Pulitzer Center grantee William Wheeler reflects on his experience in international reporting and the fraught path from daily journalism to long-form nonfiction.
South Asia's Troubled Waters
Water issues affect us all, from the women who spend hours daily fetching water to political battles over international rivers to melting icepack and rising sea levels. We are all downstream.
Four freelance journalists from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting shared their perspectives on the future of journalism in a speech Monday night.
For many of us, it's hard to envision a time when water will not be readily available. From drinking to cleaning, water is a constant and often underappreciated presence in our lives.
"Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water. That's one in eight of us."
Specialists from across sectors gathered at the National Geographic Society on World Water Day, Monday, March 22, to share information on an issue seemingly so simple we often take it for granted.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Monday to put water issues on the "front burner" of U.S. foreign policy.
Unsafe water and poor sanitation claim 4,500 lives day. What should we do about it?
That’s the question we posed in our Global Issues/Citizen Voices essay contest with helium.com, the popular writers’ site. The answers have been streaming in
Peter Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
In January 2010, Pulitzer-sponsored journalists Jennifer Redfearn, William Wheeler and Anna-Katarina Gravgaard visited more than fifteen middle and high schools and three universities in the St.
Pulitzer Center Staff
Pulitzer Center reporters William Wheeler and Anna Katarina-Gravgaard report to Time in "Fasting for Climate Change."
William Wheeler was honored in Copenhagen, while the UN held its climate change conference, with an Earth Journalism Award
William Wheeler was honored in Copenhagen, while the UN held its climate change conference, with an Earth Journalism Award for "The Water's Edge," exploring the water crisis in South Asia.
Gateways
Grantee
Multimedia journalist Anna-Katarina Gravgaard has reported from four different continents with a focus on water and the environment. A print reporter from age 14, she transitioned into multimedia...
Grantee
William Wheeler has reported on political affairs from East Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Haiti, and the Middle East. He’s also covered immigrant detention in rural Virginia, and subterranean...
Region
Country
Topics
Subjects
Ecosystems, Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, Environmental Public Policy, Freshwater Resources, Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources, Role of Water in Natural and Human-Made Environments, Watersheds, U.S. Foreign Policy Since WWII, Impact of the Industrial Revolution, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations, Modern Day Conflicts