Deborah Potter papers

Deborah Potter papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Deborah Potter papers
Creator: Potter, Deborah (Deborah A.)
Inclusive Dates: 1976-1994
Language(s): English
Extent: 7 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4478
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Deborah Potter is a veteran reporter and journalism trainer who spent 16 years as a network correspondent for CBS News and CNN. She founded NewsLab, a non-profit resource for journalists, in 1998. Before joining CBS, Potter was a radio news anchor at KYW in Philadelphia and a local TV news producer in Washington, D.C. For more than a decade, she was a contributing correspondent to the PBS program "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly." Potter leads workshops for journalists in newsrooms across the United States and around the world on writing, social media, digital journalism and ethics. She has served as visiting faculty at the University of Montana and the University of Arkansas. Potter is a former faculty associate at the Poynter Institute and is the author of the "Handbook of Independent Journalism." She has a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA from American University.

Scope and Content

This collection includes reporter's notebooks, news scripts, artifacts, and administrative files.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Deborah Potter papers, ms4478, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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1Reporter's notebooks - Voice of America, 1976
 
1Reporter's notebook - WMAL, Mandel, 1977
 
1Reporter's notebooks - CBS News, 1980-1984
 
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2Reporter's notebooks - CBS News, 1984-1987
 
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3Reporter's notebooks - CBS News, 1987-1991
 
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4Reporter's notebooks - CBS News, 1991-1994
 
4Reporter's notebooks - CNN, 1994
 
4CBS News Campaign Directory, 1988
 
4Press badges
 
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51Scripts - Voice of America, 1976
 
52Scripts - Wife abuse - KYW, 1978
 
53Scripts - New York notes - Story coverage, 1979
 
54Scripts - What's Happening, 1980
 
55Scripts - Religion, 1980
 
56Scripts - Newsmark - Inflation, 1980
 
57Scripts - Iran - Special, 1980 April
 
58Scripts - Chicago, 1980
 
59Scripts - Campaign, 1980
 
510Scripts - CBS Radio - Campaign '80, 1980
 
511Scripts - Convention, 1980
 
512Scripts - Democratic Convention, 1980
 
513Scripts - GOP Convention, 1980
 
514Scripts - Capital Hill, 1981-1982
 
515Scripts - State, 1981-1982
 
516Scripts - Hostage return, 1981 January 23-30
 
517Scripts - White House, 1981
 
518Script - Shooting of the Pope, 1981 May
 
519Scripts - Falklands, 1982
 
520Scripts - White House, 1982 January-September
 
521Scripts, 1982 October-December
 
522Scripts - Miscellaneous, 1982
 
523Scripts, 1983 January-April
 
524Scripts, 1983 May-July
 
525Scripts - Williamsburg summit, 1983
 
526Scripts, 1983 September-August
 
527Scripts, 1983 October-December
 
528Scripts, 1984 January-April
 
529Scripts - China, 1984 April
 
530Scripts, 1984 May-July
 
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61Scripts, 1984 August-September
 
62Scripts, 1984 October-December
 
63Campaign scripts, 1984
 
64Scripts - News conferences, 1984
 
65Scripts, 1985 January-March
 
66Scripts, 1985 April-June
 
67Scripts, 1985 July-December
 
68Scripts, 1986 January-March
 
69Scripts, 1986 April-August
 
610Scripts - Iran Contra, 1986
 
611Scripts, 1987 February-August
 
612Scripts, 1987 September-December
 
613Scripts - Iran Contra, 1987
 
614Scripts, 1988 January-April
 
615Scripts, 1988 May-August
 
616Scripts, 1988 September-December
 
617Scripts - Bentsen, 1988
 
618Scripts, 1989 January-April
 
619Scripts, 1989 May-June
 
620Scripts, 1989 November - 1990 May
 
621Scripts, 1990 June-September
 
622Scripts, 1990 October-December
 
623Scripts - Electromagnetic fields, 1990
 
624Scripts - 48 Hours, 1990
 
625Scripts - Nightwatch, 1991
 
626Scripts - Nightwatch - Program logs, 1991
 
627Scripts, 1991 January-March
 
628Scripts, 1991 June-July
 
629Scripts, 1991 August-September
 
630Scripts, 1991 October-November
 
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71Scripts, 1991 December- 1992 February
 
72Scripts - Political, 1992 January-March
 
73Scripts, 1992 April-June
 
74Scripts, 1992 July-November
 
75Scripts - Political, 1992 May-October
 
76Scripts - Political, 1992 November-December
 
77Scripts, 1993 January-May
 
78Scripts, 1993 June-August
 
79Scripts, 1993 September-December
 
710Scripts, 1994 January-March
 
711Scripts, 1994 April-July
 
712Scripts - Various
 
713Scripts - Various
 
714Scripts - CNN, 1994
 
715Subject files - Midwest election nite, 1992
 
716Subject files - Watergate 20th
 
717Subject files - Voter registration
 
718Subject files - Term limits
 
719Subject files - Political trend, 1993
 
720Subject files - Hillary
 
721Subject files - Who is Bill
 
722Subject files - Clinton B.G.
 
723Subject files - Gore
 
724Subject files - Perot, 1994
 
725Subject files - Religious Right
 
726Subject files - CBS Radio features
 
727Subject files - Secord notes
 
728Photos-Bios
 
729Letters to CBS, 1979-1986
 
730CBS job - Memos, notes, promos, 1978-1985
 
731Mail and Memos, 1980-1985
 
732Mail and memos, 1986-1988
 
733Letters, 1990-1991
 
734Mail-in - CNN, 1994
 
735Memos - CNN, 1994
 
736Potter pieces - Video logs, 1981-1994

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