Poverty

Unsafe water and poor sanitation claim 4,500 lives day. What should we do about it?

That’s the question we posed in our Global Issues/Citizen Voices essay contest with helium.com, the popular writers’ site. The answers have been streaming in

Peter Sawyer, Pulitzer Center

The Obama Administration has added water to its list of diplomatic priorities. In a conference call Thursday morning, Under Secretary of State Maria Otero identified water as a central U.S. foreign policy concern, touching everything from health and economic development to global security. Otero discussed water issues on the eve of World Water Day next Monday, in a year when activists are working harder than ever to engage the public and policy-makers.

The Virginia Quarterly Review was awarded the National Magazine Award for Digital Media in the News Reporting category for Jason Motlagh's, "Sixty Hours of Terror" a four-part series covering the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The National Magazine Awards (known as the "Ellies") are presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Journalism School at Columbia University. This is their first year to honor achievements in digital media.

Roberto (Bear) Guerra has been nominated for a National Magazine Award in the photojournalism category for "The Young Mothers of Port-au-Prince," by Ruxandra Guidi, featuring photographs by Guerra. The piece was published by the Virginia Quarterly Review.

Last fall, the American Society of Magazine Editors announced an expansion of the National Magazine Awards (known as the "Ellies") to encompass the burgeoning world of online journalism. The nominations for the Digital Ellies were announced today and we're excited to say we nabbed one!

By Baptist Press Staff

A Baptist Press article describing prison conditions in Haiti highlights Pulitzer Center reporting on Haiti's National Penitentiary by Antigone Barton and Steve Sapienza:

The men, by contrast, are imprisoned in Haiti's notorious National Penitentiary, a facility located just a few blocks from the country's National Palace in central Port-au-Prince that was known for squalid conditions before it was largely destroyed by the Jan. 12 quake.

"Hope for Haiti," reported by Steve Sapienza and Antigone Barton, will be featured in an event in Nashville for World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. The event will incorporate clips on HIV/AIDS from around the world, as well as live theatre, dance and musical performances.

Peter Sawyer and Maura Youngman, Pulitzer Center

Nine-year-old Ely Kleinsmith knows that water and sanitation are issues that affect us all -- and that it's up to each of us to insure that everyone in the world has access to these resources that too many of us take for granted. What Ely has done, in his hometown of Solon, Iowa, is to found a Water Club aimed at raising awareness, and attract funding, for water-related programs in Haiti.

Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center

Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center

Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center