Cape Town: Signs of the Water Crisis
For months, street corners, buildings, and bathroom mirrors served as constant reminders for Capetonians of the looming threat of the water crisis and suggested new ways to save water.
For months, street corners, buildings, and bathroom mirrors served as constant reminders for Capetonians of the looming threat of the water crisis and suggested new ways to save water.
Brett Walton reflects on the necessity of reporting on natural disasters with a dual approach that brings to light both the personal and the structural.
The Aral Sea is bringing new wealth to fishing villages in Kazakhstan, but their neighbours on the opposite shore in Uzbekistan are suffering a very different fate.
The city of 4 million people almost turned off its taps.
The Aral Sea, situated in Central Asia between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world.
Thanks to large-scale restoration efforts, the North Aral Sea has seen a resurgence of fish—a boon to the communities that rely on it.
With rising sea levels, Bangladeshi islanders are confronted with hard choices on how to best deal with the water that is both a threat and a necessity.
The Pulitzer Center launches its newest e-book: "Toxic Planet: The Global Health Crisis"—a searing look at pollution, an issue that affects us all. Now available on iTunes, Atavist, and Kindle.
Water scarcity is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in the country's north, but one man is hoping to change that.
Desertification, overpopulation and climate change continue to have an impact on the health of the Nile as it passes through Sudan.
The Nile serves as a lifeline to millions of people across East Africa and Egypt but is under threat from population growth, pollution and climate change.
On the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, dolphins help fishermen herd fish into nets, but overfishing, pollution, and a lack of interest among the young threaten that bond.
The Pulitzer Center's collection of reporting on water and sanitation, Downstream, is recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Peter Sawyer interviewed on EmeraldPlanet about the Pulitzer Center's reporting on water.
Be the Change, Save a Life an ABC News initiative focusing attention on global health challenges throughout the year, highlighted the Center's student journalism challenge.
Of the 600,000-plus hand pumps installed in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 20 years some 30 percent are known to have failed prematurely.
As part of the DC Environmental Film Festival, four films explore the conflicts tied to water issues, as part of the annual World Water Day observance.
How filmmakers Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger fell in love during the filming of their Oscar-nominated short documentary Sun Come Up.
Pulitzer Center grantee Jennifer Redfearn discusses the financial challenges of making her Oscar-nominated documentary Sun Come Up to Business Insider's: The Wire.
With the Pulitzer Center's support, Redfearn and co-producer Tim Metzger traveled to the Carteret Islands to tell the story of some of the world's first climate change refugees.
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger's documentary on how rising sea levels are threatening Carteret Islanders, "Sun Come Up," has been nominated for an Oscar.
The nomination was for documentary (short subject). The winners of the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced February 27.
See all the nominees for this year's Oscars.
In fall 2010, the Pulitzer Center partnered with Baruch College’s High School News Literacy Summit, which brought together schools and organizations with an interest in news literacy to share best practices and engage directly with students from ten New York City public high schools
Inspired by Pulitzer Center reporting on water, students from Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis, Missouri take action to publicize global water issues, and offer their own solutions to the crisis.
On November 8, Pulitzer Center grantee Steve Sapienza and Special Projects Coordinator Peter Sawyer spoke at Kent State University about Pulitzer Center reporting on the global water crisis.
Sean Gallagher announces the launch of his new website, "Threatened Waters: China's Wetland Crisis."