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    What Was

    By Francisco Sarmiento-Fernandez 7th grade, Greene Street Friends School, PA Honorable mention With lines from “Until We Are Gone” by Sofia Aldinio, a Pulitzer Center reporting project *Translated by Hannah Berk. Click here to read this poem in the original Spanish. Do you remember the forest palms

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    elegy for the widows of the drug war

    By Kaelin David 11th grade, Walnut High School, CA With lines from “Teen Widows: The Growing Legacy of Duterte’s Drug War” by Ana P. Santos, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains violence and drug use drawn from the news story to which it responds. i. for jazmine

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    A Muslim Child in a Hindu Country

    By Jordan Naseem 10th grade, Liberty High School, MO With lines from “Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in India” by Varsa Bansal, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains violence drawn from the news story to which it responds. Clicks as I turn the

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    Lo Que Era

    By Francisco Sarmiento-Fernandez 7th grade, Greene Street Friends School, PA Honorable mention Con frases de “Until We Are Gone” por Sofia Aldinio, un proyecto de periodismo apoyado por el Pulitzer Center *Click here to read an English-language translation of this poem. ¿Te acuerdas las palmas

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    False Alternative

    By Ares Bandebo-Cambra 5th grade, Old Greenwich School, CT With lines from "The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier is Deep, Deep Under the Sea" by Vince Beiser, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Further frontiers open under the sea. A frantic knocking, humans’ bequest; Large nodules are answers to

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    Dive

    By Beatrix Stone 11th grade, Strathcona High School, Edmonton, Canada With lines from “‘It’s Not for the Faint-hearted’: The Story of India’s Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers” by Kamala Thiagarajan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project What was mere water now hope, Washing bright colours clean of pain

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    Bladed

    By Daniel Yim 12th grade, Bellarmine College Preparatory, CA Third place contest winner With lines from “The President, the Soccer Hooligans and an Underworld ‘House of Horrors’” by Robert Worth, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains some violent imagery and

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    i haven’t felt the rain

    By Sofia Celli 6th grade, Village School, MA Honorable mention With lines from “In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up” by Georgina Gustin and Larry C. Price, a Pulitzer Center reporting project there is nothing left no plants no mud no leaves on the worn

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    Thank you!

    Thanks for submitting your application to the Pulitzer Center! We look forward to reviewing your proposal. Typically, applications that are received in a given month receive a decision by the end of the following month. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact reacheditorial

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    Nestlé: Exporter of Disorder

    By Mikail Yasir 9th grade, New Tech High @ Coppell, TX With lines from "Cost of a KitKat: Big Brands Leave Sugar Farmers at the Mercy of Climate Extremes" by Arvind Shukla, Gurman Bhatia, Isabelle Gerretsen, Mayank Aggarwal, and Meenal Upreti, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Nestlé World's

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    The Definition of Skin

    By Sophia Tranquillo 10th grade, Whetstone High School, OH With lines from "‘The Talk:’ These Teens From Rural Utah Are Filling ‘The Gaps’ in Sex Ed" by Becky Jacobs and Jesse Ryan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains themes of sexual assault. Skin: Noun. A thin

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    AI Accountability Network Fellows

    The Artificial Intelligence Accountability Network supports and brings together journalists reporting on AI and with AI globally. The Network seeks to address the knowledge imbalance on artificial intelligence that exists in the journalism industry, especially at the local level, and to build the

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    Employment Opportunity: Part-Time Reporting Fellow Intern

    Are you excited about connecting college students and recent graduates to the most important global issues of our time? Are you interested in helping to administer Reporting Fellowships for students and to broaden the reach of their journalism? Are you passionate about helping emerging journalists

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    Development and Impact Intern

    The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is seeking a creative, detail-oriented, and high-energy person to support our organization as Development and Impact Intern. Our aim is to find a candidate who shares our passion for raising awareness of critical global issues and is eager to learn the ins and

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    Focus Areas

    From climate change to social justice, Pulitzer Center journalism cuts to the core of the world’s biggest challenges. Explore our focus areas to read the reporting and discover related events, education resources, and more. FOCUS AREA Climate and Environment Our journalism investigates how climate

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    Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants

    The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for its initiative focused on climate change and its effects on workers and work. As the world heats up, what jobs and employment sectors, what factory practices, what sorts of manufacturing–from computer chips to batteries to food production to fast

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    Ocean Reporting Network Fellows

    The eight Fellows chosen for the inaugural cohort of the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) represent a diverse mix of regions, backgrounds, formats, and experience—and will spend a whole year delving into key ocean topics including fisheries, pollution, and aquaculture. A healthy ocean

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    Pulitzer Center Student Contests

    Move from information to action! FALL LETTER-WRITING CONTEST | SPRING POETRY CONTEST | READ WINNING ENTRIES | GET INVOLVED Following the news helps us understand the issues affecting our world. But without a clear path toward solutions, the news can be overwhelming. The Pulitzer Center Education