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Allissa's book joins museum exhibit

Bearing Witness While Black will join the Center for Creative Photography’s series: Micro Talks, Macro Ideas: Photography 20/20.

researchAllissa V. Richardson, PhDNovember 18, 2020research, cultural preservation, cultural memory, smartphone witnessing

New essay: "The Coming Archival Crisis"

In a new essay, I argue that today’s ephemeral social media platforms make it difficult for us to archive journalism history.

researchAllissa V. Richardson, PhDNovember 1, 2020archives, smartphone witnessing, cultural memory, cultural preservation

Allissa invited to Harvard

Harvard Law School invited me to join its prestigious Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society as a 2020-2021 fellow!

researchAllissa V. Richardson, PhDJuly 14, 2020Harvard, fellowship, archives, mobile journalism, Black witnessing, social media, social justice, cultural memory, cultural preservation, journalism, newsreels