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March 19, 2012, 2:19 p.m.
LINK: blog.thephoenix.com  ➚   |   Posted by: Joshua Benton   |   March 19, 2012

Carly Carioli at The Boston Phoenix has assembled the MP3s from 15 journalism/media-related panels at this year’s just concluded SXSW. So if you didn’t want to brave the 20,000-strong crowds in Austin, you can listen in on topics ranging from the future of The New York Times to social media in sports reporting to “reported aggregation” at Mother Jones and more.

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