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January 14, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Election Day in Monterrey, Mexico
Visiting Monterrey, Mexico, on election day, Louie Palu gets a behind-the-scenes look at the aftermath of drug-related violence.
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January 07, 2013 | NPR
iPads, China: Twin Threats To Wisconsin's Paper Industry
The paper industry once employed thousands of people across the state of Wisconsin. Now, mills are closing.
January 05, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
The U.S. Border and Customs Patrol in Laredo, Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents conduct vehicle searches, monitor video surveillance, and check for invasive species of insects at ports of entry in Laredo, Texas.
January 05, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Laredo, Texas: Lucrative Trafficking
U.S. customs officers in Laredo, Texas, have found harmful insects in flower shipments and drugs hidden in frozen squid. As one officer says, their job is to catch “drugs, thugs and bugs.”
January 04, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Sights and Sounds Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
This audio slideshow explores security, trade, immigration, drug trafficking and organized crime along the U.S.- Mexico border.
January 03, 2013
Meet the Student Fellows: Anna Tomasulo
Intersection of health and human rights key for first Campus Consortium student reporting fellow from Boston University.
December 13, 2012 | Milwaukee Public Radio
Wisconsin's Paper Industry Faces Double Threat
Mitch Teich interviews John Schmid about his reporting on how China has helped speed the demise of Wisconsin's paper-making economy.
December 12, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bankrolled and Bioengineered, China Supplants Wisconsin's Paper Industry
In the last decade China has tripled its paper production and overtaken the U.S. as the world’s biggest papermaker.
December 11, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paper Cuts: When the Loop Goes Global
For generations, Wisconsin paper mills thrived on a tight local loop--from forest to mill to printer and often back to the mill to be recycled. Learn what happens when the loop goes global.
December 10, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin Paper Industry Has Enhanced Forest Stewardship
Despite what may seem like divergent interests between the paper industry and environmental groups, the environmental and economic benefits of trees intersect.
December 09, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paper Cuts: Wisconsin's Place in Paper Industry Under Siege
Paper is analog, offline and as old as civilization. But as the paper industry globalized, it heightened US-China frictions, infuriated environmentalists and cast US competitiveness in a new light.
December 09, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paper Cuts: Saving the Mill and the Town
After it shut down in 2006, logger Butch Johnson bought the paper mill in Park Falls and reopened it as Flambeau River Papers, saving the jobs of about 300 employees.