HIGH POINT, N.C., March 10, 2015 – High Point University will host Pulitzer Center journalist Brian Castner and documentary photographer Cheryl Hatch as they discuss their reporting on the efforts of the U.S. military and local community to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on March 24 in Phillips 120. It is free and open to the public; no 
tickets are required.
Castner is the author of “The Long Walk,” an Amazon Best Book of 2012 and Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection for 2013. Previously, he served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2007, deploying to Iraq to command bomb disposal units in Balad and Kirkuk in 2005 and 2006.
Hatch is currently a visiting professor at Allegheny College. She has focused her camera and reporting on war, its aftermath and its effects on soldiers, their families and those caught in crossfire, especially women and children. Hatch has worked in Liberia, Somalia, Iraq and Eritrea.
At the event, the 2015 HPU student winner of the Pulitzer Center international reporting fellowship will be announced. Last year’s winner, HPU student Britton Nagy, will talk about her reporting experience in Norway’s Bastay Island, where she reported on a controversial minimum security prison.
High Point University is one of more than 20 college campuses to participate in the Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium initiative. The Pulitzer Center is an innovative, award-winning nonprofit journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to supporting independent international journalism. Its Campus Consortium is a growing network of university partners aimed at raising awareness of systemic international concerns often underreported in U.S. media.