I now propose to review Websites that explore Watergate, an important even in journalism history. There are several sites that are rich with material and worthy, I think, of analysis:
1) Watergate.info is an educational site created by an Australian political science professor. It contains historical analysis, timelines, audio tapes, and even links to T-shirt sales.
2) The Washington Post’s “Revisiting Watergate” site is not surprisingly focused on their important role in this historic event. It too includes links to important White House tapes, an archive of their news stories on Watergate, collections of images, and video of their top personalities looking back at Watergate.
3) Watergate.com, “The Nixon Era Times: The Official Publication of the Nixon Era Center at Mountain State University” (Beckley, WV.) which appears to support a G. Gordon Liddy/anti-Washington Post perspective on Watergate.
4) Illusion and Delusion: The Watergate Decade at the Musarium, formerly Journal E, which has a series of photographs with short text.
5) CNN/Time Magazine’s look back at Watergate.
Yet, interestingly, one of the most extensive Websites to cover Journalism History, the Newseum, only mentions Watergate in passing, never really focusing on this crucial development, despite much “cyber-exhibits” about Kennedy’s assassination, D-Day, 9/11, the Berlin Wall, the Shuttle Columbia, events that may be less about journalism and more about history.
I selected this focus after looking for generic “Journalism History” Websites and found they were too scarce, and what was there was too one-dimensional or simply not historically focused. As per the professor’s suggestion, I narrowed it down to one journalism event with historical significance. This replaces my earlier proposal to review history syllabi, as they were too shallow; not enough to really review there.