PKPR News
Moleskine launches Instagram exhibit
Oct. 26, 2020
Is the term “the Global South” a shortcut for labeling one part of the planet inferior or less-developed? A way of ordering regions of the world in opposition to each other?
That’s the question more than 90 young artists and creative entrepreneurs from around the world set out to answer by hacking, decorating, and transforming Moleskine notebooks into sculptures as part of “Where is South?”, a virtual exhibit organized by the Moleskine Foundation.
Check out coverage of the exhibit in outlets from Global Voices to FairPlanet.
Ground News in Voice of America
Oct. 19, 2020
In this Voice of America segment on election misinformation, Ground News founder Harleen Sukh discusses their new Bias Checker browser extension, which shows who else is covering the same news story and compares how other sources from across the political spectrum are reporting on it.
Panthera on The Weather Channel
Oct. 15, 2020
Mark Elbroch, the director of Panthera’s Puma Program, appeared on The Weather Channel tonight to discuss how how wildfires are impacting pumas and what someone should do if they encounter a puma.
Deanna Van Buren on WNYC
Oct. 15, 2020
Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces was a guest on WNYC-AM (NPR in NYC) today to discuss how architects are taking the lead in building alternatives to prisons. For more, check out Deanna’s interview with Forbes about the the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ decision to call on architects to halt designing projects that support the current criminal justice system.
Ray Brescia op-ed in The Washington Post
Aug. 17, 2020
PKPR placed an op-ed in The Washington Post by author Ray Brescia looking at how the United States Postal Service has been a crucial pillar of American democracy from the abolition movement to the Reagan Revolution.
DJDS on Monocle Radio + Scratching the Surface
Aug. 04, 2020
DJDS founder Deanna Van Buren how design can on Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design and Scratching the Surface, named one of the best design podcasts by Architectural Digest.
Panthera in CNN, People, Al Jazeera
Jul. 31, 2020
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In a hopeful sign that the Endangered tiger is on the rebound, Panthera’s remote camera traps have captured spectacular new footage and photos of numerous new tigers in the western Thailand for the first time in four years. Checkout the coverage in outlets including CNN, People, Lonely Planet, and Al Jazeera.
Fractured Atlas in Quartz
Jul. 13, 2020
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For the latest Quartz Field Guide - How to Begin Creating an Anti-Racist Workplace - Quartz reporter Sarah Todd talked to Fractured Atlas’s Lauren Ruffin and Tim Cynova about how they reimagined the job interview.
Designing Justice in Ms., Fast Company, AD
Jul. 10, 2020
As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing to other critical community services, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is helping to show the nation what a world without prisons would look like.
Recent coverage includes: Politico (How to re-design the world for Coronavirus and beyond), Ms. Magazine (”Deanna Van Buren Is Building a World Without Prisons”), Architectural Digest (“Why Justice in Design Is Critical to Repairing America”), and Dezeen (“A whole lot has to get built to end mass incarceration” says Deanna van Buren).
Next City: Saving Homes to Save the Nation
Jun. 24, 2020
Next City today published an op-ed by Ray Brescia, author of The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions, highlighting why housing insecurity is a public health issue - and how the COVID-19 pandemic will only worsen unless we ensure people are not evicted from their homes.