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    Pulitzer Center Update

    Pulitzer Center-Supported ‘Sucked Dry’ Wins Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting

    The story reveals how foreign investors in the Nile River Basin exported profits and displaced...

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    February 22, 2021
  • Moderator and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Lindsay Palmer in conversation with Pulitzer Center grantee Ejiro Umukoro. Image courtesy of the Pulitzer Center. 2020.
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    Pulitzer Center Update

    African Journalists on Covering Crises During a Pandemic

    Grantees Fredrick Mugira and Ejiro Umukoro share their experiences covering pervasive environmental...

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    December 2, 2020
  • Children bringing in water at Nakalanga Landing Site. Image by Fredrick Mugira and Annika McGinnis. Uganda, undated.
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    Pulitzer Center Update

    Pulitzer-Supported Project on Nile Basin Wins African Digital Media Award

    "Sucked Dry" investigates the effects of foreign land grabs in the Nile River Basin on 11 African...

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    September 15, 2020
  • There are 21 primary schools at Kakuma refugee camp. Bhar-El-Naam, shown here, is one of two primary schools exclusively for girls. Image by Rodger Bosch for UNICEF USA. Kenya, 2018.
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    Pulitzer Center Update

    In Their Shoes: Elementary Students Explore Stories of Forced Migration

    According to the United Nations, over 79 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their...

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    Jaime Joyce
    Campus Consortium Advisory Council
    September 4, 2020
  • Land acquisitions along River Rwizi have reduced its width and length. Image by Fredrick Mugira. Uganda, 2019.
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    Project

    Coronavirus in Nile Basin: Dual Dangers of a Pandemic and Water Crisis

    In Africa's Nile River basin, where COVID-19 outbreaks are just beginning, much of the lower and...

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    PART OF: Stealing South Sudan: Civil War, Land Grabs, and Displacement

    How They Did It: Using a Mobile Phone Survey to Investigate South Sudan’s Conflict

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    Carolyn Thompson
    Grantee
    May 11, 2020
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    Uncertain future: Tabu Raida sits for a portrait in the Imvepi settlement for refugees that have fled from South Sudan to Uganda. Image by Adriane Ohanesian & Gael Cloarec / Getty Images.
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    PART OF: Was Your Sister Disturbed?

    ‘Any Trigger Can Lead to Suicide’

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    Amanda Sperber
    Grantee
    April 27, 2020
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    In Bukaleba Forest Reserve, four communities that have lived on the land for generations are struggling to survive. Image by Annika McGinnis. Uganda, undated.
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    PART OF: Sucked Dry: Land Grabs and Water Access in the Nile River Basin

    The Story of Sucked Dry: A Cross-Border Data Journalism Investigation Exposing How Foreign Investors Are Quietly Staking Their Claim to Large Swaths of Land in Africa’s Nile River Basin

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    June 11, 2020
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  • Satellite image of Kaya in January, 2019, showing evidence of damaged properties. Image courtesy of Google Earth.
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    Pulitzer Center Update

    Pulitzer Center Data Project Wins Third Place at Philip Meyer Awards

    The Philip Meyer Award recognizes the best uses of empirical methods in journalism. The awards were...

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    March 10, 2020
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    Water weed in Lake Tana. Flower farms have been accused of contaminating Lake Tana with fertilizers. Fertilizers stimulate the growth of water weed. Image by Geoffrey Kamadi. Kenya, undated.
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    PART OF: Sucked Dry: Land Grabs and Water Access in the Nile River Basin

    Sucked Dry

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    February 1, 2020
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  • A refugee camp in northern Uganda where some fo the 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees are living. Image by Carolyn Thompson. Uganda, 2019.
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    Carolyn Thompson Wins 2019 IRE Award for Reporting on South Sudanese Refugee Crisis

    Pulitzer Center grantee wins IRE award for reporting on refugees and tracking human displacement in...

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    January 15, 2020
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    Satellite image of Kaya in January, 2019, showing evidence of damaged properties. Image courtesy of Google Earth.
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    PART OF: Stealing South Sudan: Civil War, Land Grabs, and Displacement

    Satellite Research: How We Used Images for Verification and Analysis in South Sudan

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    Carolyn Thompson
    Grantee
    December 17, 2019
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