Managing Director

Contact Nathalie: napplewhite[AT]pulitzercenter.org

Nathalie Applewhite has worked nationally and internationally on documentaries, educational, political and commercial productions as a producer, director, and editor. She has also worked as a consultant for the Executive Office of the Secretary General at the United Nations and as a project manager and media specialist for the University of Pennsylvania’s Literacy Research Center where she produced educational media, including video and interactive web resources, for both national and international programs.

As Managing Director of the Pulitzer Center, Nathalie supports the Executive Director with overall management of the Center and its strategic development, and with the selection and management of reporting projects. She is the managing producer of the interactive narrative projects (Heroes of HIV and HOPE) and oversees all video production for the Center. Nathalie also oversees the design and development of their website and their educational outreach programs, and advises on the development of outreach strategies for reporting projects and the Center.

Co-founder and director of vis à vis productions her documentary Picture Me an Enemy, about two young women from the former Yugoslavia, won several awards, including best documentary in the Philadelphia Film Festival of Independents, and was nominated for a regional Emmy in the category of Outstanding Documentary Program. The film has screened in festivals and universities both internationally and nationally. She is also the recipient of the Leeway Foundation's Harmony grant for projects that promote racial, religious and ethnic tolerance.

While pursuing a Master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University she concentrated in international security policy with a regional concentration in the Middle East; and co-founded and directed the Media and Communications in War and Peace student group (now MIC). During her time at Columbia, she was a delegate on the US-Syria Citizen’s Exchange program.

Her interests lie at the intersections of media, democracy, and nationalism, and in the role of media in war and its potential in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-building. Nathalie co-presented a workshop on the subject of war and representation at the International Institute on Peace Education’s 2005 Program, and has presented numerous talks on topics such as the role of media in conflict, journalism in crisis, global reporting at a crossroads, and more, at universities and conferences across the country. She has also presented several workshops on multi-media reporting for journalists in the US and abroad.

• Acceptance Speech for the Goldman Sachs Prize for Excellence in International Education