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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The NYT backs Snowden, and journalists’ personal brands break away." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jan. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
APA
Coddington, M. (2014, Jan. 6). This Week in Review: The NYT backs Snowden, and journalists’ personal brands break away. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/01/this-week-in-review-the-nyt-backs-snowden-and-journalists-personal-brands-break-away/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The NYT backs Snowden, and journalists’ personal brands break away." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 6, 2014. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/01/this-week-in-review-the-nyt-backs-snowden-and-journalists-personal-brands-break-away/.
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