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Owen, Laura Hazard. "New attempts to organize Twitter: Project Lightning and Nuzzel’s email newsletters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 19 Jun. 2015. Web. 11 Dec. 2024.
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Owen, L. (2015, Jun. 19). New attempts to organize Twitter: Project Lightning and Nuzzel’s email newsletters. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/new-attempts-to-organize-twitter-project-lightning-and-nuzzels-email-newsletters/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "New attempts to organize Twitter: Project Lightning and Nuzzel’s email newsletters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 19, 2015. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/new-attempts-to-organize-twitter-project-lightning-and-nuzzels-email-newsletters/.
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