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  "id": "2000-may-get-directions",
  "slug": "2000-may-get-directions",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2000-may-get-directions.html",
  "year": 2000,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Get directions",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "The article highlights how online mapping services like MapQuest can assist journalists in finding directions to news story locations quickly and efficiently.",
  "keywords": [
    "mapping",
    "directions",
    "journalists"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Technology",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "Don't overlook the Net's ability to help you with the most basic of tasks — figuring out where you have to drive to report the story.\n\nMapQuest (at www.mapquest.com) is just one of dozens of mapping sites that can give you directions to that explosion.",
  "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/2000-may-get-directions.html",
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