Observed arrival · 2026-10-12
The Archive Ethics Project maps newsroom policies on old stories
An independent research project documenting how U.S. newsrooms handle requests to correct, update, anonymize, de-index, or remove old stories.
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- The project says none of the policies found by its automated first pass have yet been checked by a person.
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The project says each Atlas record links to the pages and documents it relies on, with dates, and describes a codebook and corrections process. Its prospectus outlines three planned studies: a national content analysis, an institutional transparency survey, and a longitudinal analysis of archival practice. The model policy is offered for reuse under CC BY 4.0; the project also notes that its work has not had outside review.
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