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How To Archive Your Social Media (Before It's Obsolete)

A step-by-step guide on how to preserve the most important aspects of your digital life.
Oct 3, 2025 • Alexis Durante-Tierney, Helen Vogelsong-Donahue, and born digital

outed

a pride month reflection

Jun 17 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

“It’s always been like this”

A reflection on years of chronic illness

May 13 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

This is not new... Louisiana has a history of racial gerrymandering

Watch now | Louisiana v. Callais is just the latest attack on the Voting Rights Act

Apr 30 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

Chronicling Trump's Online Feud with Pope Leo

Trump posts that the Pope is "weak on crime" and his Pentagon invokes the Avignon Papacy

Published on born digital • Apr 17

BORN DIGITAL EPISODE 01: THE DEAD INTERNET

Dead Internet Theory, MySpace Pages, and the Age of AI

Apr 8 • Alexis Durante-Tierney, Helen Vogelsong-Donahue, and born digital

What's In My Bag?

Ludicrously Capacious Edition

Mar 29 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

archivist check-in

quick update on where my work is taking me

Mar 28 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

My Trip to the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

A night filled with music, culture, and community

Mar 19 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

VIDEO: Talk at the University of New Orleans

Watch now | Full hour and a half video out now

Mar 18 • Alexis Durante-Tierney

Reflections of a Digital Archivist

Preserving online information has never been more complicated, but it's my job to sort through it for the public good.

Mar 16 • Alexis Durante-Tierney and born digital

Turning Thirty on Ash Wednesday

A Post-Mardi Gras Self Reflection

Feb 18 • Alexis Durante-Tierney