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In this week's episode of The Web We Weave, we examine the way that The Odyssey Online, an online, millenial writing publication, acts as new media. We evaluate the success of The Odyssey's mission to democratize content, and we discuss their legitimacy as a blog versus a journalistic site.

Sources:
http://www.spectatornews.com/opinion/2016/05/11/an-open-letter-to-the-odyssey-online/
http://www.prweek.com/article/1361353/online-content-hub-odyssey-posts-2000-articles-week-its-growing
http://www.alligator.org/opinion/columns/article_b1d61ce6-876a-11e5-b6f0-4fbe84a7489d.html
http://pittnews.com/article/111005/opinions/columns/odyssey-dilutes-journalism/
http://digiday.com/media/inside-odyssey/
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-startup-is-like-a-college-newspaper-on-steroids-and-its-racking-up-30-million-uniques-a-month-2016-4
https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp