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For decades, the balance of power between strong nations was the dominant issue in international security. But today it is fragile nations that are seen by many as posing a potentially greater threat. Weak infrastructure, internal conflict, and lack of economic development provide fertile ground for trafficking, piracy, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, disease pandemics, regional tensions, and even genocide.

A summary of this week's under-reported news stories from across the globe.

Kenya: Sanitation in the Slums

Kyrgyzstan: After the Coup

What Net Neutrality Means for Journalists

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Mark Stanley, new media strategist for the Pulitzer Center, joined the Game Changing podcast to discuss social media and nonprofits. The podcast can be listened to in its entirety on the Blog Talk Radio Game Changing website or on iTunes.

A recent theatrical production brought a Pulitzer Center-sponsored article from the pages of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the stage in New York City as a part of Jane Catherine Shaw's Thirst: Memory of Water. Drawing on sources ranging from Leonardo's Treatise on Water to first person accounts, the show brought together disparate voices to address the practical and spiritual aspects of one of life's essentials—water.

Allan Hoving, Special to the Pulitzer Center

Allan is the creator of The Frequency. Views expressed in this guest post are not those of the Pulitzer Center.

This month, Pulitzer Center content is featured on The Frequency. Launched at the end of March, the site was created as my current Master's Project in interactive communications at Quinnipiac University. But I have been working on making it a reality for more than a dozen years.

Pulitzer Center Staff

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, a daily NPR radio and TV news program, interviewed Rick Rowley on his view of Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus' report. David Enders and Rick Rowley's investigative video of Al-Anbar was also featured on the program.

An excerpt from the interview:

Michael Miner

Chicago Reader

Problem solved. Crisis averted. Revenue has finally begun to flow to Internet news sites directly from the heretofore freeloading public. Those of us who feared this day would never come can drink a glass of warm milk and get some sleep.

The Pulitzer Center is being featured on The Frequency, an interactive "web show" that allows the audience to contribute original multimedia content on a single hot topic in the news.

During the week of April 5-9, 2010, The Frequency is featuring the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's work on Sudan.

The Pulitzer Center is being featured on The Frequency, an interactive "web show" that allows the audience to contribute original multimedia content on a single hot topic in the news.

During the week of April 5-9, 2010, The Frequency is featuring the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's work on Sudan.

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand April Photography Exhibition

Portraits of Independence: A look inside the Kachin Independence Organization by Ryan Libre

Exhibition launch: 7pm Fri, April 2, 2010

The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals for reporting projects that explore under-reported issues in Sudan as that country heads toward a scheduled referendum next January on independence for southern Sudan. The Center has already initiated work in this area with PBS NewsHour but we are seeking additional proposals, especially from print reporters experienced in the region. Interested journalists should contact the Pulitzer Center immediately, at [email protected].

WorldBoston and the Stanley Foundation present:
Fragile States, Fragile Media
Failed and failing states threaten their own people and the world beyond, but with journalism in profound transition reporting on them is more challenging than ever. Two leading journalists discuss how to get these stories told.

Tuesday, March 30
5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
Boston University (565 Commonwealth Avenue)
Kenmore Classroom Building, Room 106