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Skok, David. "Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 May. 2018. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.
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Skok, D. (2018, May. 10). Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/googles-news-chief-richard-gingras-we-need-to-rethink-journalism-at-every-dimension/
Chicago
Skok, David. "Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 10, 2018. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/googles-news-chief-richard-gingras-we-need-to-rethink-journalism-at-every-dimension/.
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