Supply Chains / Investigation
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Medical supply chains
An investigation into the global breakdown of medical supply chains during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with AP News and the PBS series FRONTLINE.
This investigation led to an award-winning documentary, an interactive explainer, an article series, and curricular resources developed by the Pulitzer Center.
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Supply Chains / Documentary
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America’s medical supply crisis
Produced by the Global Reporting Centre, the PBS series FRONTLINE, and Associated Press, this documentary is a joint investigation examining the failures and unheeded warnings of a system at risk.
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Winner of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, the top investigative journalism prize in North America.
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Supply Chains / Interactive
Explainer
Masks, tests, syringes, and ventilators — these were just some of the supplies that were in short supply during the height of the pandemic. What went wrong?
Nominated for the DPA for best digital design.
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Supply Chains / Series
Deadly shortages
A series of stories from the Associated Press in partnership with the GRC on the medical supply crisis in the United States.
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Supply Chains / resources
Educational guide
Curricular resources (for middle school and older) developed by the Pulitzer Center that include a lesson plan and viewing guide for the documentary.
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