Insiders’ stories: Coping with newsroom stress: An historical perspective

American Journalism

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 77-106

  Fedler, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84981554486     PISSN: 08821127     EISSN: 23262486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08821127.2004.10677596     Document Type: Article

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