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Communication Studies: Visual Culture (Cobb)

Current News & Issues

Historical Broadcasts, Newspapers & Magazines

  • AP Images About 800 photos per day feed into this photo archive moments after moving onto the AP's spot picture system. Over 3 million U.S. and international photos, from 1826 to present. Almost 200 per day are saved for all time, while others are archived for about one year. Also includes over 60,000 graphics, charts, and timelines.
  • Chicago Defender Available as part of the Black Studies Center. Currently available: full text of issues from 1935-1975.
  • Chicago Tribune (Historical) Searchable full-image articles and complete content from 1849 through the 1980's.
  • Los Angeles Times (Historical) Use this link to see searchable, full-image articles from the 19th century (1881) through the 21st century (up to a few years ago; a rolling end-date). For more recent articles, see Los Angeles Times (Today and Recent Years) .
  • New York Times (Historical) Use this link to see searchable, full-image articles from the 19th century (1851) through the 21st century (up to a few years ago; a rolling end-date). For more recent articles, see New York Times (Today and Recent Years) .
  • Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University) Includes 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. See "Important Note" on front page of website (NU affiliates have free access).
  • Wall Street Journal (Historical) Use this link to see searchable, full-image articles from the 19th century (1889) through about the 21st century (up to a few years ago; a rolling end-date). For more recent articles, see Wall Street Journal (Today and Recent Years) .
  • Washington Post (Historical) Use this link to see searchable, full-image articles from the 19th century (1877) through the 21st century (up to a few years ago; a rolling end-date). For more recent articles, see Washington Post (Today and Recent Years) .

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