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December 13, 2019 | BBC Newsday
Pulitzer Center Grantee Simon Ostrovsky Discussed Peace Talks Between Ukraine and Russia on 'Newsday'
The presidents of Ukraine and Russia are to start face to face peace talks.
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Eurasia
December 09, 2019 | 1a
A Path to Peace in Ukraine: Simon Ostrovsky on '1A'
Grantee Simon Ostrovsky appeared on 1A to discuss his Pulitzer Center-supported reporting on Ukraine-Russia peace talks.
September 23, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Women in IT: Interviews with Shirin Alhroob
A behind-the-scenes look at interviews with women in Turkey's computer science industry.
September 05, 2019 | Middle East Eye
Juniper Ascending: All Hail the King of Trees
In the forests of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a green initiative is uniting generations and faiths.
September 03, 2019 | Field Notes
Outside Tbilisi: A Stroll in the Settlement
After the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the Georgian government built housing for people fleeing the violence. Many South Ossetians still live in these settlements.
August 30, 2019 | Field Notes
On a Georgian Mountaintop: Discussing Demonstrations
Demonstrations rocked Tbilisi in summer 2019 as the population debated the future of Georgian-Russian relations.
August 30, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Turkey's Booming Tech Industry: Where Are the Women?
Women in Turkey interested in studying computer studies and related fields struggle with ways to overcome gender bias and discrimination in order to join the IT workforce.
August 22, 2019 | Field Notes
Taxi in Tbilisi
From actor in St. Petersburg to taxi driver in Tbilisi: one displaced person's search for a place to belong.
August 17, 2019 | Field Notes
Russian Boarding House: Elena
Elena and her son stay at the hospital before handing the child over to an orphanage. Elena would like to leave her son there until she finds a job.
August 17, 2019 | Field Notes
Russian Boarding House: New Year's Party
The New Year's party organized for patients of the "female" psycho-neurological boarding house is receiving guests—patients from the "male" psycho-neurological boarding house.
August 16, 2019 | Takie Dela
Those Who Are Not Allowed to Love (Russian)
This web documentary sheds a human light on the limited rights of Russian citizens who permanently reside in the psycho-neurological boarding schools (PNIs), social institutions where adults and elderly people with mental disorders are kept.
June 26, 2019 | The New York Times
What Does Putin Really Want?
Russia is dead set on being a global power. But what looks like grand strategy is often improvisation — amid America’s retreat.
Ukraine Peace Talks
Will peace talks between Ukraine and Russia result in an end to the war in Eastern Ukraine?
The Thin Red Line
Despite sharp international criticism, a Russian geneticist is pushing forward a project to edit embryos of a deaf couple so their children won't inherit the mutation that impairs their hearing.
A Cryptocurrency Rush In The Grey Zone
Why is there a rush for cryptocurrencies in places that don't exist? A story set in the post-Soviet space, where ultra-libertarianism meets kleptocracy and sanctions evasion.
Ukraine's 2019 Elections: Disinformation and Divides
Ukraine—the home of Europe’s hot war, and the Petri dish where Russian information operations are tested—holds a consequential presidential election in spring 2019.
A Journey Through Contested Lands: Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, Emin Özmen captures a story of assimilation: the integration of the Talysh, with their distinct and sometimes fading traditions, into a country asserting its national identity.
Losing Earth
Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet. The world was ready to act. But we failed to do what was necessary to avoid a catastrophe.
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.
Life Without Sunlight: Ukraine's Female and Child Prisoners
Women and children spend months in Ukrainian prisons in torturous conditions. What is being done to change that?
Russia: Women Hit Hard by HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is at a tipping point in Russia, where an estimated 1-1.5 million people are HIV positive and the Kremlin has long rejected international assistance. Women are being left behind.
Seven Dates
"Seven Dates" explores the impact of sexual segregation in psycho-neurological boarding houses in Russia.
Russia's Real Foreign Policy
What does Russia really want and how does it get it? A look at Russian foreign policy—from agenda to implementation—in Europe and the Middle East.
Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global Gold Rush
From smugglers in Agadez, to factory owners in Turkey, to the Italian and Nigerian mafias in Italy, and small business owners in Greece, people making a killing off the global migrant crisis.
May 08, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Ben Mauk
Ben Mauk on his cover feature "Mountain of Tongues" and his travels through the "Lost Nation" in the Russian Caucasus—discussing the long-awaited coming home of the Circassians.
October 04, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Misha Friedman
Journalist and photographer Misha Friedman discusses his reporting on incarceration and prison reform in Ukraine.
September 27, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Amy Martin
Threshold is a public radio show and podcast tackling one pressing environmental issue each season. The show aims to be a home for nuanced journalism about human relationships with the natural world.
August 07, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Emin Özmen
Photographer Emin Özmen documents the daily lives of Talysh women in Azerbaijan and their complex history of assimilation.
October 04, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Christopher de Bellaigue on the Failed Coup in Turkey
Christopher de Bellaigue discusses his recent travels to Turkey to shed light on the degeneration of democracy not only in that country, but more widely.
February 08, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Christopher de Bellaigue
Christopher de Bellaigue travels to Turkey to cover Selahattin Demirtas, the leader of the HDP, the main Kurdish party in Turkish politics, and explore his message of peace.
August 07, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Gregory Gilderman Reporting on HIV in Russia
Gregory Gilderman has reported on heroin addiction in the United States, but found a far more desperate situation in Russia.
October 10, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Meet Paul Salopek
Journalist Paul Salopek is preparing to leave on a journey that will take seven years and span 39 countries—and he is doing it all on foot.
September 14, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Nuclear “Newcomers” Come to Russia
Reporter Eve Conant visits the once-secret city of Obninsk, outside Moscow, where Russia is educating “nuclear newcomers” from Belarus, Turkey, Vietnam, Bangladesh and other countries.
July 20, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Turkey: An Identity Crisis and a Border Crisis
Pulitzer Center grantee Stephen Franklin discusses reporting from Turkey, a country facing crises that range from internal political divisions to a massive influx of Syrian refugees on its borders.
May 16, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Joshua Kucera: Military Build-Up in the Caspian
Grantee Joshua Kucera talks about the new arms race among the five Caspian countries, the unprecedented militarization of this "sea of peace" and what's really behind it.
April 18, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Jenna Krajeski: The Story of the Kurdish Stone-Throwing Kids
Pulitzer Center grantee Jenna Krajeski talks about how she became interested in the Kurdish "stone-throwing kids"--children imprisoned as adults under Turkey's harsh anti-terror laws.
July 26, 2019 | General news, Awards
'The End of AIDS: Far From Over' Nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award
What are the challenges to ending AIDS? "Far From Over," a series supported by the Pulitzer Center for PBS NewsHour exploring societal stigma against HIV/AIDS, was nominated for an Emmy Award.
March 25, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Grantee Louie Palu Receives Series of Awards
Louie Palu received four awards in three contests for his Pulitzer-supported project 'New Cold War.'
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.
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.
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 02, 2018 | General news
Journalist Anna Nemtsova Discusses HIV/AIDS Crisis in Russia
Moscow-based reporter focuses on women in much of her reporting because she says you can tell a lot about a country and a crisis through their stories.
June 15, 2018 | Project news
Pulitzer Center's 'Far from Over' Series Explores Challenges to 'Ending Aids'
A special series supported by the Pulitzer Center for Science magazine and PBS NewsHour.
August 15, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Living on the Margins
This week: Economic despair drives migration to Moscow, the Catholic Church's response to Duterte's killings, and PBS NewsHour revisits reporting on the US's nuclear arsenal.
October 21, 2016 | General news, Education news
Video Documentation of NYC Lab School Out of Eden Walks
Watch a video of New York City Lab School seniors using the Out of Eden Walk as inspiration for small-group exploration of Manhattan and other boroughs.
October 18, 2016 | General news, Education news
Contest Winner Walks Along With Paul Salopek in Uzbekistan
Boy Scout Nicholas Fahy walked with Paul Salopek for two days in Uzbekistan, the top prize in an essay contest conducted by the Pulitzer Center with the Philmont Scout Ranch.
May 30, 2016 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and perceptions of identity to environmental degradation and innovation.
December 23, 2015 | General news
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
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.
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.
April 02, 2018 | All Grades
10 Lesson Plans to Celebrate Earth Day
In celebration of Earth Day, we've compiled our top ten lesson plans that feature reporting on how communities around the world are responding to diverse environmental issues.
March 06, 2018 | Middle School, High School, College
Geographies of the Mind: Mentally Mapping the Silk Road
Students explore an interactive story map of a journalist's journey on foot along the Silk Road to think critically about subjective perceptions of geography and to design their own creative maps.
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.
