Dodging the Memory Hole: Beyond NDNP
September 16, 2015
Dodging the Memory Hole: Beyond NDNP, held at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., explored ways to leverage the existing network and infrastructure created with the Library of Congress’ NEH-funded National Digital Newspaper Program.
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Models for preserving news archives that long served the industry leave digital content in peril
Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, spoke about the growing loss of born-digital content at Dodging the Memory Hole: Beyond NDNP, a meeting of concerned archivists, journalists and other stakeholders held on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C. Below are his remarks. How many of you read George Orwell’s novel…