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REGISTER NOW On Thursday, April 16, 2020, at 2 pm ET, please join us for the second event of our online Talks @ Pulitzer Science and Health Series as Jon Cohen, a Pulitzer Center grantee and science journalist, discusses his reporting on the race to find a vaccine against coronavirus. Cohen is a

PLEASE NOTE: As of 4/22/20 we are suspending this opportunity. We received 237 proposals and we thank everyone for applying. If you would like to submit a COVID-19-related story proposal, we are still accepting applications for stories via our international travel grants program, data journalism

This grant aims to promote international reporting by Midwestern journalists. How to Apply Apply Now Applications for the 2024 Longworth Fellowships are now open. Visit our announcement to learn more. GRANT OVERVIEW The Longworth Media Fellowships are made possible by a grant from The Clinton Family

Each year, the Pulitzer Center's annual conference spotlights some of our best journalism projects in leading news outlets to explore a theme that illuminates the most pressing issues of our time. With our in-depth, prize-winning journalism as the focus, we bring together diverse perspectives on

Food Waste By Eisha and Andrea SalemStudents in the 2019 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in Chicago Food is an essential that is difficult to come by for some and assured for others. Those who are privileged enough to have excess food often choose to throw it away without thinking about the needy

Colors of Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities By Safiyah Simpkins, Ariba Qureshi, and Hong SunlyStudents in the 2019 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in Chicago The downtown and North Side areas communicate all the signs of a thriving, diverse city, yet its present day practices depict the reinforcement

Wealth Inequalities in the Windy City By Kaitlyn Robson and Veronica Urbina FinelliStudents in the 2019 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in Chicago The Windy City isn't as perfect as it seems. There are many inequalities that people ignore and try to hide. These inequalities include: racial

This letter features reporting from "Jailed, Raped, Robbed, Deported" by Elliot Wood Dear Jim Banks, Elliot Wood's story about undocumented immigrant Audemio Orózco Ramirez expresses the need to protect immigrant rights. Immigrants are vital to the success of our society and most importantly our

This letter features reporting from "An Opioid Addiction, and an Australian's Battle to Survive" by Kristen Gelineau Dear Senator Kamala D. Harris, My name is Isolina (it is a Spanish name) and I am a fifth grader at UCLA Lab School. I am writing to you because of this issue happening around the

This article features reporting from "An Opioid Addiction, and an Australian's Battle to Survive" by Kristen Gelineau Dear Rosa DeLauro, Richard Blumenthal, and Christopher Murphy, Every day, people along Australia's coastline resort to drug abuse. What originally began in Canada, the UK, and the

This letter features reporting from "How to Make Abortion Great Again" by Anna Louie Sussman Dear Legislator Lin, My name is Robin Huang; I'm a senior studying in the National Wen-Hua Senior High School in Taichung. In this letter, I would like to express my opinions on the issue of abortion laws

This letter features reporting from "She Was Among the First to Integrate U. City Schools — and the Memories Are Bittersweet" by Ellen Futterman Dear Congresswoman Lee, "History doesn't move in a straight line. It zigs and zags. Sometimes goes forward, sometimes moves back." This line from our 44th

This letter features reporting from "Diabetes on the Rise in Senegal" by Amy Nye Dear Mr. Thompson, According to Amy Nye, the author of "Diabetes on the Rise in Senegal," there are almost 800,000 people in the sub-Saharan African country living with diabetes—five percent of the country's population

This letter features reporting from "In Brazil, Fires and Deforestation Threaten Species' Survival" by Amna Nawaz and Mike Fritz Dear Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, I take it that you care about this city. Well, I do too. It is my home along with eight million other people. Those are eight million

This letter features reporting from "How Amazon Deforestation Could Push the Climate to a 'Tipping Point'" by Amna Nawaz and Mike Fritz Dear Senator Kamala Harris, My name is Kika Dunayevich, and I first and foremost want to congratulate you on your bid for the presidency of this nation. I am

This letter features reporting from "Better Diabetes Care Available, Yet Few Can Afford It" by Jessie Rowan Dear Senator Thom Tillis, I am writing this letter to you to address the issue regarding the rising cost of insulin. My name is Kevyn Carter-Long, I am an 8th-grade student at Francine Delany

This article features reporting from "Transgender Communities in West Bengal: Navigating Public and Private Spaces" by Siyona Ravi Dear Senator Tilis, My name is Zazie Kanwar-Torge. I live in Asheville and I am a student at Francine Delany New School for Children. I am 13 years old and I am writing