Guides: Communication Research Guide: News and Journalism

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Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.

Center for Public Integrity
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world.
Investigative Reporters and Editors
A grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting.
Free Press
A national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates.
Pew Research Center - News Habits & Media
Pew's data and reports about media use and other statistics.
The Journalist’s Resource
A project of Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center, The Journalist’s Resource curates, summarizes and contextualizes high-quality research on newsy public policy topics. The Journalist’s Resource bridges the gap between academia and journalism, informing the news by empowering journalists to rely on academic research throughout every step of the reporting and editing process.

Access World News
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local news sources.

Associated Press
For over 175 years the Associated Press (AP) has worked to report news globally. AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.

Wall Street Journal
This full-text database has all feature articles and business notices from 1984 to the present. It is updated at the end of each business day. Stock and bond tables are not included. Advanced Search allows you to look up industry codes, product names, and other fields. NOTE: If you have difficulty accessing WSJ through IE 10, please try accessing through another browser (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).
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Washington Post
Full-text of the print edition of the Washington Post via Newspaper Source Plus database covering 2003-present.
New York Times
Full-text access to the print edition of the New York Times via the Gale family of databases covering 1985 - present.