Broadcast Journalism

Many sites below offer online audio and/or video content. Visit the Real.com web site to download free software and for a comprehensive listing of sites offering RealAudio broadcasts.

Archives/Transcript Sources

Vanderbilt Television News Archive has been videotaping the evening network news from 1968 to the present, and also videotapes special reports programming. Abstracts of the broadcasts can be searched, and tapes can be copied or compiled and loaned for researchers for a fee.

Library of American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland, College Park, contains primary source material related to the history of broadcasting in the United States, including papers of broadcasting pioneers, broadcast transcripts, film and video collections, and other materials. The web site contains a catalog that is searchable by keyword.

National Public Broadcasting Archives, at the University of Maryland, College Park, brings together the archival record of major entities of non-commercial broadcasting in the United States, as well as the personal papers of many contributors to public broadcasting.

FOOTAGE.net, a centralized commercial source for stock footage from both news and non-news sources, also includes the article, "Archival Survival", a guide to using film and stock footage archives.

Internet Guides

Broadcast News and Radio Resource Guides from about.com

Reference Sources

Broadcast communications dictionary(1989): New York: Greenwood Press.; Lehman PN1990.4 .D5 1989
MacDonald, R. H. (1987) Broadcast news manual of style: New York: Longman.; Lehman PN4784.B75 M24
Broadcasting and cable yearbook, v.1 & 2: New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker; Journalism Reference HE8689 .B77211 Latest volume only; Lehman HE8689 .B77211 1996-
Murray, Michael D. (1999) Encyclopedia of television news.: Journalism Reference PN4888.T4 E53 1999; Also available via CLIO as an E-Book.
Gale directory of publications and broadcast media: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research; Business Library Reference, Butler Reference Z6951 .I421; (also available via LibraryWeb link above)
Bognár, Desi. (1995) International dictionary of broadcasting and film: Boston : Focal Press; BUTLER REFERENCE R English Technical B63; LEHMAN PN1990.4 .B64 1995
International handbook of broadcasting systems (1988): New York : Greenwood Press; Lehman, Business HE8689.6 .I54 1988

Telecommunications

Educause: Educause is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology
Federal Communications Commission: The Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal regulatory agency responsible directly to Congress. Established by the Communications Act of l934, it is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. Downloadable files are available here including the FCC's Daily Digest.
National Association of Broadcasters: Access to NAB's member services, legislative and regulatory information, convention and meeting updates, NAB's weekly newsletter ON-LINE@NAB, and a telecommunications library.
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration: An agency of the U.S.Department of Commerce, is the President's voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information policy-making. This site provides extensive information about the National Information Infrastructure.
Radiospace: Commercial and not-for-profit radio related services, with links to downloadable audio files, news and other resources.

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