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Wang, Shan. "YouTube has a plan to boost “authoritative” news sources and give grants to news video operations." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Jul. 2018. Web. 16 Dec. 2019.
APA
Wang, S. (2018, Jul. 10). YouTube has a plan to boost “authoritative” news sources and give grants to news video operations. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 16, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/youtube-has-a-plan-to-boost-authoritative-news-sources-and-give-grants-to-news-video-operations/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "YouTube has a plan to boost “authoritative” news sources and give grants to news video operations." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 10, 2018. Accessed December 16, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/youtube-has-a-plan-to-boost-authoritative-news-sources-and-give-grants-to-news-video-operations/.
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