How To Make Ocean Stories Thrive in Your Newsroom

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This month, the Pulitzer Center launched Making Waves, a report that explores the state of ocean reporting, identifies gaps in media coverage, and proposes new ways to enhance storytelling. It highlights the need for better public understanding of the ocean’s health and how it connects to environmental and human well-being.

For journalists, editors, and newsrooms, there are three main takeaways from the report. Audiences seek ocean stories that are deeply reported and scientifically accurate; they want diverse perspectives coming from underrepresented voices, and they understand the content better when it is accompanied by powerful visuals.

Two projects supported by the Pulitzer Center hit these marks. Lessons From the Healthiest Coral Reef in the Caribbean, and The Uncertain Future of America’s Most Iconic Coral Reef were published in Vox with words from Benji Jones and photographs from Jennifer Adler. We are partnering with Vox to host a webinar that will go behind the scenes of the project, talk about what environmental editors look for in stories, and explore how to engage audiences with compelling ocean storytelling.

Speakers:

• Benji Jones, environment correspondent at Vox
• Jennifer Adler, freelance photojournalist
• Jessica Aldred, ocean editor at the Pulitzer Center
• Paige Vega, climate editor at Vox

Register here for the session, which is scheduled for December 3, 2024, at 11:00am EST.