John Wihbey is assistant director for Journalist’s Resource at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. He is also a lecturer in journalism at Boston University. He has reported for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey and worked at WBUR-Boston, where he was a producer and digital editor for the NPR show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook.”
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Wihbey, John. "Sure, journalists need to know digital tools, but they really need to know how to do digital research." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Sep. 2012. Web. 26 Apr. 2024.
APA
Wihbey, J. (2012, Sep. 26). Sure, journalists need to know digital tools, but they really need to know how to do digital research. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/09/sure-journalists-need-to-know-digital-tools-but-they-really-need-to-know-how-to-do-digital-research/
Chicago
Wihbey, John. "Sure, journalists need to know digital tools, but they really need to know how to do digital research." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 26, 2012. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/09/sure-journalists-need-to-know-digital-tools-but-they-really-need-to-know-how-to-do-digital-research/.
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