The first memory I have of an international event is the first Gulf War, where CNN was showing a fancy infographic comparing the size of the Iraqi and Kuwaiti armies.
I can't recall the fall of the Soviet Union happening on the news, so I was wondering if there was a place where I could see how TV news networks and newspapers were covering it as it was happening (and only stuff relevant to the fall of the Soviet Union), i.e. could I see what the average American would be seeing as it was happening?
Newspapers should be fairly easy to find. Any decent University library will have local newspaper microfilm that you can go take a look at. I would be very surprised if they didn't. Local public libraries will probably have newspaper microfilm too.