Copyright for Journalists: Finding & Using Images
Images Available for Reuse
- Creative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization which licenses free online content.
Classroom Use ONLY
Content from the databases below (like that from most databases at Columbia) may be used in private class assignments, as long as they are not posted to publicly-viewable places (such as public websites, blogs, etc).
- Associated Press collections online / AP. This link opens in a new windowAssociated Press Collections Online includes a decades' worth of wire copy, correspondence, memos, internal publications, etc. Contents provided by Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive. These images are for reuse only in private classroom projects (not public blogs).
- AP images. This link opens in a new window
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Associated Press archive of over photographs from 1844 to the present, audio files of radio broadcasts, text of wire stories, and info-graphics. These are only for use in private classroom assignments (not in public blogs).
