I have spent quite a bit of time living in North America. These are the media sources I think are really worth your time amongst ton of junk that’s out there. Of course there is a lot more, but I really like these US and Canadian outlets:
Print
WSJ (worth paying for, but good free stuff too, especially on your cell)
NY Times (classic…)
Podcasts and Radio:
Fresh Air (good guests, uninterupted talk for most part)
Talk of the Nation (good program about current topics in the US)
Market Place (they talked before crisis of 2008/09 before anyone else did)
The Current (good program about current affairs from Canada’s CBC)
Q (good arts & culture program from Canada)
Car Talk (if you really like cars 🙂 and solving problems and having a laugh, maybe it’s just me but I like this one)
TV:
The National (probably the best nightly newscastin North America)
Frontline (some of the best docs anywhere)