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Bringing Stories Home

Bringing Stories Home is the Pulitzer Center's initiative designed to help U.S. newsrooms cover the big, underreported stories that affect us all—and through education and other outreach promote the public engagement that is essential if our democracy is to thrive.

News outlets eligible for participation in Bringing Stories Home include all those serving U.S. cities in which population ranks 21st or lower. The Pulitzer Center is already actively working with partner outlets in many such cities, from Louisville to Tucson to St. Louis. Bringing Stories Home represents a major investment in local news, providing resources to cover stories that might not otherwise get told. 

Support for Bringing Stories Home is provided in part by an unrestricted endowment gift from the Facebook Journalism Project. Support for reporting projects also comes from the Omidyar Network, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, Humanity United, and other generous donors to the Pulitzer Center.

Bringing Stories Home

April 11, 2020 | The Weather Channel

Land, Water, Spirits, War

Matt Hongoltz-Hetling. Photographs by Michael Seamans.

The Inuit of Labrador face off against Canada’s hydropower industry in a battle against irreversible environmental and cultural damage.

Haiti Earthquake: Ten Years Later

Jacqueline Charles, José Antonio Iglesias

On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti suffered its most devastating disaster. More than 300,000 souls were lost, 1.5 million people were injured and an equal number made homeless. What has happened since?

Race, Reunion, and Redemption

Sally Altman, Sylvester Brown, Ellen Futterman, Richard Weiss

Judy Gladney and her late husband, Eric Vickers, were among the first African Americans to attend their suburban St. Louis high school. As her 50th class reunion approaches, Judy describes their struggle.

Growing Up Through the Cracks

Rich Lord, Stacy Innerst, Michael M. Santiago

When half the kids are in poverty, our fractured towns can offer no future. This project explore the causes and effects of concentrated child poverty—and what other communities are doing to address it.

North Carolina's Green Rush

Justin Catanoso, Saul G. Elbein, Michael Frierson, Richard Stradling

An investigation into the environmental, public health and economic impact of the state's fast-growing biomass industry—turning wood into wood pellets for energy generation overseas.

Beyond The Border

Nina Shapiro, Corinne Chin, Erika Schultz

Life after deportation: The Seattle Times explores how families—including those with American citizens—have adapted in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

Cops and Robbers

Justin Fenton, Kevin Richardson, Caroline Pate, Mathieu Lalumiere

A Baltimore Sun investigation into a rogue squad of police officers who used the authority of the badge to commit crimes—and how they got away with it for so long.