Published and Broadcast

Reports by Pulitzer Center journalists for print, online and broadcast news outlets
June 29, 2012 / Foreign Policy
Peter DiCampo
Are things so bad that Ivory Coast misses its former tyrant?
June 29, 2012 / Foreign Policy
Austin Merrill
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, facing trial in The Hague, still has support despite allegations of war crimes.
June 29, 2012 / The Washington Post
Jason Motlagh
Deep in the hills of northern Burma’s Kachin State, a civil war grinds on between government forces and Kachin rebels, calling into question the more conciliatory signals emanating from the capital..

Untold Stories

Reports from the field - an exclusive channel of Pulitzer Center reporting
June 26, 2012 Simeon Tegel
Climate change and government infrastructure fail to support a stable water supply on Peru's desert coast.
June 26, 2012
Jenna Krajeski
The Habur Gate border crossing between Turkey and Iraq is a lifeline for Turkey's border towns and, for the Kurds who live in them, the gateway to a free Kurdistan.
June 26, 2012
Yasmin Bendaas
In the Aures Mountains of Algeria, the practice of tattooing has stopped due to Islamic influence. Some elderly tattooed women seek forgiveness while others remain content.

Projects

Reporting projects commissioned by the Pulitzer Center
Jason Motlagh, Stephen Sapienza
After years of isolation, Burma is experiencing a political thaw. But in the northern state of Kachin, a brutal war against ethnic minority rebels has only intensified.
Yasmin Bendaas
Facial tattoos, once popular among Chaouia women in Algeria, are now less prevalent. This project examines their contribution to identity, their symbolic meaning, and reasons for their disappearance.
Jenna Krajeski
Iraq's Kurds are in business while Turkey and its own Kurdish population are at war. Will success in Iraqi Kurdistan ease tension in Turkey, or will it break an ethnic bond?

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...