Edward McCain

Digital Curator of Journalism at MU/RJI. Founder of Dodging the Memory Hole and JDNA to save born-digital journalism. Unique in the usual ways. Tweets be mine.

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

@MissouriSOS Say no to censorship in Missouri libraries! #NoMOrule200 #FreedomToRead https://t.co/uV5xYybcyh

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

holy shit

[hearvox @hearvox]

New journalist guide to Navigating Climate Misinformation (by @ClimateConnor; includes https://t.co/6BPwq9Cu5k research):
https://t.co/4Chs0tX7EG

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

@mujschool An amazing man. He will be sorely missed!

[Mizzou Journalism @mujschool]

Remembering Prof Emeritus Kent Collins, who died July 13, 2022, in Columbia, Mo. "Kent cared deeply about this School and its mission," wrote Dean David Kurpius. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade (1/2)

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

@mart1nkle1n @Milbala @KarolHolu @dceljak @IngeRudomino @NetPreserve @LosAlamosNatLab Congrats to you all. Fantastic news!

[james hodges @jameshodges_]

War always destroys government records and cultural heritage. These volunteers are backing up files from Ukraine using Webrecorder/Browsertrix

https://t.co/HFPCDDfCIL

[Ben Welsh @palewire]

Well. We did that. Two features shipped:

1) Expansion of @BigLocalNews's NY WARN Act scraper

https://t.co/LUtzcVrHYd

2) The @newshomepages archive now commits the latest screenshots to the repository, providing auto-updating URLs going forward

https://t.co/Isg1XGypGQ

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

Lost images: A DAM system detective story https://t.co/rdMzfF1Tfy

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

A truly heartbreaking video from Ukraine

[Reuters @Reuters]

Kyiv resident Mark Goncharuk, fleeing with others in a van toward the Ukrainian border, fights back tears as he talks about how his father stayed behind to help support the fight against the Russians

[Ben Welsh @palewire]

Archiving your data has never been easier.

Automatically upload your CSVs to a Stanford-backed library with the new @BigLocalNews GitHub Action.

Launched today. Copy pasta don’t get any on ya.

https://t.co/rQWdincl2F

[Ben Welsh @palewire]

It's Public Domain Day! As of today, copyright works from 1926 are free for reuse.

That includes "is 5," E.E. Cummings’ fourth book of verse.

We are now free to add its contents to my open-source archive of the poet’s work. ⌨️ Data entry is underway!

https://t.co/ItVjMgCcVF

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

@LATimesFreshInk @palewire @latimes @BigLocalNews Mr. Welsh continues to rock the journalism world. Congrats, and keep up the good work Ben!

[Edward McCain @e_mccain]

@palewire Love these old maps - great for historical reference, too!

[Edward Bukstel @ebukstel]

@EricTopol @OurWorldInData I believe it is much more interesting to see that Israel is the most vaccinated country in the world and yet, it’s per capita infection rate is second to the US. Very confusing 🤔🤔. https://t.co/vK2zL6iFDj

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

All these countries have been hit by Delta. Only 1 stands out 2-50X over the others and is currently the highest per capita in the world @OurWorldInData

[Dr Jessica M. DNP/MSN/MPH, CCNP, FNP-C, CFNP @Jessicam6946]

Tonight I helplessly held the hand of and stroked the hair of a beautiful 14 year old girl as she exited this world. She was looking forward to starting high school and eventually becoming a veterinarian. It was so senseless! I truly believe she could have been saved if her

[Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt]

This is heartbreaking. Vaccines are how we save lives. Please consider getting a vaccine.
https://t.co/fygIFwyrbu

[Mizzou Journalism @mujschool]

Congrats to Associate Professor Amanda Hinnant, who's the recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Journalism and Mass Communication Education award from @AEJMC. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade https://t.co/a1XuscgohN