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Why I traveled 4,700 miles from Chicago to Lithuania

First publishedJul 22, 10:30 UTC
Last updatedJul 22, 12:03 UTC · 11m ago
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<p>Why Lithuania?</p><p>That's the first thing my editor asked when I proposed applying for a Pulitzer Center grant for journalists to report international stories. The center's <a class="Link" href="https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-awards-2026-longworth-fellowships-2-chicago-journalists" target="_blank" >Richard C.

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<p>Why Lithuania?</p><p>That's the first thing my editor asked when I proposed applying for a Pulitzer Center grant for journalists to report international stories. The center's <a class="Link" href="https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-awards-2026-longworth-fellowships-2-chicago-journalists" target="_blank" >Richard C. Longworth Media Fellowships</a> help journalists write about global issues impacting Chicago and Midwestern readers.</p><p>Chicago has huge ties to the tiny nation northeast of Poland and across the Baltic Sea from Sweden. About 60,000 Lithuanian Americans live in the Chicago area.</p><p>Upton Sinclair's famous socialist novel "The Jungle" made me forever question eating sausage.

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<p>Why Lithuania?</p><p>That's the first thing my editor asked when I proposed applying for a Pulitzer Center grant for journalists to report international stories. The center's <a class="Link" href="https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-awards-2026-longworth-fellowships-2-chicago-journalists" target="_blank" >Richard C.
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