Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
Use of Data
Welcome to Volume 2, Newsjunkies
Today’s edition is an urgent call to action. The incoming Trump administration puts critical public data at risk, threatening the foundations of environmental science, journalism, and research. Newsjunkie has partnered with the Internet Archive and a dedicated team of archive professionals from organizations like EDGI, Stanford, and UNT in the End-of-Term Harvest Campaign to preserve this critical data. We need your help.
From our Publisher’s editorial:
“The Internet Archive is leading a coalition of data preservation professionals in a campaign to preserve government websites at risk of closure. The effort is known as the End of Term Harvest and Archive.” -Gordon J. Whiting
Data on the Brink
This urgent issue came to light in an interview between Newsjunkie’s Angie Coiro and environmental journalist Mark Schapiro. He sounded the alarm on the potential decimation of climate research and data under Trump’s administration:
“There's probably not going to be a single word related to ‘climate change’ from the federal government…The EPA’s scientific board of advisors is preparing to be disbanded.” -Mark Schapiro
(Adapted from “Erasurehead: The future of public science reporting under Trump II”)
Without action, this vital information could fall into the hands of an administration intent on dismantling climate science. These datasets are the backbone of environmental research, disaster response, and public safety. Consider this:
Los Angeles is battling wildfires that grow stronger every year. Right now, more than 15,000 acres are engulfed in flames.
South Carolina faces hurricanes without adequate preparation tools
Florida continues sinking as sea levels rise
Proactive Preservation
The Internet Archive has already preserved:
Hundreds of terabytes of U.S. government data
Over 1 million YouTube videos
Content from 40,000+ websites
We must act now to preserve what remains.
Act Now
If you know of critical datasets or documents, nominate their URLs. Here is the EPA page on accessing data and research. Every submission helps preserve the work of years of federally funded climate and scientific research. Share this campaign with friends, fellow citizens, and join our community.
Follow our EOT blog series and daily updates on Twitter/X. Now is not the time to panic, together we can protect the truth, transparency, and science we all rely on.
In advance, thank you.
Talla Khattat, editor, and the Team