North Carolina Media & Archives

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See Finding North Carolina News for current information on finding newspaper articles written in North Carolina, including the Daily Tar Heel.

General News & Photography

• America's Newspapers offers full-text of over 30 NC newspapers, including:
  • The Asheville Citizen-Times (1999-present)
  • The Chapel Hill Herald (1995-present)
  • The Chapel Hill News (2000-present)
  • The Charlotte Observer (1985-present)
  • The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City) (2002-present)
  • The Daily Reflector (Greenville, NC) (1999-present)
  • The Durham Herald Sun (1995-present)
  • The Fayetteville Observer (1988-present)
  • The Greensboro News and Record (1990-present)
  • The Raleigh News & Observer (1990-present)
  • The Rocky Mount Telegram (2002-present)
  • The Star News (Wilmington) (2002-present)
  • The Winston Salem Journal (1997-present)
• AP Photo Archive photos from the Associated Press
• More news resources find newspaper articles from databases (search engines for news)

• Most databases offer articles published from the late 1990s to present. Online access to articles published prior to 1990 is unusual.
• Not all articles in print and broadcast editions are are available. Notably,
• Most articles are text only. Graphs, charts, and photographs may be included as text but not displayed as images.
• Not all articles are available online. Articles excluded from electronic archives include articles written by freelancers (as a result of Tasini v. The New York Times), some tabular data, syndicated columns, and many wire service reports.
• Some North Carolina newspapers may be listed on more than one database and may have different coverage dates.

N.C. Newspapers' Data (2002)

• North Carolina Newspapers by City (2002)
• North Carolina Newspapers in Alpha Order (2002)
• North Carolina Newspapers by Circulation (2002)

Wire Service Archives

LexisNexis Academic 

• Click the "TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts" check box (and uncheck the default "Major U.S. and World Publications" box)
• Enter your search terms and date range (optional; default is prior 2 years).

Coverage includes:

• The Associated Press (Jan. 1977 -)
• The Associated Press WorldStream (Oct. 1993 -)
• PR Newswire (Jan. 1980 -)
• Sports Networks  (Feb. 1994 -)
• UPI (business, news & sports) (Sept. 1980 -)

North Carolina Magazines' Archives

• Carolina Scene/Magazine: "the people, the places and the events of the Carolinas"
• NCNatural, North Carolina Living 'Zine
• Triangle Business Journal (searchable archives on the web reach back to 1997)
• Business North Carolina 
• Metro Magazine: From the Triangle to the Coast

Radio Archives (selected)

• North Carolina News Network News Archive includes the current and previous days' audio clips
• National Public Radio Archives (searchable by key word back to late 1990s)
• WUNC-FM

Television News Archives

Selected TV script transcripts for national news programs are available online. Content and time varies considerably.

• LexisNexis Academic 
  • Click the "TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts" check box (and uncheck the default "Major U.S. and World Publications" box)
  • Enter your search terms and date range (optional; default is prior 2 years).
  • List of included news transcripts
• Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
  • Under the big green bar, select Transcripts from the "Publication Type" pulldown
  • Enter your search terms and date range (optional).

ABC-TV

• Asheville: WLOS ... Charlotte: WSOC ... Durham: WTVD ... New Bern: WCTI
• Winston-Salem/High Point/ WXLV

CBS-TV

• Charlotte: WBTV3 ... Greensboro: WFMY ... Greenville WNCT
• Raleigh: WRAL

Fox-TV

• Charlotte: WCCB ... Greensboro: WGHP Fox8 ... Raleigh: WRAZ Fox50

NBC-TV

• Charlotte: WCNC-TV ... Raleigh: WNCN-TV ... Wilmington: WECT
• Winston-Salem: WXII

PBS

• Research Triangle Park: UNC-TV

DIRECTORIES FOR N. C. MEDIA

All Media

• Bacon's Directories include various media types, all arranged geographically. They are available at the Park Library and at the Davis Library (links below go to the catalog record, which indicates the call number). Media types include:
  • Magazines and newsletters
  • Newspapers
  • Radio
  • Televison
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media includes a section on N.C. media: newspapers, magazines, and broadcast stations. Located in the Park Library and Davis Library.

Newspapers

In addition to Bacon's Newspaper Directory and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media:

• Editor & Publisher International Yearbook includes a section on N.C. daily and weekly papers. Located in the Park Library and Davis Library.
• List of North Carolina Black Press (historical and current)
• North Carolina Newspaper Directory includes N.C. daily and community newspapers that are members of the North Carolina Press Association. Located in the Park Library and the University's North Carolina Collection.

Television & Cable

In addition to Bacon's TV/Cable Directory and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media:

• Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook includes geographical sections for television, cable and radio stations. Located in the Park Library and Davis Library.
• Radio-Television News Directors Association

Radio

In addition to Bacon's Radio Directory and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media:

• Radio-Television News Directors Association