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Ryan, Padraic. "“Who’s your 4chan correspondent?” (and other questions Storyful thinks newsrooms should be asking after the French election)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 May. 2017. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Ryan, P. (2017, May. 22). “Who’s your 4chan correspondent?” (and other questions Storyful thinks newsrooms should be asking after the French election). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/whos-your-4chan-correspondent-and-other-questions-storyful-thinks-newsrooms-should-be-asking-after-the-french-election/
Chicago
Ryan, Padraic. "“Who’s your 4chan correspondent?” (and other questions Storyful thinks newsrooms should be asking after the French election)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 22, 2017. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/whos-your-4chan-correspondent-and-other-questions-storyful-thinks-newsrooms-should-be-asking-after-the-french-election/.
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