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October 15, 2020 | IPP Media
Tabora Becomes a Desert and Source of Cut Wood (Swahili)
Damage to Tabora forests threatens to dry up Lake Tanganyika.
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Tanzania
October 02, 2020 | IPP Media
Farmers, Herders and Wildlife Bear Brunt of Damage To Miombo Forests
Increased human activities in Urambo and Kaliua districts in Tabora Region have contributed to the loss of what used to be dense miombo forests, thus accelerating the decline in the amount of rainfall compared to the past.
August 21, 2020 | Smithsonian Magazine
The Hunt for the Modern-Day Pirates Who Steal Millions of Tons of Fish From the Seas
These criminal actors threaten fragile species, forcing an international coalition to track them down.
August 11, 2020 | Mail & Guardian
Exclusive: Inside the Secret World of US Commandos in Africa
This investigation reveals the scale of operations of America’s elite combat troops in Africa.
April 06, 2020 | Water Journalists Africa
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
The InfoNile team tells the story of their cross-border data journalism investigation covering large-scale foreign land deals in the Nile River basin of Africa.
January 31, 2020 | New Vision
Sucked Dry
Huge swaths of land acquired by foreign investors in Africa's Nile River Basin export profits and displace communities.
August 08, 2018 | Pacific Standard
The Disappearing Pastures of the Maasai
In northern Tanzania, the Maasai people are seeing their ancestral lands claimed by the government, developers, and ruby-miners—all amid a serious drought.
January 25, 2018 | CBS News
Climate Change Eroding Women's Status in Zanzibar
Seaweed farming has enriched rural women in Zanzibar's conservative Muslim society. Now warming sea temperatures are threatening their livelihoods.
December 04, 2017 | The Christian Science Monitor
Forest Gumption: How Scientists Are Tapping Everything from Drones to Pruning Shears to Stem Global Warming
One method of stemming greenhouse gases—pruning excessive undergrowth that hinders forests—is one of a slew of quixotic ideas being worked on by researchers for slowing global warming.
November 03, 2017 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Can Math Be Used to Predict an Outbreak?
Scientists use algorithms in effort to forecast ground zero for next animal to human disease crisis.
January 11, 2017 | WBUR
How Climate Change Is Threatening Tanzania's Coffee Growers
Global warming is heating things up, causing all sorts of problems — including for coffee growers. In northern Tanzania, growers are finding weather conditions increasingly unsuitable.
December 27, 2016 | Yale Environment 360
On Slopes of Kilimanjaro, Shift in Climate Hits Coffee Harvest
Rising temperatures and changing precipitation are taking a toll on coffee farms, including the ones around Mt. Kilimanjaro. Scientists say new climate-resilient species of coffee must be developed.
How Tobacco Farming Affects Miombo Woodlands in Tabora, Tanzania
Woodlands comprise almost 90% of Tanzania's forests. In Miombo, tobacco farming impacts these landscapes and nearby communities.
The Extent of US Special Forces Involvement in Africa
Officially, the United States has one military base in Africa. But extensive reporting has revealed the existence of a network of secret military bases and outposts across the continent.
Coronavirus in Nile Basin: Dual Dangers of a Pandemic and Water Crisis
As the world tries to contain COVID-19 pandemic, how are already-vulnerable and water-scarce communities in Nile River basin containing the disease while ensuring local economies do not collapse?
Sucked Dry: Land Grabs and Water Access in the Nile River Basin
As world water shortages worsen, foreign companies are scooping up fertile land in the Nile River basin. But how are some of the world’s poorest countries affected? Water Journalists Africa reports.
A Journey Through Contested Lands: Tanzania
A moving photo essay about the Maasai in northeast Tanzania, who are struggling to make a living on ancestral lands that the government keeps trying to take away.
Restorative Businesses
Entrepreneurs and investors are rewriting the rules of business, challenging conventional growth principles to build an economy fueled by transparency and equality.
Climate Change in Zanzibar: Eroding Women’s Economic Status
Seaweed farming in Zanzibar generated economic power for rural women, but as climate change causes crop failures, a scientist scrambles to save the industry—and the hard-won gains of women.
Laboratory Earth
An unintended planet-wide experiment is underway–leading to warming temperatures and an acidifying ocean.
Maasai Women: Breaking Out of the Boma
New economic demands are forcing Maasai women into the workforce. While facing fierce backlash for their work, they are joining together to redefine women's roles within their patriarchal world.
Water Safety in Zanzibar
The WHO estimates over 370,000 lives are lost each year to drowning. And while water is an undeniable part of culture in Zanzibar, Tanzania, lack of knowledge about aquatic survival is commonplace.
Tensions over Food Insecurity in Africa
Roiling tensions underlie efforts to improve food security in Africa, often pulling at cross purposes on farmers, consumers and their countries.
Lost in Migration: A Refugee Chooses Between Two Worlds
Refugee Neema John has been offered a home in America. She’s torn: should she and her 6-year-old son stay in their close-knit Tanzanian slum, or join their family in the unknown?
August 07, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Thomas Dworzak
Photographer Thomas Dworzak discusses his reporting on Maasai women fighting for their land rights.
February 07, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Haley Joelle Ott
Seaweed farming has radically changed the socioeconomic position of rural women in Zanzibar, but climate change is causing massive die-offs and threatening women's new-found status.
November 23, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Journalist Sharon Schmickle Discusses Food Security in Africa
Journalist Sharon Schmickle reports on food security in Africa. Four Tanzanian journalists join her to look into the reasons behind malnourishment in their country and the struggles farmers face.
August 13, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Kathleen McLaughlin Reports on China's Problem with Fake Drugs in Africa
Reporter Kathleen McLaughlin looks at how China's efforts to provide medical aid to Africa have been corrupted by fake drugs.
December 02, 2020 | General news, Project news
African Journalists on Covering Crises During a Pandemic
Grantees Fredrick Mugira and Ejiro Umukoro share their experiences covering pervasive environmental and social issues in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 14, 2020 | Project news, Awards
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 countries.
April 13, 2017 | General news
National Geographic Your Shot 'Strong Women' Finalists Selected
National Geographic photographer, Amy Toensing and Deputy Director of Photography, Whitney Johnson, select the final photographs for Your Shot assignment.
May 11, 2016 | General news, Awards
Two Student Fellows Win 2016 SPJ National Mark of Excellence Awards, Third a National Finalist
Paul Nevin's focus on child-maternal health in Kenya and Jae Lee's on emergency care in Uganda take national prizes. Reporting on Maasai women by Sydney Combs places as finalist.
April 07, 2016 | General news, Project news, Education news, Awards
Six Student Fellows Win Regional Mark of Excellence Awards
Sydney Combs and Paul Nevin each place first in their regions for feature photography. Jae Lee and Kara Andrade each place first in their regions for in-depth reporting. Rebecca Gibian and Diana Crandall place first in their region for breaking news reporting.
March 11, 2016 | Project news, Education news, Awards
2015 Fellows Finalists for SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists honors nine 2015 Pulitzer Center student fellows at regional awards ceremonies throughout the country.
December 23, 2015 | General news
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
August 07, 2015 | Project news
Should You Run an NGO Like a Business?
Governments and aid organizations routinely earmark billions of dollars for overseas aid. Could "privatized" forms of aid prevent that money from going to waste?
October 14, 2013 | General news
This Week: Hunger: A Fact of Life
Crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa rank among the lowest in the world, and nearly a third of the region’s people are chronically malnourished.
December 29, 2012 | General news
Week in Review: Pulitzer 2012 in Photos
Week in Review: Pulitzer 2012 in Photos
February 28, 2012
Social Media Week: Innovations in the Developing World
Competition organizers challenge entrepreneurs to create technology that solves communication, privacy, and infrastructure problems in the developing world.
January 06, 2011 | Awards
Mary Wiltenburg Finalist for Livingston, Dart Awards
In 2010, Mary Wiltenburg was named a finalist for the 2009 Livingston Awards and the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma for her Christian Science Monitor series on a Tanzanian refugee resettling in the United States.
August 08, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Contested Lands: Teaching Indigenous Rights and Resistance Through Photo Stories
Indigenous rights and visual literacy take center stage in these activity ideas and classroom resources, using reporting from six countries by Magnum photographers.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 21, 2016 | All Grades
Food Insecurity in Africa: A Farming Crisis
The hungriest people in Africa are its farmers. Africa is one of the largest continents in the world and farming is the biggest way to obtain financial means and food.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
September 12, 2015 | All Grades
Swimming and Water Safety
Students will learn about the importance of water safety and collect class data on swimming involvement.