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January 06, 2021 | Newlines Magazine
How Azerbaijan Won the Karabakh War
And how Russia won the peace, if it can keep it.
Region
Eurasia
December 22, 2020 | PBS NewsHour
Brutal War Between Azerbaijan, Armenia Makes Peace a Hard Bargain
While Armenian forces have handed territories back to Azerbaijan it may be a long time before civilians return to them safely, with hundreds of miles of frontline to de-mine and evidence of war crimes.
December 22, 2020 | Science Magazine
Do We Need a COVID-19 Vaccine for Pets?
Are COVID-19 vaccines for pets and other animals necessary? How will they be developed? And how quickly could they become available?
December 16, 2020 | The New York Times Magazine, ProPublica
How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis
Climate change and its enormous human migrations will transform agriculture and remake the world order—and no country stands to gain more than Russia.
December 16, 2020 | Science Magazine
As COVID-19 Vaccines Emerge, a Global Waiting Game Begins
Although several vaccines have won emergency use authorizations in multiple nations, they will remain in short supply for many months—even in wealthy countries.
December 04, 2020 | Slate
An Armenian Tragedy
How a country’s wishful thinking was shattered by a brutal national defeat.
December 01, 2020 | PBS NewsHour
Uneasy Peace Takes Hold in Contested Region of Azerbaijan
Ethnic Armenian forces handed over two regions to Azerbaijani control as part of a Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
November 24, 2020 | Science Magazine
With More Data on Its COVID-19 Vaccine, Russian Institute Offers New Evidence of Success
Joining the flood of press releases announcing positive results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine reported 91.4% efficacy from a second interim analysis.
November 16, 2020 | Eurasianet
After Days of Chaos, Armenia and Azerbaijan Delay Territory Handover
The messy reality on the ground in Kelbajar illustrates the difficulties to come in implementing the general principles of the ceasefire agreement.
November 12, 2020 | Foreign Policy
In Nagorno-Karabakh, the Cycle of Ethnic Cleansing Continues
In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.
November 11, 2020 | Eurasianet
Armenian Government Under Attack Following War Defeat
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is facing anger and scheming opposition figures following the country’s capitulation to Azerbaijan.
November 11, 2020 | Eurasianet
In Karabakh Deal, as Many Questions as Answers
The deal left unmentioned critical issues like the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s role in implementing the ceasefire.
Women on the Move
Out of fear, hope, or desperation, millions of women around the world migrate each year in search of new lives.
Armenia and Azerbaijan at War
Armenia and Azerbaijan are at war, and the consequences—humanitarian above all, but also political and international—are going to be profound.
Karabakh Crisis
As much of the world is paralyzed by the coronavirus, an active war has broken out with few people watching and fewer actors to reign it in.
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.
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.
December 28, 2020 | General news
Modern Warfare, an Uneasy Peace, and Underreported Stories in Nagorno-Karabakh
The brutal fighting in the South Caucasus region received scant media attention. Simon Ostrovsky discusses his Pulitzer Center-supported reporting on the conflict.
October 21, 2020 | General news, Education news
Announcing the Pulitzer Post-Graduate Reporting Fellowship Program
The Pulitzer Center announces our inaugural Fellows and projects for the Post-Graduate Reporting Fellowship Program for Columbia and Medill Journalism Schools.
July 17, 2020 | Education news
Chicago Educators Explore How Journalism Can Meet Curricular Goals
In this professional development conference, Chicago educators encountered global health reporting and strategies for connecting students to under-reported stories.
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.
January 13, 2021 | All Grades
Women on the Move: Analyzing Text and Photography from Eight Migration Stories
Students reflect on stories they have seen and heard about migration, and then analyze text and photography from eight short articles about women from different parts of the world who were forced...
January 13, 2021 | All Grades
Crossing Borders: Analyzing Infographics to Evaluate Migration Trends
This lesson examines an infographic from “Women On The Move” that provides a closer look at migration patterns. Students will actively engage with the infographic to analyze migration trends...
December 23, 2020 | High School, College
Voices in the Shadow of Death: The Lost Narratives of the Bubonic Plague and Covid-19
Students analyze reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and historical research on The Black Death in order to evaluate the purposes and biases of sources, compare and contrast pandemics from two time...
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.
