Categories: OLD Media Moves

Economist puts entire archives online

The Economist magazine plans to put 160 years worth of its articles online, writes Stephen Brook of The Guardian newspaper.

Brook wrote, “‘The Economist Historical Archive is more than a database — it is a remarkable record of the most significant world events over the past 160 years through the unbiased, probing eyes of the Economist,’ said John Micklethwait, the magazine’s editor-in-chief.

“The magazine, which has a worldwide print circulation of more than 1.2m, hopes to target educational institutions, public libraries, government organisations, corporations and financial institutions.

“Users can search or browse by issue and date, or use more advanced search options such as sections of the paper, article type or article title.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.