Global Gateway

Global Gateway inspires students to become active consumers and producers of news and information

Our educational program, Global Gateway, provides students with fresh information on global issues, helps them think critically about the creation and dissemination of news, and inspires them to become active consumers and producers of information.

April 24, 2012
Jennifer McDonald
Ten Pulitzer Center student fellows will report from abroad on topics such as environmental policy in Thailand, health and nutrition in the United Arab Emirates and gender equality in South Africa.
Child Brides Panel Participants
April 13, 2012
Jennifer McDonald
Hundreds hear from Jon Sawyer and Cynthia Gorney at Wake Forest University community event focused on child marriage.

Gateways

Gateways contain multiple Pulitzer Center reporting projects that focus on a single issue
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in partnership with local journalists and their outlets.
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
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...

Campus Consortium

Our Campus Consortium initiative forges dynamic relationships with colleges and universities
Guilford College is guided by a strong Quaker heritage and one of three North Carolina schools within the Triad-area Consortium of the Pulitzer Center's growing university network.
One of our earliest "journalist tours" included a stop at the University of Miami with a focus on under-told stories from South America.
Boston University is one of the Consortium partners that has experimented with diverse ways of linking Pulitzer Center journalists with BU students, faculty and the broader community.
At the heart of the Pulitzer Center-Davidson College Campus Consortium are international reporting grants for students through our partnership with the Dean Rusk International Studies Program.

Lesson plans

These lesson plans offer educators ideas for incorporating the Global Gateway program in their curriculum
Lesson plans
Jennifer McDonald
Resources for teachers and students ahead of Dominic Bracco's classroom visit.
Lesson plans
Jennifer McDonald
Resources for teachers and students ahead of journalist Stephen Sapienza's visit.
Lesson plans
Jennifer McDonald
Resources for students and teachers ahead of journalist Ameto Akpe's visit.

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Eliza Griswold, Seamus Murphy
Anonymous and spoken, landai, two-line Pashtun poems, have served for centuries as a means of self-expression for women. Today they are an important vehicle of public dissent.
The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
Micah Albert on Nairobi's Waste Management Disaster
Micah Albert
As the trash in Nairobi's vast Dandora dump continues to pile up, photojournalist Micah Albert looks Kenya's waste management disaster.
Health, Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, Environmental Public Policy
Trevor Snapp, Alan Boswell
An immersive, transmedia book project for the iPad on the birth of the world's newest country from photographer Trevor Snapp and reporter Alan Boswell.
Modern Day Conflicts

Meet the Journalists

Get to know a Pulitzer Center reporter
Micah Albert on Nairobi's Waste Management Disaster
April 19, 2012
As the trash in Nairobi's vast Dandora dump continues to pile up, photojournalist Micah Albert looks Kenya's waste management disaster.
April 18, 2012
Pulitzer Center grantee Jenna Krajeski talks about how she became interested in the Kurdish "stone-throwing kids"--children imprisoned as adults under Turkey's harsh anti-terror laws.
April 9, 2012
Can the Scottish National Party convince Scottish voters to approve a divorce from the United Kingdom?

Student reporting

These short student-produced reports, created in partnership with Pulitzer Center journalists, examine local implications of pressing international issues
February 28, 2012
The modern Palestinian city taking shape in the hills of the West Bank could be much more than a model for entrepreneurs and private investors.
February 25, 2012
Boulder, known for its green ideology, is preparing to take over the town's electrical utility in an effort to become more sustainable and bring the power of choice back to the public.
February 25, 2012
Hawaii's ‘i’iwi honeycreeper may not last another generation and its extinction would change the biological diversity and culture of the islands.

Student Voices

International students share personal experiences related to Pulitzer Center stories
Student Voices
Jon Sawyer
Students at solar-powered school boats along the Atrai River in northwestern Bangladesh talk about their studies, ambitions and daily life in an area marked by monsoons, water and sanitation challe
Student Voices
Nathalie Applewhite
In this video you will meet young Congolese students from the Magengo Institute in Goma (Eastern Congo). Watch and learn about their daily lives.
Student Voices
Nathalie Applewhite
In this video you will meet former indentured servants from Nepal.