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“We have created this podcast as an easy way for any parent, citizen, or interested party to get the highlights, and our take, on what happened last night at School Committee.”
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“It’s a format that rewards a bit of journalistic intuition, as it’s almost impossible to build podcasts to just fit searches and platform algorithms.”
“One of the recent shifts in podcasting has been the introduction of paywalls and exclusive content. It has since become a standard feature of the medium.”
Rogan’s rise is particularly important because it goes beyond the standard partisan political battling that Americans have grown accustomed to in social and broadcast media.
Sienkiewicz, Matt. "How Joe Rogan became podcasting’s Goliath." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 14 Feb. 2022. Web. 21 Nov. 2023.
APA
Sienkiewicz, M. (2022, Feb. 14). How Joe Rogan became podcasting’s Goliath. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/how-joe-rogan-became-podcastings-goliath/
Chicago
Sienkiewicz, Matt. "How Joe Rogan became podcasting’s Goliath." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 14, 2022. Accessed November 21, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/how-joe-rogan-became-podcastings-goliath/.
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