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Owen, Laura Hazard. "CrossCheck launches in Nigeria, with 16 newsrooms working together to fight misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Nov. 2018. Web. 23 Sep. 2020.
APA
Owen, L. (2018, Nov. 28). CrossCheck launches in Nigeria, with 16 newsrooms working together to fight misinformation. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/crosscheck-launches-in-nigeria-with-16-newsrooms-working-together-to-fight-misinformation/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "CrossCheck launches in Nigeria, with 16 newsrooms working together to fight misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 28, 2018. Accessed September 23, 2020. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/crosscheck-launches-in-nigeria-with-16-newsrooms-working-together-to-fight-misinformation/.
Wikipedia
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