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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Development and Media
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Developing Countries Reporting & Representation in Foreign / International Media
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Development Aid Reporting
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Journalism
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Radio for Development
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Development Organizations: Communication Strategies & Media Representation
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Millenium Development Goals (MDG)
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Media for Development
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Development Websites, Blogs & Online Communities
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Media in the Global South / Developing Countries
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Reporting & Media Representation: Specific Issues
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Media Assistance
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Agricultural Issues: Reporting & Media Representation
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Audiences & Users
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Mobile Phone Use
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Protestantism (Mainline)
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Comedies
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Development Aid Public Relations, Development Public Awareness Raising
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Nonprofit Public Relations & Marketing
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Community Radios
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Traditional Communication
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Storytelling
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Human Security Reporting
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Cultural Domination, Media Imperialism, Cultural & Media Dependency
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National Character
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Development Assistance
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National Development Planning
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Development Projects
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Development Theories
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Human Development
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Development Issues and Development Assistance
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Western Approaches
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Communication for Local Development
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Development Communication Education & Training
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Development Communication: Experiences
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Development Communication Research
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Development Communication Theories
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Development Education: Use & Role of Media
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Rural Communication for Development
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Digital Media Usability
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Blogging, Blogs
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Reporting
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Famines: Media Representation & Reporting
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Traffic & Transport Infrastructure
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Media Assistance: Educational & Instructional Media
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Environmental Journalism
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Good Practice Examples
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Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
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Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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Africa: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign News, International News
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Civic Journalism, Public Journalism
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Skills
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Journalists
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Local News
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News Values, News Selection Criteria
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Political Reporting
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Government & Government Performance: Media Representation & Reporting
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Media Assistance: Donor Organizations
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Media Assistance: Television
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Media, Mass Media
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Media & Communication Policies
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Consulting, Consultants, Consultancies
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Knowledge Sharing & Transfer
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Agenda Setting
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Framing
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Public Opinion
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Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Press
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Newspapers
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Rural Press
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Public Service Broadcasting: Contents & Programming
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Public & State Television
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Business & Economics Radio Programmes
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Media Effects
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Rural Issues: Media Representation & Reporting
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Civil Society
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Resilience
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Social Change
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Sociology
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Television
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Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
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The Critical Role of Mass Media in International Norm Diffusion: The Case of UNDP Human Development Reports
International Studies Perspectives, volume 18, issue 3 (2017), pp. 343-364
"What role does mass media play in the promotion of global norms? We address this question through an analysis of Human Development Reports (HDRs) produced by the United Nations Development Programme. Although HDRs have promoted human development ideology over the past twenty-five years, little is k
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Storytelling for Social Change: Leveraging Documentary and Comedy for Public Engagement in Global Poverty
Journal of Communication, volume 67, issue 5 (2017), pp. 678-701
"Narrative is essential for public engagement with global poverty. Stand Up Planet, a documentary about global development, was produced to evaluate the effects of a little-utilized nonfiction comedy narrative. Using a pretest–posttest experimental design, this study examines shifts in U.S. audien
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Developing News: Global Journalism and the Coverage of "Third World" Development
London; New York: Routledge (2017), vii, 178 pp.
Journalists’ Development Journalism Role Perceptions: Select Countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa
Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 576-594
"Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted
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Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio: Guía para periodistas. Cómo cubrir los compromisos de desarrollo para el año 2015 y más allá
Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2016), 191 pp.
Binary Opposites – Can South African Journalists be Both Watchdogs and Developmental Journalists?
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 1 (2016), pp. 35-53
"This article challenges the traditional role ascribed by liberal and developmental media theory that journalists should either be watchdogs or developmental journalists but not both at the same time. As part of the South African leg of the Worlds of Journalism (WJS) project this article argues that
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Combining Detached Watchdog Journalism with Development Ideals: An Exploration of Fijian Journalism Culture
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 6 (2015), pp. 557-576
"Development journalism has been a key focus of discussion among journalism scholars for around half a decade, but most of the attention has been firmly on African and Asian countries. This article examines the situation on the little-researched island nation of Fiji, which has experienced considera
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Reporting Development: A Guide for African Journalists
European Journalism Centre (2015), 71 pp.
"This handbook provides a distinctly African perspective on how to create direct linkages between consumers of information and development projects by using words and images that communicate and resonate with ease. Development issues can seem dull and flat but they can create a huge impact in societ
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Development Discourse in Kenyan Vernacular Radio: A Case Study of Kass FM
Research on Humanities and Social Siences, volume 5, issue 6 (2015), pp. 63-72
"Language is a major tool for governance and dissemination of information. Citizens need to participate effectively in discourse pertaining to their private and public interests and enterprises in order to understand matters of development and governance. The proliferation of vernacular radio statio
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A quiet revolution: The moral economies shaping journalists’ use of NGO-provided multimedia in mainstream news about Africa
London: Doctoral Thesis Goldsmiths University of London (2014), 495 pp.
"Building a body of empirical evidence about why and how journalists use such multimedia and the consequences of this for journalism, NGO-work and those represented, is the central focus of this thesis. Unlike previous research on news coverage of Africa and journalists’ use of NGO-provided multim
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Development Journalism and Gender: A Case Study of Broadcasting Media in Tanzania
Berlin: Doctoral Thesis Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin (2014), 277 pp.
"While development journalism was mainly a top-down form of communication (authoritative) during the socialistic era, in the liberal era the development-oriented journalists draw on both the Social Responsibility and Libertarian Theories of the media. The ‘state–public service’ broadcasters re
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Ten Practical Tips for Covering Development
Washington, DC: International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2013), 10 pp.
"By definition, development stories are big news in developing countries. The problem is media reports are typically just government announcements of infrastructure development – roads, bridges, hospitals, etc. – and official claims that lives will improve. Those articles turn off the reading an
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Reflexive Engagements: The International Development Blogging Evolution and its Challenges
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 4 (2013), pp. 455-467
"Writing weblogs (blogs) has become a substantial part of how development is discussed on the Internet. Based on research with development bloggers and the authors' own social media practice, this article is an exploratory case study to approach the impact of blogging on reflective writing, work pra
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Radio, ICT Convergence and Knowledge Brokerage: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 76-83
"This article examines the changing role of radio for development in sub-Saharan Africa as ‘new’ Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) increasingly enter the information landscape. Grounded in the empirical findings of a research programme – Radio, Convergence and Development in Af
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Reviewing the World: A Review of the CBA WorldView Project, International Coverage and the UK Media Industry
UK Aid; CBA WorldView (2012), 48 pp.
Development Journalism Revived: The Case of Ethiopia
African Journalism Studies, volume 32, issue 2 (2011), pp. 58-74
"In 2008, Ethiopian authorities presented a draft policy document which established development journalism as the official reporting style for the state media. The policy prescribes that the media an journalists should play an active role in the country's development scheme. Assigning such a role th
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Information at the Grassroots: Analyzing the Media Use and Communication Habits of Kenyans to Support Effective Development
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 125 pp.
Researching Developmental Uses and Formats of Rural Radio: A Development Broadcasting Approach
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 8, issue 2 (2010), pp. 141-160
"How should scholars approach the study of the developmental uses of rural radio? What is the theoretical framework within which to locate the study of rural radio formats employed as development communication? To answer these questions, this brief critique develops a theoretical matrix to be used a
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Development Communication in Practice: India and the Millenium Development Goals
New Dehli: Sage (2009), xx, 272 pp.
"Development Communication in Practice: India and the Millennium Development Goals analyzes seven Indian newspapers for a period of seven months and evaluates the extent to which development issues are addressed in them. The findings reveal an under-representation of development issues in the media
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Contemporary Issues in South Africa: A Toolkit for Journalists
Open Society Foundation for South Africa (2009), 60 pp.
"In today’s climate in the media industry, reporters are expected to cover a broad range of issues. They no longer have the luxury of concentrating on a small piece of a larger puzzle, and at times, they may feel as if they need a better understanding of the background information before moving fo
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