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Paula Vene Smith

Why we still need handwritten diaries

Woman writing in bed (Getty Images/luza studios)

The first time I taught a college course called "The London Diary" for young Americans studying abroad back in 2002, each student ended up with a tangible book of memories, a handwritten record of their semester in London. But when I taught the course 15 years later, the first question my students asked was whether they could keep their journals online. The question brought home to me how the image of a diary has shifted from words scribbled in a blank book to images and digital text on a screen.

Why not go digital?

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