This innovative project aims to revolutionize the accessibility and usability of historic newspaper archives from 1888 to 1958. Leveraging advanced AI technology, the project will make these archives programmable, searchable, and enriched with advanced computing capabilities, providing unprecedented access for researchers, historians, and the public. Who wants to build a time machine?
Programming a Million Pages of Historic Newspaper with AI
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Presenter Bio
Joseph Makkos
Joseph Makkos is CEO of Intelligent Archives L3C, a Louisiana based information, content and technology company that advances research and enhances historic archives through AI.
As Founder and Curator of NOLA DNA he developed a business that is dedicated to the preservation of historic printed materials dating back to the 19th century. As a designer he is commissioned to perform all parts of custom design projects that incorporate multi-process print production (historic and modern) to create artful editions.
Using these resources he actively runs a design studio in New Orleans that focuses on artful print production and independent book publishing. While in another capacity he is an archivist who manages a rare collection of some 30,000 historic New Orleans newspapers dating from 1880s-1929.
He has written for The Atlantic, The New Orleans Advocate, Bayou Brief, & Preservation In Print Magazine, has collaborated on pieces with NOLA.COM | The Times-Picayune, WWNO & NPR, and has been featured in AP News, The Columbia Journalism Review, and more.
