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Schmidt, Christine. "Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Jun. 2019. Web. 2 Aug. 2021.
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Schmidt, C. (2019, Jun. 18). Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved August 2, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/meet-tiktok-how-the-washington-post-nbc-news-and-the-dallas-morning-news-are-using-the-of-the-moment-platform/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 18, 2019. Accessed August 2, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/meet-tiktok-how-the-washington-post-nbc-news-and-the-dallas-morning-news-are-using-the-of-the-moment-platform/.
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