Pulitzer Center and Internews honor Persephone Miel and announce the launch of the Persephone Miel Fellowship to help journalists outside the United States report on their home countries.
Journalism and Censorship in the Caucasus: Revisiting Stories Never Told
Since 1993, more than 35 journalists in Russia have been murdered for their work, of these some 14 were killed in Chechnya, the North Caucasus region or in St. Petersburg. About 19 journalists have been assassinated in retaliation for their reporting since Vladimir Putin came to power (including three in 2009).
Grantee
Fatima Tlisova is an investigative journalist, researcher and expert on the North Caucasus region of Russia. She has written extensively on Circassian nationalism, the role of Islam in regional...