A Look Back on Our Most Impactful Photojournalism
"A Year in Photos" celebrates the exceptional visual reporting produced by Pulitzer Center-supported photographer grantees and partners, who contribute to furthering our mission. The work featured here, published between December 2023 and November 2024, visualizes complex issues, represents the diversity of our reporting networks, and showcases the global reach of the journalism we support.
These images capture the stories of communities across the world. Each photograph tells a unique story and highlights different angles of the human experience, including people's connection to land and water, the preservation of culture, the fight to protect human rights, the displacement and devastation faced by communities due to conflict, and the search for solutions to public health threats.
We carefully chose photos from 32 countries and 62 photographers that give an overview of our year in review. Witness stories that affect our world, such as the flight from war and discrimination, the scarce access to health care for rural senior citizens, and the disclosure of extractive industries’ negative impacts.
The Pulitzer Center is committed to empowering journalists to uncover the most underreported stories and pressing issues of our time. We amplify the work of our grantees through engaging educational curricula and public programming, and by sparking conversations among changemakers.
These images create connections between communities thousands of miles apart, fostering a shared understanding of our struggles and successes as global citizens. Join us in celebrating a powerful year of visual storytelling by viewing the photos and reading behind-the-scenes insights from the photographers.
Impact
This month, a Pulitzer Center-supported project on iron mining in Malaysia's rainforests exposed two mining operators for allegedly polluting Sungai Kelaik stream in Gua Musang, Kelantan. Following the publication, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ordered the mining operations to cease and launched an investigation through the Department of Environment. One company, Aqua Orion Sdn Bhd, was also found to be operating without the required environmental impact assessment.
Read the story behind this impact.
Photo of the Week
“These two photos show survival and memory—Tara holding the only photo recovered from their looted home and her mother eating food grown in Manipur. Together, they reflect how this family holds on to their heritage and finds strength in tradition, even while displaced and living in Delhi. The images are a testament to resilience, and the meaning objects can carry in the face of loss.”
— Beth LaBerge
This message first appeared in the December 20, 2024, edition of the Pulitzer Center's weekly newsletter. Subscribe today.
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