In an article in the NY Times, it says that Google has begun scanning microfilm from old newspapers' archives so they can put them online and people can search and find these articles using keywords. They can view articles right as they appeared originally in the print of those newspapers. It'll be easier for people who are researching or looking for older news to connect to a newer event because they can access those articles right online.
Marissa Mayer, vice president for search products and user experience at Google, said in the article that it will be good for newspapers because they are bringing online an old generation of contributions from journalists and then as well, widening the reader base of news archives.
--Lauren D.
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That is AWESOME. History does amazing things to people's minds when they give it a chance. It's like finding buried treasure, only you want to tell everybody about it!
Accessible to the public, dare one hope for the possibilities of such an online resource? Such as a resurgence in the appreciation of truly great journalism -- by voices from the past who absolutely EXCELLED in their work, whose writing, wit, and intelligence flew off the page, and who knocked people's socks off for the fearless, bedrock reputation and integrity of their work!
Imagine, a high-quality, compelling news source TODAY that everyone would go to, or that'd be on everyone's lips. THE go-to source for the smartest, coolest, bravest of journalists and editors and a publisher/owner who believes in that very ethic. And who know how -- when combined with marvelous, truly innovative methods and content-substantive technologies -- massive revenue can be attracted without fear of journalistic compromise. And with other inspired "competitor" news outlets to follow.
It'd be like re-claiming news back to where it once was, only modernized to reach and appeal to a globalized world of richly diverse people, cultures, and perspectives.
Hey, you gotta dream, or else you can't make the amazing happen...
Can't wait to get my beady eyes on those archives!
- Misako M.
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