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- ↑ "Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ Times, The New York (2011-04-18). "2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ "100 Years of Pulitzer". Wisconsin Humanities Council. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2020-03-05.