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July 25, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Domestic Violence in Nigeria: A Visual Timeline
Why have reports of domestic violence increased in Lagos, Nigeria? Joy Ikekhua examines the growth in recent years.
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Africa
July 24, 2019 | Copenhagen Democracy Summit
Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan Moderates Panels at 2019 Copenhagen Democracy Summit
"Democracy is resilient, but if ignored, it will be under assault," said Congressmen Steny Hoyer at the 2019 Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
July 24, 2019 | Nature
Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone
Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials to treat Ebola and forced scientists to change how they immunize people.
July 24, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Speaking Up and Out: How Nigerian Women Are Resisting and Changing Cultural Silence by Sharing their Experiences
In Lagos, Nigeria, why do victims of domestic violence not report abuse? While some feel silenced, others believe it’s important to speak out about their experience.
July 20, 2019 | 1a
Indira Lakshmanan on NPR 1A's Global Friday News Roundup — July 19, 2019
In Sudan, civilians and the military have reached a power-sharing agreement. But how will they implement it?
July 11, 2019 | The New Yorker
The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality
Despite the abolition of the slave trade more than a century ago, the descendants of slaves in southeastern Nigeria still face significant discrimination.
June 27, 2019 | Nature
Nature Podcast: A Special Report from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Ongoing Ebola Outbreak
Amy Maxmen talks with Nature about the World Health Organization's decision against declaring the DRC's Ebola outbreak an international emergency, and about her visit to an armed Ebola treatment centre.
June 25, 2019 | Nature
The Doctor Who Beat Ebola — and Inspires Other Survivors to Care for the Sick
Ebola survivor Maurice Kakule Kutsunga is working to dispel rumours about the virus and health care providers.
June 25, 2019 | Prospect Magazine
The Lonely Prosecutor: One Man’s Historic Fight for Justice in Central Africa
The Central African Republic has been blighted by a succession of vicious conflicts. Now, a former military attorney-general from the DRC is leading the country's Special Criminal Court.
June 22, 2019 | Nature
Meet the Ebola Workers Battling a Virus in a War Zone
Nature's Amy Maxmen talks with courageous Ebola responders who try to gain the trust of wary communities in North Kivu.
June 20, 2019 | Nature
World Health Organization Resists Declaring Ebola Emergency — For The Third Time
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo worsens as the virus spreads into Uganda.
June 18, 2019 | BBC News
Face to Face With DR Congo's Deadly Vipers
Amid the swathes of forest that cover the country, and behind the headlines of war and Ebola, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at the forefront of a hidden health crisis.
Far from Over
Tools are now available to prevent and treat HIV infections, but Russia, Nigeria and the U.S. state of Florida each are struggling, for different reasons, to fully exploit the power of these tools.
A Mysterious Fate: Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda
A project documenting nodding syndrome in Northern Uganda, a disease with an unknown cause and no treatment. It affects children aged 5-15, their brains stop developing, and bodies deform.
Along the Ethio-Djibouti Railway: A journey through Ethiopia’s “developmental state”
A new railway embodies the high modernist aspirations of the Ethiopian government. But a journey from Addis Ababa to the coast reveals the often painful consequences of a grand infrastructure drive.
Migrants Airlifted From a Libya in Turmoil
A two-part segment for PBS NewsHour from Libya, on a controversial program that flies migrants back to their home countries and on the future of ISIS in Libya.
The Cost of Activism: Tackling Kenya’s Toxic Lead Problem
Despite death threats, environmentalist Phyllis Omido is fighting the Kenyan government, demanding compensation for residents of a slum outside Mombasa plagued by lead poisoning for over a decade.
A Special Kind of School
What does it mean to be a refugee? What is it like to live in and go to school at a refugee camp? "A Special Kind of School" takes young readers to Kenya to visit the classrooms of refugee students.
Cross-border Conservation Land Grabs
Has a laudable transnational anti-poaching initiative been hijacked by organized crime? This project investigates claims the Kruger National Park poaching wars are used to create eco-cocoons for the mega-rich.
The Struggle for Fish
In Gambia, authorities believe Chinese fishmeal factories will bring much needed investment to Africa’s smallest nation. Its residents disagree.
A Second Chance in Somalia
Can former fighters with a terrorist group be deradicalized and rehabilitated? An NGO in Somalia is trying to do just that with former Al-Shabab recruits who have defected from the group.
Mugabe's Last Days—And What Comes Next
Robert Mugabe's downfall after 37 years in power left beleaguered Zimbabweans euphoric, but the rise of Emmanuel Mnangagwa, aka The Crocodile, suggests that the rejoicing might be premature.
What Went Wrong? Citizen Reports of Foreign Aid in Kenya
The effectiveness of foreign aid is hotly debated, but the voices of aid recipients are often missing from the conversation. This project gathered reports from citizens using mobile phone surveys and then investigated their claims.
Prophets and Profits
While churches in the economic north are emptying out, those in the global south—especially in Africa—are growing. In Ghana, Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism are booming, but at what price?
October 12, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Peter Schwartzstein
Why did the BBC and three photographers think yet another Nile trip was important? Watch this clip of a dishevelled, sleep-deprived journo to find out.
September 18, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Bukola Adebayo
Bukola Adebayo discusses the environmental impact of sand dredging along Lagos coastlines, the socio-economic challenges, and the relationship to violations of land and property rights.
August 07, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jahd Khalil
Jahd Khalil discusses his reporting on Egypt's infrastructure problem and what that means for Egypt's cities and the environment.
July 31, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Peg Tyre
"Bridge International Academies" is a for-profit company that seeks to educate some of the world’s poorest children. Its Silicon Valley investors call it “revolutionary.” Others are skeptical.
July 06, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Larry C. Price
Kabwe, Zambia, might be Africa's most toxic city. The lead and zinc mining that began at the dawn of the 20th century is responsible for sickening more than a third of its residents.
June 26, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Cassandra Vinograd – South Sudan
Cassandra Vinograd discusses her reporting in South Sudan—the world's newest nation and a country on the brink of collapse.
June 22, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sarah A. Topol
What happens to children in Nigeria who were abducted by Boko Haram? Sarah Topol discusses the lives of those who have not escaped and are still controlled by the militant Islamist group.
June 12, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: David Gauvey Herbert
Invisible Children is now on the frontline of a covert war against the Lord’s Resistance Army in eastern and central Africa. New York-based writer David Gauvey Herbert investigates.
May 12, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie
Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie report on those profiting from the refugee crisis from smugglers in an outpost on the edge of the Saharan desert to small-time drug dealers in Sicily.
May 12, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jane Ferguson
Jane Ferguson, a foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour, traveled to South Sudan to cover its complicated conflict and humanitarian disaster.
April 18, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Fred Pearce
200 environmental and human rights activists are assassinated each year, according to Global Witness. Fred Pearce investigates the headline-grabbing slayings of three of these activists.
April 17, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Elliott Woods
Bozeman, Montana-based journalist Elliott Woods reports on animal poaching and human rights abuses in the Central African Republic in 2016.
April 03, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Pakistan and India are Becoming Nuclear Rivals
This week: Why Pakistan and India are equipping their submarines with nuclear-tipped missiles, what life is like for ethnic minority Vietnamese living in Cambodia, and how armed groups have filled a power vacuum in the Central African Republic.
January 11, 2018 | General news, Education news
Everyday DC: The 2nd Annual Photography Exhibition
Students, families, and teachers gathered to celebrate the 2nd Annual EverydayDC Photography Exhibit.
December 28, 2017 | General news, Education news
VOA Interviews Everyday Africa Co-founders
In a newly published interview with Voice of America, Austin Merrill and Peter DiCampo discuss founding Everyday Africa and their education work.
December 05, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: The True Story of the Fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana
This week: The story of a fake embassy in Ghana turns out to be—you guessed it—fake, how Sarah Al Suhaimi's meteoric rise through the Saudi business world signals a new era for women, and Poland's contentious debate over abortion rights.
November 28, 2017 | Education news
MacFarland Students Join the Out of Eden Walk in Their Neighborhood
6th grade students at Macfarland Middle School learned about close observation, caption-writing, and visual literacy in a two-day, bilingual "Walk Like a Journalist "workshop.
November 03, 2017 | Education news
Everyday Africa Founders Visit Schools Across All Eight Wards of DC
Everyday Africa founders Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill visited 19 DC public schools and conducted a workshop for teachers to introduce their project and kick off the DCPS Everyday DC unit.
October 31, 2017 | General news
Helen Epstein and the West's Role in African Terror
Epstein's new book exposes how the West—and especially the United States—has contributed to the creation of repressive dictatorships and notorious terrorist groups in Africa.
October 10, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Europe Slams Its Gates
This week: A deep dive into the complexities of European migration, our grantees win an Emmy, and how the Internet hurt Myanmar overnight.
October 06, 2017 | Project news, Awards
"The End of AIDS?" Wins an Emmy
Another big win PBS NewsHour, Science, and the Pulitzer Center, for "The End of AIDS?" Finding new ways to tell stories that matter on issues that affect us all.
October 04, 2017 | Education news
Founders of Everyday Africa Highlight Growth at Pulitzer Center Event
Pulitzer Center grantees Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill celebrate the many projects that stemmed off their Everyday Africa initiative including the local iteration, Everyday DC.
October 03, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Friends With Dictators
This week: The U.S.'s troublesome alliances with African dictators, Pulitzer tackles homophobia through NewsArts, and the true meaning of the Iraqi Kurdish referendum.
September 14, 2017 | Project news
Pulitzer Center Grantees Take Home Top National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Honors
The team that made "To End AIDS?" received a 2017 Communication Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
June 19, 2017 | All Grades
Resources for the University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators 2017
This plan includes lessons connected to the work of journalists that presented at the University of Chicago Summer Teacher Institute in June 2017.
June 13, 2017 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
The World's Most Toxic Town
Use reporting on Zambia’s lead mines by Damian Carrington and Larry C. Price to explore the causes, effects and responses to toxic lead poisoning.
May 21, 2017 | High School
Sectarian Tensions and Their Impacts
Students analyze why religions have internal conflicts and discuss whether these conflicts are truly religious in nature.
January 24, 2017 | Middle School, High School
Widowhood and Women's Rights
Students learn about the legal, political, cultural, and religious factors that impact the treatment of widows in India, Uganda, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
January 17, 2017 | All Grades
Okur: Thinking Like a Journalist
This lesson introduces students to Paul Salopek's Out of Eden walk and asks students to write a journalistic "milestone" describing their surroundings.
January 17, 2017 | All Grades
Okur: Mapping Money in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Students explore the relationship between politics and economics in the Democratic Republic of Congo and create concept maps to visualize the connections impacting the country.
December 18, 2016 | High School
Arab Spring Mini Unit and Final Assessment
This unit plan, designed for high school freshmen, analyzes the Arab Spring in the context of the French and Haitian revolutions.
December 14, 2016 | All Grades
Migration and Refugees Lesson Plans
The following lesson plans for middle school teachers, high school teachers and college professors introduce reporting connected to migration and the experiences of refugees.
December 13, 2016 | High School, College
Mapping Money in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Students explore the relationship between politics and economics in the Democratic Republic of Congo and create concept maps to visualize the connections impacting the country.
October 24, 2016 | High School
Is There Really Religious Conflict?
This lesson challenges students to take a position related to what is causing or fueling conflicts that could be labeled religious. Students create an argumentative research paper and presentation.
October 07, 2016 | High School, College
Facing Risk: Journalists and their Families
This lesson, designed for journalists and journalism students, uses the film "Facing Risk" to guide a conversation about the impact of reporting dangerous stories on journalists and their families.
October 05, 2016 | College
To End AIDS: Addressing Community Needs
Students develop solutions for challenges in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Students will conduct in-depth research on their issues, create proposals, and present them.