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Project
If God Is a Virus
Based on original reporting from West Africa and the United States, and the poet’s experiences as a...
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Lesson Plans
Teaching Guide: If God Is a Virus (Poems)
Reading guides and activities for a book of documentary poetry that interrogates the worlds of journalism, medicine, international aid, their ethics, and their intersections.
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Pulitzer Center Update
On-Demand Student Webinar: Responsible Reporting on Epidemics with Dr. Seema Yasmin
Watch a recorded webinar for students in which Dr. Seema Yasmin share her insights on the role of...
April 8, 2020 -
Beyond the headlines of environmental disaster, the designation of sacred forests in West Africa...
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After a disturbing sexual abuse epidemic at an American charity in Monrovia, Liberians opened a new...
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Can mental illness be treated in a country with just one psychiatrist for 4 million people? In...
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Lesson Plans
Reporting on Epidemics [15 minutes]
Students will explore how health topics are presented in the news media using behind the scenes videos from Carl Gierstorfer’s Ebola project and Jon Cohen’s HIV/AIDS project.
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Students will learn about the concept of epidemiology and how it is used to control or prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
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Project
Data in a Crisis
In the chaos of crisis and human displacement, aid organizations struggle to track, analyze and...
