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- 1 2 "Alumna Molly O'Toole '09 Wins Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting". The Cornell Daily Sun. 4 May 2020.
- 1 2 "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ↑ "Molly O'Toole". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Glass, Ira (4 May 2020). "We Just Won the First Ever Pulitzer Prize for Audio Journalism!". This American Life.
- ↑ "Molly O'Toole". The Intercept.
- ↑ "Alumna receives Pulitzer's newest prize, for audio reporting". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 9 July 2020.