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Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Shorenstein Center will figure out best practices for single-subject news sites, with $683K from Knight." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Oct. 2017. Web. 15 Apr. 2021.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, Oct. 4). The Shorenstein Center will figure out best practices for single-subject news sites, with $683K from Knight. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 15, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/the-shorenstein-center-will-figure-out-best-practices-for-single-subject-news-sites-with-683k-from-knight/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Shorenstein Center will figure out best practices for single-subject news sites, with $683K from Knight." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 4, 2017. Accessed April 15, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/the-shorenstein-center-will-figure-out-best-practices-for-single-subject-news-sites-with-683k-from-knight/.
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