Research Guides: Journalism: Broadcast Journalism

Broadcast Journalism

The following library resources can help you locate news clips, documentary journalism, and transcripts for TV and radio news.

Searching Broadcast Transcripts

You can search specifically for transcripts to radio and television news broadcasts using several different databases.

Using Factiva

Canadian content includes Le Canal Nouvelles, CBC, CTV National News (Toronto), Global Quebec, Global Toronto, and W-Five (CTV). Also includes transcripts from ABC, BBC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, FOX, NBC, and NPR, as well as many international channels.

Click on Source
Select Source Category: “By Type”
Scroll down to “Transcripts: All,” click the +
Select “Transcripts: Broadcast”

Using Canadian Newsstream

Includes CBC, CTV

Click “Advanced Search”
Under “Source Type” select “Other sources”

Streaming Video Available from the Library

The library provides access to several streaming services that include news and documentaries. For a more complete list of all our streaming services, visit the Communications Research Guide.

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Curio.ca includes news reports, documentaries, and archival material, as well as programs like The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, Doc Zone with Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Enquête with Alain Gravel. The portal has seven main subject categories – Arts, Business, Education, History and Geography, Health, Science, and Social Sciences.

Curio - News in Review is now available through Toronto Metropolitan's Curio subscription. Access Curio - News in Review.
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Canada’s public producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada creates interactive works, social-issue documentaries, auteur animation and alternative dramas that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. The collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films and fiction.
NFB showcase films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians: stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.

Toronto Metropolitan’s subscription to NFB education gives you access to 500 films not available to the general public.
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Kanopy is a streaming service that provides the platform to a host of educational video productions covering a wide range of subjects, from arts, humanities, health, business, education and more. The collection has over 800 video titles from various producers.
The majority of the videos are closed captioned and clip-making is allowed.
NOTE: after accessing Kanopy, you may see a "Create Your Account" page, which urges you to create a Kanopy account. A Kanopy account is not required to watch Kanopy videos and, unless you read and agree to the the terms and privacy policy, we recommend you do not create one. To proceed without creating an account, click the "skip" button (lower right-hand corner).

Online Sources for Broadcast Journalism

To locate clips of broadcast journalism online, try the following strategies:

Google: Using Google Advanced Search, you can limit your search results to a particular online news source. Enter the URL of the news source you would like to search under "site or domain" (for example, cbc.ca or globalnews.ca). Or from google.ca, include "site:" followed by the URL in your search. For example, you could search: "toronto metropolitan university" site:cbc.ca
YouTube: See the top news stories on YouTube from the Explore News section. When searching for news clips on YouTube, try searching a topic along with the broadcaster, for example "CTV," to sort out non-broadcast news content.
Other sources: Many broadcasters maintain clip archives, such as the CBC and NPR. For clips related to the United States government and pubic affairs, the C-SPAN video library has over thirty years worth of coverage available online.