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- ↑ "Messing with the Truth: Disinformation in the West Spread by Eva Karene Bartlett". voxukraine.org. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Laureates". serenashimaward.org. Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism. 5 March 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
