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Story summary
- Kronika is a new digital platform by PEN America and Bard College to combat censorship by preserving archives of news outlets facing closure.
- It expands a prior program focused on Russian outlets shut down under Vladimir Putin.
- The platform has secured archives from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Russian service and elPeriodico, the Guatemalan publication that closed in 2022, funded by private donors with a $1.2 million budget.
