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fromPoynter
1 week ago

Poynter receives Press Forward funding as part of project to preserve local online news content - Poynter

"Local news is essential to healthy communities. As we've seen again and again, it's also easy to erase in a digital world. This program offers a way to archive history's first draft and a community's collective memory."
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fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

These geeks are building an early warning system for disappearing government data

Meeta Anand, senior director of census and data equity, reported a flood of inquiries about vanishing datasets, indicating widespread concern over lost governmental data.
US politics
#genealogy
fromTheartnewspaper
1 month ago

Tanks, castles and Hodlers: Swiss foundation tackles a fervent collector's legacy

"We have put almost our entire collection online-everything we possibly could, in a way that is of a very high standard in terms of open access," says Reto Thüring, the foundation's head of culture.
Berlin
#video-game-history
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Zombie spider' fungi among Kew archive specimens

The project aims to sequence about 7,000 fungi specimens from Kew's Fungarium, making the data publicly available to aid researchers globally in discovering new medicines and chemicals.
OMG science
Non-profit organizations
fromFuturism
3 months ago

Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive

The Trump administration's budget cuts threaten various institutions including cultural and educational organizations reliant on the Internet Archive.
Independent films
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

What can a 100-pixel video teach us about storytelling around the world?

CAMP uses technology to create community-driven narratives through repurposed surveillance and television, exemplified by their works showcased at MoMA.
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