Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis are two former journalists turned academics, now teaching and researching at Washington and Lee University (Mark) and the University of Oregon (Seth). They write the monthly RQ1 newsletter on journalism research.
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Coddington and Seth Lewis, Mark. "Why won’t some people pay for news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 19 May. 2022. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.
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Coddington and Seth Lewis, M. (2022, May. 19). Why won’t some people pay for news?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/05/why-wont-some-people-pay-for-news/
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Coddington and Seth Lewis, Mark. "Why won’t some people pay for news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 19, 2022. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/05/why-wont-some-people-pay-for-news/.
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