John Wihbey is assistant director for Journalist’s Resource at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. He is also a lecturer in journalism at Boston University. He has reported for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey and worked at WBUR-Boston, where he was a producer and digital editor for the NPR show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook.”
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Wihbey, John. "What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Why journalists link (or why they don’t) and the libel potential of a retweet." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 25 Apr. 2013. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Wihbey, J. (2013, Apr. 25). What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Why journalists link (or why they don’t) and the libel potential of a retweet. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/04/whats-new-in-digital-scholarship-why-journalists-link-or-why-they-dont-and-the-libel-potential-of-a-retweet/
Chicago
Wihbey, John. "What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Why journalists link (or why they don’t) and the libel potential of a retweet." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 25, 2013. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/04/whats-new-in-digital-scholarship-why-journalists-link-or-why-they-dont-and-the-libel-potential-of-a-retweet/.
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