No takers on this? News footage question.

I'm working on a project that will use featured news stories about a specific topic. I find stories some of these News Broadcasts on YouTube. Back in the day, we were able to purchase news clips from monitoring services, but how would I find clips from stories that have occurred over the past couple of years?

Thanks all.

I'm looking for a very specific story or set of stories regarding child abductions or Children being left in cars. Perhaps a lost child. It's for a promo video for a client's new product.

I've looked at video monitoring services, but I may try CNN News source. Any other thoughts?

Depends largely on what you're looking for. You can still get tons of editorial footage online for even the most current stuff at stock agencies and news stock agencies. Depends on your needs and the project and what kind of rights you need. Where have you searched online already?

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I've had good material from Associated Press.
For european stuff ITN Source.
For specific stories you might have to contact the particular broadcaster.

As others have mentioned, news is mostly covered by fair use and some of what you might find through news agencies will have to be cleared with the original source (news stories might have shots from an external source included in their news stories, e.g., I did some things about the BP oil spill last year and there was underwater footage from Woods Hole in some news reports that had to be cleared separately), so be careful about anything that wasn't obviously filmed by a news agency.

If you aren't news and want to use anything through fair use, i.e., without clearing it, there are clauses that might allow you to do so but you must speak to a lawyer about it first.