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Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Sustainability Times

26 August 2020 — Conservation, Mission Driven

For more than a decade, scientists like Luis Ortiz-Catedral have been working to protect the Galápagos pink land iguana. The species faces a range of threats including feral cats and rats which prey on eggs and young reptiles. Their scientists’ work however, came to a halt in April when the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador went […]

DJDS on Monocle Radio

4 August 2020 — Design

DJDS founder Deanna Van Buren how design can on Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design and Scratching the Surface.

Panthera in CNN, People, Al Jazeera

31 July 2020 — Environment

In a hopeful sign that the Endangered tiger is on the rebound, Panthera’s remote camera traps have captured spectacular new footage.

Fractured Atlas in Quartz

13 July 2020 — Mission Driven

Quartz reporter Sarah Todd talked to Fractured Atlas’s Lauren Ruffin and Tim Cynova about job interviews.

DJDS in Ms. + Fast Company

10 July 2020 — Design

As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is working toward a world without prisons.

On Air profiled on PBS All Arts

8 July 2020 — Art, Culture, MUSIC

Check out this awesome PBS All Arts profile of On Air Fest featuring interviews with festival founder Scott Newman.

CNBC on Fractured Atlas’ actively anti-racist workplace

15 June 2020 — Culture, Mission Driven

Seemingly every company in America has issued a public statement condemning racism, but how do companies actually go about it?

DJDS in Fast Company

15 June 2020 — Design

Check out the story in Fast Company today: This Atlanta jail will transform into a center for justice and equity.

Razan Al Mubarak Calls For Wildlife Recovery Plan

3 June 2020 — Conservation, Mission Driven

While the global lockdown has led to unprecedented reductions in greenhouse gas emissions there is increasing evidence that the pandemic is bringing critical conservation efforts to a halt, harming efforts to prevent biodiversity loss worldwide. In an op-ed written for Mongabay the global conservation and science news outlet Razan Al Mubarak calls for a post-COVID […]

ESI Design in Next City

7 May 2020 — Design

Next City takes a close look at how PNC Bank tapped ESI Design to transform a former dry cleaners in Cleveland into a thriving community hub.

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in The Ecologist

30 April 2020 — Mission Driven

The COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call that a seemingly innocuous event in one part of the world can have a profound effect on the other side of the planet in just a matter of days. In an op-ed written for The Ecologist Razan Al Mubarak makes a powerful case for the need for conservationists […]

Ground News Debuts Blindspot Report

20 April 2020

Ground News’ Blindspot Report cut through election-year echo chambers, landing coverage in Mashable, Editor & Publisher, and more.

Grounds News on VOA, NewsMax

4 April 2020

PKPR booked Ground News co-founder Harleen Kaur for interviews on a range of broadcast outlets.

On Air Fest profiled in Publishers Weekly

24 March 2020 — Art, Literature

Publishers Weekly reporter John Maher took an in-depth look at how this year’s On Air Fest prominently featured a number of literary groups and figures.

DJDS profile in New York Times

9 March 2020 — Design

Check out today’s print issue of The New York Times for a full-page profile of architect Deanna Van Buren in the Arts & Leisure section.

On Air Fest in New York Times

5 March 2020 — Art, Culture, MUSIC

The New York Times selected On Air Fest as one of its top six things to do this weekend in New York City.

Razan Al Mubarak’s Website Launches

5 February 2020

PKPR developed a comprehensive website for HE Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United Nations Climate Change High Level Champion.

Columbia Care co-founder profiled on NPR in DC

20 December 2019 — Healthcare

Listen to a great profile of Columbia Care co-founder and CEO Nicholas Vita that aired today on WAMU-FM, the NPR affiliate in Washington DC.

Mozilla on NPR’s Morning Edition

2 December 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

Ashley Boyd, Mozilla’s Vice President of Advocacy, appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning to discuss this year’s Privacy Not Include holiday shopping guide with host Scott Simon. Listen here.

Mozilla in USA Today

20 November 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

To help consumers choose gifts that protect the privacy of their friends and family, Mozilla today unveiled its *Privacy Not Included report at a press event in New York City. The report identifies the smart devices and toys that are secure and trustworthy — as well as those that may be spying on your friends […]

On Air Debuts in Los Angeles

15 November 2019 — Audio, MUSIC

On Air Fest presented its first West Coast edition last week at KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio.

Mozilla’s MozFest Tackles Political Disinformation

5 November 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

In an age of deepfakes and disinformation, more than 2500 activists, policymakers and technologists gathered in London last week at Mozilla’s MozFest to work on creating a better, healthier, and more humane internet. PKPR secured an appearance on CNN for Mozilla Fellow Camille François to discuss how she is using machine learning and data analysis […]

DJDS TED Talk

30 October 2019 — Design

PKPR has secured a series of profiles looking at how Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is using design to end mass incarceration.

Character Day in Parents, EdSurge

30 September 2019 — Filmmaking, Mission Driven

For the past ten years, Character Day co-founder Tiffany Shlain, her husband, and her two kids have unplugged from their devices every Saturday.

This Mozilla-Funded Film Watches You

27 September 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

Over a year after the approval of a U.S. patentSnapchat users still don’t know if the app is using facial emotion recognition technology to detect and profit off of their moods. To put pressure on SnapchatMozilla premiered “Stealing Ur Feelings,” a short documentary that uses the same technology to analyze viewers’ emotions as they watch […]