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Schmidt, Christine. "Can a squat wooden disk lead to better civic conversations and smarter journalism? Cortico has $10 million to try it out." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Jul. 2019. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.
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Schmidt, C. (2019, Jul. 8). Can a squat wooden disk lead to better civic conversations and smarter journalism? Cortico has $10 million to try it out. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/can-a-squat-wooden-disk-lead-to-better-civic-conversations-and-smarter-journalism-cortico-has-10-million-to-try-it-out/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Can a squat wooden disk lead to better civic conversations and smarter journalism? Cortico has $10 million to try it out." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 8, 2019. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/can-a-squat-wooden-disk-lead-to-better-civic-conversations-and-smarter-journalism-cortico-has-10-million-to-try-it-out/.
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