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Internet ArchiveOn September 7, Russia carried out a massive drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing four people and injuring 40. The Associated Press reported that it was the largest aerial attack since the war between the two countries began in 2022. The Kyiv Post, one of Ukraine’s leading English-language news outlets, covered the story, but no public record of its homepage exists in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine for that day. A homepage sn…See the Story
The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news homepages plummet after a “breakdown” in archiving projects
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Startups · United StatesBuilt into Nieman Lab’s mission is a commitment to be “fundamentally optimistic.” It is challenging to read Medill’s 2025 State of Local News Report and hold onto that optimism. While there are a dozen bright spots rightly celebrated in the report’s recurring feature — from Ken Doctor’s expansion of Lookout Local, to the Hearst-owned Houston Chronicle, to the nonprofit network Deep South Today — those bright spots are pinpricks against a backdro…See the Story
In Medill’s Latest State of Local News Report, a “Festering, 20-Year-Old Problem” Looms Larger than Ever
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