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Journalism 201A: News Writing and Reporting (Wilson): Local Background

This guide is for Instructor Wilson's Journalism 201A class. It covers finding local and national information, as well as finding information at Cuesta.

SLO Chamber of Commerce

2017 Community Economic Profile
This economic profile published by the SLO Chamber of Commerce has statistical information for SLO County. You will find information related to demographics, labor, and education.

U.S. Census Bureau

SLO County Demographics
Visit this link for demographic information for SLO County.

SLO County Public Libraries

San Luis Obispo County Libraries
For an older article(s) from a local newspaper, the San Luis Obispo branch library has some copies of local newspapers on microfilm.

Call the reference desk for more information at

(805) 781-5989.

NewsBank

Use this database to search for local, regional, and national news articles.

Note: The SLO Tribune is available from 2001-present.

NewsBank: Access World News
NewsBank provides access to local, regional, and national newspaper articles. This is a great resource if you are looking for articles about local news in the Tribune.