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Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: The halving of America’s daily newsrooms." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Jul. 2015. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
APA
Doctor, K. (2015, Jul. 28). Newsonomics: The halving of America’s daily newsrooms. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/newsonomics-the-halving-of-americas-daily-newsrooms/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: The halving of America’s daily newsrooms." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 28, 2015. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/newsonomics-the-halving-of-americas-daily-newsrooms/.
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