Entrepreneurial Journalism and the precarious state of media work

South Atlantic Quarterly

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-533

  Cohen, Nicole S ^a  

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EID: 84939816178     PISSN: 00382876     EISSN: 15278026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00382876-3130723     Document Type: Article

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