Published and Broadcast

Reports by Pulitzer Center journalists for print, online and broadcast news outlets
August 25, 2011 / Global Voices
by Juhie Bhatia

Because of continuous armed conflict in Somalia, experts fear that conditions are likely to further deteriorate in the famine-stricken country.

August 23, 2011 / McClatchy
by Dimiter Kenarov, Nadia Shira Cohen

Rosia Montana has a long tradition of mining that stretches back more than 2,000 years, but a new open-pit gold mining site would destroy original mining tunnels and limit archaeological research.

August 22, 2011 / The New York Times
by Anna Sussman

Istanbul's licensed red-light districts have fallen from favor under the rule of Turkey's moderate Islamists, but tens of thousands of women still work illegally in the city's thriving sex industry.

Untold Stories

Reports from the field - an exclusive channel of Pulitzer Center reporting
August 25, 2011 by Coleen Jose
The island community of Biton depends heavily on the demand for live reef fish. But changes in global climate patterns have reduced fish populations. Now the community fears their livelihood is at...
August 25, 2011
by Andre Lambertson
It is not as if teenage prostitution didn’t exist in Haiti before the January 2010 earthquake that left 1.5 million displaced, tens of thousands of them living in haphazardly-placed tents in...
August 24, 2011
by Sean Gallagher
China is in danger of losing one of its most precious assets--the giant panda. Years of resource extraction and deforestation have destroyed the panda's natural habitat in the mountain ranges of...

Projects

Reporting projects commissioned by the Pulitzer Center
by Hanna Ingber Win, Anna Tomasulo
In Nepal, child marriage affects every aspect of a girl’s life, from her education prospects to her physical and mental health to her chances for escaping poverty.
by Stephen Sapienza
A third of a million Peruvians make their living from gold mining, but illegal tactics and deforestation methods are damaging the environment and inflicting health risks on the local population.
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by Nadja Drost
Colombia's small-scale traditional miners are fighting for their piece of the recent gold mining boom as large multinational companies have picked up most of the country's exploration rights.

Gateways

Gateways contain multiple Pulitzer Center reporting projects that focus on a single issue
Population is a global issue that lies at the intersection of economics, environment, gender roles, culture, politics, and religion.  The Population Gateway will explore this controversial, confusing...
The initial shock of the earthquake has passed but Haiti continues its struggle to overcome both man-made and natural disasters. Amidst the rubble, a devastated infrastructure and untold suffering,...
The Downstream Gateway examines global issues related to water, from ecosystems and watersheds to freshwater resources, conservation efforts, and the impact of human activity and public policy.