In-depth interviews about the archiving practices at nine legacy newspapers and one born-digital publication reveal that legacy newspapers maintain archives of their print editions in paper, microfilm and PDF versions. Archiving of Web-only content and multimedia elements, however, is spotty or nonexistent. The public has limited or no access to digital photo and graphic archives at most newspapers.

A survey of daily newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation provides general markers for six areas of information practice: access, training, quality control, archiving, revenue and alerts.

This article reports the results of a training program developed and delivered under a state grant by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota for the news and advertising employees at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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