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Abbreviations Master List

NYT = New York Times

WSJ = Wall Street Journal

WaPo = Washington Post

CS Monitor = Christian Science Monitor

LA Times = Los Angeles Times

Chronicle of Higher Ed = Chronicle of Higher Education

We also typically use the suffix "News" when dealing with the subdepartment of a much larger entity, as in "ABC News" or "BBC News." However, if the organization is already a dedicated news channel or website, we omit "News," as in CNN, MSNBC, etc.