Published and Broadcast

Reports by Pulitzer Center journalists for print, online and broadcast news outlets
June 1, 2012 / Time
Tim Rogers
Can Nicaragua prevent an infiltration of drugs, gangs and narco-violence? It may already be too late.
June 1, 2012 / Democracy Now
Jane Regan
A mining bonanza worth $20 billion could help reduce Haiti's dependency on foreign aid. But will mining companies and corrupt government officials take it all for themselves?
May 30, 2012 / The Guardian
Developing the wealth of natural resources beneath Haiti's soil may not improve the fortunes of the impoverished people who live on it.

Untold Stories

Reports from the field - an exclusive channel of Pulitzer Center reporting
June 1, 2012 Simeon Tegel
In the midst of a killer drought, a lake in Chihuahua has dried up, 350,000 cattle have died, and farmers are spending up to $10,000 a month pumping underground water for irrigation.
June 1, 2012
Simeon Tegel
Few countries in the Americas are as vulnerable to climate change as El Salvador, which in recent years has been battered by increasingly extreme storms and severe flooding.
May 31, 2012
Shiho Fukada
Unemployed men sleep on the streets of Kamagasaki, curled up in cardboard boxes. They find themselves outcasts from the mainstream "salaryman" culture. Alcoholism and suicide are common.

Projects

Reporting projects commissioned by the Pulitzer Center
Jacob Kushner, Jane Regan
Haiti’s north is rich with mineral deposits that could infuse millions into the nation’s ailing economy—but only if the government can regulate foreign mining giants and share the wealth.
Shiho Fukada
Shiho Fukada documents the lives of disposable workers in Japan in stories that illustrate the global unemployment crisis and the growing gap between rich and poor that has provoked much turmoil.
Joshua Kucera
Oil in the Caspian Sea is making Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan rich. But with Iran and Russia on the sea, too, is it fueling a naval arms race as well?

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...