Sharp Seminar Collaboration with the Pulitzer Center
Sharp Seminar Collaboration with the Pulitzer Center
The Sharp Seminar is a joint initiative between the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and William & Mary, established with the generous gift from Anne and Barry Sharp. The program pairs Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalists with William & Mary students. Participating students learn how to communicate to a broad audience about topics that they have studied and care deeply about. The course is designed to help students improve their ability to write as citizens for other citizens.
During the fall students, learn the basics of journalism, hone in on a topic of interest, and begin the groundwork of their reporting. Over the winter break, students take their interviewing and reporting skills on location and dive into their topic of choice for a first-hand perspective. The spring semester focuses on developing and writing the story for a public audience. At the end of the spring, student stories are eligible to be published on the Pulitzer Center's website.
Applications for 2023-2024 are now open! Applications should be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday, April 1.
For questions about the Sharp Seminar or application process, email [[mmcloe, Maxwell Cloe]].
Previous Years
Sharp Student Work
2022-23
Jordan Anderson - The Irony of President Vladimir Putin's Culture War Mary Beth Bauermann - A Walk Down Beale Street: Challenges of Revitalizing Historic Black Cultural Centers Alexandra Byrne - Preservation Efforts for Groundbreaking Rosenwald Schools -- Will National Park Status Come? And What Might That Mean for Communities? Emma Henry - Scientists Along the East Coast Face Challenges in Spotted Lanternfly Research Kaleea Korunka - Ghost Gear: Haunting Chesapeake Bay Abby Paras - Re-Examining Asian-American Film: Anna May Wong and the Fight Against Invisibility Catherine Storke - Political Coalition Launches Historic Campaign for Asian-American Voter Engagement
2021-22
Charis Conwell - Protest at William & Mary's Charter Day Ceremony Marks Apprehension Surrounding Education Reform Madeleine Harris - Group Aims to Help Tribal Women Heal from Trauma Kate Kowalski - Growing Anti-Abortion Movement in Spain Inspires New Legislation Reese O'Brien - Indie Bookstores' COVID Recovery: Leveraging TikTok and Bookshop.org Daniel Posthumus - Search For Facilitator Further Delays Iowa Truth and Reconciliation Commission Zoha Siddiqui - Autonomous Feminists Reconcile Chile's Dictatorship - and Ongoing Abuses India Turner - The Need for Rehabilitative Justice in Icelandic Prisons
2020-21
Dana Armstrong - Painting Progress: How Organizations are Supporting Social Justice Public Artists Millie Brigaud - Despite the Pandemic, Some Romani-Americans are Building Community and Celebrating Their Identity
Daisy Garner - Dying Abroad: The Fight for Assisted Dying in the UK
Kelsey Garrett - How Mauritius Handled COVID-19 and What the United States Could Learn From the Tiny Island Nation
Jasmine Geonzon - Norfolk's New Energy: The City's Latest Plans Create Problems for Its Longest Residents
Maggie Manson - Will Algeria Move Toward or Further Away from Transitional Justice?
Eric Thompson Jr. - How the Rise of Social Justice in Athletics is Transforming the Identity of Black Athletes in America
Emily Topness - In Alaska Fisheries, COVID-19 May Intensify Gender Inequality
Rebecca Topness - Nonprofit Farms Foster Community and Fight Hunger During COVID-19
Mary Trimble - "We are because they were. Because we are, they will be." A Community Fights for Its Identity in a Pandemic
Laura Tutko - The Tipping Point - Covid-19 Stressors Intensify Substance Use and Addiction in the American Food Service Industry
Emma Ward - How COVID Has Disrupted Rehabilitative Prison Arts Programs
2019-20
Martha Gizaw - A Techie's Cure to Feel Pure: Virginia's Unique Linkage to Caregiving Technology Claire Hogan - Is Witchcraft Too Mainstream? Jamie Holt - No Dogs Left Behind: The SATO Project in Puerto Rico Carmen Honker - An Uphill Battle: University of Puerto Rico Students, Professors Respond to Severe Budget Cuts at Beloved Institution Grace Kier - Three Years on, Center for SafeSport Faces Controversy Maggie More - Tiny Islands, Big Energy: How Orkney, Scotland Is Fighting Climate Change Kristen Popham - Half a Century After Their Deportation, Chagossians Employ Football and Community as Tools of Resistance Adithi Ramakrishnan - Found Family: LGBTQ+ Immigrants Create Community Through Shared Experience Jack Shangraw - 'Once You're Discovered You Can Never Go Back': The Paradox of Cruise Tourism Kelsey Wright - Community Fights Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting supports the work of journalists working on "under-reported" international topics. You can read more about the Pulitzer Center by visiting their site.
