Our news sources 📰
Every NewsToons episode retells real reporting in words and pictures a child can follow. Each edition draws on its own country's news, and every fact is checked against the original report before it is drawn.
| Edition | Sources |
|---|---|
| Deutschland (Deutsch) 🇩🇪 | Deutsche Nachrichtenmedien (Tagesschau, ZDF, dpa) · also checked against ZDF heute, Spiegel Online, dpa · individual episodes drew on MDR, NDR (2026-10-17); Tagesschau (2026-10-06); WDR, NDR (2026-10-16); deutsche Nachrichtenmedien (Tagesschau, ZDF, dpa) (2026-08-04); tagesschau, NDR (2026-10-19); tagesschau, NDR & WDR (2026-10-22); tagesschau, NDR, SR & hr (2026-10-31); tagesschau, NDR, WDR & rbb (2026-10-21); tagesschau, SWR & NDR (2026-10-28); tagesschau, SWR, NDR (2026-10-20) |
| United States (English) 🇺🇸 | NBC Nightly News · individual episodes drew on Good News Network (2026-08-05); NBC News (2026-10-31) |
| Brasil (Português) 🇧🇷 | g1 (TV Globo) |
| Việt Nam (Tiếng Việt) 🇻🇳 | VnExpress |
| China (简体中文) 🇨🇳 | 新华社 (Xinhua) — 《新闻联播》 topic frame · individual episodes drew on Xinwen Lianbo (CCTV) (2026-10-31); Xinwen Lianbo (CCTV) & Xinhua (2026-10-22); Xinwen Lianbo (CCTV) and Xinhua (2026-10-16, 2026-10-17, 2026-10-19, 2026-10-20, 2026-10-21, 2026-10-28); 中国新闻社 (China News Service) (2026-08-06); 新华社 (Xinhua) (2026-08-04); 新华社 (Xinhua) — via 《新闻联播》 topic frame (2026-08-03) |
| Taiwan (繁體中文) 🇹🇼 | 公視新聞 (PTS News) · also checked against 台視, 中視, 華視 · individual episodes drew on PTS News (公視新聞) (2026-10-07, 2026-10-16, 2026-10-17, 2026-10-19, 2026-10-21, 2026-10-22, 2026-10-28, 2026-10-31); PTS News (公視新聞網 PNN) (2026-10-20) |
We name our sources in text, and never display their logos or brand marks: those belong to the newsrooms that earned them. NewsToons is an independent family project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of the organisations listed here.
Each episode also keeps a public record of exactly which articles it drew
on — see the sources.md file beside every episode in our
archive.