2020 Excellence in Journalism Awardees

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Volume One staff
Volume One      
Outbroken: A Pandemic’s Effect on Wisconsin’s Food and Farms

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Natalie Yahr
Cap Times          
How Madison’s Latino community is pulling together to survive COVID

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Milwaukee Business Journal staff 
Milwaukee Business Journal      
Small Business, Big Mission

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Bryan B. Belmer
Reza Shaker, MD
Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast WI
Medical College of Wisconsin
WMSE 91.7 FM and Medical College of Wisconsin  
The Epidemiology of Disease: COVID-19 (CTSI Discovery Radio Episode #78)

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Maureen McCollum      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
‘I Think About My Friends Every Day’: Third Graders Wrap Up School Year From Home During Pandemic

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Christina Van Zelst
Jerry Imig  
WITI FOX6 NEWS
A Driveway Turned Center Stage

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Volume One staff 
Volume One 
Outbroken: A Pandemic’s Effect on Wisconsin’s Food and Farms

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Zac Schultz
Mike Baron
Ethan Freel
Tom Micksch    
PBS Wisconsin  
COVID on the Campaign Trail

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Megan Carpenter 
Spectrum News 1 
Covid Clots: A Covid Long-Hauler Opens Up About His Long-Term Symptoms

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Gail Grzybowski,
Justin Migliano
Milwaukee PBS
Home/Work | Stories of Impact | Gail’s Dad

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Maddie Burakoff 
Spectrum News 1 
365 Days Of COVID-19: The Year In Pandemic Science

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Bram Sable-Smith 
Wisconsin Watch and WPR 
How politics paralyzed Wisconsin’s pandemic response — and left families to grieve their losses

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Dominique Paul Noth   
Urban Milwaukee 
3 Theater Reviews Urban Milwaukee

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Gwendolyn Rice 
Isthmus               
Life worth living

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Dean Robbins   
On Wisconsin    
Hair-Raising Performances

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Dylan Brogan    
Isthmus 
Black Lives Matter protests

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Cap Times staff
Cap Times
Madison on Election Day

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Scott Girard       
Cap Times          
Madison School Board votes unanimously to end police in schools contract

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Wisconsin Watch
First Draft News              
Seeking social justice in Wisconsin

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Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
Milwaukee’s Protest Movement

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Linda Falkenstein 
Isthmus  
Food access and COVID-19

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Dan Simmons   
Milwaukee Magazine   
The Man by the River

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Dylan Brogan
Isthmus 
A swing through a divided Wisconsin

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Dave Cieslewicz
Isthmus  
WILL power

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Dylan Brogan    
Isthmus               
Last dance

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Michael Muckian
Henry Michaels 
Madison Magazine        
The Ghosts of Lost Live Performances

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Marc Eisen         
Madison Magazine        
The Future of Madison’s ‘Epiconomy’

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Tea Krulos          
Milwaukee Magazine   
Reporting Live from the Street

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Jim Malewitz    
Wisconsin Watch            
Their Wisconsin ballots never arrived. So they risked a pandemic. Or stayed home.

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Eric Lindquist    
Leader-Telegram 
Scary as hell

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Matthew Martinez        
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
‘I felt like I lost a part of me’: How Camille Mays finds peace after gun violence took her son

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Edgar Mendez  
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Basketball coach demands his students score on and off the court

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Rob Thomas      
Cap Times          
I’ll be back … with lunch

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Jake Malooley 
Milwaukee Magazine   
A Family Affair

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Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
This Nashotah Native Ran Her First-Ever Marathon and Qualified for the Olympics. Now, She Waits.

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Erica Krug           
Isthmus               
Pretty Catchy

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Kaleem Caire    
Madison Magazine
The Black Hands That Built America

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Kenneth Cole   
Milwaukee Independent              
Shorewood residents worry that proposed Atwater Beach fee could restrict recreational access

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Dan Shafer         
The Recombobulation Area        
Wisconsin Is Now the Epicenter for Coronavirus in America

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Milwaukee Business Journal staff          
Milwaukee Business Journal      
Small Business Chronicles

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Sari Lesk             
Milwaukee Business Journal      
The PPP Story: How the Paycheck Protection Program operated in Wisconsin

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Lindsay Christians 
Cap Times          
Grubhub hubbub

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Parker Schorr    
Cap Times/Wisconsin Watch      
Digging Blind

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Bram Sable Smith           
Wisconsin Watch and WPR         
Costly Care

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Natalie Yahr      
Cap Times          
Unreasonable suspicion: When residents call police, who pays the price when bias shapes their concerns?

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Wisconsin Watch, APM Reports, 371 Productions and WPR         
Narrow Margin

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Dorsey Kindler 
Concealed Carry Magazine         
Truckers & Self-Defense

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Jessie Opoien  
Cap Times   

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Paul Fanlund    
Cap Times 

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Dan Shafer         
The Recombobulation Area   

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Milwaukee Business Journal staff          
Milwaukee Business Journal      
One System, (Unequal Access) – How the financial systems fails Black-owned businesses and how that might change

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Doug Erickson
Preston Schmitt              
On Wisconsin    
The Blast That Changed Everything

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Maggie Ginsberg
Maija Inveiss    
Madison Magazine        
Where Our Garbage Goes + Tips for Low-Waste Living

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Jake Malooley 
Milwaukee Magazine   
Organizing for Apocalypse Now

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Mary Louise Schumacher            
Milwaukee Magazine   
Ruth

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Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
This is the Revolution

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Bram Sable Smith           
Wisconsin Watch and WPR         
Lives on Hold

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Jennifer Rude Klett       
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel        
Best Baking Ever: Freshly Milled Flour Adds Flavor, Nutrition to Holiday Baking

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Jenna Sachs
Annette Riese
Sara Smith         
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Contact 6

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Tommy Washbush         
Madison Magazine        
A Tale of Epic Proportions

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Brandon Raygo
Cap Times          
Exhausted teaching assistant

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Ken Wangler    
Concealed Carry Magazine         
Cold Start

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Angela Major   
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Best Photos Of 2020

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Ruthie Hauge   
Cap Times          
Madison nightlife, redefined

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Claudio Martinez
Joe Brusky
Lee Matz            
Milwaukee Independent              
Civil Rights Murals: Local artists unite to inspire change for communities of color in Milwaukee

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Lee Matz
Claudio Martinez
Joe Brusky
Dominic Inouye
Dan Barrett        
Milwaukee Independent              
Photomosaic of George Floyd uses 2,000 images from peaceful Milwaukee marches

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Jim Piwowarczyk            
Wisconsin Right Now    
Kenosha Burns

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Lee Matz            
Milwaukee Independent              
Marching for CPAC: Youth group chalks messages around City Hall demanding police accountability

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Ruthie Hauge   
Cap Times          
Virtual School

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Lee Matz            
Milwaukee Independent              
Courage, Integrity, and Honor: Milwaukee pays tribute to fallen firefighters at special memorial ceremony

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Ken Wangler
Dustin Reid
Daniel Acker     
Concealed Carry Magazine         
Check the Ingredients

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Rich Zimmermann          
Milwaukee Independent              
Vintage racers from yesteryear unlikely to rev up at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway this summer

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Mark Kass
Todd Bragstad
Jacqueline Prins
Matt Haesly      
Milwaukee Business Journal

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Mark Kass
Todd Bragstad
Jacqueline Prins
Barb Zaferos
Scott Paulus      
Milwaukee Business Journal      
Milwaukee Business Journal – 40 Under 40

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Tim Burton
Emily Culp
Sarah Frautschi
Carol Shufro      
Madison Magazine        
January, August and September issues

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Ken Wangler
Dustin Reid
Daniel Acker
Kelly Welke      
Concealed Carry Magazine     

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Ann Christianson
Ashley Duchemin
Kayla Ermer
Shayna Mace    
BRAVA Magazine           
July/August 2020, September/October 2020, November/December 2020

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Tim Burton
Rebecca Radix  
Madison Magazine        
Black Lives MatterTim Burton
Rebecca Radix  
Madison Magazine        
Black Lives Matter

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Tim Burton
Tommy Washbush         
Madison Magazine        
A Tale of Epic Proportions

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Brandon Raygo
Cap Times
Reaching out to dads in jail

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Tim Burton        
Madison Magazine
The Future of Madison’s ‘Epiconomy’

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Ken Wangler
Dustin Reid
Kurt Adams
Jared Blohm      
Concealed Carry Magazine         
Roll On

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Ken Wangler
Dustin Reid
Daniel Acker
Ed Combs           
Concealed Carry Magazine         
Edgy Art

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WUWM Staff   
WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR       
Demonstrations for Racial Justice Ignite in Wisconsin

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Jonah Chester
Martin Rakacolli
Chali Pittman   
WORT FM           
Scenes From the 2020 Presidential Election

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Jonah Chester  
WORT FM           
Epic Tries to Send Employees Back To In-Person Work

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Mike Spaulding               
Newsradio WTMJ           
The Prison Pandemic

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Emily Files         
WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR       
Virtual Classroom Series

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WPR Staff          
Wisconsin Public Radio 
COVID-19 Obit Series

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Chali Pittman   
WORT FM           
Doulas Demand Change

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Marisa Wojcik  
PBS Wisconsin  
Tribal Nations Took Early COVID-19 Precautions

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Richie Burke
DJ Hines
Greg Marshall
Khalif El-Amin  
The GoGedders Podcast              
A Candid Conversation on Race in Milwaukee

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Maayan Silver  
WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR       
Tribute To Joan Wildman: A Jazz Pianist Whose Life Was Improvisation

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Maureen McCollum      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
The Search For The Synthesizers Behind NPR’s “All Things Considered” Theme

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Gianofer Fields
WORT FM           
Radio Chipstone: The Last Note

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Laurel White    
Wisconsin Public Radio
How Long Has Wisconsin Been A Swing State?

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Teran Powell    
WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR       
Black Residents Are The Most Impacted By COVID-19 In Milwaukee

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Tony Bettack     
Melissa Barclay
Newsradio WTMJ           
Anatomy of a Protestor

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Laura Pavin        
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Why Isn’t The UP Part Of Wisconsin?

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Nate Imig  
88Nine Radio Milwaukee  
Barby the Book Fairy

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Maureen McCollum      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Meet The Nine-Year-Old Entrepreneur Behind Kyric’s Lemonade

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Tony Bettack     
Newsradio WTMJ           
Kenosha Protests

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Maureen McCollum      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Meet The Wisconsinites Who Build Their Own ‘Star Wars’ Droids

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Andrew Konkle
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Sound Of Separation

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Stu Levitan        
WORT FM           
Madison in the Sixties: The Battle of Dow

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Yia Lor
Maureen McCollum      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
My Mother’s Tea: Skepticism And Love Of Family Traditions

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Brad Williams  
WIZM-AM, KCLH-FM     
Yesterday in La Crosse, 1967 Ice Bowl

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Tarik Moody
Reggie Jackson
Nate Imig           
88Nine Radio Milwaukee             
By Every Measure

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Bryan Polcyn
Amanda St. Hilaire
Jenna Sachs
Dave Michuda
Stephen Davis
Sara Smith         
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Open Record

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Richie Burke     
GoGeddit Marketing & Media and OnMilwaukee            
The GoGedders Podcast

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WISN 12 News Staff
WISN-TV             
2 Officers Shot: Fugitive Manhunt

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TMJ4 News Staff             
TMJ4 News        
Mayfair Mall Shooting

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WISN 12 News Staff
WISN-TV             
Mayfair Mall Mass Shooting

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WISN 12 News Staff
WISN-TV             
Police Shooting Of Jacob Blake

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FOX6 News Staff             
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
COVID-19

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Amanda St. Hilaire         
WITI FOX6 News 

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Jenna Sachs
WITI FOX6 News   

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Kasey Chronis  
WITI FOX6 News

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Stephen Watson             
WISN-TV 

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Stephanie Sutton           
WISN-TV   

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Amanda St. Hilaire
David Michuda
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
MPS Fundraiser Fallout

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Kristin Byrne
Marty Hobe
Tamott Wolverton
Nicole Buckley 
TMJ4 News        
Unemployment System Collapse

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Steve Chamraz
Marty Hobe
Tamott Wolverton         
TMJ4 News        
Use of Force

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Carl Deffenbaugh
Andrew Konkle
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Am I Really That Sick?

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Ryan Jenkins
Ryan Whittaker               
TMJ4 News        
360: Interrupting Violence

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Miguel Ramirez               
Telemundo Wisconsin   
Cat House/ Gatos Al Ataque

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Tiff Pua
Sandy Maxx
Jason Piekarz
Brian Ewig
Jeff Mlagan
Darin Malkowski             
Milwaukee PBS
Deaf StorySlam – The Arts Page

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Carl Deffenbaugh
Andrew Konkle
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Venmo Challenge

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Alexandria Mack
Brian Ewig
Erica Drehfal
Stephanie Schreiber
Darin Malkowski             
Milwaukee PBS
Major General Marcia Anderson

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Suzanne Spencer
Eric Litsheim     
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Cold Case: Warren Wright

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Nathan Phelps 
Spectrum News 1            
Branding Company Pivots During Pandemic

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Tamott Wolverton         
TMJ4 News
Protecting First Responders

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Trevor Keller
Josh Kappler     
PBS Wisconsin  
WIsconsin Life: Hip-Hop Chess Club

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Jeff Dahdah       
Spectrum News 1            
The Effort to Name Wisconsin’s State Chees

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Derrick Rose
Ryan Casper      
WISN-TV             
“Infinite Humanity” Photo Project

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WISN 12 News 
WISN-TV             
50 Days: Shutdown Diary

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FOX6 News Staff             
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Finding a Way Forward

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Tariq Almagri
Shelby Kisling
JR Ross
Henry Seroogy
Emma Siewert
Steven Walters
WisconsinEye.org 
WisconsinEye | Rewind: Your Year in Review for 2020

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Stephanie Miller
Stephen Watson             
WISN-TV             
Big 12 Sports: 2020 An Unprecedented Year

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Dennis Krause
Donny Rogers
Craig Hofer        
Spectrum News 1            
The Roundtable on Spectrum: Packers Top Ravens

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WISN 12 News 
WISN-TV             
Mayfair Mall Mass Shooting

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TMJ4 News Staff             
TMJ4 News        
TMJ4 News Today – Post-Election Day

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FOX6 News Staff             
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
FOX6 News at 9: Mayfair Mall Shooting

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Amanda St. Hilaire
David Michuda
FOX6 Photojournalist Staff         
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Child Care Crisis

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Bryan Polcyn
David Michuda
FOX6 Photojournalist Staff         
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Who Are the Media?

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Rachael Glaszcz
Eric Steffens     
TMJ4 News        
Juan Pablo Strong

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Grant Fenster
Laurie Gorman
Jon Hornbacher
Jon Sovey
Kerman Eckes
Will Salzmann  
PBS Wisconsin  
Nancy Zieman: Extraordinary Grace

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Traci Neuman
Brian Ewig
Chris Michalski
Maryann Lazarski
Chris Hays
Bohdan Zachary               
Milwaukee PBS
Shipwrecks of Milwaukee

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WISN 12 News 
WISN-TV             
Changing The Game

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Andrew Konkle
WITI FOX6 NEWS             
Andrew Konkle Composite

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Jason Fechner  
Spectrum News 1            
The First Days Under Safer at Home

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Saman Wanniarachchi  
WISN-TV             
Coronavirus Photo Journal

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TMJ4 News Web Staff  
TMJ4 News        
TMJ4.com

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Rich Kremer
Rachael Vasquez
Angela Major
Bridgit Bowden
Shamane Mills
David Hyland    
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Kenosha Protest, Shooting

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WPR Staff          
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Madison, Milwaukee Protests

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John Hughes
Jim Kelsh
Mike Davis
Gary D’Amato
Rob Hernandez
Dennis McCann               
Wisconsin.Golf | Killarney Golf Media 

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Volume One staff           
Volume One      
“Outbroken” feature website

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Lee Matz            
Milwaukee Independent              
Civil Rights groups offer words of healing to Kenosha until Mayor John Antarmian upends the effort

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Hailey Kunz
Aly Prouty
Kevin Schwaller
Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin Staff          
Spectrum News 1            
Kenosha Live Blog

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Paul Higgins
Evan Primakow
Katie Williams
Carole Nicksin
Allison Garcia
Chris Drosner   
Milwaukee Magazine   

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Tarik Moody
Flipeleven         
88Nine Radio Milwaukee             
RadioMilwaukee.org

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Kristian Knutsen
Laura Zimmerman
WisContext        
wiscontext.org

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David Hyland
Andrea Anderson
Jenny Peek
John K. Wilson
Alyssa Allemand
Erik Lorenzsonn
Mary Kate McCoy           
Wisconsin Public Radio 
WPR.org

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Kristian Knutsen
Will Cushman  
WisContext        
wiscontext.org

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Don Ross
Volume One staff           
Volume One      
VolumeOne.org

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Lee Matz            
Milwaukee Independent              
From SARS to the frontline of tragedies: A journey of photo-documenting history in realtime

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Heather Cox Richardson              
Milwaukee Independent              
Thoughts from an American

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John Pavlovitz  
Milwaukee Independent              
The loss of faith and price of our pandemic

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Kevin Schwaller
Jason Fechner  
Spectrum News 1            
The Stories that Defined 2020

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Will Cushman
Corrinne Hess
Zac Schultz
Bridgit Bowden
Philip Ashby
Kristian Knutsen             
WisContext, PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio
Police Residency, Unions and Oversight in Wisconsin

BRONZE
Brad Evans
Amy Smith         
WISN.com          
AMBER Alert ends with 3 dead

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Corrinne Hess  
Wisconsin Public Radio 
The Summer That Wasn’t

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Maddie Burakoff            
Spectrum News 1            
Wisconsin Researchers Try Out A Quicker, Easier Coronavirus Test

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Andy Soth          
WisContext        
How AIDS Pushed Wisconsin to Change its Approach to Public Health

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Mike Woods     
Spectrum News 1            
An Insider’s Look at Van Halen’s Three Days in Madison

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Gary D’Amato  
Wisconsin.Golf | Killarney Golf Media   
After a lifetime spent helping golfers, driving range owner Bob Burns needs golf’s help

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Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
How a Wisconsin Senator Helped Establish Earth Day 50 Years Ago

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Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
How Waukesha’s Gold Medalist Is Spending Her Summer Without Olympics

SILVER
Rich Rovito        
Milwaukee Magazine   
Milkmen Bring Home the Championship For Milwaukee

BRONZE
Gary D’Amato  
Wisconsin.Golf | Killarney Golf Media   
Do you believe in miracles? For this group of Erin Hills caddies, with one of them battling a serious illness, a single swing was a sign from above.

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Maredithe Meyer          
BizTimes Milwaukee      
Businesses, insurers at odds over COVID-19 business interruption claims

SILVER
Kathryn Larson 
Spectrum News 1            
Madison Company is First in U.S. to Put a Black Woman on a Beer Can

BRONZE
Gary D’Amato  
Wisconsin.Golf | Killarney Golf Media   
Help wanted: Make your living on a golf course. Anyone out there?

GOLD
Will Cushman
Howard Hardee
Jim Malewitz
Kristian Knutsen             
WisContext and Wisconsin Watch           
COVID-19 Data Reporting and Misinformation in Wisconsin

SILVER
Dee J. Hall
Coburn Dukehart            
Wisconsin Watch            
Child abuse doctor leaves a trail of accusations of bullying

BRONZE
Rob Mentzer
Keegan Kyle      
Wisconsin Public Radio 
Rising Inmate Population In Wisconsin Strains Local Jails

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WUWM, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee PBS and Milwaukee Public Library Staffs     
WUWM, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee PBS and Milwaukee Public Library       
Listen MKE

SILVER
Howard Hardee
Max Witynski
Jessica Christoffer
Keenan Chen    
Wisconsin Watch, First Draft News, Center for Journalism Ethics               
Uncovering disinformation in Wisconsin

BRONZE
Will Cushman  
WisContext        
Wisconsin Masks Up

GOLD    
Dennis McCann               
Wisconsin.Golf | Killarney Golf Media  

SILVER
Dan Shafer         
The Recombobulation Area 

BRONZE
Andy Moore     
PBS Wisconsin  
No Place Like Home

GOLD    
Will Cushman
Mark Riechers
Samantha Nash
WisContext        
Wisconsin’s Pandemic Year

SILVER
Andrea Anderson
Jenny Peek
John K. Wilson
Erik Lorenzsonn
David Hyland    
Wisconsin Public Radio 
WPR.org’s Coronavirus In Wisconsin Section

BRONZE
Peter Cameron
Wisconsin Watch            
Lesson Plans: Rural schools grapple with COVID-19

GOLD    
Brad Evans
Amy Smith         
WISN.com          
Jacob Blake police shooting

SILVER
Allison Dikanovic
Clara Neupert
Princess Safiya Byers
Claire DeRosa   
Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service  
Evictions engagement

BRONZE
Nyesha Stone   
Pamelina Williams
Carvd N Stone 

GOLD
Giselle Martin Gomez  
Mount Mary University Arches 
Nonprofits survive the pandemic

SILVER
Hannah Feuer  
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle         
Nervous about postal delays? Here’s how to make sure your vote is counted.

BRONZE
Aspen Ramos   
Marquette Wire               
Parties, social gatherings still taking place on campus

GOLD    
Haley Krueger  
Media Milwaukee
UWM Offers Targeted Covid Test for People with Symptoms

SILVER
Media Milwaukee staff               
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
How We’re Living Now

BRONZE
Payton Bachochin           
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Video Games Strengthen a Fragile Bond for Sisters Stuck at Home

GOLD    
Mazie Baldus
Lelah Byron       
Marquette Wire: MUTV
Pandemic Waste

SILVER  
Joseph Pethan
Wat Lee              
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
Deemed Essential

BRONZE              
Laura Bunn        
UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication   
Quarantine: An Acrostic

GOLD    
Emily Blazer
Mount Mary University Arches
A Critical Lens on MMU Safety Regulations: Are COVID-19 Guidelines Being Enforced?

SILVER  
Natallie St. Onge
Marquette Wire
Student, alum contract coronavirus abroad

BRONZE
Adam Kelnhofer             
UWM Post
Milwaukee Voting Lines Stretch for Blocks, Voters Pelted with Hail

GOLD
Adam Kelnhofer
UWM Post         
Milwaukee Recount Results to Be Announced Day After Thanksgiving

SILVER
Annie Mattea   
Marquette Wire               
Dean of the College of Business Administration, Joe Daniels, dies at 60

BRONZE
Shir Bloch
Alexa Jurado     
Marquette Wire               
Parties Still Happening

GOLD    
Brian Huynh      
Curb magazine
404 School Not Found by Brian Huynh

SILVER
Quinn Clark
Emily Cabaltera               
Mount Mary University Arches 
Mount Mary students explain who they voted for

BRONZE
Addison Lathers              
The Daily Cardinal           
‘The system is broken’: Madison’s local government is inaccessible to those that need it most

GOLD    
Adam Kelnhofer
Ethan Duran      
UWM Post         
“It was a nightmare.” – Students Talk About Their Experiences After Residence Halls Close

SILVER
Molly Liebergall              
Curb magazine
Bedroom Beats

BRONZE
Genevieve Vahl              
Curb magazine
Take What You Need, Give What You Can

GOLD    
Will Cioci           
The Daily Cardinal           
‘Becky is going to listen to us today’: BIPOC Coalition, TAA march for racial justice and a police-free campus

SILVER  
Wat Lee
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Party Outreach is Critical to Reaching Asian American Voters

BRONZE
John Quinnies  
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Americans Don’t Know What to Believe This Election Season

GOLD
Richa Karmarkar              
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Finding Hope through Music: The Voices of Quarantine

SILVER        
Hannah Feuer  
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle         
Mequon native’s novel is on childhood medical condition

BRONZE
Brianna Schubert
UWM Post
Vegetables, Kit-Kats and Home: How a UWM Student-Artist is Making it Work in Remote Learning

GOLD
Andrew Amouzou          
Marquette Wire               
Fleur Eggnick reflects on athletic family, journey to MU

SILVER
Matt Yeazel
Marquette Wire
What’s summer without baseball?

BRONZE
Zoe Comerford
Marquette Wire               
Marquette community, sports legends mourn Kobe Bryant

GOLD
Beck Salgado    
Marquette Wire               
MUPD’s silence after crimes seen as concerning

SILVER
Matthew Harte
Marquette Wire
University faces economic fallout

BRONZE
Lelah Byron       
Marquette Wire               
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Allison Beebe  
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Dawn of COVID-19 in Cape Town: A Backpacker’s Account of Travel During the Pandemic

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The Daily Cardinal           
Cardinal View: What did you expect?

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Marquette Wire Editorial Board              
Marquette Wire
Time is running out

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Patricia McKnight           
Media Milwaukee           
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Brian Huynh      
Curb magazine
Photo series by Brian Huynh

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Denisse Hernandez       
Mount Mary University Arches 
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Nick Galle
Kelli Arseneau
Dan Avington
Roy Bowler        
Marquette Wire: MUR  
Covid Across America

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Marquette Wire: MUR  
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Patrick Caine    
WRST-FM           
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Andrew Haese 
WRST-FM           
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Patrick Caine    
WRST-FM           
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WRST-FM           
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John Leuzzi        
Marquette Wire: MUR  
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Grayson Sewell               
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication   
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Joe Schultz        
WRST-FM           
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Dan Avington
Roy Bowler
Joseph Beaird  
Marquette Wire: MUTV
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Terese Radke   
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
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Terese Radke   
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
Local Shops Make the Most of Small Business Saturday

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Richa Karmarkar              
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
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Jacob Stahl        
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
Local Volunteers Spread the Joy in Milwaukee

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Lelah Byron
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Marquette Wire: MUTV
Marquette’s Melodic Secret

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Zoe Comerford
Marquette Wire: MUTV
Life Without Markus

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Tyler Peters
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Marquette Wire: MUTV
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Jack Phillips      
Marquette Wire: MUTV
A New Lacrosse Era

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The Badger Report Staff
Tamia Fowlkes
Sally Young       
The Badger Report, UW Madison            
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The Badger Report Staff
Nathan Denzin
Sophia Madore
The Badger Report, UW Madison            
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Isabel Tuisl
Rickiya Hatch
Kaylee Staral
Vanessa Rivera
M’Layo Sago
Cal Gessner
Marquette Wire: MUTV
Marquette Now, 02/12/2020

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Terese Radke   
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
A Much Kneaded Pastime

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Hazel Tang         
UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication   
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Molly Nelson   
Media Milwaukee – UW-Milwaukee       
Local Food Pantry Becomes Light of Hope

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Media Milwaukee           
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Elizabeth Marie Lang Oreamuno             
UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication   
Covida: The Corona Virus in Costa Rica

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Brenda Nelson Davis
Leslie Chavez   
Mount Mary University Arches 
Stories from the Sisters: Sister Joanne Poehlman

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Quinn Clark
Emily Cabaltera
Leslie Chavez
Allyson Gebauer
Denisse Hernandez       
Mount Mary University Arches 
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Marquette Wire               
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Curb Magazine
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UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication   
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Media Milwaukee staff               
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Brenda Nelson-Davis    
Mount Mary University Arches 
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Media Milwaukee Staff               
Media Milwaukee           
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Aspen Ramos   
Marquette Wire               
COVID-19 BLOG: Everything happens for a reason

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John Quinnies  
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Colectivo Coffee Workers Try to Unionize During Pandemic

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Jay Stahl
UWM Post
How Curd Queen Has the Internet Cheesin’ Again

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Natallie St. Onge
Marquette Wire
President Lovell’s son withdraws after posting racist, sexist posts

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John Quinnies
Destiny DeVooght
Matthew Hollendonner
Hannah Borchert
Taylor Wietzke
Media Milwaukee           
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Benjamin Wells
Natallie St. Onge            
Marquette Wire               
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Jessica Gatzow
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Fighting for Climate Change Justice on Milwaukee’s North Side

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Patricia McKnight
Media Milwaukee Staff               
Media Milwaukee           
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Adrian Hurd      
Media Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
‘The Pandemic Helped Me Find My Purpose’: Black Women-Owned Businesses Persevere in 2020

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Media Milwaukee Staff               
Media Milwaukee           
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Aminah Beg      
Marquette Wire               
The Privilege of Political Apathy

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Zachary Semancik           
UWM Post         
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UWM Post
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