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‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’: Royal Correspondents and royal news production

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‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’: Royal Correspondents and royal news production. / Clancy, Laura.
In: Journalism, Vol. 25, No. 6, 02.06.2024, p. 1328-1345.

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Clancy, L 2024, '‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’: Royal Correspondents and royal news production', Journalism, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1328-1345. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231180967

APA

Clancy, L. (2024). ‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’: Royal Correspondents and royal news production. Journalism, 25(6), 1328-1345. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231180967

Vancouver

Clancy L. ‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’: Royal Correspondents and royal news production. Journalism. 2024 Jun 2;25(6):1328-1345. Epub 2023 Jun 2. doi: 10.1177/14648849231180967

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Clancy, Laura. / ‘If you do hold them to account, are you going to find yourself hitting more brick walls later?’ : Royal Correspondents and royal news production. In: Journalism. 2024 ; Vol. 25, No. 6. pp. 1328-1345.

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