2023 Film, Journalism and Media Production subject guide

Content

Skills and careers

LinkedIn Learning
An online subscription library that teaches the latest software, creative, and business skills through high-quality instructional videos.

Journalism

Broadcast
Television and radio news, comment, jobs, data and analysis. Contact askalibrarian@worc.ac.uk for the username and password
Guardian Media
Journalism.co.uk
Top stories, news and jobs from the world of journalism
News Media Association
The voice of national, regional and local newsbrands
Press Gazette
All the latest media news, articles and jobs.
Reuters Publications
Downloadable reports from Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Design

a-n Artists' Network
News, reviews and insights in the visual arts
Design Council
News and articles from the design community
Design Museum online archive
Images and information about key designers
Digital Bodleian
Online exhibitions: everything from Tory party election posters to the Oxfam archive
Font Squirrel
Search engine for a large range of free fonts
Unsplash
Good quality images freely available for non-commercial use
Visual Arts Data Service
Posters, arts and crafts, fashion, typography and graphic design

Film and screen

BAFTA Guru
Careers advice in film, TV and games
BBC Writers' Room
Championing new writing talent in the UK
Filmmaker Magazine
The magazine of independent film
Hollywood Reporter
The latest in Hollywood and entertainment news, movie reviews and industry info
Radio Today
News, articles and podcasts from the radio industry
Shooting People
The independent filmmakers’ network.
Televisual
Magazine for the UK broadcast and production community
Variety
Coverage of show-business daily. Offers headlines, statistics, and reviews, columnists, box office charts and production charts.
Video Collective
Jobs, career guides and resources for freelance filmmakers.

Companies and market research

FAME
Company data in the UK and Ireland: compile detailed analysis industries. Find out more about FAME: watch our short video on YouTube.
Mintel
Market research, data and impacts. Useful for designers looking at audiences and trends

Journals and news

Our Browzine collection offers a great visual way to browse journals in your area, build your own bookcases, save links to articles, and explore special issues and articles in press. Here is a link to the journals categorised under Film and Media Studies and Communication and Journalism

Current news

ProQuest Newsstreams contain full-text newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites from around the world. Watch the how-to video before you start searching.

European Newsstream
Europe, including UK
International Newsstream
World, excluding US and Canada
US Newsstream
US and Canada

Worcester News Archive
Worcestershire County Council: PressReader
Digital newspapers and magazines

Historic sources and research

BBC Rewind
Thousands of BBC archive films reflecting life around the UK
Britain on Film (BFI)
1,000s of beautifully preserved films, capturing 120 years of Britain on Film
British Pathe
The finest newsreel archive in the world.
Digital Bodleian
Online exhibitions: everything from Tory party election posters to the Oxfam archive

Gale Primary Sources
Search all our historic British Library Newspapers in one go

Internet Archive: Movies
Download or listen to free movies, films, and videos
Local museums in England
Specialist collections of art, archaeology and history to inspire you
Museums in the UK
National collections of art, archaeology and history to inspire you
Official UK Chart Number 1s
What was number 1, when?
Radio Times 1923-2009
BBC listings information from 1923-2009.
Time and date
Was the 24th March 2007 a Tuesday? Check here.

Times Digital Archive
The Times newspaper from 1785-2019. To log in type R + your student/staff card number (above the barcode on your card).You may need to add zeros after your student/staff number to make 9 characters in total, including the R. Access provided courtesy of The Hive partnership with Worcestershire County Council.

Wayback Machine
Archived webpages. Great for research into recent history.

Design

Design Museum online archive
Images and information about key designers
Font Squirrel
Search engine for a large range of free fonts
Unsplash
Good quality images freely available for non-commercial use
Visual Arts Data Service
Posters, arts and crafts, fashion, typography and graphic design

Current TV, radio, film and SFX

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Freeview TV and radio from 2001, plus the BBC Archive. Watch previously broadcast programmes and record future ones.
Watch our short guide here.
Kanopy
Film streaming service. Browse categories or search for specific titles

JustWatch
Movie search engine- find out which streaming service has the film you need
BBC SFX Archive
Thousands of BBC Sound Effects in WAV format

Scripts

Awesome Film
Movie scripts to download
BBC Writers' Room
Selected BBC TV and radio scripts
Daily Script
Film and TV. Includes drafts of scripts where available
Go into the Story
More downloadable film scripts
Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
The world's largest movie script resource
Screenplays for You
Script Lab
Particularly good for recent scripts
Scripts on Screen
Movie script search engine
Simply Scripts
Film, TV, radio, anime and unproduced scripts

Contact

Tom Mandall

Academic Liaison Librarian
Email Tom

Jo Dunn

Academic Liaison Librarian
Email Jo

Sarah Purcell

Academic Liaison Librarian
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2023 Film, Journalism and Media Production subject guide

Content

Film, Journalism and Media Production subject guide

Skills and careers

Skills and careers

Journalism

Design

Film and screen

Companies and market research

Journals and news

Journals and news

Current news

Historic sources and research

Historic sources and research

Design

Design

Current TV, radio, film and SFX

Current TV, radio, film and SFX

Scripts

Scripts

Contact

Contact

Tom Mandall

Tom Mandall

Jo Dunn

Jo Dunn

Sarah Purcell

Sarah Purcell

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