"We would like to build a 'DVD library' of good films about journalists and journalism. I would love to know what are your favorite ones." There were many responses to this request from Ana Estela de Sousa Pinto of Folha de S.Paulo. Here is a list of favorite films submitted to the Newscoach discussion list.

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Favorite Journalism Films

  • Take Me to the Movies - Using video and music to enhance training. Video can be used to achieve several purposes in a training program. You can use it to make a point, have fun, teach technique, stimulate discussion, simulate news, etc.
  • Want to write narrative? Think in movie mode We've been so programmed to write and think like journalists that often we're reluctant to remove our 'Press' hats and occasionally try a new approach. Adapt the amazing storytelling techniques of the movies to your narrative writing.

Favorite journalism films submitted to the Newscoach discussion list:

  • -30- aka Deadline Midnight
  • A Case of Libel
  • Absence of Malice
  • Ace in the Hole
  • All the President's Men
  • Blessed Event
  • Blood Diamonds
  • Broadcast News
  • Capote
  • Capturing the Friedmans
  • Citizen Kane
  • Continental Divide
  • Deadline USA
  • Fletch
  • Fletch Lives
  • Foreign Correspondent
  • Good Night and Good Luck
  • His Girl Friday
  • I Love Trouble
  • Inherit the Wind
  • Live from Baghdad
  • Meet John Doe
  • Network
  • Northside 777
  • Nothing Sacred
  • Salvador
  • Shattered Glass
  • Simone
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Switching Channels
  • Teacher's Pet
  • The Big Clock
  • The China Syndrome
  • The Insider
  • The Killing Fields
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • The Paper
  • The Pelican Brief
  • The Quiet American
  • The Shipping News
  • The Year of Living Dangerously
  • True Crime
  • Under Fire
  • Up Close and Personal
  • Winchell
  • Woman of the Year