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Handwritten diaries may feel old fashioned, but they offer insights that digital diaries just can’t match

  • Written by Paula Vene Smith, Professor of English, Grinnell College
Handwritten diaries may feel old fashioned, but they offer insights that digital diaries just can’t matchHandwritten diaries and digital diaries both help preserve experiences and memories, but in different ways.luza studios/E+ via Getty Images

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...

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