How Medium is breaking Washington’s op-ed habit

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Lichterman, Joseph. "How Medium is breaking Washington’s op-ed habit." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Jan. 2016. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.

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Lichterman, J. (2016, Jan. 4). How Medium is breaking Washington’s op-ed habit. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/how-medium-is-breaking-washingtons-op-ed-habit/

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Lichterman, Joseph. "How Medium is breaking Washington’s op-ed habit." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 4, 2016. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/how-medium-is-breaking-washingtons-op-ed-habit/.

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