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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Q&A: Tarleton Gillespie says algorithms may be new, but editorial calculations aren’t." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Jul. 2014. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
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O'Donovan, C. (2014, Jul. 8). Q&A: Tarleton Gillespie says algorithms may be new, but editorial calculations aren’t. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/07/qa-tarleton-gillespie-says-algorithms-may-be-new-but-editorial-calculations-arent/
Chicago
O'Donovan, Caroline. "Q&A: Tarleton Gillespie says algorithms may be new, but editorial calculations aren’t." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 8, 2014. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/07/qa-tarleton-gillespie-says-algorithms-may-be-new-but-editorial-calculations-arent/.
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