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Why news subscriptions feel like a burden to young people

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31 August, 2023
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This article was originally published in the RQ1 newsletter, republished with the kind permission of Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis — two former journalists turned academics, now teaching and researching at Washington and Lee University (Mark) and the University of Oregon (Seth).

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Published August 31, 2023

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