February 2012
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“Getting the story out from here is what we got... →
Syria calls on foreign journalists to report to... →
reuters:
Syria’s information ministry said foreign journalists illegally inside the country should report to the government on Tuesday, hours after bombardment of a rebel neighbourhood in Homs killed two foreign journalists smuggled into Syria.
“The ministry asks all foreign journalists that have entered Syria illegally to go to the nearest centre for immigration and passports to resolve the...
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International Journalism Festival: Introducing the... →
onaissues:
We’re proud to be partnering with the International Journalism Festival. ONA + International Film Festival = awesome things to come.
journalismfestival:
Hello and welcome to the Tumblr blog of the International Journalism Festival!
In preparation for our next festival, which will take place between April 25 and 29 in Perugia, Italy, we thought we’d join the blogoverse by...
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A bill that would make the death sentence... →
January 2012
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“I will clap my hands,
bundle my fingers into fists,
lift them and shake them...”
– (Kwame Dawes, Precious Are The Feet Of Those, 2010) Join Kwame and the Pulitzer Center in Port-au-Prince and Miami for Voices of Haiti: A Post-Quake Odyssey in Verse.
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December 2011
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“North Korea is approaching a catastrophic situation for vulnerable populations...”
– David Austin, North Korea Program Director for Mercy Corps. Read the full story: Aid Groups: Children in North Korea at Risk for Starvation this Winter via PBS NewsHour.
November 2011
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Pulitzer Center Photographers Flock to D.C....
Welcome to “Study Island.” Last week, four Pulitzer Center photographers descended on DC area public schools to talk photography and international affairs with students in 20 different classes — from preschool to 12th grade — in the Washington metro area.
Above: Photographer James Whitlow Delano pictured with a class of 3-year-olds at G. James Gholson Middle School in Maryland....
October 2011
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World's First Malaria Vaccine Works in Major... →
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The Drug War in Central America
Central America is under siege from Mexico’s powerful criminal mafias, who are fighting to control lucrative smuggling routes for U.S.-bound heroin and cocaine from South America.
In the region’s small, weak states, the cartels have found pliant politicians, ample money-laundering opportunities and vast tracts of unguarded jungles and cays for their trafficking operations. U.S. drug ...
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Violence and Bloodshed in Egypt
On the corniche in front of the hotel, APCs began driving at high speed through crowds of protesters. “An APC mounted the island in the middle of the road, like a maddened animal on a rampage,” writes journalist Sarah Carr in Al Masry Al Youm English Edition. “I saw a group of people disappear, sucked underneath it. It drove over them.” - Shariff Abdel Kouddous, Violence...
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““WISCONSIN appears to be in the driver’s seat en route to a win, as it leads...”
– “In Case You Wondered, a Real Human Wrote This Column” by Steve Lohr in the NYTimes today.
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Watch
“…When somebody has been killed somewhere, no matter how much rain falls down, the blood of that person stays where it is…”
In Côte d’Ivoire, what comes next after witnessing a massacre? Video by @PeterDiCampo.
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WatchDuring the 66th UN General Assembly last week, Thailand’s Foreign Minister called human rights a “truly universal value” at the core of the country’s foreign and domestic policy.
Meanwhile, Pulitzer Center grantee Jesse Hardman reports that Thailand’s fishing industry is sustained through the exploitation of Burmese labors, many of whom are victims of human...
September 2011
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Opportunity: Grant money for African journalists
Opportunity:
The Pulitzer Center seeks applications from African journalists to participate in a collaborative reporting project on reproductive health in Africa. Apply!
Know anyone?
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First Prize for a Child in Somalia: An AK-47
Over the weekend, a Somali radio station run by the Shabab, the most powerful Islamist militant group in the war-ravaged country, held an awards ceremony to honor children who were experts at Shabab trivia and at reciting the Koran. The prizes? Fully automatic assault rifles and live hand grenades. More from Jeffrey Gettleman »
Without an effective central government, Somalia has one...
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“No economic changes will happen as long as Egypt is dictated from the U.S.”
– Shimaa Helmy. Pulitzer grantee Reese Elrich reports from Cairo to ask: “Who won the Egyptian Revolution?”