For me the local paper is a no-no.
It's too much like going for known players.
For me the okay sources to add players to your shortlist:
- Scouting
- Players who are mentioned in the (CM!) news
- Opposition players who are doing well against you
- Looking at the ranking lists of your league for players with most goals/less conceded/best rating since those rankings do exist in RL for practicly every league
Besides that: browsing the local paper wouldn't help me a tiny bit since I'm playing with the random players option...
.. and playing at the moment in the year 2016..