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1 month ago | typemediacenter.org | Adriana Lacy

Type Media Center’s 2025 Annual Celebration Honoring Kica Matos was held on Monday, May 12, 2025.

1 month ago | typemediacenter.org | Paco Alvarez

Type Media Center fellow Matthieu Aikins was part of the New York Times team, which included Azam Ahmed and Christina Goldbaum, that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for an “authoritative examination of how the United States sowed the seeds of its own failure in Afghanistan, primarily by supporting murderous militia that drove civilians to the Taliban.” Aikins previously won a Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting as part of a New York Times team “for courageous and...

2 months ago | typemediacenter.org | Paco Alvarez

Type Media Center is pleased to announce Kica Matos,  President of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund, as the recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship. The Puffin Foundation and Type Media Center are the mutual sponsors of the award, which is given annually to an individual or organization who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative, and socially responsible work of significance.

2 months ago | typemediacenter.org | Paco Alvarez

For The New York Times, Abelin-Bevier Fellow Helen Ouyang examines how the Federal Aviation Administration’s stringent requirements concerning mental health treatment puts pressure on pilots to not seek treatment. Ouyang interviewed several pilots who either knew of colleagues who had hidden medical conditions from the FAA or who admitted to hiding conditions themselves for fear of being grounded. Refusing to disclose mental health problems or receive treatment can have dangerous consequences.

Feb 19, 2025 | typemediacenter.org | Paco Alvarez

For The New Yorker, Puffin Foundation fellow E. Tammy Kim profiles Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s nomination for Labor Secretary. Kim provides an overview of Chavez-DeRemer’s past pro-union policy record, including her support for the PRO-Act when she was in Congress, and places her within the context of a small-but-growing group of Republican politicians who claim they are pro-labor, including JD Vance and Josh Hawley.