Foreign Exchange: Global Water Crises

Nearly 1 billion people around the world lack access to clean water and sanitation. On a special edition of Foreign Exchange this week, Jon Sawyer, Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center, highlights some of the sustained Pulitzer Center water coverage, from the massive desertification of north central China to river pollution in India, from the repercussions of melting glaciers in the high Himalayas to the Carter Center's work in Ethiopia to combat water-borne diseases. Jon discusses the Water Wars initiative as a whole -- a new form of journalism that works across multiple media platforms to engage the broadest possible public. Pulitzer Center journalist Alex Stonehill also joins the show to discuss his reporting from East Africa and India. Find out when and where to watch.

Last November Foreign Exchange aired the first special edition highlighting the Pulitzer Center's work on water issues and the interactive Water Wars Gateway, designed to engage the public, and in particular students and educators, throughout the world. The "Your Stories" feature of the Water Wars Gateway now includes 170 short videos that capture the perspective of experts, journalists and individuals on how water affects our lives.



Source:PulitzerCenter