Director, Archives and Rights Management
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Allison Schein, MLIS, CA is the Director, Archives and Rights Management for The Atlanta Journal- Constitution. Prior to joing the AJC she was the Director of Media Archives for WTTW/WFMT and the Studs Terkel Radio Archive in Chicago. After receiving her archivist certification in 2013, she became the Archivist for the Creative Audio Archive at Experimental Sound Studio, where she was the Archive Manager since 2011. She earned a Bachelor's in Audio, Arts, and Acoustics from Columbia College Chicago and an MLIS from Dominican University in 2012 to become an audio archivist. Prior projects include processing the black and white photography archives of Johnson Publishing Company as part of the Armstrong-Johnston team, reorganizing the library at the Arts Club of Chicago, and providing metadata assistance for Northwestern University Library’s Digital Collections department. She is also the 2014 recipient of the Young Mazzuchelli Model Award.
Allison also is involved with the Society of Georgia Archivsts, Chicago Area Archivists, and the International Assocation of Sound and Audiovisual Archives groups.
Preserving the Past, Securing the Future: Strategies for Newsroom Archives in the Digital Era
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT