June 24, 2009 | Education news
Students at Campus Consortium member schools were eligible to apply for reporting fellowships of up to $2,000 each and the opportunity to work with the Pulitzer Center staff on an international reporting project. Listed below are the inaugural winners for 2009 and previews of their projects.
Projects in progress feature links to their reporting projects.
- Tracy Boyer, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Travel to Honduras to study malnourishment amongst indigenous populations. Travel: June/July. Learn more about her project: Honduras: Fighting Malnutrition 'Shoulder to Shoulder'
- Sonali Kudva, Kent State University: Travel to India to investigate water issues. Travel: June. Learn more about her project India: Water for all?
- Stine Eckert, Ohio University: Travel to Bangladesh to investigate the paradox of women's rights and position in society. Travel: July. Learn more about her project: Bangladesh: The (Un)Power of Women
- Jordan Wilson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale: An investigation of the displaced Kenyans in the Rift Valley. Travel: November
- Sara Peach, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Travel to Copehangen and report on the United Nations Climate Change Conference with a focus on youth participation generally and the International Youth Delegation specifically. Travel: December