I have donated to USC the collected files from the OJ Simpson Trial as compiled by myself and my colleague at NBC News in Burbank, producer Kathy Riggins.

The boxes are divided into two groups marked "Gibson" and separately "Riggins." The Riggins boxes are her daily log of testimony, sidebars, motions, rulings and jury controversies. They are neatly ordered and easy to follow, as her dates are quite clear.

The Gibson boxes are less so. I saved my scripts for the live shots and packages I did for NBC local affiliates, the Today Show, and the Rivera Live show on CNBC. The scripts are out of order, but I believe fairly complete.

A researcher should notice the topline at the top of the page. It shows the writer (jgibson) the date, the time the script was created, and the show it was created for. Most scripts are for my live shots for the NBC News Channel. That entity was both separate and a part of NBC News, but specifically it's purpose was to provide NBC affiliates around the country with both generic and custom reports for their local newscasts.

My day began with a 9am feed, which was for the noon shows on the East Coast. As we marched through the time zones reports were constantly updated, as you will see by the time codes. The day ended at 6p (9p on the east coast) with the live shot and package insert for the Rivera Live show.

There were more reports filed through the evening by other reporters for the late news. Both Jim Hanchett and David Gregory did those live shots. Their scripts are not included, but at those hours their material was not markedly different, as court hours were over.

For reference NBC News Channel (HQ'd in Charlotte, N.C.) estimated I did 10,000 live shots from OJ's arrest to the verdict a year and a half later.

Also included in the boxes of scripts are various materials like magazine articles and books. That sort of material is by no means complete. Just whatever I happened to see on a given day, and tucked away in a box.