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Baldridge, Marlee. "Should you major in journalism? Here are stories from eight working journalists who didn’t." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Aug. 2018. Web. 22 Jan. 2025.
APA
Baldridge, M. (2018, Aug. 2). Should you major in journalism? Here are stories from eight working journalists who didn’t. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/should-you-major-in-journalism-here-are-stories-from-eight-working-journalists-who-didnt/
Chicago
Baldridge, Marlee. "Should you major in journalism? Here are stories from eight working journalists who didn’t." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 2, 2018. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/should-you-major-in-journalism-here-are-stories-from-eight-working-journalists-who-didnt/.
Wikipedia
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