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November 14, 2018 | Al Jazeera
How Nigeria's Fear of Child 'Witchcraft' Ruins Young Lives
Abandonment, persecution, violence: childhoods are lost as young Nigerians are branded as witches.
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Africa
November 13, 2018 | Harper Collins Publishers
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
Michael Scott Moore's new memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates weaves together personal narrative and investigative journalism, by examining his own experience with a larger examination of the world around him.
November 12, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
In Liberia, Survivors of Ebola and Civil War Now Struggle With Mental Illness
In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness.
November 10, 2018 | Granta
Dividing Lines
The fight against militias that roam CAR's displaced persons camps and now persecute the very people they claim to protect.
November 09, 2018 | The National
Sudanese Militias Moonlight As Poachers in Central African Republic's Badlands
Raids in central Africa's Chinko Nature Reserve reveal a dark connection between armed groups and the illicit wildlife trade
October 30, 2018 | Al Jazeera
Child Soldiers of South Sudan
In South Sudan there are still 19,000 children in armed forces, with boys trained to fight and girls taken as "wives."
October 29, 2018 | IRIN
Reporter’s Diary: Heal Somalia’s Former Child Soldiers, Heal a Nation
When children escape life with al-Shabab extremists, they don’t escape the trauma of years on the front lines. And there’s little help to be had in a nation still buffeted by violence.
October 29, 2018 | BBC World Service
Ismail Einashe Discusses The Valley of Death on BBC 'Newsday'
In this episode of BBC Newsday, journalist Ismail Einashe discusses the forgotten genocide in Somaliland.
October 29, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Children's Homes in Ethiopia: Slowly, Slowly, Even an Egg Will Walk | ቀስበቀስ እንቁላል በእግሩ ይሄዳል
What is life like for children in orphanages and children's homes under the new foreign adoption law in Ethiopia? How will the law affect children in the future?
October 22, 2018 | The Nation
In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide
Thirty years ago, the U.S.-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.
October 22, 2018 | Undark
Amid Pollution and Political Indifference, Nigerians Struggle to Catch Their Breath
From Lagos to Onitsha and Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s southern region suffers off-the-charts air pollution. Leaders are doing little to help.
October 16, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
African Migrants Now Departing From Morocco to Europe
Libya has cracked down on African migrants seeking to flee to Europe. As a result, Morocco has become the new jumping off point from the African continent. One flashpoint is Ceuta, a Spanish enclave at the northern tip of the country.
Scars and Resilience in South Sudan
In South Sudan, the trauma of the war and the use of child soldiers is transmitted from one generation to another. But people are also finding ways to keep hope.
What's Next? How Ethiopia Is Adjusting to its New Ban on Foreign Adoption
With the new changes to the adoption law in Ethiopia, the country has created a sense of community by caring for children who don't have parents to care for them.
Proxy War in the Horn of Africa
Africa has become the new locus of great power conflict in the 21st century. But this new proxy battle is centered in a tiny nation of just 943,000 people in the Horn of Africa called Djibouti.
Hopes for a Wind Turbine in Kentucky to Reduce Post-Harvest Loss in Nigeria
Students at the University of Kentucky built a prototype wind turbine which they hope farmers in Nigeria could replicate to efficiently dry grains.
Treating Mental Illness in Resource-Poor Countries
Can mental illness be treated in a country with just one psychiatrist for 4 million people? In Liberia, a pioneering program shows it's possible to tackle mental health issues with scant resources.
Across the Straits
As economic migrants and refugees continue their march towards Europe, Spain has replaced Italy as the main entry point to the EU. Malcolm Brabant examines the dynamics on both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar.
Digging into Sierra Leone's Environmental Crisis
What are grassroots organizations doing about Sierra Leone's environmental crisis? How do various environmental solutions impact the country?
Upholding 29(1)(a) in South Africa: The Right to Basic Education
South African schools have long faced major infrastructure problems. Adam Yates investigates the historical causes and consequences of this issue. What hope exists for fixing these schools?
The Globalization of AFROPUNK
AFROPUNK connects the African Diaspora not only through music, but also socially and politically, proving it to be a global movement that parallels the current politics facing young South Africans.
Lessons from the Cape Town Water Crisis
Cape Town, South Africa, has saved its 3.7 million citizens from becoming very thirsty—for now. What lessons can the world learn about handling drought?
The Race for Cobalt
Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to most of the world's cobalt, to see how huge global demand can be met without rampant child labor and corruption.
Helping the Poor: What Works in Rwanda?
Governments, foundations, and nonprofits aim to help the world's poorest people by giving them livestock, cash, training, and education. What works best? How do we know?
October 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Roxanne Scott
In 1960, about 100,000 turkeys in England suddenly died. Could grain contamination be the cause? Roxanne Scott explores how Nigerian farmers are planning to recover from aflatoxin contamination.
September 24, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer
Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to most of the world's cobalt, to see how huge global demand can be met without rampant child labor and corruption.
August 16, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Deborah Bloom
In a densely populated village outside Mombasa in Kenya, the effects of industrial pollution continue to harm inhabitants. Deborah Bloom chronicles an activist's fight against it.
August 13, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Hassan Ghedi Santur
In May 2018, Hassan Ghedi Santur traveled to Mogadishu, Somalia, to report on former al-Shabab child soldiers and the many challenges that await them once they defect from the group.
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.
July 17, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Yasmin Bendaas
Yasmin Bendaas discusses reporting in Algeria—a 2012 project on the disappearing tradition of facial tattoos among the Chaouia and a current project on the effect of climate change on sheepherders.
June 25, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jon Cohen
Nigeria, Russia, and Florida have each had difficulty mounting a strong response to HIV/AIDS, at a time when neighboring countries or states have made progress in bringing their epidemics to an end.
June 21, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Tom Gardner
Journalist Tom Gardner discusses a two-part series of articles exploring Ethiopia's so-called "development state" and the crisis of expectations driving mass protest and exodus.
June 11, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Tom Gardner
Tom Gardner discusses his reporting as he follows the railway from Addis Ababa to the Djibouti coast examining efforts of the Ethiopian government to use grand infrastructure to develop a poor region.
May 21, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jaime Joyce
Take a look inside the classrooms at Kakuma refugee camp and see how the children are struggling to stay in school.
May 20, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Tomaso Clavarino
Churches in Ghana are booming and pastors have become some of the richest and most powerful people. But at what price? "Prophets and profits" investigates this boom and its consequences.
May 18, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jack Losh
As fighting uproots more than a million people, Jack Losh travels to the Central African Republic to report on the country's civil war and humanitarian crisis.
November 06, 2018 | General news, Awards
Oxpeckers Honored With SAB Environmental Media Award
Oxpeckers won an SAB Environmental Media Award for their Pulitzer Center-supported project on land rights and displaced communities in Mozambique.
October 08, 2018 | General news, Project news
Sebastian Meyer Takes Over Pulitzer Center Instagram
Meyer's project investigates the child labor and corruption behind the global demand for cobalt.
October 03, 2018 | General news, Awards
Cassandra Vinograd, Peter Tinti, and Jack Losh Named Finalists for Kurt Schork Memorial Award
Grantees Cassandra Vinograd, Peter Tinti, and Jack Losh were finalists for an award honoring some of the most courageous, yet least recognized, journalists around the world.
September 24, 2018 | General news, Project news
Nathaniel Rich Speaks with Nieman Storyboard
Nathaniel Rich discusses “Losing Earth,” human inertia, and storytelling as “a moral act” in an interview with Nieman Storyboard.
September 12, 2018 | General news
Pulitzer Center Launches Rainforest Journalism Fund at Global Climate Action Summit
In a major new environmental journalism initiative, the Pulitzer Center is administering a $5.5 million fund dedicated to covering the world's rainforests.
September 12, 2018 | General news
Pulitzer Center Launches 5-Year, $5.5 Million Rainforest Journalism Fund
The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Rainforest Journalism Fund, a five-year, $5.5 million initiative focused on raising public awareness of the pressing environmental issues facing the world’s tropical forests.
August 31, 2018 | General news
Ethiopian Diaspora Community Embraces New Prime Minister
After a wave of reforms in Ethiopia, the diaspora community welcomes Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Washington, D.C.
August 29, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Child Labor and Your Smartphone
This week: cobalt mining comes from one of the planet's poorest countries and all too often it is mined by children, skepticism about Kosovo's deradicalization and rehabilitation programs for returning jihadists, and Pulitzer Center welcomes new Executive Editor, Indira Lakshmanan.
August 16, 2018 | General news
Southern African Journalists Delve into Property Rights Reporting
A brief recap of a journalism training on reporting land and property rights held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 31 thru August 3, 2018
August 16, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: When Pollution Kills
This week: air pollution kills over 4 million people each year, Rohingya survivors tell their stories, and Putin is building his ties in Africa.
July 31, 2018 | Education news
Education Resources for The New York Times Magazine's 'Losing Earth'
Here you will find reading comprehension tools, activities and other resources to bring "Losing Earth," The New York Times Magazine's special issue on climate change, into the classroom and beyond.
July 26, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: The Ugly Story of Nigeria's Childhood 'Witches'
This week: Nigerian children face abuse at the hands of religious leaders and family members, El Salvadorian gang members find their escape through the church, and what can be seen paddling down a river in Myanmar.
August 15, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Piecing the Story Together: Visual Literacy Activity Using Photo Puzzles
Independently and collaboratively, students piece together photo puzzles and investigate the stories behind them, all the while considering: Why is it important to seek out the full story?
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.
July 31, 2018 | All Grades
'Losing Earth' Curricular Materials
Reading comprehension tools, activities and other resources to bring "Losing Earth," The New York Times Magazine's special issue on climate change, into the classroom and beyond.
July 26, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Introducing the Story of 'Losing Earth'
In this printable PDF, you will find text summaries, discussion and comprehension questions, and other useful materials for students and teachers navigating "Losing Earth."
July 25, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Writing & Communication Activities
Guide your students in creative, expository, and persuasive writing, class debates, and science communications exercises designed for any subject area.
July 24, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Visualizing Climate Change
Activities encouraging students to create and evaluate visual representations of climate change in order to interpret and share environmental knowledge effectively.
July 23, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Taking Action: Activities for Students, Schools, and Communities
What could you and your students do to fight climate change? This resource outlines letter-writing campaigns, research projects and school-wide event ideas for students.
July 22, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Digging Deeper: Background Materials & Primary Sources
Find all the context you need to teach "Losing Earth," including historical timelines and original transcripts from Senate hearings on climate change.
July 21, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Skype a Journalist into Your Classroom
Want a journalist to speak with your class about their environmental reporting? Our grantees have expertise ranging from ocean health to pollution. Learn more about how to schedule a free visit.
May 23, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School
Learning About Literary Journalism: School in Kenyan Refugee Camps
Students will explore literary journalism by learning about what life is like for children who live in and got to school at Kakuma refugee camp.
May 01, 2018 | All Grades
5 Lesson Plans to Celebrate World Press Freedom Day
In celebration of World Press Freedom Day, we've compiled our top five lesson plans on the importance of a free media, and how journalists and citizens stand up for it around the world.
April 11, 2018 | High School, College
Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides [Documentary Screening and Discussion]
Stephanie Sinclair's documentary short is an investigation of child marriage and a call to action. In this lesson, students view the film and discuss root causes of child marriage and solutions,...
