Saving local news also means saving the archives ποΈ
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Saving local news also means saving the archives
οΈNot just the physical clips and photos, but the digital stories too. When they vanish, communities lose their only record of themselves their memory, identity, and history.
From newsroom moves to closures and broken tech, this loss is already happening quietly across the country.
There is still time to act and protect what remains.
Read more

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/saving-local-news-also-means-saving-the-archives/#Poynter #LocalNews #DigitalPreservation #PressFreedom #HistoryMatters

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Saving local news also means saving the archives
οΈNot just the physical clips and photos, but the digital stories too. When they vanish, communities lose their only record of themselves their memory, identity, and history.
From newsroom moves to closures and broken tech, this loss is already happening quietly across the country.
There is still time to act and protect what remains.
Read more

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/saving-local-news-also-means-saving-the-archives/#Poynter #LocalNews #DigitalPreservation #PressFreedom #HistoryMatters

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Saving local news also means saving the archives
οΈNot just the physical clips and photos, but the digital stories too. When they vanish, communities lose their only record of themselves their memory, identity, and history.
From newsroom moves to closures and broken tech, this loss is already happening quietly across the country.
There is still time to act and protect what remains.
Read more

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/saving-local-news-also-means-saving-the-archives/#Poynter #LocalNews #DigitalPreservation #PressFreedom #HistoryMatters

Part of Iowa lost a lot of their local newspapers just recently
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