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Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 29, 2016

WNYC’s Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here’s how they did it and what they learned

It was for an experiment measuring information overload: “There’s a conversation going on between me and my listeners, but I want to make it as frictionless as possible for them to get their thoughts and worries to us.”

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "WNYC’s Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here’s how they did it and what they learned." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Feb. 2016. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.

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Owen, L. (2016, Feb. 29). WNYC’s Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here’s how they did it and what they learned. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/wnycs-note-to-self-sent-300000-texts-to-15000-people-heres-how-they-did-it-and-what-they-learned/

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "WNYC’s Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here’s how they did it and what they learned." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 29, 2016. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/wnycs-note-to-self-sent-300000-texts-to-15000-people-heres-how-they-did-it-and-what-they-learned/.

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