RJI and MU Libraries Receive Knight Grant

A $35,000 grant from the Knight News Challenge on libraries will help MU Libraries and the Reynolds Journalism Institute develop a long-term model to protect born-digital news content from being lost forver. Edward McCain will lead the effort to test assumptions about the perservation and monetization of small-newspaper articles. Congratulations to Edward!

The complete press release is here.

More links:
NetNewsCheck, Jan. 30, 2015
This Week @ ANA, Feb. 5, 2015
Virginia's ePress, Feb. 4, 2015
Editor & Publisher, Feb. 2, 2015