LibGuides: Journalism (JOUR): Videos

Audiovisual Materials

Audiovisual materials are located in the Library's Media Tower, and may be borrowed with your student I.D. card for one week. Videos and DVDs may also be viewed on flat screen monitors located in the Media Tower study rooms.

All the President's Men by Alan J. Pakula (director)
Call Number: E 840 .B47 A4 2006 Media Tower
ISBN: B00407PNX8
Publication Date: Original release 1976; DVD 2006
FICTION / Based on the true story of how Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein discovered the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up, which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Most Dangerous Man in America by J. Ehrlich & R. Goldsmith (directors)
Call Number: DS 558 .E44 M67 2009 Media Tower
ISBN: B00329PYGQ
Publication Date: 2009
DOCUMENTARY / In 1971, the New York Times published classified documents -- the so-called "Pentagon Papers" -- that revealed the White House had been lying to the public about the Vietnam War.
Murdoch's Scandal by Neil Docherty (director)
Call Number: PN 4734.5 .N48 M87 2012
ISBN: B007IUEDXK
Publication Date: 2012
DOCUMENTARY / This episode of the television series "Frontline" examines the future of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch's reputation, and his family's fortune, in the wake of allegations of journalistic misconduct.
The Post by Steven Spielberg (director)
Call Number: PN 1995.9 .J6 P6 2018 Media Tower
ISBN: B078952HWQ
Publication Date: Original release 2017; DVD 2018
FICTION / Based on the true story of the Washington Post's decision to publish the "Pentagon Papers" -- classified documents about the Vietnam War -- despite being scooped on the story by the New York Times.
Shattered Glass by Billy Ray (director)
Call Number: PN 4888 .C6 S52 2004 Media Tower
ISBN: B0001907AI
Publication Date: Original release 2003; DVD 2004
FICTION / Based on the true story of a reporter at New Republic magazine, whose promising career was cut short when many of his stories were found to have been faked.
Spotlight by Tom McCarthy (director)
Call Number: PN 1995.9 .J6 S6 2016 Media Tower
ISBN: B019NB5GZU
Publication Date: Original release 2015; DVD 2016
FICTION / Based on the true story of how investigative journalists at the Boston Globe uncovered years of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

Online Videos

A variety of films may be viewed online through the Films on Demand database. If you are using a database from off-campus, you will be asked to log in with the same username and password that you use to enter your "Student Workday" account. Watch the programs listed here by clicking on each title, or search the database to find videos on your choice of topics.