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Internet Archive Honors Poynter and IRE for Preserving Local News Online
As newsrooms across the United States close, years of reporting are at risk of disappearing. Stories documenting local elections, holding public officials accountable, investigating community problems and recording everyday life can become difficult or impossible to find when the news organizations that produced them shut down. Much of this reporting now exists only in digital formats, where it can be lost when websites go offline or archives are never created.
Local journalism captures the first draft of history in communities across the country. Preserving it means ensuring that future…
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