
Journ prof joins Pulitzer Center’s network of investigative journalists
by JANIS JOPLIN MOISES and MATTHEW DAVE A. JUCOM
JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT Asst. Prof. Karol Ilagan is among the 13 fellow investigative journalists for this year's Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Initiative Network (RIN) to “investigate pressing issues driving deforestation” in the tropical region, announced Saturday.
In this fellowship program, Ilagan has to spend a year investigating the issues of corruption causing the destruction of rainforests, and climate change in the Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asian region.
Together with 11 more fellows from 10 different countries, they are expected to create individual investigative reports on these issues, the Pulitzer Center said.
“The Pulitzer Center’s RIN seeks to create an ecosystem of collaboration among journalists to follow the mon...