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Schmidt, Christine. "What does it take to change a newsroom’s racial narrative? Minnesota Public Radio built a coalition to try." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Sep. 2019. Web. 12 May. 2023.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Sep. 23). What does it take to change a newsroom’s racial narrative? Minnesota Public Radio built a coalition to try. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 12, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/what-does-it-take-to-change-a-newsrooms-racial-narrative-minnesota-public-radio-built-a-coalition-to-try/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "What does it take to change a newsroom’s racial narrative? Minnesota Public Radio built a coalition to try." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 23, 2019. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/what-does-it-take-to-change-a-newsrooms-racial-narrative-minnesota-public-radio-built-a-coalition-to-try/.
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