Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Hosts South America Discussion Series

2 October 2007

Listen to the "Untold Stories" from Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalists reporting from Argentina, Paraguay and Peru.

South America : Untold Stories
Journalists Bring their Stories Home
Peru's Petroleum Play
Soybean Wars
Argentina's "Ghost Train"

October 16 : Washington, D.C.

Location:
Choate Room, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace building, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Nearest metro: Dupont Circle, Nearest cross-street: 18th Street

Time:
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Discussion and reception

Introductions:

Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Ted Genoways, Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review

Panelists:

• Daniel Alarcón, Associate Editor of the Peruvian Monthly Etiqueta Negra
• Kelly Hearn, Buenos Aires-based freelance reporter
• Gabrielle Weiss, videographer and photojournalist
• Charles Lane, radio journalist

Hearn, Lane and Weiss all received Pulitzer Center grants. These journalists have been published in a variety of media outlets: The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Washington Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Foreign Exchange, and Voice of America.

To read the panelists' articles from the Fall 2007 edition of Virginia Quarterly Review, click here.

Discussion Topics:

• Peru's Petroleum Play: A gas and oil boom is transforming some of the country's environmentally sensitive regions.
• Soybean Wars: Booming demand has fueled a soybean frenzy, bringing wealth, poverty, and environmental risk.
• Argentina's "Ghost Train": Buenos Aires trash-collectors fight for their jobs.

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For more information about the DC event on October 16th, or to RSVP, contact Janeen Heath at jheath@pulitzercenter.org.

**Space is limited so please RSVP early.

October 17 : University of Virginia

Click here for more information.

October 18 : University of Miami

In partnership with the Knight Center for International Media and Degree Programs in Latin American Studies
6:00 p.m., Common Ground Courtyard, University of Miami School of Communication.
Introductions by Leonardo Ferreira, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Communication
More information coming soon, including how to RSVP.

October 24 : University of California, Berkeley

In partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies
More information coming soon, including how to RSVP.

November 5 : Washington University, St. Louis

More information coming soon, including how to RSVP.

November 6 : Southern Illinois University Carbondale

More information coming soon, including how to RSVP.

Additional Resources:

For more information on Peru, including publications, useful links, videos, and slideshows, visit Peru's Petroleum Play: Amazon Oil and Politics.

For more information on Paraguay's soybean production, including useful links and blog entries from the field, visit Paraguay: The Soybean Wars.

Visit Pulitzer Center's South America projects page here.

For more information on the Fall 2007 edition of Virginia Quarterly Review, including the table of contents with links to complete articles, click here.

For more information on this and all other Pulitzer Center events and projects, please visit the website at www.pulitzercenter.org.

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