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April 08, 2020 | Pulitzer Center
A New York Emergency Room Doctor on the Frontlines
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism student TuAnh Dam speaks to an ER doctor about her battle against COVID-19.
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April 08, 2020 | Triple Pundit
Palm Vs. Coconut Oil: What's the More Sustainable Choice?
Debate ensues over whether or not coconut, which grows in the same tropical regions as oil palm, is really a sustainable alternative.
April 08, 2020 | Open Democracy
Bolsonaro's Highway Could Destroy the Largest Tropical Forest Reserve in the World (Spanish)
The Barón de Río Branco megaproject, conceived by Brazil's past military dictatorship and given the go-ahead by the current government, threatens the Brazilian jungle and its Indigenous inhabitants.
April 08, 2020 | Science Magazine
South Africa Hopes Its Battle with HIV and TB Helped Prepare It for COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps into South Africa, the country's experience with handling tuberculosis (TB) and HIV could give it an advantage. But those infections could also worsen the pandemic’s impact.
April 08, 2020 | Science Magazine
Trials of Drugs to Prevent Coronavirus Infection Begin in Health Care Workers
A trial was designed in which health care workers in Asia, Africa, and Europe will receive two old drugs used against malaria.
April 08, 2020 | Science Magazine
Former FDA Leaders Decry Emergency Authorization of Malaria Drugs for Coronavirus
The emergency authorization of malaria drugs for use towards fighting coronavirus has received backlash from former FDA executives.
April 08, 2020 | Science Magazine
Unprecedented Nationwide Blood Studies Seek To Track US Coronavirus Spread
To understand the true extent of the new coronavirus, researchers across the United States are examining donated blood.
April 07, 2020 | Pulitzer Center
Illinois Deals With Chaotic White House Approach During Coronavirus Pandemic
Peter Slevin, associate professor of journalism at Campus Consortium partner Medill School of Journalism, details Illinois' struggle to fight coronavirus with an "inadequate" federal response.
April 07, 2020 | Pulitzer Center
Surviving as an Ahmadi in Pakistan
Ahmadis are constitutionally prohibited from “posing as Muslims,” which leaves the community vulnerable to state-sanctioned and societal persecution in Pakistan.
April 07, 2020 | Science Magazine
‘Every Day Is a New Surprise.’ Inside the Effort to Produce the World’s Most Popular Coronavirus Tracker
Many websites are tracking the disease and death caused by the coronavirus. But one of the earliest, an online dashboard run by Johns Hopkins University, has become the go-to place for the latest data on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
April 06, 2020 | Pulitzer Center
UNC Students Grapple With Returning to Immunocompromised Family Members During COVID-19
Reporting Fellow alum Praveena Somasundaram from Guilford College explores how UNC students are grappling with whether or not to go home to immunocompromised family members.
April 06, 2020 | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Coming Home Clean: Tera’s Story of Recovery
An in-jail, peer-to-peer program aimed at tackling addiction sees progress in Virginia.
June 30, 2016
Slow Journalism and the Out of Eden Walk Curriculum
Educators can use Paul Salopek's Out of Eden Walk as a teaching tool by exposing classrooms to the the project and having students design and implement a narrative walk of their own.
April 07, 2016
Telling Science Stories: Data Visualization
Grantee Dan McCarey explains the importance of data visualization for practitioners in biostatistics and other quantitative fields.
September 18, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Michelle Goldberg on Banning the Buying of Sex
Do bans on buying sex work? Or is it better to legalize everything? Journalist Michelle Goldberg traveled to Europe to find out.
November 11, 2013
Kem Knapp Sawyer Keynotes Model UN conference
Pulitzer Center editor Kem Knapp Sawyer opened the Global Classrooms Model UN conference with a talk on child soldiers—and on programs aimed at helping them find "the resilience to begin again."
May 14, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Sarah Wildman on Jerusalem: Eternal City, Divided City
Sarah Wildman on the contested histories of modern Jerusalem and how they have shaped – and narrowed – the prospects for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
May 14, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Reporting from East Congo: Consequences of a Conflict with No End
Fiona Lloyd-Davies has reported on Eastern Congo since 2011. Here she discusses the twin aims of her new project, assessing the aftermath of a mass rape and efforts to establish conflict-free mines.
April 23, 2013 | Education Resources
Educator's Guide to "In Search of Home" E-book
Download an Educator's Guide to "In Search of Home", our iPad e-book on global statelessness.
March 15, 2013
Meet Student Fellow Yasmin Bendaas
Wake Forest University student reporting fellow Yasmin Bendaas examines the tradition of facial tattooing in Algeria.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Use it or Lose it: Social Media in the 2012 US Election
Social media dominated the youth voting scene in the 2012 US presidential election. This trend seems likely to grow stronger over the course of the next election cycle.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
El Nuevo South: A Land of Isolation
Immigrants to Williamsburg, Virginia, have difficulty assimilating without the support of the large immigrant communities they might find in bigger cities.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
School Garden Programs and Food Security
Planting and maintaining vegetable gardens on school grounds in South Africa was supposed to be a sustainable operation to maintain food security. Unfortunately, it seems to have proven otherwise.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Global Perception of Che Guevara
The famous image "Guerrillero Heroico," captured in 1960 by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, has become an international symbol of revolution. But has it been taken too far out of context?
April 07, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Projects Named in One World Media Awards Longlists 2020
The One World Media Awards celebrate media coverage of developing countries across 15 categories. A number of Pulitzer-supported projects, grantees and partners were nominated.
April 06, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Grantee Nariman El-Mofty Receives Overseas Press Club Award Citation
Pulitzer Center grantee Nariman El-Mofty received an OPC citation for outstanding work in photography.
April 04, 2020 | General news
Does Reporting on Panic Buying Fuel Panic Buying?
Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center, comments on the media's coverage of panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic.
April 03, 2020 | General news, Project news, Education news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows Named Winners in SPJ's Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
SPJ names two Reporting Fellows, Patrick Ammerman from University of Pennsylvania and Mariana Rivas from TCU, Regional Mark of Excellence winners for stories on challenges facing Venezuelan migrants.
April 03, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Project Receives Overseas Press Club Award Citation
The 81st Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Recognizes the finest international reporting in 22 categories. The Pulitzer Center-supported project “Fleeing Violence, Mexicans Seek Asylum in the U.S.” won a Citation for the Madeline Dane Ross Award.
April 03, 2020 | Awards
Associated Press Wins Overseas Press Club of America Award for Pulitzer Center Project
The Pulitzer Center-supported series on migration received the Hal Boyle Award in the 2020 OPC Awards.
April 01, 2020 | General news
POSTPONED: The Pulitzer Center's Conference on Justice
Due to public health concerns, we regret to announce that we must postpone the Justice conference.
March 23, 2020 | Education news
DC Middle Schoolers Tell Underreported Stories With PBS NewsHour
More than 20 students from Ida B. Wells Middle School participated in the three-day workshop.
March 20, 2020 | General news, Education news, Awards
JHU Reporting Fellow Isabella Gomes' Image Shortlisted for 'This Is Gender' Exhibition
Gomes' image of a sex trafficking survior and her guide dog was chosen as a finalist from over 400 submissions.
March 18, 2020 | Awards
Announcing the Winners of the Seventh Annual CUGH-Pulitzer Center Video Competition
Awards were given to the best videos showcasing important global health issues and innovations.
March 16, 2020 | General news
Carol Rosenberg Interviewed in Columbia Journalism Review
Carol Rosenberg speaks about the intricacies of reporting in Guantanamo Bay.
March 09, 2020 | General news
Applications Open for the Persephone Miel Fellowship
The call for 2020 Miel fellows is now open. The deadline is April 10, 2020.