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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Apr. 2014. Web. 17 Jan. 2021.
APA
Doctor, K. (2014, Apr. 10). The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 17, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-5050-and-the-unchaining-of-the-u-s-press/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 10, 2014. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-5050-and-the-unchaining-of-the-u-s-press/.
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