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Culpepper, Sophie. "How one journalist uses Instagram to pull back the curtain on her reporting process." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 May. 2023. Web. 21 Mar. 2025.
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Culpepper, S. (2023, May. 22). How one journalist uses Instagram to pull back the curtain on her reporting process. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/how-one-journalist-uses-instagram-to-pull-back-the-curtain-on-her-reporting-process/
Chicago
Culpepper, Sophie. "How one journalist uses Instagram to pull back the curtain on her reporting process." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 22, 2023. Accessed March 21, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/how-one-journalist-uses-instagram-to-pull-back-the-curtain-on-her-reporting-process/.
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