Story archives separate an established news organization from a new competitor. They provide an essential, unmatched historical record for communities. They are a mostly untapped potential source of revenue and reader engagement.
So why isn’t more thought and effort going into making sure that they are preserved and leveraged?
Old-school methods of preserving print edition newspapers still work pretty well—keeping some copies in a cool, dark place, protected from insects, and replicating them on microfilm with a backup copy at the local library.
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