General news

Pulitzer Center-supported journalists Lisa Armstrong and Andre Lambertson present portraits of of hope and resilience as Haitian communities rebuild in the wake of catastrophe. Joining them are Fred de Sam Lazaro, director of the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint John's University and a veteran journalist whose coverage includes developments in Haiti through the years, and Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer.

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Rehm Library, March 29, 2010, 7:00 pm

March 27, 2010

10:30-11:45

Siena College

Siena Hall 104

Pulitzer Center Education Coordinator Maura Youngman will present at the student conference Inspire 2010.

Rena Pacheco-Theard

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Monday was World Water Day, but if you are still thirsty for more information on this critical issue, take a look at the Pulitzer Center's online water gateway, DOWNSTREAM: Our Water, Our Lives.

Monday, March 22 marks World Water Day. Environmental experts, policymakers, and even those of us who typically leave the tap running while brushing our teeth will pause to join the conversation about the world's most vital resource and its role in our lives.

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has joined the News Literacy Project as the 14th news organization to enroll in the national effort to help middle school and high school students become more frequent consumers and creators of credible information.

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has joined the News Literacy Project as the 14th news organization to enroll in the national effort to help middle school and high school students become more frequent consumers and creators of credible information.

Peter Sawyer, Pulitzer Center

Image from Steve Sapienza and Glenn Baker's Easy Like Water project on floating schools in Bangladesh

From the women who spend hours daily fetching water to political battles over international rivers to melting icepack and rising sea levels, the water issue affects us all, and we all contribute to it.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

10:30-11:30 a.m.

How to work with global broadcasters, and how to bring additional funding to your films for these broadcasters.

Moderated by Executive Producer Brenda Kelly, this panel of global broadcasters and representatives from NGOs with a worldwide mandate, will discuss how they achieve their organisation's specific goals whilst working together.

Speakers:

Moderated by Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Panelists:

Vanessa Gezari's forthcoming book assesses the US military's Human Terrain program, which embeds social scientists and anthropologists with troops in Afghanistan. Her reporting has been featured on NPR and in The Washington Post Magazine.

The Pulitzer Center is presenting five panel discussions February 22-26, featuring Pulitzer Center journalists who have reported from Afghanistan. Entitled "Afghanistan: The Human Factor," the panels will be held at George Washington University, Columbia, Yale, Harvard and Wellesley.

The video presents a virtual tour through Afghanistan, taking you to the areas from which the journalists reported.

Janet Donovan

NBC Washington Nightside

Journalists gathered last night at the Hilton ballroom for the annual National Press Foundation awards dinner -- and to be reminded why they're still relevant during the "Why Journalism Matters"-themed event.