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Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Correspondent’s editor-in-chief talks about what U.S. expansion means (and doesn’t — an office)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Mar. 2019. Web. 20 Sep. 2023.
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Owen, L. (2019, Mar. 27). The Correspondent’s editor-in-chief talks about what U.S. expansion means (and doesn’t — an office). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 20, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-correspondents-editor-in-chief-talks-about-what-u-s-expansion-means-and-doesnt-an-office/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Correspondent’s editor-in-chief talks about what U.S. expansion means (and doesn’t — an office)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 27, 2019. Accessed September 20, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-correspondents-editor-in-chief-talks-about-what-u-s-expansion-means-and-doesnt-an-office/.
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