Factiva
Global business news, archived and searchable — Dow Jones's newsroom for research.
At a Glance
- Publisher
- Dow Jones
- Coverage
33,000+ news and business sources including the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Reuters, and thousands of regional and trade titles, with deep archives (verify current counts).
- Access
Institutional subscription.
- Free alternative
- Google News, library news databases, Nexis Uni.
- Regional
Global business-news coverage in many languages.
Our Take
Factiva is the premier business-news database — its breadth (tens of thousands of sources, many licensed exclusives like the WSJ) and multilingual reach make it the standard for media analysis, company monitoring, and due diligence. Versus Nexis it’s often preferred for business and financial news specifically. The trade-offs are cost and a query language worth learning to tame the volume. For a research analyst, its de-duplication and company/industry coding speed large-scale monitoring. Use it for business-news research and media monitoring; learn the search operators to keep results clean.
Power Tips
- Learn the Factiva search operators and company/industry codes to filter large news sets.
- Use the de-duplication to cut wire-story repetition in media analysis.
- Set alerts on a company or topic for ongoing monitoring.
Alternatives & Complements
Nexis Uni, LSEG Workspace, Bloomberg Terminal, ProQuest
Figures last verified: June 15, 2026