Preserving Documentary Video Records of the 1992 Election Cycle

FAIN: PT-50204-11

Media Burn (Chicago, IL 60642-5441)
Sara Louise Chapman (Project Director: June 2010 to March 2011)
Thomas Weinberg (Project Director: March 2011 to August 2012)

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Media Coverage

Chicago's Media Burn archive receives 'America's Treasures' federal grant (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Phil Rosenthal
Publication: Chicago Tribune
Date: 2/7/2011
Abstract: Article about our Save America's Treasures grant and our 1992 election collection.
URL: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/02/chicagos-media-burn-archive-receives-americas-treasures-federal-grant.html

Chicago's Media Burn Archive honored as 'American Treasure' (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Robert Feder
Publication: Time Out Chicago
Date: 2/7/2011
Abstract: Post about our Save America's Treasure grant and our 1992 election collection by Chicago's longtime media critic (formerly TV and radio critic for the Chicago Sun-Times), Robert Feder.
URL: http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/190943/chicago%E2%80%99s-media-burn-archive-honored-as-%E2%80%98american-treasure%E2%80%99

Associated Products

Guerrilla Television in the Digital Archive (Article)
Title: Guerrilla Television in the Digital Archive
Author: Sara Chapman
Abstract: A description of the ways in which digital archival and presentation technologies are allowing for unprecedented levels of access to previously unstudied independent video and television. Includes specific information on the ways in which Media Burn Archive is making content more accessible to researchers and "lessons learned" in creating online access.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jfilmvideo.64.1-2.issue-1-2
Primary URL Description: JSTOR link to Journal of Film and Video issue.
Access Model: Subscription only
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of Film and Video
Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Media Burn: What's in a Name? (Article)
Title: Media Burn: What's in a Name?
Author: Tom Weinberg
Abstract: Weinberg discusses the philosophical underpinnings of his career in video and television as precursors to his formation of the Media Burn Archive.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jfilmvideo.64.1-2.issue-1-2
Primary URL Description: JSTOR link to Journal of Film and Video issue.
Access Model: Subscription only
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of Film and Video
Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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