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Benton, Joshua. "If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Feb. 2025. Web. 16 Mar. 2025.
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Benton, J. (2025, Feb. 11). If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/if-you-ask-new-york-times-reporters-to-spend-less-time-on-twitter-will-they-spoiler-yes/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 11, 2025. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/if-you-ask-new-york-times-reporters-to-spend-less-time-on-twitter-will-they-spoiler-yes/.
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