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The Factiva database contains broadcast transcripts from news and other programs from major networks such as CBS, BBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, FOX, NPR and more. To search for transcripts:
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Katrina and Recovery on NPR
New and archived NPR broadcast news stories on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including government reports and additional information.

The OU Friends of the Libraries will hold its annual reception in honor of OU faculty and staff who have published or performed works in the previous year on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. If you have published a book, produced a film or other such work*, please let Diana Nichols know [...]

An online exhibit that may be of interest to Photojournalism and Visual Communication students:
Bound for Glory : America in Color, 1939-1943 : A Library of Congress Exhibition
“Collection of rarely-seen color photographs taken between 1939 and 1943
by the United States Farm Security Administration/Office of War
Information. The images depict rural and farm life, the mobilization of
workers for [...]

As you all probably know, I catalog new films acquired by the library. When a great title on a Communications topic comes across my desk, I’d like to share it with you. So here is the first installment of “Featured Film”:
Afghanistan Unveiled
“In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video [...]