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News Coverage
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 11 September: Five Years On 
 Collection of news stories and analysis from 2006 relating to the five-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Features stories by leading commentators "about how the world has changed since 11 September," photos, and graphs showing statistics about how America is changed in areas of defense, air travel, presidential approval rating, anti-Islamic hate crimes reported, and newspaper articles mentioning Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2006/11_september_five_years_on/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 18, 2006 The 9-11 Commission: An Audio Chronicle
Collection of National Public Radio (NPR) news stories on the 2004 hearings of the independent commission created to investigate the government's response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Includes commentary on National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony, a copy of the declassified government memo known as the "Bin Laden Brief," and audio files of NPR shows related to the hearings. http://www.npr.org/911hearings/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 20, 2006 9.11 Moments
Dozens of short videos from independent producers that "capture timely and heartfelt reactions to the tragedy that shook the world." One film clip features pundit Molly Ivins reminding viewers, "the first duty of every citizen is to keep his mouth open." Includes producer biographies and program synopses. From Independent Television Service. http://www.itvs.org/9.11/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 17, 2005 9/11 Tapes
One of several news sites offering the unedited audiotapes "of emergency personnel's two-way radio traffic from the World Trade Center response on Sept. 11, 2001." Also find "written memories of the first responders." From MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8926416/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 16, 2006 Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
This page links to alternative news and commentary, petitions, and information on anti-war activities throughout the United States. Provided by the International Responsibilities Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Roundtable of the American Library Association. http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/Alternative.html Topics: News, September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism Last updated Aug 17, 2005 America Transformed: NPR Coverage Sept. 11 - Oct. 8, 2001
An archive of National Public Radio coverage in the weeks immediately following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Includes articles, images, essays, audio, and other resources, "indexed by show with the most recent audio listed first." http://www.npr.org/news/specials/americatransformed/ Topics: Media, September 11 & Beyond, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 17, 2005 The Center of the World: New York: A Documentary Film
This companion to a television program about the history of the World Trade Center offers discussions, a timeline, maps of lower Manhattan, key events and people, a teacher's guide, program transcripts, and a brief but well-chosen list of related links. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 3, 2003 Days of Infamy: December 7 and 9/11
This site compares and contrasts two very similar projects separated by 60 years: audio interviews with "ordinary Americans," made in the days immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Find interviews and transcripts, and discussions with "prominent, thoughtful Americans who've lived through both attacks," such as musician Pete Seeger and U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. A co-production of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and American RadioWorks. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/daysofinfamy/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond, U.S. History By Place, World War II Last updated Sep 6, 2006 Face to Face: Stories From the Aftermath of Infamy
This site uses video, audio, and reader commentary to connect the experiences of Japanese Americans in the early 1940s with those of Arab and Muslim Americans in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Includes a glossary, classroom materials, fact sheets, and related links. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). http://www.itvs.org/facetoface/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, United States History, World War II Last updated Aug 18, 2005 Internet Archive Wayback Machine
An archive of billions of Web pages, with new sites and new versions of sites added regularly. In addition to special audio and video sections, the Wayback Machine offers special collections on topics such as September 11, the general election of 2000, pioneers of the Internet, Hurricane Katrina, and the United States government. http://www.archive.org/ Topics: Internet, Libraries & Archives by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Jan 26, 2006 Links to the News: September 11, 2001 Resources
Compilation of links to online resources about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Includes news coverage, government pages, sources for the 9/11 Commission Report (2004), and more. From PoynterOnline, the website for the Poynter Institute. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=3401 Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 17, 2009 The Memory Hole: 9/11 Transcripts and Police Reports
"The Memory Hole has obtained 9/11 documents previously withheld by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. These transcripts of phone calls and radio transmissions, and copies of police reports, were finally released under a federal order resulting from a lawsuit brought by the New York Times." Includes transcripts of transmissions from LaGuardia Airport, Newark Airport, and police reports. From the author of several books on disinformation. http://www.thememoryhole.org/911/pa-transcripts/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 24, 2005 PBS: America Responds
This site from the Public Broadcasting Service "is a snapshot of PBS's coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This Web site was maintained in the months immediately following the attacks, and now serves as an archive of related resources, analysis and discussion from that moment in time." Includes interviews, transcripts, audio, video, essays, and more. http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/ Topics: News, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 11, 2003 The Rolling Requiem
The website about the "rolling requiem," when choruses from around the world sang Mozart's "Requiem" in honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Provides audio/video files of performances and personal accounts of participants. From members of the Seattle Symphony Chorale. http://www.rollingrequiem.org/previous/public_html/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 18, 2006 September 11, 2001 Newspaper Archive
A searchable archive of thousands of newspapers articles about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Also includes a timeline about the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a brief history, and links to related sites. Some newspaper articles in this archive are fee-based. http://www.september11archive.com/Home.aspx Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Jul 28, 2008 The September 11 Digital Archive
This project's goals are to "collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses." The site is a collection of first-hand accounts of the events and the aftermath, "collecting and archiving emails and digital images growing out of these events, organizing and annotating the most important web-based resources on the subject, and developing materials to contextualize and teach about the events." http://911digitalarchive.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 10, 2005 September 11th Remembered
Dozens of cartoonists are represented in this poignant "collection of the best cartoons drawn in the aftermath of the attacks" on September 11, 2001. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoon Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/9-11Anniversary2003/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 30, 2006 Understanding America After 9/11: A Public Radio Collaboration
Text and audio transcripts of radio programs related to the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, broadcast on public radio stations nationwide September 3 through September 10, 2002. A collaboration "comprised of the collective work of public radio stations, producers and networks around the world." http://understandingamerica.publicradio.org/ Topics: Media, September 11 & Beyond, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 18, 2005 Voices of Reflection: NPR Special Coverage
A site that points to radio coverage for National Public Radio (NPR) stories that marked the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Includes links to news, personal narratives, slide shows, a poem by NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, and the "Sonic Memorial Project," "a collection of radio stories and sound chronicling the life and history of the [World Trade Center] and its neighborhood." http://www.npr.org/news/specials/091102reflections/ Topics: Archives, Holidays and Observances Individually, Media, September 11 & Beyond, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 17, 2005 The War of Ideas: September 11 -- Five Years On
2006 news and analysis from an Australian perspective about the aftermath in the Middle East of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Includes articles, narrated slideshows, and sound clips relating to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestinian territories. From the Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/pmg/start.html Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 28, 2006 |
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