Pulitzer Center Update

This Week: NATO Nightmares

NewsHour still

Still from the July 7, 2016 PBS NewsHour broadcast. Image by Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin. Estonia, 2016.

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Trumping NATO
Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin

Donald Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, has dismissed NATO as “very obsolete.” He’s also expressed his admiration for Vladimir Putin’s “strong” leadership style. Grantees Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin traveled from Ukraine to Estonia to produce this timely four-part series on the faultlines between Putin’s Russia and the NATO alliance. It is journalism of the highest order. At the Pulitzer Center, we are committed to the idea that an informed citizenry is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy.

We also believe that becoming an informed citizen begins in the classroom.

We Want iPhones
Sally Jacobs

Cuban-Americans living in Miami have long served as a vital lifeline for relatives back home, but as grantee Sally Jacobs reports, improved relations between the two countries are redefining consumer tastes in Cuba.


Ticket to Ride

Joseph Schottenfeld and George Butler

Grantee George Butler’s sketchbook tells the story of the four-day train ride that delivers migrant workers from Tajikistan to Russia.