How The Lincoln Project’s endless stream of viral ads were actually made (in record time)

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How The Lincoln Project’s endless stream of viral ads were actually made (in record time)

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Dec 11, 2020

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Ben Howe of Howe Creative, one of The Lincoln Project’s key video collaborators, on the making of ‘Mourning in America’—and what it takes to go viral

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Dec 11, 2020

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How The Lincoln Project’s endless stream of viral ads were actually made (in record time)

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