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The Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects. How to Apply Apply Now The Pulitzer Center, a nonprofit organization

By Mikail Yasir 9th grade, New Tech High @ Coppell, TX With lines from "Cost of a KitKat: Big Brands Leave Sugar Farmers at the Mercy of Climate Extremes" by Arvind Shukla, Gurman Bhatia, Isabelle Gerretsen, Mayank Aggarwal, and Meenal Upreti, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Nestlé World's

By Sophia Tranquillo 10th grade, Whetstone High School, OH With lines from "‘The Talk:’ These Teens From Rural Utah Are Filling ‘The Gaps’ in Sex Ed" by Becky Jacobs and Jesse Ryan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains themes of sexual assault. Skin: Noun. A thin

By Vivian Zhu 11th grade, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL Second place contest winner With lines from "The Blue That Enchanted the World" by Caroline Gutman and Latria Graham, a Pulitzer Center reporting project I. Lowcountry, 1750 Among the black gum trees, live oaks, & scrub brush, crop rows

By Casey Costello 6th grade, F.A. Day Middle School, MA With lines from “Louisiana’s Coastline is Crumbling. These Tribes Know How to Save It” by Lorena O’Neil and Akasha Rabut, a Pulitzer Center reporting project In a place where the waves are always crashing and the wind is always blowing and the

By Mariana Bartolo Ortiz 10th grade, Woodburn High School, OR First place contest winner With lines from "Memory and Protest of Femicide in Juárez" by Erika Schultz, Corinne Chin, Claudia Castro Luna, Vianna Davila, and Norma Ledezma Ortega, a Pulitzer Center webinar i. guardian angel ángel de la

By Elena Stevens 11th grade, Piedmont High School, CA With lines from “Criminal Justice or Criminal Injustice? The Power of Language” by Meera Santhanam, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Every individual is defined, labeled External opinions are jars with lids Trapping, pinning We are slammed

By Asa T. B. 6th grade, OH With lines from ”‘It’s Not for the Faint-Hearted’: The Story of India’s Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers” by Kamala Thiagarajan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Women sit on a warm, sandy shore With turquoise waters stretching as far as the eye can see Just as they have

By Heona Liu 8th grader, Bigelow Middle School, MA With lines from “In Lebanon, Parents Abandoning Their Children in Orphanages" by Wendell Steavenson, a Pulitzer Center reporting project The rich Plummet to the poor, Down down down A sinking ship. So those who have assisted Are in need of

By Francisco Sarmiento-Fernandez 7th grade, Greene Street Friends School, PA Honorable mention With lines from “Until We Are Gone” by Sofia Aldinio, a Pulitzer Center reporting project *Translated by Hannah Berk. Click here to read this poem in the original Spanish. Do you remember the forest palms

By Kaelin David 11th grade, Walnut High School, CA With lines from “Teen Widows: The Growing Legacy of Duterte’s Drug War” by Ana P. Santos, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains violence and drug use drawn from the news story to which it responds. i. for jazmine

By Jordan Naseem 10th grade, Liberty High School, MO With lines from “Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in India” by Varsa Bansal, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains violence drawn from the news story to which it responds. Clicks as I turn the

By Francisco Sarmiento-Fernandez 7th grade, Greene Street Friends School, PA Honorable mention Con frases de “Until We Are Gone” por Sofia Aldinio, un proyecto de periodismo apoyado por el Pulitzer Center *Click here to read an English-language translation of this poem. ¿Te acuerdas las palmas

By Ares Bandebo-Cambra 5th grade, Old Greenwich School, CT With lines from "The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier is Deep, Deep Under the Sea" by Vince Beiser, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Further frontiers open under the sea. A frantic knocking, humans’ bequest; Large nodules are answers to

By Beatrix Stone 11th grade, Strathcona High School, Edmonton, Canada With lines from “‘It’s Not for the Faint-hearted’: The Story of India’s Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers” by Kamala Thiagarajan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project What was mere water now hope, Washing bright colours clean of pain

By Daniel Yim 12th grade, Bellarmine College Preparatory, CA Third place contest winner With lines from “The President, the Soccer Hooligans and an Underworld ‘House of Horrors’” by Robert Worth, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains some violent imagery and

The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals to advance wide-reaching and relevant journalism on issues impacting communities in Africa, including but not limited to water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience. We place special emphasis

JOURNALISM & ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD Impact has been at the center of the Pulitzer Center’s mission of raising awareness and public understanding of underreported issues since our inception in 2006. Recent projects supported by the Pulitzer Center have struck down bad laws, helped end harmful