Reporting

January 04, 2021 | InfoNile

Egyptian Villagers Purify Their Drinking Water

Rawnaa Al-Masry

Village water purification stations built to reduce waterborne diseases provide an existing solution for communities in Menoufia governorate in the fight against COVID-19

December 30, 2020 | Science Magazine

A Kenyan Health Economist Investigates the Pandemic’s Puzzling Course in His Country

Linda Nordling

Over the course of the pandemic, Edwine Barasa has worked with epidemiologists to reveal the surprisingly small impact of the disease in Kenya—so far.

December 30, 2020 | Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

How We Did It: ‘They Think Workers Are Like Dogs.’ How Pork Plant Execs Sacrificed Safety for Profits

Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Grantee Sky Chadde discusses reporting on one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks at a meatpacking plant in the country — Triumph Foods in St. Joseph, Missouri.

December 30, 2020 | Science Magazine

‘It’s Crazy.’ Upbeat COVID-19 Vaccine News From China and U.K. Leaves Scientists Wanting More Details

Jon Cohen and Dennis Normile

Statements about vaccines in China and the United Kingdom have caused perplexity.

December 29, 2020 | Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, Spotify

Scorched Earth: The Ones Hit by Belo Monte (Portuguese)

Fábio Zuker

Riverine populations expelled from their homes years ago face the pandemic while still trying to reorganize their lives.

December 28, 2020 | BuzzFeed

The Factories in the Camps

Alison Killing and Megha Rajagopalan

Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.

December 28, 2020 | Science Magazine

Novavax Launches Pivotal U.S. Trial of Dark Horse COVID-19 Vaccine After Manufacturing Delays

Meredith Wadman

Novavax plans to apply for European regulatory approval for its vaccine candidate.

December 28, 2020 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Requiem for a Friend and Neighbor: ‘She Cared About How People Lived’

Stu Durando

Valerie Nichols lived in the St. Louis neighborhood where she was raised and gave back until she was physically unable. Her work helped keep residents living in 675 low-income apartments safe.

December 24, 2020 | Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, Spotify

Scorched Earth: Yanomami, Invasions and Epidemics (Portuguese)

Fábio Zuker, Renata Machado Tupinambá, and Clarissa Levy

A journalist and indigenous poet brings interviews and reports from the Yanomami indigenous people and sertanistas about how mining has always been, and still is, a source of violence, death and disease.