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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Verification online and off in Boston’s wake, and an underdog’s Pulitzer win." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 19 Apr. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2024.
APA
Coddington, M. (2013, Apr. 19). This Week in Review: Verification online and off in Boston’s wake, and an underdog’s Pulitzer win. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 11, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/04/this-week-in-review-verification-online-and-off-in-bostons-wake-and-an-underdogs-pulitzer-win/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Verification online and off in Boston’s wake, and an underdog’s Pulitzer win." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 19, 2013. Accessed April 11, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/04/this-week-in-review-verification-online-and-off-in-bostons-wake-and-an-underdogs-pulitzer-win/.
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