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LaFrance, Adrienne. "Free the Files! ProPublica taps the crowd for a database-building sprint to election day." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Sep. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
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LaFrance, A. (2012, Sep. 27). Free the Files! ProPublica taps the crowd for a database-building sprint to election day. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/09/free-the-files-propublica-taps-the-crowd-for-a-database-building-sprint-to-election-day/
Chicago
LaFrance, Adrienne. "Free the Files! ProPublica taps the crowd for a database-building sprint to election day." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 27, 2012. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/09/free-the-files-propublica-taps-the-crowd-for-a-database-building-sprint-to-election-day/.
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