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January 15, 2021 | Retro Report
How Decades of Housing Discrimination Hurts Fresno in the Pandemic
Decades of discrimination in Fresno laid the groundwork for a housing crisis today.
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January 14, 2021 | Science Magazine
Saliva Could Hold Clues To How Sick You Will Get From COVID-19
Several new tests look for SARS-CoV-2 in saliva, and the new work finds a striking correlation between high virus levels and later hospitalization or death.
January 14, 2021 | BBC Future
How Do We Stop the Next Pandemic?
We learn about the global collaborations taking place and hear from the individuals working to avoid the next pandemic.
January 14, 2021 | BBC Future
What Will Cause the Next Pandemic?
Scientists and experts talk about how human activity has caused disease in the past, and how we’re creating more opportunities every day for a spillover.
January 14, 2021 | BBC Future
The Next Pandemic: What Will It Be?
Leading scientists discuss the diseases they focus their time and effort on, and why they might cause the next pandemic.
January 13, 2021 | Science Magazine
After Aborted Attempt, Sensitive WHO Mission To Study Pandemic Origins Is on Its Way To China
After a discontinued first attempt, WHO heads back to China to continue its investigative mission to study the COVID-19 pandemic's origins.
January 13, 2021 | Science Magazine
Could Too Much Time Between Doses Drive the Coronavirus To Outwit Vaccines?
The United Kingdom decided to allow up to 12 weeks between doses of two authorized vaccines, rather than the 3 or 4 weeks tested in trials.
January 13, 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The Bumpy Road To Vaccine Trial Participation – Part II
Finally, a Black reporter was chosen for a clinical trial, which meant even more waiting.
January 12, 2021 | BBC Future
The Other Virus That Worries Asia
While the world focuses on Covid-19, scientists are working hard to ensure it doesn't cause the next pandemic.
January 12, 2021 | Science Magazine
Captive Gorillas Test Positive for Coronavirus
Two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park test positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
January 12, 2021 | Science Magazine
Third Time’s the Charm? Brazil Scales Back Efficacy Claims for COVID-19 Vaccine From China
When analyzed by stricter criteria than used earlier, the vaccine’s efficacy against all forms of COVID-19, including mild cases, dropped from about 78% to 50%.
January 11, 2021 | El Clip
The Odyssey of Latin America’s Youth to Access Mental Health Care in a Pandemic
Activamente is a community engagement journalistic project that examines how COVID-19 quarantines affect the mental health of young people.
Report Card
Report Card explores how the pandemic has exacerbated and brought attention to issues of inequity in public education.
No Internet in the Coronavirus Age: A Cycle of Poverty and Disadvantage
A lack of internet access threatens a region's Census count, level of education, and economic success in rural Pennsylvania—now more than ever in the COVID-19 era.
Coronavirus Child Brides
COVID-19 is leading to a rise in child marriages by families desperate for economic help in developing countries.
Migrant Farmers' Crops Connected to Their Lifeline
An exploration into the lives of migrant farmers in Florida fighting two invisible beasts; COVID-19 and severe weather. These migrant farmers are now working to save crops destroyed by Hurricane Eta.
Bhopal Gas Survivors in the Face of COVID-19
On 3rd December 1984, Bhopal was devastated by a leak of poison gas. With 60 percent of survivors already suffering from respiratory illness, how are adult survivors being affected by COVID-19?
The Politics of Immunization: COVID-19 and Vaccine Readiness for Tribal Nations in the United States
COVID-19 is testing the enduring resilience of Indigenous peoples. Tribal nations in the United States face unique challenges in accessing and distributing a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine.
Predicting the Coronavirus
This project will use data-driven storytelling to interpret the impact of interventions like masking and projections of the future spread of Covid-19.
How a Chicago Neighborhood and Community Health Center Take on the Brunt of the Pandemic
Medill alum Elena Bruess documents the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on a predominantly Latinx community on the Southwest side of Chicago through the lens of a community health center.
Pandemic and Protest: Faith-Based Actions in a Time of Crises
After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, faith-based groups realized they were facing a double crisis: economic devastation and underlying changes in America’s religious landscape that were already chipping away at the faith community’s care for the needy.
How Louisiana Communities Are Navigating Hurricane Recovery During a Pandemic
Residents of southwest Louisiana are all too familiar with life-altering storms. Now, they must navigate hurricane recovery during a pandemic.
How Germany Reopened Its Schools During a Pandemic
How did Germany reopen schools compared to the United States, and with cases ticking back up in Germany, will its early success and the United States’ troubled restart hold through the fall?
Surging in Silence: Domestic and Sexual Violence in the Pandemic
Shelters-in-place are a perfect storm for the most underreported crimes to spike and go undetected. Natasha Senjanovic examines COVID's consequences in one of America's deadliest states for women.
January 15, 2021 | Project news
Thomson Reuters Report Highlights Pulitzer Center-Supported Collaboration
Centinela, a cross-border investigation into Latin America’s COVID-19 response, is an example of collaborative reporting that can combat the ‘infodemic’
December 28, 2020 | General news
COVID-19’s Implications for Nutrition and Hunger
In this webinar a journalist and global public health and nutrition experts discuss challenges and solutions to nutrition during the pandemic
December 23, 2020 | Education news
On-Demand Webinar for Educators: Media Literacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Pulitzer Center education team invites educators to watch this on-demand webinar for a presentation with Dr. Seema Yasmin on navigating reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 23, 2020 | Education news
On-Demand Webinar for Educators: The COVID-19 Writers Project with C. Zawadi Morris
The Pulitzer Center invites students, their teachers, and parents/guardians to watch this webinar with BK Reader founder C. Zawadi Morris about her process developing The COVID-19 Writers Project.
December 18, 2020 | General news
The Making of the COVID-19 Writers Project
C. Zawadi Morris, creator of the COVID-19 Writers Project, and contributor Eisa Nefertari Ulen discuss the importance of documenting history with personal narratives.
December 02, 2020 | General news, Project news
African Journalists on Covering Crises During a Pandemic
Grantees Fredrick Mugira and Ejiro Umukoro share their experiences covering pervasive environmental and social issues in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 02, 2020 | General news
Reporting on COVID-19 in the Mission District Through Art and Activism
Grantees Lydia Chávez and Molly Oleson explain how their Pulitzer Center-supported project utilized illustrations and community outreach to tell pandemic stories in San Francisco’s Mission District.
November 16, 2020 | General news
Behind the Story: Emily Baumgaertner on Lessons Learned from West Africa Ebola Fight
Former Pulitzer Center staffer and grantee Emily Baumgaertner discusses how the United States can learn from Sierra Leone’s example fighting an infectious disease.
November 09, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Errin Haines Awarded Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence
Haines was recognized for her Pulitzer Center-supported project that chronicles the lives of women of color during the pandemic.
October 28, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Howard Center Wins EPPY Award for Pulitzer Center-Supported Project
The project investigates the impact of the pandemic on homeless people across the country
October 26, 2020 | General news
Behind the Story: Fishbein on the Power of Local Reporting Partners in Myanmar
Grantee Emily Fishbein discusses the challenges and strategies behind reporting on Myanmar remotely during the pandemic.
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.
January 07, 2021 | Elementary
Pandemic: A Child’s Perspective
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...
November 13, 2020 | All Grades
The COVID-19 Writers Project: Evaluating Crises by Analyzing Individual Stories
This lesson will explore the art of telling individual stories through different mediums while engaging with the reporting from The COVID-19 Writers Project (C19WP).
August 17, 2020 | All Grades
A Global Pandemic: Comparing, Contrasting, and Connecting to International Responses to COVID-19
In this lesson, students will analyze the challenges facing communities in Kenya and Hong Kong in stopping COVID-19 and compare their responses to other places' around the world.
August 03, 2020 | All Grades
How to Describe Places to Tell Under-Reported Stories: From Drafting to Editing
In this lesson, students will hear from a journalist who uses writing skills to describe under-reported place, and practice the same skills in original writing.
July 30, 2020 | All Grades
How to Tell Under-Reported Stories with Photography
In this lesson, students will analyze how photojournalists tell under-reported stories using photography and apply tips for doing so themselves from Pulitzer Center-supported journalists.
May 20, 2020 | All Grades
How to find and analyze underreported stories: Critical thinking, text analysis and writing
Students explore news articles and instructional videos to evaluate how they can find and analyze under-reported stories in the news, and in their own communities
April 22, 2020 | High School, College
Viewing Guide: Jon Cohen and the Race to a COVID-19 Vaccine
In this lesson, students will watch, analyze, and conduct further research based on a Pulitzer Center webinar where infectious disease journalist Jon Cohen speaks on the path to a COVID-19 vaccine.
April 17, 2020 | Middle School, High School
Reducing Health Disparities in Black and Brown Communities During a Pandemic
In this lesson, students will analyze data showing that Black and brown people are over-represented in COVID-19 mortality statistics, investigate structural causes, and search for solutions.
