The Associated Press correspondent visited campus as part of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 partnership in the Pulitzer Center鈥檚 Campus Consortium, speaking with nine classes and dozens of students.
A week after publishing an detailing the peace talks between Ethiopia鈥檚 government and Tigray regional representatives, journalist Cara Anna spent two days on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus sharing insights from her career as an East Africa correspondent.
The Associated Press correspondent visited the school Nov. 14-15 and spoke with nine classes, including four sections of Communications in a Global Age. Anna also enjoyed a lunch with members of the elondocs documentary program.
Anna is uniquely qualified to discuss East Africa having lived and worked in Nairobi, Kenya, for the past six years. Her work has garnered several accolades with her team鈥檚 Pulitzer Center-supported receiving a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The team also won the AP’s top journalism award in 2021. Anna鈥檚 important and insightful work led to the Ethiopian government barring her from the country.
Anna has also reported from Ukraine, Afghanistan, China, Sudan, Nigeria, Mozambique, and several other African countries. Her most recent reporting, 鈥溾 explores the Horn of Africa drought and a new wave of climate migrants as thousands of people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are dying of starvation and illnesses.
The award-winning journalist has taken a fascinating career path, with several reporting posts 鈥 highlighting business, fashion and sports 鈥 as well as serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central and West Africa, a teacher in rural Pakistan, and a Bollywood stuntwoman.
Anna visited 黑料不打烊 as part of the university鈥檚 partnership in the Pulitzer Center鈥檚 Campus Consortium network, an educational initiative that brings Pulitzer Center staff and journalists to campus twice a year. With 黑料不打烊鈥檚 membership in the consortium, students have worked with the center on developing international reporting projects, which have been featured on the center鈥檚 website and disseminated through its media partners.
Accompanying Anna during her visit was Mikaela Schmitt, program coordinator for Outreach and Campus Consortium for the Pulitzer Center.