08:16 PM

Could you recommend a Spanish-language web-site offering in-depth news, or (even better) essays on various topics ???

I sync my Palm with BBC Mundo, but I find nothing to read there. I guess something similar to WaPo or NYT would be fine. As for essays and varia, I think http://www.aldaily.com/ is very good (but it's in English

). Is there anything like that in Spanish???

Thank you.

Ben · 22nd January 2009, 08:35 PM

I think www.elpais.com is pretty classy!

Eugene · 22nd January 2009, 08:47 PM

Thanks, Ben ... I just browsed a few pages and it looks good. My impression from BBC Mundo was that it was a Google-translated English text, no spice at all ...

Culebronchris · 23rd January 2009, 12:00 AM

The Google news site is pretty remarkable. http://news.google.com/

You can set it up to pick up Spanish news in Spanish or whatever and it pulls feeds from all sorts of newspapers, websites and news agencies. Nearly every time the story is repeated from a variety of sources so you can choose your bias - take your news about ETA from ABC, El Pais, 20 Minutos or Gara.

Eugene · 23rd January 2009, 12:14 AM

Google News - yes - as a mega-source for the news. But I am mostly looking for a good Spanish and a familiar context (i. e. news I got from English sources before).
Well, I plan to learn more about Spain gradually, too (I wasn't 100% sure what ETA means ... had to check

)

Kralizec · 23rd January 2009, 12:26 AM

You might want to check menéame, it's the Spanish version of Digg (that is, links to news and articles in other sites, posted and commented by the community).

Eugene · 23rd January 2009, 12:48 AM

I see they have "sitios más votados", and www.elpais.com actually leads there. For news in English I do use lots of sources, but here I need to settle on a few good ones and start reading ...

parubin · 23rd January 2009, 08:19 AM

El País and El Mundo are both pretty good. Check on the house bloggers and you'll often find interesting stuff.

Definately above average.

Those are general news sites, if you want something more specific you may try be looking for something else : f.i. for economic press I like Expansión, Bolsa Cinco, and Invertia... If your interests lay somewhere else (sports, literature, music, travel) you'll be able to find some resources focused on those topics too.

greytop · 23rd January 2009, 10:19 AM

For a (complete?) listing of Spanish newspapers (and some in English) try this site
For magazines etc listed by type, this one, although some may be subscription there is usually enough to gibe you an idea of what they are about.
Happy reading!

Eugene · 23rd January 2009, 02:40 PM

creo que El Mundo me gusta (me gustara ??? me va a gustar ..

) también...

De hecho, para mi, leer es bastante fácil, pero escribir es un tormento!

Domca · 15th February 2009, 06:17 PM

http://www.cafebabel.com

and

http://www.20minutos.es

as aswell as el pais are my favorites.

cafe babel is a 'translator site' and so most articles are avalaiable in english, spanish, french, etc, so you can read in spanish and check in english..its really helpful

20minutos is like el pais, but easier to digest- as its a bit simpler, but still very good for vocab, and the videos are good for listening skills

hope this helps

Eugene · 16th February 2009, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Domca

http://www.cafebabel.com

and

http://www.20minutos.es

as aswell as el pais are my favorites.

cafe babel is a 'translator site' and so most articles are avalaiable in english, spanish, french, etc, so you can read in spanish and check in english..its really helpful

20minutos is like el pais, but easier to digest- as its a bit simpler, but still very good for vocab, and the videos are good for listening skills

hope this helps

Thank you, cafebabel looks very good. So far I am reading bits from elpais.com and 20minutes - mostly columnists or blogs. Blog comments are fun too - though the language may be quite un-orthodox :-)

Alan Reynolds · 16th February 2009, 02:09 PM

Gracias a todos por estos sitios. Ya conocí solo El Mundo y El Pais.

xan · 16th February 2009, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parubin

[URL="http://www.elpais.com/"] for economic press I like Expansión,

Expansión, eh? That's good. Are they going to rename it? Colapso perhaps, or Quiebra? Fracaso has a nice ring to it, too.

alanorgiva · 20th February 2009, 11:58 AM

Also http://www.elmundo.es/ plenty of news there.

Eugene · 20th February 2009, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanorgiva

Also http://www.elmundo.es/ plenty of news there.

news are not inspiring

and not that useful to learn a language - I am looking for some really witty columnist writing in Spanish, on topics of general interest. So far, I have bookmarked only C A Montaner; and his site is multi-lingual, too.

MrMark · 21st February 2009, 01:12 PM

This guy is interesting:

http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/

Kralizec · 23rd February 2009, 01:25 AM

Mmmmh, columnists... Maybe Escolar? (dig a bit for columns)

Or the new Malpensando?

Quote:

En España no se puede ser cineasta sin ser un chupóptero y un pancartero. Si eres periodista, eres parcial. Si eres político, eres mentiroso y cínico. Si eres humorista, eres un lacayo del poder o de la oposición. Si eres independiente, resultas ser equidistante, y si eres equidistante, eres imbécil. Si hablas, eres un bocazas; si callas, un cómplice. Si votas, votes a quien votes, votas mal, y si no votas, no tienes derecho a quejarte. Si no eres nacionalista, eres nacionalista español. Si prosperas, eres un trepa; si no lo haces, un desgraciado. Las ONG son un negocio, la Iglesia otro, y la democracia, un mal menor.
En España, seas lo que seas, lo eres mal, o poco, o mucho. España es un país de excesos y escaseces, de losantos y carod-roviras, y, en medio, una gran masa indignada. En este país todos sabemos que los premios se encargan, que el amiguismo se mete en el currículum y que la verdad es reversible según el viento que sople.
España no es racista, pero los moros están todos medio locos. Aquí todos creemos en la libertad de opinión, pero hacen bien en ilegalizar esos partidos vascos que son ETA, porque son ETA, lo sabes, ¿no? En España tenemos un presidente que no sabe inglés, varios ministros que no saben castellano y una oposición que vuelve en una hora, disculpen las molestias. Tenemos hipotecas más largas que vidas, y banqueros que culpan a los ciudadanos por no vivir lo suficiente. Somos la octava potencia económica mundial y la primera en saber que eso importa un bledo.
España es un desastre de país, como seguramente lo son todos a su manera. Al menos nosotros estamos al tanto de ello. Porque, claro, hay que estar informado para poder atacar a ese idiota de ahí enfrente.

Pippa · 23rd February 2009, 04:29 AM

Y se ha olvidado de decir que la ultima coletilla de los españoles es
“Y me reservo los derechos que me corresponden para tomar medidas judiciales en contra de su actuación…”

asturiasjohn · 27th February 2009, 08:11 AM

I found this link to a PDF that has an 8 page summary of El Pais in english everyday.

http://www.elpais.com/misc/herald/herald.pdf

its good for cross referencing when you get stuck with translating.

22nd January 2009, 08:16 PM	#1
Eugene Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 57	looking for an above-average news site Could you recommend a Spanish-language web-site offering in-depth news, or (even better) essays on various topics ??? I sync my Palm with BBC Mundo, but I find nothing to read there. I guess something similar to WaPo or NYT would be fine. As for essays and varia, I think http://www.aldaily.com/ is very good (but it's in English ). Is there anything like that in Spanish??? Thank you.

22nd January 2009, 08:35 PM	#2
Ben Hero Forero Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,425	I think www.elpais.com is pretty classy! __________________ Notes in Spanish: Get The Best Free Spanish-Learning Conversations On The Net!

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alanorgiva Novato Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3	Also http://www.elmundo.es/ plenty of news there. Last edited by greytop; 21st February 2009 at 10:42 AM.

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Pippa GigaForero Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Lorenzo del Escorial Posts: 1,336	Y se ha olvidado de decir que la ultima coletilla de los españoles es “Y me reservo los derechos que me corresponden para tomar medidas judiciales en contra de su actuación…” Last edited by Pippa; 23rd February 2009 at 08:12 AM.

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22nd January 2009, 08:47 PM	#3
Eugene Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 57	Thanks, Ben ... I just browsed a few pages and it looks good. My impression from BBC Mundo was that it was a Google-translated English text, no spice at all ...

23rd January 2009, 12:00 AM	#4
Culebronchris Peino canas Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cartagena, Murcia Posts: 296	The Google news site is pretty remarkable. http://news.google.com/ You can set it up to pick up Spanish news in Spanish or whatever and it pulls feeds from all sorts of newspapers, websites and news agencies. Nearly every time the story is repeated from a variety of sources so you can choose your bias - take your news about ETA from ABC, El Pais, 20 Minutos or Gara.

23rd January 2009, 12:14 AM	#5
Eugene Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 57	Google News - yes - as a mega-source for the news. But I am mostly looking for a good Spanish and a familiar context (i. e. news I got from English sources before). Well, I plan to learn more about Spain gradually, too (I wasn't 100% sure what ETA means ... had to check )

23rd January 2009, 12:26 AM	#6
Kralizec Ací n'hi han dracs Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: P.Cat. Posts: 209	You might want to check menéame, it's the Spanish version of Digg (that is, links to news and articles in other sites, posted and commented by the community).

23rd January 2009, 12:48 AM	#7
Eugene Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 57	I see they have "sitios más votados", and www.elpais.com actually leads there. For news in English I do use lots of sources, but here I need to settle on a few good ones and start reading ...

23rd January 2009, 08:19 AM	#8
parubin el del espejo Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canary Islands / Spain Posts: 334	El País and El Mundo are both pretty good. Check on the house bloggers and you'll often find interesting stuff. Definately above average. Those are general news sites, if you want something more specific you may try be looking for something else : f.i. for economic press I like Expansión, Bolsa Cinco, and Invertia... If your interests lay somewhere else (sports, literature, music, travel) you'll be able to find some resources focused on those topics too.

23rd January 2009, 10:19 AM	#9
greytop Hero Forero Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pego, Spain Posts: 3,370	For a (complete?) listing of Spanish newspapers (and some in English) try this site For magazines etc listed by type, this one, although some may be subscription there is usually enough to gibe you an idea of what they are about. Happy reading!

23rd January 2009, 02:40 PM	#10
Eugene Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 57	creo que El Mundo me gusta (me gustara ??? me va a gustar .. ) también... De hecho, para mi, leer es bastante fácil, pero escribir es un tormento!

15th February 2009, 06:17 PM	#11
Domca Soy la leche Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kent, GB Posts: 23	http://www.cafebabel.com and http://www.20minutos.es as aswell as el pais are my favorites. cafe babel is a 'translator site' and so most articles are avalaiable in english, spanish, french, etc, so you can read in spanish and check in english..its really helpful 20minutos is like el pais, but easier to digest- as its a bit simpler, but still very good for vocab, and the videos are good for listening skills hope this helps

16th February 2009, 02:09 PM	#13
Alan Reynolds Forero Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 32	Gracias a todos por estos sitios. Ya conocí solo El Mundo y El Pais.

21st February 2009, 01:12 PM	#17
MrMark Convert to vinos Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London Posts: 317	This guy is interesting: http://spanish.martinvarsavsky.net/

27th February 2009, 08:11 AM	#20
asturiasjohn Super Forero Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 100	I found this link to a PDF that has an 8 page summary of El Pais in english everyday. http://www.elpais.com/misc/herald/herald.pdf its good for cross referencing when you get stuck with translating.