LibGuides: Journalism (JOUR): Videos: View for Class

Videos: View These Documentary Films for Class

Breaking News, Breaking Down by Walter, Mike.
Call Number: PN 4797 .B74 2011 DVD
This film -- winner of the 2010 Cannes Independent Film Festival -- is a revealing look at how journalists continually go after breaking news, from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to Hurricane Katrina, never imagining how it can break them down.

Please borrow the DVD from the Media Tower at Mack Library.
The Paper by Matthews, Aaron.
Call Number: PN 4855 .P37 2007 DVD
By chronicling for a year the publication of Penn State University's "Daily Collegian" -- one of the nation's leading student newspapers, with a 200-person staff and a circulation rivaling that of many small-town newspapers -- this documentary reveals the many challenges and issues with which young journalists must contend. These range from ethical considerations, sensitizing reporters and editors to diversity issues, and dealing with circulation woes, to struggling for access to news sources and, above all, trying to determine whether they should be informing or entertaining their readers.

Please borrow the DVD from the Media Tower at Mack Library.

Tribe of His Own: The Journalism of P. Sainath This link opens in a new window
At a time when government propaganda and corporate spin are increasingly presented as fact, and a handful of corporations control the news, "A Tribe of His Own: The Journalism of P. Sainath" reminds us what news media can be. The film examines the article Sainath wrote for the "Times of India," detailing living conditions in the ten poorest districts of the country.