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CBS Evening News: Dan Rather view detail comment email this

Biography of CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, with highlights from his career at CBS. Discusses major stories he has covered, books he has authored, and his contributions to CBS news programs back to 1962 when he joined the network.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/25/eveningnews/main502026.shtml
Topics: Media, News, Notable People, Recreation, Television
Last updated Dec 1, 2004


CBS Ousts 4 for Bush Guard Story view detail comment email this

January 2005 article about how "four CBS News employees ... have been ousted for their role in preparing and reporting a disputed story about President Bush's National Guard service [in a "60 Minutes Wednesday" program]. The action was prompted by the report of an independent panel that concluded that CBS News failed to follow basic journalistic principles." Includes links to the report and the official CBS News reaction and actions taken. Includes video clips.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/11/national/main666059.shtml?CMP=
Topics: Communications, Ethics, Media, News, Recreation, Television
Last updated Jan 12, 2005


CNN Special Reports view detail comment email this

Handy access to special reports published by CNN. Topic areas include politics, business, science and technology, law, sports, travel, and entertainment. Features an archive browsable by year, which also functions as a historical timeline for major events.
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
Topics: News, Television
Last updated Jul 21, 2005


EuroNews view detail comment email this

"EuroNews is Europe's [television] news channel covering world news from a European perspective in a choice of seven languages. EuroNews broadcasts simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish." The site provides video clips of recent stories in the areas of general news, business, sports, entertainment, technology, and more. Also provides weather information. Not searchable.
http://www.euronews.net/
Topics: Media, News, Recreation, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Television
Last updated Nov 21, 2006


Links to the News: Dan Rather Timeline and Resources view detail comment email this

Timeline of career highlights for CBS News anchor Dan Rather. Includes a bibliography of books by Rather, and links to related Web sites and news stories about Rather's career and his retirement announcement. Compiled by Poynter Institute library director David Shedden.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=74795
Topics: Media, News, Notable People, Recreation, Television
Last updated Dec 1, 2004


Local TV News Media Project view detail comment email this

This database was designed to assist analysis of "local television news content and its impact on the public's perception of their world." Find over "10,600 individually digitized stories from over 600 broadcasts of 61 stations in twenty local television markets around the country during the spring of 1998." Search by topic, story type, market, station and date of broadcast. Includes related articles and links. From the University of Delaware.
http://www.localtvnews.org/
Topics: News, Television
Last updated Oct 16, 2005


NewsDirectory view detail comment email this

A comprehensive guide to the world's English-language online media. Currently over 8,000 newspapers and magazines are listed, as well as more than 1,000 U.S. television broadcasters. Searchable. Newspapers are also browsable geographically (including by U.S. state, zip code, and city) and magazines geographically and by subject. Also has a list of newspapers with searchable archives and links to all the organizations that provide breaking news. Formerly Ecola Newsstand.
http://www.newsdirectory.com/
Topics: Media, News, Newspapers, Recreation, Television
Last updated Jun 17, 2003


The NewsHour's 30th Anniversary view detail comment email this

Special feature from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Online NewsHour celebrating its 30th anniversary (October 2005). Features a timeline for the show (which began as the Robert MacNeil Report in 1975), reflections from MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, and stories that revisit people and communities reported in the program (such as immigration, the steel industry, Silicon Valley and the dot-com boom, and NAFTA).
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/30/
Topics: News
Last updated Oct 25, 2005


Online NewsHour Video Search view detail comment email this

Search transcripts of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" program video segments, then view the videos of the stories. Also browsable by category.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/
Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, News, Television
Last updated Sep 11, 2003


WWLTV view detail comment email this

Live local news in New Orleans, including articles, a blog, and continuous Internet television coverage, from WWLTV, a television station. Find a broad range of news and information related to Hurricane Katrina, including road closures, school status, health tips, emergency information, locators for missing people, and more.
http://www.wwltv.com/
Topics: Hurricane Katrina, News, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Sep 14, 2005





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