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December 09, 2019 | 1a
A Path to Peace in Ukraine: Simon Ostrovsky on '1A'
Grantee Simon Ostrovsky appeared on 1A to discuss his Pulitzer Center-supported reporting on Ukraine-Russia peace talks.
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Eastern Europe
December 09, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Ukraine, Russia Prepare for Peace Talks After Years of War
After nearly six years of war, the Ukrainian and Russian presidents are preparing to meet this week for the first time. The historic peace talks come as impeachment hearings continue in the U.S. Simon Ostrovsky reports from the frontlines of eastern Ukraine with a look ahead at the negotiations that could change the fate of those living in conflict.
November 12, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Ukrainian Women: Fighting the War Is Only Half the Battle
Many Ukrainian women took matters into their own hands when the conflict began in 2014. This video introduces the stories of four women who jumped to action.
October 22, 2019 | The New Yorker
When the Government Seizes Your Embryos
In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them.
October 15, 2019 | Politico
Albania Gets Religion
Resurgence of faith in the formerly communist country is raising fears of foreign influence.
October 04, 2019 | 1a
Nick Schifrin on NPR's '1A' News Roundup for October 4, 2019
Pulitzer Center grantee Nick Schifrin appeared on NPR's 1a to talk about his project, "China: Power and Prosperity."
July 07, 2019 | The Times
Soviet Nostalgia Hunters Flock to Transnistria Nuclear Bunker
A forgotten nuclear bunker in a remote corner of Moldova is the latest must-see attraction on the Soviet nostalgia trail.
June 26, 2019 | The New York Times
What Does Putin Really Want?
Russia is dead set on being a global power. But what looks like grand strategy is often improvisation — amid America’s retreat.
June 19, 2019 | The Times
Crimean Tatars Feel Familiar Threat of Persecution
A crackdown against Muslims with links to an Islamist organization has parallels to a Stalinist purge in the 1940s, writes Hannah Lucinda Smith in Simferopol.
June 19, 2019 | The Times
Graves of Britain’s Crimean War Dead Are Desecrated, Exploited and Forgotten
Tensions between Russia and the West mean both sides have let the memories of Crimean War dead fade.
June 19, 2019 | The Times
Crimean Camp for Young Communists Reopens With £160m Facelift
This summer, 45,000 children from 57 countries will visit the Artek centre near Yalta. For three weeks, they will live the lifestyle once considered the model for young communists, sleeping in dorms and eating meals in huge canteens while wearing color-coded uniforms.
May 17, 2019 | Politico
Facebook's Regulation Fail in Ukraine Should Worry Europe
Facebook’s enforcement of its own rules during the Ukrainian election was a Potemkin village of regulations riddled with cracks and loopholes that were easily exploited, writes grantee Nina Jankowicz.
Kosovo at the Precipice: Combating Jihadism in a Euro-Muslim Society
Kosovo has been one of the largest per-capita contributors of European jihadists to the wars in Syria and Iraq. Now many fighters are returning home. How is the state handling them?
Europe's New Nationalisms
In the last two years, voters across Europe have elected new governments whose platforms rest, in more or less explicit ways, on the politics of "identitarianism."
Losing Earth
Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet. The world was ready to act. But we failed to do what was necessary to avoid a catastrophe.
Life Without Sunlight: Ukraine's Female and Child Prisoners
Women and children spend months in Ukrainian prisons in torturous conditions. What is being done to change that?
Obstacles to Balkans Peace
Russian meddling, nationalist rhetoric, and lingering hatred block Balkan conflict zones' progress.
Women's Rights in Poland
After a failed attempt to completely ban abortion, a look at the ongoing reality of women's rights in Poland.
Israelis Writing Their History: Memories of Poland
As Polish Jews moved to Israel after the Second World War, they brought with them memories of the old country to confront the political reality of creating a new, Israeli identity.
In Lazarat, the Fall of a Pot Empire
The residents of Lazarat, Albania, once grew $6 billion of marijuana per year under the nose of the state. What happens when that pot empire goes up in smoke?
Investigating Corruption in Post-Revolution Ukraine
The Ukrainians who overthrew their president in 2014 were driven mainly by anger about corruption. It has proved harder to change the country's habits than its leaders.
Cold War Fault Lines
From Estonian militias to separatist fighters in Ukraine, tensions between NATO and Russia are approaching Cold War levels.
Ukraine's Most Vulnerable, Two Years On
Two years after Euromaidan, the Russian seizure of Crimea and conflicts in eastern Ukraine, a depressing new reality has sunk in for many displaced Ukrainians: they're not getting their old lives back.
Deadly Pollution: The World's Most Toxic Places
Pollution sickens and kills millions of people worldwide each year. This project explores the most toxic places with a focus on causes, consequences and possible solutions.
June 30, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sarah Topol
What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? Journalist Sarah Topol spent five weeks in Ukraine looking for an answer.
June 29, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Beth Gardiner
Beth Gardiner discusses her reporting from Poland, a country with among the worst coal-driven health problems in Europe.
February 25, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Yana Paskova
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, photojournalist Yana Paskova takes a look at the state of democracy in her home country, former Soviet satellite, Bulgaria.
February 25, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Misha Friedman
Photographer Misha Friedman traveled to Crimea to find out how Russian annexation affected the vulnerable people there.
April 21, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Journalists Dimiter Kenarov and Boryana Katsarova on Reporting from Ukraine
Dimiter Kenarov and Boryana Katsarova discuss their reporting from Ukraine in a post-referendum Crimea.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Bosnia Prepares for First Post-War Census
A national census in Bosnia in October 2013 may reveal an increasingly ethnic Bosnian population, but getting minorities to officially declare their often-stigmatized identities will be difficult.
October 10, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Meet Paul Salopek
Journalist Paul Salopek is preparing to leave on a journey that will take seven years and span 39 countries—and he is doing it all on foot.
November 17, 2011
More Than a Thousand Words: Fotoweek DC Journalists Talk Global Issues with Students
Washington area students--from three-year olds to university undergrads--learned about critical global issues from Pulitzer Center photojournalists.
January 18, 2017 | Education news
Pulitzer Center Visits West Coast
Pulitzer Center journalists Misha Friedman, Jon Cohen and Amy Maxmen spoke to 425 people about their work featured in the e-book "To End AIDS" at different events in the San Francisco area last week.
August 30, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: A Culture of Corruption?
Reforming Ukraine's health system, cleaning up fashion's supply chain, and seeking relief from sanctions in this week's newsletter.
July 25, 2016 | General news
In Both Ukraine and U.S. Police Reform Poses a Challenge
As America grapples with police reform, it's also funding a new force in Ukraine.
July 15, 2016 | Newsletter
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: Cold War Fault Lines
This week's News Bite lesson explores Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin's four-part film series investigating the global impacts of growing tension in Eastern Europe.
July 12, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: NATO Nightmares
Pulitzer Center grantees report from the front lines of the new Russia-NATO cold war.
May 30, 2016 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and perceptions of identity to environmental degradation and innovation.
March 07, 2016 | General news
LGBTQ Conference at Harvard Highlights
Photojournalists and Pulitzer Center grantees Misha Friedman and Daniella Zalcman took part in panels at the third annual LGBTQ Conference at Harvard University.
January 08, 2016 | General news
A Year of Field Notes
Pulitzer Center interns Elana Dure and Seiler Smith look back over a year of Field Notes and compile some of their favorites.
December 23, 2015 | General news
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
November 16, 2015 | General news, Project news, Education news
This Week: Politics After the Siege
Can a post-war political party build a functional state in Bosnia?
November 16, 2015 | General news, Project news
Greg Constantine's 'Nowhere People' Reveals Human Face of Statelessness
Photographer's new book brings together a decade of reporting on a growing global phenomenon that now affects more than 10 million people.
November 12, 2015 | General news, Project news
Geopolitics of Russia-Ukraine Relations at Heart of Pulitzer Center Session
Regional reporting and historical prospectives create fertile ground for conversation between Sarah Topol, Dimiter Kenarov and Marvin Kalb.
March 03, 2018 | Elementary
Finding Home: A Year in the Life of Syrian Refugee Families
Students explore how their image of the word "home" compares with how three Syrian women imagine their future homes through close analysis of the multimedia project "Finding Home" from TIME Magazine.
June 19, 2017 | All Grades
Resources for the University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators 2017
This plan includes lessons connected to the work of journalists that presented at the University of Chicago Summer Teacher Institute in June 2017.
December 14, 2016 | All Grades
Migration and Refugees Lesson Plans
The following lesson plans for middle school teachers, high school teachers and college professors introduce reporting connected to migration and the experiences of refugees.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
July 11, 2016 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Cold War Fault Lines
Students explore explore Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin’s project “Cold War Fault Lines," which considers growing military activity in Eastern Europe.
June 28, 2016 | All Grades
Resources for University of Chicago Teachers
This plan includes lesson plans connected to the work of journalists that presented at the UChicago Summer Teacher Institute in June 2016.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
June 06, 2016 | High School
Ukraine's Internally Displaced
Students investigate educational resources using diverse media in order to understand how journalists use various mediums to tell different accounts of Ukraine's internally displaced persons.
May 02, 2016 | All Grades, High School
Curriculum Connections for 10th Grade History Teachers in D.C. public schools
The following serves as a resource for DC public school teachers working with the District's tenth grade history standards, providing teachers with a list of Pulitzer Center projects in line with...
April 22, 2016 | All Grades
Global concern
In this lesson, students discuss the reporting project "Nuclear Winter."
April 10, 2016 | College
Human Rights Reporting
Students will critically examine the legal, professional and moral obligations of journalists as witnesses to all kinds of human rights violations.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.