Pulitzer Center Update July 28, 2020

Journalism with Impact: Pulitzer Center's Second Quarter of 2020

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Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California. Image by Kalen Goodluck / High Country News. United States, undated.
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This investigation challenges universities to reexamine their ties to dispossession and will show...

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Image Courtesy of the Pulitzer Center.
Image Courtesy of the Pulitzer Center.

On March 11th, the Pulitzer Center staff gathered in our conference room and decided that it was time to shut down the office, with the hope of returning two weeks later. Two months-plus later we are still working from home. In the initial days the focus was all about cancellations and postponements, undoing the many commitments we had made for events, educational engagements, and reporting projects that COVID-19 had suddenly rendered moot.

In the weeks since, however, we have all been amazed by just how much our dedicated staff has been able to accomplish, from launching dozens of collaborative reporting projects on COVID-19 to taking much of our educational work and events online. In addition, cross-team engagements have focused on the redesign of our website and development of a Rainforest Journalism Fund website, the creation of a Pulitzer Center policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and re-imagining the Pulitzer Center's operations to achieve our mission in a post-COVID world.

A challenging time, to be sure, but energizing and hyper productive too—and a reminder of the Center's crucial role for journalism, education, and the public we serve.

View the interactive report here.

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Volunteers from Indonesia's Red Cross prepare to spray disinfectant at a school closed amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jakarta. Image by REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan. Indonesia, 2020.
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Veteran public health journalists from Science magazine explore what science knows—and is learning...

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In this July 25, 2019, photo, a Guatemalan man gets a plate of food at El Buen Pastor shelter for migrants in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. Image by Gregory Bull. Mexico, 2019.
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The Associated Press examines what happens to asylum-seekers when Europe and the United States close...

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Amazon rainforest as seen from above. Image by Vox. Brazil, 2019. 
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Tropical forests in Indonesia, Brazil, and Democratic Republic of Congo are under-appreciated...

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Artwork by Adam Pendleton in The 1619 Project, page 15. 2019.
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The Pulitzer Center is proud to partner with The New York Times Magazine on The 1619 Project to...

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Salome Verkoville, 10 from Boston sits on Nauset Beach. Image by John Tlumacki. United States, 2019.
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Come with us as we explore Cape Cod to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it...

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