January 11, 2012 / Untold Stories
by Julia Rendleman
Jamaica may be a land of abundance, but its reliance on cheap agricultural imports is driving local farmers out of business.
November 23, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Julia Rendleman
Nearly a fifth of working Jamaicans are employed in the country's agriculture sector, but farmers are struggling to make ends meet because cheap imported products are driving down local food costs.
Jamaica milk producers, 2011.
October 20, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Julia Rendleman
Like many other Jamaican dairy farmers, Oral Rayson is dumping thousands of gallons of milk down the drain because imported powdered milk has become a cheaper alternative for locals.
October 20, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Julia Rendleman
Imported food is cheap in Jamaica, benefiting consumers. But what is the costs for farmers who have lost their income?
October 11, 2011 /
by Julia Rendleman
This project looks at the paradox of Jamaican agriculture: an abundant supply of fish, fruits and vegetables while farmers struggle to find financial success.
October 11, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Julia Rendleman
Goat farmers in Jamaica must compete against cheaper imported meat from the U.S., but Ray Woodrow Blake knows his goats are one of a kind. He prides himself on their supremely sweet flavor.
LiveHopeLove
February 6, 2011 /
Poet Kwame Dawes speaks at the 2011 Annual Conference for the Association for Writers and Writing Program Kwame Dawes discusses his poetry and his projects with the Pulitzer Center, including the...
September 23, 2010 /
Reporters, photographers and videographers address the challenges - and opportunities - of freelance foreign reporting in today's turbulent media market
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September 9, 2010 / Nieman Reports
by Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes describes how the making of poems and the writing of news reports are parallel endeavors.
April 23, 2010 /
Jacqueline Marino Nieman Storyboard
April 20, 2010 / Untold Stories
by Micah Fink
It is widely believed that being openly gay in Jamaica is essentially a death sentence. That if you put your face on camera and admit you are gay, someone will come along and kill you.
February 24, 2010 /
by Nathalie Applewhite
Produced by Stephanie Guyer-Stevens and Jack Chance of Outer Voices, and Nathalie Applewhite of the Pulitzer Center, the radio documentary, "LiveHopeLove: HIV/AIDS in Jamaica" is part of Hope:...
January 10, 2010 /
by Nathalie Applewhite
"Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica" is featured in a list of the top 10 web documentaries according to

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