Plans to save born-digital news content examined

Plans to save born-digital news content examined

Copyright

This paper represents viewpoints from scholars, librarians, archivists, technologists, lawyers and journalists at the University of Missouri on addressing the problems of preserving born-digital news. The crisis of losing decades of journalistic work stems from the focus on the production value of file formats and technical infrastructures used for digital journalism and not long-term preservation. The article also explores the lack of longevity found in all born-digital content. A major concern is avoiding the concept of memory hole. This concept is exacerbated by the current copyright laws in the United States. Urgency is required to address copyright laws to allow for the non-profit archiving of news related content.

McCain, Edward

Newspaper Research Journal

2015-09-03

Raible, John

Journal

McCain, E. "Plans to save Born-digital News Content Examined." Newspaper Research Journal 36.3 (2015): 337-47. Web.