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  "id": "1995-may-internet-in-a-beat",
  "slug": "1995-may-internet-in-a-beat",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-may-internet-in-a-beat.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Internet in a beat",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "Preston P. Forman",
  "author_title": "reporter",
  "affiliation": "Standard-Times of New Bedford",
  "summary": "A New Bedford newspaper reporter describes how using government websites helped him quickly find sources and information for stories about FCC licensing and disability access compliance.",
  "keywords": [
    "Internet",
    "sources",
    "government"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "Preston P. Forman, a reporter for the Standard-Times of New Bedford, Mass., recounted two instances where the Internet helped his small newspaper get the story in a hurry.\n\nWhen a television station license was sold, he needed to find someone at the Federal Communications Commission - an agency he had never covered. He went to http://www.fcc.gov, found the agency's internal phone directory, and got the right official quickly.\n\nAnother time, there was a dispute over the lack of accessibility at town buildings for the disabled. He went to http://www.usdoj.gov, and, a few clicks later, got details on what the Americans with Disabilities Act means for municipalities.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-may-internet-in-a-beat.html",
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