World May 16 What happened when two scouts met up with the journalist walking around the world By Mark Schulte, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
World Dec 05 Watch 6:05 Trekking across the ‘unknown’ Afghanistan, untouched by war Paul Salopek is one of the few people to have crossed a roadless, mountainous part of Afghanistan by foot. The journalist had previously reported there during the war. But as part of his Out of Eden walk around the world,… By PBS News Hour
World Dec 05 Journalist Paul Salopek explores the wonders of the Silk Road The latest leg of journalist Paul Salopek's 21,000-mile, multi-year journey took him across the stunning and bitterly cold mountains of Central Asia, through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. By Larisa Epatko
World Jun 27 Watch 6:29 Walking the Silk Road, where globalization got started The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia. Now Hari Sreenivasan catches up… By PBS News Hour
World Apr 29 Watch 6:17 The man who’s walking around the world follows footsteps of old Silk Road traders Three years ago, Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Salopek embarked on a decade-long walk around the world, charting the path of the original human emigrants who left their birthplace in eastern Africa to spread across the globe. As he prepares to follow… By PBS News Hour
Nov 11 Watch 7:28 What an ancient boneyard reveals about our earliest global wanderers By PBS News Hour On a years-long hike across the globe, journalist Paul Salopek is following the path humans took after the Ice Age. One of the most important human migration sites in the world is in Dmanisi, Georgia, where people have walked for… Continue watching
Nov 11 Lessons I learned from a man who’s walking around the world By Hari Sreenivasan There’s a man walking around the planet. He’s not doing it to set a record, he’s not on some religious quest, he’s just doing it to tell our stories. I has lucky enough to walk a few miles with him. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 12:28 Journalist goes on a walk around the world to find the story of humanity By PBS News Hour Paul Salopek has been out for a walk -- a very long walk -- since 2013. His route stretches from Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley to the very southern tip of South America, tracing the path of humanity from its African… Continue watching
Nov 10 Twitter Chat: Talk to the man who’s walking around the world By Jaclyn Diaz Talk to the man who is walking across the world. Join PBS NewsHour and National Geographic as they co-host a Twitter chat with Paul Salopek, 1 p.m. EST Friday where he'll answer your questions about the Out of Eden Walk. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch From Eden to the End of the World: Reporter’s Seven-Year Journey Traces Humanity Starting in January 2013, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek will set out from Africa's Great Rift Valley on a seven-year, 21,000-mile journey, tracing the believed path of ancient human migration. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Salopek about his assignment, one he… Continue watching