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Nov. 11, 2008, 6:26 a.m.

Hasta mañana

Today’s a holiday at Harvard (and elsewhere) and Yr. Correspondent is in Florida at Poynter for the day, so expect light-to-no posting today. See you — with lots of new stuff — tomorrow.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
POSTED     Nov. 11, 2008, 6:26 a.m.
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