All Media Fellowship Content Second bytes: How to re-use data for the common good Media Fellowship Zettabytes of data are being accumulated worldwide every year and could be applied towards improving public health and the environment. But instead the majority is unused – and there are still numerous hurdles for sharing and donating it By Marc Winkelmann Coding for a Better World Transatlantic Media Fellowship A new alliance of programmers, wealthy tech companies, and NGOs is forming to tackle global problems such as poverty, hunger, and climate change. But making a difference in people’s real lives is not quite that simple. By Marc Winkelmann 2020 Cohort of Virtual Transatlantic Media Fellows Announcement After a round of strong applications, we are excited to announce our selection of Transatlantic Media Fellows for 2020. In Texas, the Coronavirus Disproportionately Impacts Immigrants Article Immigrants in Texas face extra challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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By Katherine Webb-Hehn A Web of ‘Partner’ Companies Keeps Uber Out of Trouble in Poland Transatlantic Media Fellowship Uber’s intermediaries often cut abusive deals with drivers, adding a layer of uncertainty to an already precarious work arrangement By Hanna Kozlowska For Ukrainians in Poland, jobs but no security Transatlantic Media Fellowship Poland’s booming economy attracted thousands of Ukrainian workers, who struggle to integrate amid xenophobia and fear. By Hanna Kozlowska Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Barred From Israel—But a Conflagration Is Coming Transatlantic Media Fellowship The US has stopped funding Palestinian security. Will Europe step in to fill the gap? By Neri Zilber From Sarajevo To Christchurch Transatlantic Media Fellowship How White Nationalism Has Been Inspired by the Genocide in Bosnia By Murtaza Hussain Climate Lawsuits Transatlantic Media Fellowship Will Big Oil pay for lying about climate change? By Christine Daum-Farber In Norway, Oslo leaders are creating a ‘car-free city center.’ Could Boston be next? Transatlantic Media Fellowship “When you have limited space, who should that be for? We want to prioritize people over cars,” an Oslo official said By Sarah Shemkus Once Again, Ukraine Steps Into the Unknown Transatlantic Media Fellowship A comedian-turned-president, a rockstar-turned-party leader, and a sea of new faces in the parliament: Meet the new political reality in Ukraine. By Amy Mackinnon and Robbie Gramer As Massachusetts looks to boost electric vehicle adoption, Norway offers a model Transatlantic Media Fellowship Financial incentives helped push electric vehicle sales to top gas and diesel options in the oil-exporting country By Sarah Shemkus How Europe's smallest nations are battling Russia's cyberattacks Transatlantic Media Fellowship European countries are leading the way in digital security By Jenna McLaughlin Trump Meets Putin at G-20 While Ukrainian Sailors Remain Jailed Transatlantic Media Fellowship The U.S. president drew a red line when 24 Ukrainians were seized last year. Now his sit-down with the Russian president is back on. By Amy Mackinnon In Georgia’s Parliament, One Russian Too Many Transatlantic Media Fellowship Following violent unrest, the speaker of the Georgian Parliament steps down after a Russian lawmaker sat in his chair. By Amy Mackinnon 2019 Cohort of Transatlantic Media Fellows Announcement After a round of strong applications, we are excited to announce our selection of Transatlantic Media Fellows for 2019. High and Dry Transatlantic Media Fellowship Parts of Miami could be under water in only a few decades. That is why prices are now skyrocketing in a low-income neighborhood previously largely home to Haitian residents. By Jörg Wimalasena
Second bytes: How to re-use data for the common good Media Fellowship Zettabytes of data are being accumulated worldwide every year and could be applied towards improving public health and the environment. But instead the majority is unused – and there are still numerous hurdles for sharing and donating it By Marc Winkelmann
Coding for a Better World Transatlantic Media Fellowship A new alliance of programmers, wealthy tech companies, and NGOs is forming to tackle global problems such as poverty, hunger, and climate change. But making a difference in people’s real lives is not quite that simple. By Marc Winkelmann
2020 Cohort of Virtual Transatlantic Media Fellows Announcement After a round of strong applications, we are excited to announce our selection of Transatlantic Media Fellows for 2020.
In Texas, the Coronavirus Disproportionately Impacts Immigrants Article Immigrants in Texas face extra challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Jessica Goudeau
In Washington’s shadow, coronavirus relief comes from elsewhere Article Proximity to Washington has not helped Maryland during the coronavirus crisis. By Julian Hattem
COVID-19 in Canada’s Metropolis Article Toronto has handled the pandemic outbreak better than many large cities around the world. But the disease has also revealed social divides. By Murtaza Hussain
Inequity in Massachusetts: COVID-19 in the Bay State Article COVID-19 is affecting Bay Staters unequally. Here's how. By Sarah Shemkus
Are We Thinking About Climate Migration All Wrong? Transatlantic Media Fellowship Apocalyptic predictions may grab our attention, but they can also stoke xenophobia and miss the full picture of what’s happening on the ground By Alexandra Tempus
In California, Poverty is Fought with Technology. Is This the Future? Transatlantic Media Fellowship Robotic doctors and coding camps for the homeless: Is the Californian way of fighting inequality a success story or just a pipe dream? By Felix Franz
Boris Johnson’s Bad Bet on China Transatlantic Media Fellowship The controversy around Huawei shows you can’t benefit from the Chinese economy without acquiescing to Chinese politics. By Isaac Stone Fish
With looming loss of European subsidy, wood pellet industry faces turning point Transatlantic Media Fellowship Activists in the southeastern U.S. see shifting politics in the United Kingdom as the best chance to curb demand for pellets. By Elizabeth Ouzts
Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here’s what it could learn from Germany. Transatlantic Media Fellowship Lessons from environmental and economic restoration efforts in the Ruhr Valley could help usher Appalachia into a new era. By Katherine Webb-Hehn
A Web of ‘Partner’ Companies Keeps Uber Out of Trouble in Poland Transatlantic Media Fellowship Uber’s intermediaries often cut abusive deals with drivers, adding a layer of uncertainty to an already precarious work arrangement By Hanna Kozlowska
For Ukrainians in Poland, jobs but no security Transatlantic Media Fellowship Poland’s booming economy attracted thousands of Ukrainian workers, who struggle to integrate amid xenophobia and fear. By Hanna Kozlowska
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Barred From Israel—But a Conflagration Is Coming Transatlantic Media Fellowship The US has stopped funding Palestinian security. Will Europe step in to fill the gap? By Neri Zilber
From Sarajevo To Christchurch Transatlantic Media Fellowship How White Nationalism Has Been Inspired by the Genocide in Bosnia By Murtaza Hussain
Climate Lawsuits Transatlantic Media Fellowship Will Big Oil pay for lying about climate change? By Christine Daum-Farber
In Norway, Oslo leaders are creating a ‘car-free city center.’ Could Boston be next? Transatlantic Media Fellowship “When you have limited space, who should that be for? We want to prioritize people over cars,” an Oslo official said By Sarah Shemkus
Once Again, Ukraine Steps Into the Unknown Transatlantic Media Fellowship A comedian-turned-president, a rockstar-turned-party leader, and a sea of new faces in the parliament: Meet the new political reality in Ukraine. By Amy Mackinnon and Robbie Gramer
As Massachusetts looks to boost electric vehicle adoption, Norway offers a model Transatlantic Media Fellowship Financial incentives helped push electric vehicle sales to top gas and diesel options in the oil-exporting country By Sarah Shemkus
How Europe's smallest nations are battling Russia's cyberattacks Transatlantic Media Fellowship European countries are leading the way in digital security By Jenna McLaughlin
Trump Meets Putin at G-20 While Ukrainian Sailors Remain Jailed Transatlantic Media Fellowship The U.S. president drew a red line when 24 Ukrainians were seized last year. Now his sit-down with the Russian president is back on. By Amy Mackinnon
In Georgia’s Parliament, One Russian Too Many Transatlantic Media Fellowship Following violent unrest, the speaker of the Georgian Parliament steps down after a Russian lawmaker sat in his chair. By Amy Mackinnon
2019 Cohort of Transatlantic Media Fellows Announcement After a round of strong applications, we are excited to announce our selection of Transatlantic Media Fellows for 2019.
High and Dry Transatlantic Media Fellowship Parts of Miami could be under water in only a few decades. That is why prices are now skyrocketing in a low-income neighborhood previously largely home to Haitian residents. By Jörg Wimalasena