Pulitzer Center

11/28/2025

Join us in welcoming the Pulitzer Center’s 2025 cohort of 11 Post-Graduate Reporting Fellows! Many have already begun their reporting projects on community of deported veterans in Mexico, the intersections of migration and climate change, the geopolitical implications of Greenland’s fishing policy, and more.

“As usual, our Post-Grad Fellows always select some of the most pressing and timely reporting projects,” said Reporting Fellow Program Manager Libby Moeller. “Many of this year's Post-Grad Fellows are highlighting environmental issues that are incredibly time sensitive and pressing as well as stories of migration and belonging, which are huge topics right now in this country.”

Welcome Luisa Barone, Iona Horton, Claudia Barrios Rosel, Jonathan Rampley-Sturgeon, Michele Calamaio, Christian Caurla, Mariana Hernández, Anna Oakes, Deep Vakil, Janani Janarthanan, and Sarah Mattalian!

Since 2020, the Pulitzer Center has awarded fellowships to recent graduates of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism to pursue in-depth projects on underreported issues of global importance.

Get to know our Fellows!
👉 https://bit.ly/4p6g0Qr

11/26/2025

is a wrap!

If there’s one feeling we’re taking home, it’s gratitude. We learned, we taught, and we walked away inspired by the remarkable community of journalists who crossed our path. Can you believe that we did the math, and one in every five speakers at the conference is part of the Pulitzer Center network?

We were thrilled to meet grantees, fellows, and future partners from around the world. Our staff participated in 14 panels covering topics such as AI accountability, follow-the-money investigations, engagement strategies, and more.

The highlight: “Death Flights,” a Mongabay investigation led by Alexa Vélez Suazo, won the 2025 Global Shining Light Award ( ). We're proud to have contributed to the tool, built with Earth Genome, that identifies illegal airstrips in the Amazon, and even prouder to see journalists using it to tell important stories.

Read the story here 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZGDEsB

And see you in the Netherlands for

11/24/2025

For over 10 months, AI Accountability Fellow Sofia Schurig and a team at Nucleo monitored how generative AI technologies are exploited to produce disturbingly realistic images of child sexual abuse.

This investigation revealed that criminals were using open-source artificial intelligence to create and sell CSA content online. Following the reporting, one of those websites was recently taken down by Brazil’s Advocacy-General of the Union.

This reporting series has already prompted major platforms, including Meta and the Google Play Store, to remove abusive profiles and apps.

Leia em português. Brazil’s Advocacy-General of the Union (AGU) took down a foreign website that, according to reporting supported by the Pulitzer Center, was selling AI-generated child sexual abuse content. In an official statement on its website, the institution said the action followed an extr...

11/24/2025

The next event from the 1619 Global Connections Series is just a few days away!

On Saturday, November 29, 3:00-4:30pm EST, you’re invited to join a virtual workshop that will explore how journalism can support students in identifying racial biases in health care, and envisioning healthy futures for their communities. Focusing on Global Health, one of the Pulitzer Center's five focus areas, this event will center stories that highlight systemic, interconnected health issues around the world and explore how coverage of racial inequities can support students in understanding the lasting legacies of slavery in health care.

This weekend, we’ll be joined by two Pulitzer Center-supported journalists who will share more about their work reporting on topics at the intersection of racial justice and health. 2025 Reporting Fellow Asia Alexander will share more about her project on the mental health of Black teachers in the Southern United States, and Pulitzer Center grantee Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman will share his project that covers a deadly meningitis outbreak in Ghana’s Upper West Region.

Workshop participants will receive detailed resource guides, engage in professional learning with educators from around the country, receive professional development certificates, and have the opportunity to be entered into a raffle to win a 1619 Project book of their choice.

Register now!
👉 https://bit.ly/43OKApf

11/21/2025

Applications for Pulitzer Center's K-12 Education Grant Program close on Sunday!

Educators can receive funding for projects that engage communities in health topics using Pulitzer Center journalism.

Submit your proposal now!
👉 http://bit.ly/48HTMii

11/21/2025

O Seminário Cidades Resilientes 2025 é uma iniciativa do projeto RioNowcast+Green, em parceria com o Pulitzer Center, e será realizado presencialmente no dia 26 de novembro de 2025 (quarta-feira), das 9h às 16h, na Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), em Niterói (RJ). Esta inscrição é exclusiva para participação presencial.
O tema central do encontro é “Como as cidades estão se preparando para as mudanças climáticas?”, reunindo pesquisadores, jornalistas e representantes de órgãos públicos e da sociedade civil para discutir os desafios e caminhos possíveis para tornar as cidades mais resilientes e inclusivas.

Inscrições:

Bem-vind@! O Seminário Cidades Resilientes 2025 é uma iniciativa do projeto RioNowcast+Green, em parceria com o Pulitzer Center, e será realizado presencialmente no dia 26 de novembro de 2025 (quarta-feira), das 9h às 14h, na Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), em Niterói (RJ). Esta inscriç...

11/20/2025

Eating disorders are the deadliest of all mental health conditions (not including substance use disorders), yet people suffering from these conditions face enormous difficulty getting their care covered. People of color and people on public insurance often face greater obstacles to treatment, including lack of nearby facilities, insurance coverage rollbacks, and long waiting lists.

In conversation with Mikaela Schmitt, program manager for the Outreach team at the Pulitzer Center, journalist discusses mental health parity, and the obstacles individuals face when seeking treatment for eating disorders.

In this investigative piece for , Haiken takes a closer look at the role insurance providers play in restricting access to care.

Listen to the full conversation at the link in our bio

11/20/2025

The Pulitzer Center is thrilled to release the AI Spotlight Series curriculum, free and open for journalists on any beat worldwide, who are interested in covering artificial intelligence with nuance and impact.

This toolkit builds on the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series, an initiative designed to expand the field of AI accountability reporting by equipping journalists around the world with the skills and knowledge necessary to cover AI critically and responsibly.

Over the past two years, in collaboration with a brilliant team of journalists and media partners, we have trained nearly 3,000 journalists through the AI Spotlight Series. Now, the curriculum, training videos, and additional learning resources are available on-demand for anyone eager to dig deeper into AI’s impacts on communities and society.

Led by journalists Karen Hao, Lam Thuy Vo, Gideon Lichfield, Gabriel Geiger, and Tom Simonite, the curriculum features 14 modules across three learning tracks designed to build a strong foundation for AI accountability reporting.

We hope these materials support journalists globally in strengthening AI accountability and public understanding of AI.

Have questions or feedback? We’d love to hear from you: https://bit.ly/4oMtArV

Explore the curriculum → https://bit.ly/AISpotSosc

11/17/2025

Pulitzer Center’s COP30 activities continue this week in Belém! 🇧🇷

Join us this afternoon at the MídiaNinja House to learn more about our journalism opportunities such as reporting grants, fellowships, special resources, and more!

The session will be hosted by Gustavo Faleiros, Director of Environmental Investigations, Maria Darrigo, Education Program Manager, and Rainforest Investigations Network Fellow Catarina Barbosa.

Also, our COP30 team is leading workshops to help journalists develop engaging climate stories that go beyond the headlines!

Learn more in our dedicated COP30 page.
👉 https://bit.ly/COP30pc

11/16/2025

Journalists, picture this: a room full of people who want to help you move your most ambitious reporting project forward.

That’s the spirit behind our Ask Me Anything session at .

Come meet the Pulitzer Center team and let’s talk about investigations, impact, and opportunities to support your work.
📅 November 23
⏰ 4:30pm
📍 Room 409

And that’s just one event! We’re participating in a total of 14 panels throughout the conference.

Learn more about all our sessions here!
👉 https://bit.ly/4oTrsPd

We look forward to connecting with you in Kuala Lumpur!

11/14/2025

At , we shared the latest Amazon Mining Watch update and findings with journalists at the Socioenvironmental Journalism House, showing how satellites, AI, and regional collaboration are exposing the scale of illegal mining across the Amazon.

Developed by Amazon Conservation, the Pulitzer Center, and Earth Genome, the initiative is carried out in collaboration with more than ten partner organizations across the region, including Fundación EcoCiencia, and is supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

The platform is also being presented in the Blue Zone at the Colombian Pavilion and at the CCCA Climate Hub.

Learn more about the findings and explore this tool in the link in our bio.

11/13/2025

Today at COP30, join Gustavo Faleiros, Director of Environmental Investigations at the Pulitzer Center, for a special panel introducing the latest updates to Amazon Mining Watch: an innovative tool that combines satellite data, AI, and cross-border collaboration to expose mining trends. This session will help journalists strengthen their investigations using this resource.

Access our toolkit 👉 https://bit.ly/42J6pGE

In the afternoon, 2025 AI Accountability Fellow Laís Martins, an investigative reporter at The Intercept Brazil, will meet with researchers and Indigenous leaders to discuss how the expansion of AI and data-center infrastructure—from the rare earth mining required to build them to the water needed to keep them running—poses a serious environmental threat to Indigenous land and the rainforest.

Find Martins' report here 👉 https://bit.ly/3WTpSR2

Follow all our participation! 👉 https://bit.ly/30COPsesh