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September 11, 2019 | Longreads
After the Tsunami: A Reading by Matthew Komatsu
Matthew Komatsu reads his essay After the Tsunami for The Longreads Podcast.
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Asia
September 04, 2019 | Deutsche Welle
Bombs to Coffee
In this coffee shop, former militants learn how to make coffee instead of bombs. They also learn acceptance by serving and interacting with others from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds.
September 03, 2019 | The National
Indonesian ISIS Orphans Face Uncertain Path to Reintegration
The Indonesian government is focusing counterterrorism efforts on prevention through education.
August 30, 2019 | Undark
With Elephant Ivory Banned, a Brisk and Worrying Trade in Mammoth Tusks
Fears that the tusks are being peddled as elephant ivory have some experts seeking protections for the extinct animals, too. Not everyone agrees.
August 20, 2019 | VICE News
Intimate Images of One of the Largest Refugee Populations in the World
Photos from Sara Hylton document displacement among Afghan children living at the I-12 settlement in Pakistan.
August 19, 2019 | Field Notes
Blessings of Water, Blessed Water, and Blessing the Water
Water is fundamental to Bhutan's physical environment, but it is also deeply interwoven with Vajrayana Buddhism, Bhutan's state religion, from the smallest temples to the biggest hydropower projects.
August 13, 2019 | Frontier Myanmar
Powering a Conflict
While Tatmadaw and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers face off in a long-running conflict in Myanmar, a company owned by the KIA has been profiting from the sale of power to government-controlled townships.
August 12, 2019 | GlobalGeo News
Pakistan: The Green Gold Rush (French)
This report illustrates the incredible reforestation work undertaken in Pakistan in recent years by current Prime Minister Imran Khan to counter the effects of climate change.
August 12, 2019 | Field Notes
Rethinking a Conservation Narrative from One of the World’s Only Carbon-Negative Countries
Bhutan is widely known as a carbon-negative country. With forest cover measuring 83 percent, the country is swimming in trees. But how did this commitment form and could climate change threaten its future?
August 07, 2019 | Field Notes
Notes from Metro Manila’s Informal Settler Communities
Syracuse University student fellow Micah Castelo reflects on how informal settlers in Manila make a living in their own neighborhoods.
August 07, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Decentralized: New Waste Management Methods in Alleppey, India
A pilot project in Alleppey, Kerala, India, is bringing waste management to the people, and it’s making lives better.
August 05, 2019 | Columbia Journalism Review
India Has Lots of Newspapers and Lots of Readers and One Big Journalism Problem
Indian newspapers feel they need ad sales agents a lot more than they need reporters. Here's why.
Unstoppable Rivers: Bhutan's Quest for Energy Security and Development in a Changing Climate
In mountainous Bhutan, water is critical. From Himalayan glaciers to Indian plains, rivers sustain hydropower—Bhutan’s largest export. As climate change threatens, Bhutan must adapt to grow globally.
Uprooted: Manila Bay Rehabilitation Project Displaces Informal Housing Residents
The Philippine government will relocate over 200,000 families living in informal settlements in an effort to clean up Manila Bay. How will displacement affect their lives?
PBS NewsHour Weekend 'Future of Food' Series
Can we create a nutritious and affordable food system in a way that’s green and fair? PBS NewsHour Weekend’s "Future of Food" international series reports on work by people who think they have solutions.
The World Without Wildlife—South Asia
Tigers and elephants are beloved in the West, but these creatures pose a threat to the livelihoods and lives of people who must live with them.
Kerala: How to Waste
Alleppey, India, a tropical, tourist town connected by streams and canals, is facing the challenge of cleaning its water while dealing with the effects of climate change.
The Hour of Lynching: Vigilante Violence in India
Returning home after buying two milch cows, dairy farmer Rakbar Khan was lynched by a mob of “cow vigilantes”. His wife seeks meaning in mourning his death, while his perpetrators deny it.
Prayers of the Persecuted
Monika Bulaj is producing a visual atlas of threatened minorities and shared holy places.
Life After Jihad
What happens to the children of suicide bombers and those injured in attacks?
Writing to Reconcile in Sri Lanka
Since Sri Lanka's brutal civil war ended, writers are exploring reconciliation through narrative.
No Journalism Left In Rural India?
More Indians live in rural areas than the entire population of Europe. What does it mean for them if journalism dies a painful death?
Modi's Greatest Threat
In the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sweeping reelection last May, journalist Maddy Crowell looks at the wide-ranging voices of dissent in India – the people and places that are working to defend the image of a pluralistic and tolerant India against the swelling tide of Hindu nationalism.
Dairyland in Distress
Dairy farms—Wisconsin's economic engines—have been decimated in recent years due to decreased demand, lack of workers, and slumping milk prices.
May 08, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Xyza Cruz Bacani
Photojournalist Xyza Cruz Bacani discusses climate refugees in Indonesia who become vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers.
May 07, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Adam Willis and Eloisa Lopez
Meet Adam Willis and Eloisa Lopez, reporting on the Catholic church in the Philippines and Duterte's war on drugs.
April 29, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Emiko Jozuka
Emiko Jozuka investigates the social, economic, and political consequences of Japan's rapidly-shrinking population.
April 29, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Saul Elbein on ISIS Fighters in the Philippines
What happens when ISIS captures your city.
April 08, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Larry C. Price on PM2.5
Multimedia journalist Larry C. Price traveled around the world to report on air pollution: specifically, PM2.5. What is it, and how does it manifest across the globe?
January 19, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Hannah Harris Green
Learn about family planning in India with reporter Hannah Harris Green.
December 27, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Shaina Shealy
Journalist Shaina Shealy traveled to Myanmar last spring to report on how women and girls are using Facebook.
November 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Rachel Oswald
Grantee Rachel Oswald investigates the possibility that South Korean conservatives will push for the development of nuclear weapons.
October 22, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Raghu Karnad
Raghu Karnad reported on the vast scale of residential schooling for tribal children in India—and the cost it exacts on fragile tribal cultures and heritage.
October 20, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Newsha Tavakolian and Thomas Erdbrink
Photographer Newsha Tavakolian and writer Thomas Erdbrink follow members of one of the last nomadic communities in the world living on the Iranian plateau.
October 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Aarti Singh and Jake Naughton
Aarti Singh and Jake Naughton discuss their work exploring the strange limbo of India's LGBTQ community.
September 27, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jaime Joyce
Meet Jaime Joyce, who traveled to Bangladesh to visit children in the Rohingya refugee camps.
August 01, 2019 | Newsletter
This Week: China and the Gene Editing Revolution
The Pulitzer Center's newsletter for the week of July 30, 2019.
July 25, 2019 | Education news
Chicago Educators Gather for Collaborative Discussions
Educators met at the University of Chicago for a two-day professional development to discuss how to bring domestic and global reporting into their classrooms.
June 27, 2019 | Newsletter
This Week: Modern Slavery In Italy
The Pulitzer Center's newsletter for the week of June 25, 2019.
June 14, 2019 | General news
Beyond Religion: Faith and Civil Society
Panelists discuss how religion can reinforce divisions between social groups in Israel, Northern Ireland, and Indian-Americans in the United States.
June 10, 2019 | General news
Depicting Suffering: Photographer Patrick Brown on the Rohingya Crisis
Award-winning grantee considers ethical issues of photographing human trauma and telling the stories of those lost and those who survived state-sponsored violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
April 08, 2019 | Project news
Limbo for India's LGBTQ Community: Outreach Efforts
A short, immersive video of the "Both Sides of the Veil" exhibition, showcasing the work of Jake Naughton and Aarti Singh for "Limbo for India's LGBTQ Community".
March 22, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pat Nabong, Jeffrey E. Stern, and Adam Yates Named Finalists for Amnesty International USA Media Awards
Pulitzer Center grantee Stern was nominated in the International category, and student fellows Nabong and Yates were nominated in the Student Journalism category.
March 20, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Receive 2019 Overseas Press Club Awards and Citations
Grantees Nariman El-Mofty, Shiho Fukada, and Jeffrey E. Stern received OPC awards for their reporting projects, while Amy Martin, Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry, and Nariman El-Mofty received citations.
February 22, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantee Patrick Brown Wins 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award With World Press Photo
Patrick Brown wins the 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for his photography documenting the Rohingya crisis.
February 13, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Nahal Toosi, Patrick Brown and Ben Taub Nominated for 2019 Ellie Awards
Pulitzer Center grantees Nahal Toosi, Patrick Brown and Ben Taub have been nominated for the 2019 National Magazine Award for Print and Digital Media in Reporting.
February 12, 2019 | Education news, Awards
AU Student Fellow Alum Nominated for College Television Award
Student Fellow Kent Wagner's film is being nominated for the Television Academy Foundation's 39th College Television Award for Non-Fiction/Reality.
January 18, 2019 | Education news
Young Leader Profiles: Meet the Winners of the Local Letters for Global Change Contest
Meet the next generation of global changemakers: our contest winners are profiled here, and receive congratulatory videos from journalists reporting on their letters' focal areas.
August 16, 2019 | Elementary
Finding a Common Thread: How People Around the World Get Their Food
Engage with the challenges and solutions that communities around the world are grappling with when trying to access vital food sources.
August 15, 2019 | Middle School, High School
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats: China Begins the Next Genome Revolution
Will China’s decision to heavily invest in genome editing of crops payoff in the long run?
July 31, 2019 | All Grades
Toolkit for Your Next Discussion on Conflict and Peacebuilding
Conflict—difficult to define, but keenly felt. Explore these stories about under-reported aspects of conflict and peacebuilding.
July 24, 2019 | All Grades
Toolkit for Your Next Discussion on the Environment and Climate Change
Climate change—an issue that affects us all, no matter where we are in the world. This guide will help begin a conversation about today's under-reported stories surrounding our global crisis.
April 09, 2019 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Fighting Climate Change with Community Action
This lesson introduces students to some of the ways people around the world are fighting climate change in their own communities, and challenges them to take action themselves.
February 27, 2019 | Middle School, High School
Women and Nonviolent Resistance
This lesson plan uses resources about women around the world leading nonviolent movements to fight against violence and injustice.
January 29, 2019 | High School, College
Depicting War: Examining the Conflict in Yemen
Students explore reporting on the Yemeni war and consider: What forms can war take, and how does it affect civilians directly and indirectly? How can journalists report on a conflict well?
January 25, 2019 | High School
Evaluating Turkey: What Makes a Country “Free”?
Students evaluate the status of freedom in Turkey using Freedom House criteria, and consider how freedom may be defined at home and around the world.
December 27, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Evaluating Climate Change's Impact on Individuals and Ecosystems
Students will evaluate how communities rely on their ecosystems for survival and climate change's impact on their ability to do so by examining the Meitei people's relationship to Loktak Lake.
October 04, 2018 | High School, College
Evaluating Environmental Reporting at Home and Around the World
What should environmental reporting accomplish, and what creative approaches can journalists take to meeting their goal? Students reflect on these questions and plan a reporting project of their own.
August 27, 2018 | All Grades
Elderly Women in Japan's Prisons: Composing Portraits Reflecting Interviews
In this 30-45 minute lesson, students evaluate how a photojournalist composes portraits of elderly women in Japanese prisons using details from interviews.
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?
