Kronika is a civic tech project that builds AI and data-science tools to protect endangered media as a means of digital resistance to state censorship. Launched in 2022 by Bard College and PEN America In collaboration with the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine as the Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA), the project partners with newsrooms and civil society worldwide to ensure those in power cannot repress their people’s voices with impunity because the people are equipped with the tools to fight back.


- 143 Russian + 10 Central American independent media outlets preserved to date
- Bilingual (RU/EN) AI-assisted processing for search and access
- Archives secured across Russia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and beyond, including El Periódico and RFE/RL
- Newsloom: A toolkit that helps independent newsrooms work more sustainably in disrupted or under-resourced environments 


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