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Dec. 8, 2008, 11:21 a.m.

Jack E. White on the opportunities online

Continuing our series of videos from the Nieman 70th convocation, here’s eight minutes with Jack E. White, a former columnist for Time and current regular contributor to The Root. He talks about the new opportunities available for journalists online.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
POSTED     Dec. 8, 2008, 11:21 a.m.
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