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For those who don't know about our work, we support in-depth journalism & audience engagement on underreported topics.
We aim to shed light on critical issues, inspire action, & positively impact communities.🧵
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For those who don't know about our work, we support in-depth journalism & audience engagement on underreported topics.
We aim to shed light on critical issues, inspire action, & positively impact communities.🧵
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December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This year’s #PulitzerStaffPicks feature 18 reporting projects supported through our Climate and Environment focus area.
The stories feature global issues on forests, mountains, and marine ecosystems, but also hyper-local stories.
Learn more! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
The stories feature global issues on forests, mountains, and marine ecosystems, but also hyper-local stories.
Learn more! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This year’s #PulitzerStaffPicks feature 18 reporting projects supported through our Climate and Environment focus area.
The stories feature global issues on forests, mountains, and marine ecosystems, but also hyper-local stories.
Learn more! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
The stories feature global issues on forests, mountains, and marine ecosystems, but also hyper-local stories.
Learn more! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for Reporting Fellowships focused on issues related to Mental Well-Being in the U.S.!
Current students at our Campus Consortium partner schools and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
Learn more!
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Current students at our Campus Consortium partner schools and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
Learn more!
👉 bit.ly/4pXgfNE
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for Reporting Fellowships focused on issues related to Mental Well-Being in the U.S.!
Current students at our Campus Consortium partner schools and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
Learn more!
👉 bit.ly/4pXgfNE
Current students at our Campus Consortium partner schools and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
Learn more!
👉 bit.ly/4pXgfNE
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Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.
This story was supported by @pulitzercenter.org https://capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportations-trump-ice/
This story was supported by @pulitzercenter.org https://capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportations-trump-ice/
Fear, Flights, and Forced Returns: How a U.S.–Ghana Deportation Pact Is Reshaping Lives
Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.
This story was supported by @pulitzercenter.org https://capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportations-trump-ice/
This story was supported by @pulitzercenter.org https://capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportations-trump-ice/
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O episódio “A nova geração” reconstitui, pela voz de uma criança, a mobilização indígena, quilombola e ribeirinha que conseguiu barrar um movimento que cresce pelo país – o da educação à distância para jovens de comunidades afastadas dos grandes centros. radionovelo.com.br/originais/ap...
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
O episódio “A nova geração” reconstitui, pela voz de uma criança, a mobilização indígena, quilombola e ribeirinha que conseguiu barrar um movimento que cresce pelo país – o da educação à distância para jovens de comunidades afastadas dos grandes centros. radionovelo.com.br/originais/ap...
How can AI accountability journalism help students investigate the benefits and harms of technology?
Join un at '1619 Global Connections Series: Investigating Legacies of Slavery in AI'
🗓️Saturday, December 13, 3:00-4:30pm EST
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Join un at '1619 Global Connections Series: Investigating Legacies of Slavery in AI'
🗓️Saturday, December 13, 3:00-4:30pm EST
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December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How can AI accountability journalism help students investigate the benefits and harms of technology?
Join un at '1619 Global Connections Series: Investigating Legacies of Slavery in AI'
🗓️Saturday, December 13, 3:00-4:30pm EST
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4rQQXCI
Join un at '1619 Global Connections Series: Investigating Legacies of Slavery in AI'
🗓️Saturday, December 13, 3:00-4:30pm EST
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4rQQXCI
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O episódio "A volta de Goreth Suruí", do Rádio Novelo Apresenta, entrou em destaque na publicação "2025: Year in Stories" que faz uma retrospectiva das histórias que tiveram apoio do @pulitzercenter.org neste ano.
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
O episódio "A volta de Goreth Suruí", do Rádio Novelo Apresenta, entrou em destaque na publicação "2025: Year in Stories" que faz uma retrospectiva das histórias que tiveram apoio do @pulitzercenter.org neste ano.
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As Kibira's water sources disappear, locals in Burundi are left stranded - walking miles for water, facing failed harvests & losing hope.
Deforestation & poor land use are turning a once-lush forest into a water-scarce crisis. - Bizimana Arthur
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Deforestation & poor land use are turning a once-lush forest into a water-scarce crisis. - Bizimana Arthur
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infonile.org/en/2025/11/n...
No Water, No Peace: The Human Cost of Kibira's Vanishing Water Sources - InfoNile
Deforestation in Kibira and drought are accelerating the drying up of water resources. The population in the park's two watersheds is paying the price. Scientists fear the worst. This fourth story is ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
As Kibira's water sources disappear, locals in Burundi are left stranded - walking miles for water, facing failed harvests & losing hope.
Deforestation & poor land use are turning a once-lush forest into a water-scarce crisis. - Bizimana Arthur
@pulitzercenter.org
infonile.org/en/2025/11/n...
Deforestation & poor land use are turning a once-lush forest into a water-scarce crisis. - Bizimana Arthur
@pulitzercenter.org
infonile.org/en/2025/11/n...
The Pulitzer Center’s 2025: A Year in Stories features 5 projects from our Information & AI Focus Area.
These stories reveal failed AI systems, online criminal activities, & the expansion of tech companies' infrastructure into drought-ridden communities.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
These stories reveal failed AI systems, online criminal activities, & the expansion of tech companies' infrastructure into drought-ridden communities.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
December 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Pulitzer Center’s 2025: A Year in Stories features 5 projects from our Information & AI Focus Area.
These stories reveal failed AI systems, online criminal activities, & the expansion of tech companies' infrastructure into drought-ridden communities.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
These stories reveal failed AI systems, online criminal activities, & the expansion of tech companies' infrastructure into drought-ridden communities.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
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Entangled examined the threats to North Atlantic right whales & the policies to address them. Now, as the series closes, we return to the people working to change the outcome: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Showing humanity to endangered North Atlantic right whales pays off
From the ocean to the classroom, from Atlantic Canada to the U.S. South, these people are finding ways to save a species before it vanishes
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December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Entangled examined the threats to North Atlantic right whales & the policies to address them. Now, as the series closes, we return to the people working to change the outcome: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@pulitzercenter.org @theglobeandmail.com
@pulitzercenter.org @theglobeandmail.com
It’s here: Our 2025 Year in Stories! Explore a hand-picked selection of Pulitzer Center-supported stories, curated by our staff.
Learn why these stories moved and inspired us this year. #PulitzerStaffPicks
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25 🗺️
Learn why these stories moved and inspired us this year. #PulitzerStaffPicks
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25 🗺️
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s here: Our 2025 Year in Stories! Explore a hand-picked selection of Pulitzer Center-supported stories, curated by our staff.
Learn why these stories moved and inspired us this year. #PulitzerStaffPicks
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25 🗺️
Learn why these stories moved and inspired us this year. #PulitzerStaffPicks
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25 🗺️
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This #WorldSoilDay explore our collaborative project Ground Truths with stories from across Asia, a microcourse & newsgame spotlighting soil challenges & solutions:https://loom.ly/wkBYdUw @thegeckoproject.org @pulitzercenter.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This #WorldSoilDay explore our collaborative project Ground Truths with stories from across Asia, a microcourse & newsgame spotlighting soil challenges & solutions:https://loom.ly/wkBYdUw @thegeckoproject.org @pulitzercenter.org
Over the past 20 years, Southwest Virginia has become a hotspot for tick-borne disease.
Scientists do not fully understand why this has happened, but they’ve got some clues.
Story by @klburke.bsky.social for WVTF & RADIO IQ in collaboration with @climatecentral.org. bit.ly/4ppqj28
Scientists do not fully understand why this has happened, but they’ve got some clues.
Story by @klburke.bsky.social for WVTF & RADIO IQ in collaboration with @climatecentral.org. bit.ly/4ppqj28
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Over the past 20 years, Southwest Virginia has become a hotspot for tick-borne disease.
Scientists do not fully understand why this has happened, but they’ve got some clues.
Story by @klburke.bsky.social for WVTF & RADIO IQ in collaboration with @climatecentral.org. bit.ly/4ppqj28
Scientists do not fully understand why this has happened, but they’ve got some clues.
Story by @klburke.bsky.social for WVTF & RADIO IQ in collaboration with @climatecentral.org. bit.ly/4ppqj28
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Since early this year, we've been pitching @pulitzercenter.org on a partnership for a reporting trip to Zimbabwe about the #UMC. (ICYMI), you can now find all 8 of our articles related to this partnership on Pulitzer Center's landing page for our project: pulitzercenter.org/projects/lib...
A Liberated Church Despite Loss
A costly splintering in the historically Nashville-based United Methodist Church has shaken confidence in one of the most influential Protestant bodies worldwide. An exodus of churches in the U.S. and...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Since early this year, we've been pitching @pulitzercenter.org on a partnership for a reporting trip to Zimbabwe about the #UMC. (ICYMI), you can now find all 8 of our articles related to this partnership on Pulitzer Center's landing page for our project: pulitzercenter.org/projects/lib...
We’re excited to announce Monica Jha as the recipient of this year’s Global Health Film Grant in partnership with @oneworldmedia.bsky.social and @financialtimes.com!
Her film follows priests, activists, and patients transforming the treatment of mental illness.
Learn more! bit.ly/4iCUoZv
Her film follows priests, activists, and patients transforming the treatment of mental illness.
Learn more! bit.ly/4iCUoZv
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We’re excited to announce Monica Jha as the recipient of this year’s Global Health Film Grant in partnership with @oneworldmedia.bsky.social and @financialtimes.com!
Her film follows priests, activists, and patients transforming the treatment of mental illness.
Learn more! bit.ly/4iCUoZv
Her film follows priests, activists, and patients transforming the treatment of mental illness.
Learn more! bit.ly/4iCUoZv
Elevate your educator journey in the heart of Washington, D.C.!
Join the Pulitzer Center at the #NCSS2025 conference to learn about our free resources for educators & students.
And register for a workshop on journalism and civic engagement! @socialstudies.org
bit.ly/48P61Jw
Join the Pulitzer Center at the #NCSS2025 conference to learn about our free resources for educators & students.
And register for a workshop on journalism and civic engagement! @socialstudies.org
bit.ly/48P61Jw
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elevate your educator journey in the heart of Washington, D.C.!
Join the Pulitzer Center at the #NCSS2025 conference to learn about our free resources for educators & students.
And register for a workshop on journalism and civic engagement! @socialstudies.org
bit.ly/48P61Jw
Join the Pulitzer Center at the #NCSS2025 conference to learn about our free resources for educators & students.
And register for a workshop on journalism and civic engagement! @socialstudies.org
bit.ly/48P61Jw
Our AI Spotlight Series curriculum is available!
If you are a journalist interested in building your skills and knowledge to cover AI critically and responsibly, explore the training modules across three learning tracks.
Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/AISpotSosc
If you are a journalist interested in building your skills and knowledge to cover AI critically and responsibly, explore the training modules across three learning tracks.
Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/AISpotSosc
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Our AI Spotlight Series curriculum is available!
If you are a journalist interested in building your skills and knowledge to cover AI critically and responsibly, explore the training modules across three learning tracks.
Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/AISpotSosc
If you are a journalist interested in building your skills and knowledge to cover AI critically and responsibly, explore the training modules across three learning tracks.
Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/AISpotSosc
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Interested in international reporting? The Pulitzer Center Fellowship lets Penn students travel abroad, cover an underreported story, and get published.
Applications are due January 6, 2026.
Find more info from the South Asia Center website! Don’t miss out!
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Applications are due January 6, 2026.
Find more info from the South Asia Center website! Don’t miss out!
@pulitzercenter.org
@upenn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Interested in international reporting? The Pulitzer Center Fellowship lets Penn students travel abroad, cover an underreported story, and get published.
Applications are due January 6, 2026.
Find more info from the South Asia Center website! Don’t miss out!
@pulitzercenter.org
@upenn.edu
Applications are due January 6, 2026.
Find more info from the South Asia Center website! Don’t miss out!
@pulitzercenter.org
@upenn.edu
Much of Indonesia's tin flowing into the global market originates from illegal mines.
This has become a major problem for local communities that are seeing their rivers being polluted.
Story by Nopri Ismi and Finlan Adhitya Aldan for @mongabayid.bsky.social. bit.ly/4445xfT
This has become a major problem for local communities that are seeing their rivers being polluted.
Story by Nopri Ismi and Finlan Adhitya Aldan for @mongabayid.bsky.social. bit.ly/4445xfT
Uncovering Illegal Tin from Bangka Belitung to the Global Market (bahasa Indonesia)
An English summary of this report is below. The original report, published in bahasa Indonesia in Mongabay Indonesia, follows. Bangka Belitung is a global producer of tin. The raw tin material used in...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Much of Indonesia's tin flowing into the global market originates from illegal mines.
This has become a major problem for local communities that are seeing their rivers being polluted.
Story by Nopri Ismi and Finlan Adhitya Aldan for @mongabayid.bsky.social. bit.ly/4445xfT
This has become a major problem for local communities that are seeing their rivers being polluted.
Story by Nopri Ismi and Finlan Adhitya Aldan for @mongabayid.bsky.social. bit.ly/4445xfT
Kim Rebholz was hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo to safeguard the Mangrove Marine Park.
When he exposed illegal logging, armed men came for him and his family.
Story by RIN Fellow @josephinemoulds.bsky.social and @soniarolley.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/4oux4OM
When he exposed illegal logging, armed men came for him and his family.
Story by RIN Fellow @josephinemoulds.bsky.social and @soniarolley.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/4oux4OM
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Kim Rebholz was hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo to safeguard the Mangrove Marine Park.
When he exposed illegal logging, armed men came for him and his family.
Story by RIN Fellow @josephinemoulds.bsky.social and @soniarolley.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/4oux4OM
When he exposed illegal logging, armed men came for him and his family.
Story by RIN Fellow @josephinemoulds.bsky.social and @soniarolley.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social.
👉 bit.ly/4oux4OM
Videos reveal officers inside the Rankin County, Mississippi, mocking and laughing at an intellectually disabled inmate.
@jmitchellnews.bsky.social, Mukta Joshi, Nate Rosenfield, and @steelandballast.bsky.social report for @mississippitoday.org.
*Warning: disturbing images. bit.ly/4aszoT9
@jmitchellnews.bsky.social, Mukta Joshi, Nate Rosenfield, and @steelandballast.bsky.social report for @mississippitoday.org.
*Warning: disturbing images. bit.ly/4aszoT9
Videos Show Guards at Mississippi Jail Mocking Intellectually Disabled Inmate
Warning: Video may be disturbing to some viewers. https://youtube.com/shorts/TVwMxa_elOA?si=wuM-PwqE4k-TCduO Days after guards used an electric vest to shock a man in exchange for a Coke, they shared....
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December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Videos reveal officers inside the Rankin County, Mississippi, mocking and laughing at an intellectually disabled inmate.
@jmitchellnews.bsky.social, Mukta Joshi, Nate Rosenfield, and @steelandballast.bsky.social report for @mississippitoday.org.
*Warning: disturbing images. bit.ly/4aszoT9
@jmitchellnews.bsky.social, Mukta Joshi, Nate Rosenfield, and @steelandballast.bsky.social report for @mississippitoday.org.
*Warning: disturbing images. bit.ly/4aszoT9
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Desde que empecé a cubrir las implicaciones de la infraestructura detrás del hype de la IA no he encontrado demasiadas historias inspiradoras. Chile es la excepción.
En este podcast con los colegas de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social recorremos varias de ellas. Aquí lo podéis escuchar 👇🧵
En este podcast con los colegas de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social recorremos varias de ellas. Aquí lo podéis escuchar 👇🧵
La “Nube” no es etérea. Funciona en una infraestructura física enorme.
En este episodio viajamos a Chile 🇨🇱 junto con el periodista @pjarandia, para entender el impacto social y ecológico de los centros de datos en las comunidades.
🎧 Escucha: elhilo.audio/275
En este episodio viajamos a Chile 🇨🇱 junto con el periodista @pjarandia, para entender el impacto social y ecológico de los centros de datos en las comunidades.
🎧 Escucha: elhilo.audio/275
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Desde que empecé a cubrir las implicaciones de la infraestructura detrás del hype de la IA no he encontrado demasiadas historias inspiradoras. Chile es la excepción.
En este podcast con los colegas de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social recorremos varias de ellas. Aquí lo podéis escuchar 👇🧵
En este podcast con los colegas de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social recorremos varias de ellas. Aquí lo podéis escuchar 👇🧵
The Pulitzer Center will be at the @wcsj2025.bsky.social in Pretoria!
Join our grantees, Fellows, and staff members as they share insights on ocean science and carbon markets stories, and projects.
Also, take a look at the mini photo exhibition we are hosting!
👉 bit.ly/4pNKQNP
Join our grantees, Fellows, and staff members as they share insights on ocean science and carbon markets stories, and projects.
Also, take a look at the mini photo exhibition we are hosting!
👉 bit.ly/4pNKQNP
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Pulitzer Center will be at the @wcsj2025.bsky.social in Pretoria!
Join our grantees, Fellows, and staff members as they share insights on ocean science and carbon markets stories, and projects.
Also, take a look at the mini photo exhibition we are hosting!
👉 bit.ly/4pNKQNP
Join our grantees, Fellows, and staff members as they share insights on ocean science and carbon markets stories, and projects.
Also, take a look at the mini photo exhibition we are hosting!
👉 bit.ly/4pNKQNP
Generational changes in Zimbabwe's United Methodist Church is ushering in new pressures, such as the rise in Pentecostalism, and shifting attitudes on major cultural debates, like LGBTQ+ rights.
Story by @liamsadams.bsky.social and Andrew Nelles for The Tennessean. bit.ly/48xbPGd
Story by @liamsadams.bsky.social and Andrew Nelles for The Tennessean. bit.ly/48xbPGd
As UMC in Zimbabwe Stabilizes After Splintering, Generational Change Brings New Pressures
https://www.tennessean.com/videos/news/religion/2025/11/12/zimbabwe-chu… Key Points with splintering in the United Methodist Church, fueled in part by...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Generational changes in Zimbabwe's United Methodist Church is ushering in new pressures, such as the rise in Pentecostalism, and shifting attitudes on major cultural debates, like LGBTQ+ rights.
Story by @liamsadams.bsky.social and Andrew Nelles for The Tennessean. bit.ly/48xbPGd
Story by @liamsadams.bsky.social and Andrew Nelles for The Tennessean. bit.ly/48xbPGd
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"British Columbia scientist Sean Cox, suggested the stocks already may be low enough to justify a designation of “depleted,” the point at which their recovery might be uncertain."
It’s like the story of cod in Newfoundland. Thank you, @halbernton.bsky.social and Lauren Holmes @pulitzercenter.org
It’s like the story of cod in Newfoundland. Thank you, @halbernton.bsky.social and Lauren Holmes @pulitzercenter.org
The International Pacific Halibut Commission Is at a Crossroads As the Fishery Hits Record Lows
The commission has been forced, due to budgetary constraints, to sharply reduce the scope of ocean surveys that help assess halibut populations at a time when stocks appear to be at or near record...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"British Columbia scientist Sean Cox, suggested the stocks already may be low enough to justify a designation of “depleted,” the point at which their recovery might be uncertain."
It’s like the story of cod in Newfoundland. Thank you, @halbernton.bsky.social and Lauren Holmes @pulitzercenter.org
It’s like the story of cod in Newfoundland. Thank you, @halbernton.bsky.social and Lauren Holmes @pulitzercenter.org