The Pulitzer Center 2022 Annual Conference

10:00-11:15 AM EDT

Workshop: Investigating Rainforest Supply Chains

Holeman Lounge

The Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) is leading collaborative, transnational journalism to uncover the causes of the uninterrupted destruction of the planet's major tropical rainforests: the Amazon, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. In this workshop, Andrew Lehren from NBC's investigative unit, Manuela Andreoni, a reporter in Brazil for the New York Times, and Karol Ilagan from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, will go behind the scenes of their reporting on powerful supply chains that connect remote areas of the Amazon and Southeast Asia with major U.S. and European carmakers and fashion brands.

The journalists will demonstrate how they used satellite images, traceability data, and public and confidential documents to follow commodities from cattle ranches and forest plantations through a host of intermediaries to major retailers in the U.S and Europe. They will address issues of source protection, data limitations and cross-disciplinary work.

Featuring:

• Manuela Andreoni
• Gustavo Faleiros
• Karol Ilagan
• Andrew Lehren

This session is for in-person attendees only. This session will take place in English only.

11:15-11:30 AM EDT

"Lightning" Talk by Ian Urbina

Holeman Lounge

“Lightning” talk by Ian Urbina, award-winning former New York Times correspondent and now Founder and Director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit news organization that reports on environmental and human rights abuses at sea. He will detail the global reporting behind his upcoming podcast series.

Featuring:

• Ian Urbina

This session is for in-person attendees only. This session will take place in English only.

12:30-2:15 PM EDT

Welcome & Plenary Session

Ballroom

Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer will open the conference with a general welcome and remarks on why climate is such a vital part of the Center’s work. The lunch plenary session will include colleagues from across the globe introducing the next exciting development in our rainforest activities: innovative education and outreach initiatives aimed at taking our rainforest journalism to the broadest possible audience. The plenary session will also include one of the student winners from our “Fighting Words” poetry project and representatives of our university Reporting Fellows program.

Featuring:

• Maria Darrigo
• Vijitra Duangdee
• Afy Malungu
• Grenti Paramitha
• Agostino Petroni
• Flora Pereira
• Jonatan Rodriguez
• Jon Sawyer
• Kem Sawyer

This session is for in-person attendees only. It will not be live-streamed, but a recording will be available after the event. This session will take place in English only.

2:30-3:45 PM EDT

Concurrent Sessions (3)

Each session will be livestreamed and recorded to Youtube. Recordings will be available after the event.

Climate & Labor | Hot Times: Climate Change in Every Workplace

Conference Rooms

Labor and climate experts in some of the most affected countries discuss how and why climate coverage rarely focuses on work issues. They examine the issues and how best to report on the risks. Featuring:

• Nikhil Dey
• Andreas Flouris
• Flora Pereira
• Phaedra C. Pezzullo
• Christine Spolar

Special thanks to the Laudes Foundation for their support of our work on the intersection of climate and labor.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Religion & Climate | Religion, COVID-19, and Deforestation in the Amazon [Spanish]

1st Amendment

For centuries, incursions of different religions in the Amazon have raised issues around the conservation of identity, Indigenous beliefs and practices, and nature in the world’s largest rainforest. In this panel, Pulitzer Center grantees from Peru and Brazil will discuss the role of organized religion at a time of record-high deforestation, a devastating global pandemic, and the expansion of evangelical churches in the Amazon. Featuring:

• Ivan Brehaut
• Florence Goupil
• Nelly Luna Amancio
• Rodrigo Pedroso

Special thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation for their support of our work related to religion and spirituality.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Gender & Climate | Women on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

Holeman Lounge

Around the world, women are often the first to suffer the negative impacts of climate change in their communities, from food and housing insecurity to cultural customs that deny women their independence. Women are also increasingly on the front lines of fighting for both climate and gender justice. Join a group of international journalists highlighting the relationship between climate change and women. Featuring:

• Pablo Albarenga
• Daniela Silva
• Audrey Tan
• Neha Wadekar

Special thanks to the PIMCO Foundation for their support of our work on on issues related to gender equality and the economic empowerment of vulnerable girls and women.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

4:00-5:15 PM EDT

Concurrent Sessions (3)

Each session will be livestreamed and recorded to Youtube. Recordings will be available after the event.

Climate & Labor | Making It Work: Revealing the Climate/Labor Story

Conference Rooms

How can editors and reporters frame stories around climate change and labor risks—and how can they get buy-in to begin with? Do newsrooms need a team to cover climate change with an eye on economic costs? Is there a way to examine the divide between historically industrial economies and emerging economies? Featuring:

• Jessica Brice
• Hannah Fairfield
• Syeda Rizwana Hasan
• Steve Sapienza
• Christine Spolar
• Elijah Wolfson

Special thanks to the Laudes Foundation for their support of our work on the intersection of climate and labor.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Religion & Climate | Spirituality, Culture, and Climate

1st Amendment

What are the intersections between spirituality, culture, and climate? How does the notion of stewardship differ across regions, and how is it similar? Journalists from around the world consider these questions in the context of their reporting. Featuring:

• Alessandro Cinque
• Ryann Craig
• Klas Lundström
• Josephine Molavi

Special thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation for their support of our work related to religion and spirituality.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Gender & Climate | Women on the Move: Teaching Gender, Climate, and Migration

Holeman Lounge

The Pulitzer Center is dedicated to connecting teachers and students with underreported news stories and the journalists who cover them. "Women on the Move," a National Geographic feature, documents the life-changing and often perilous journeys of eight female migrants through photography and print journalism. Join journalists and educators to learn how the Center amplified this project in classrooms around the country. Featuring:

• Aurora Almendral
• Indira Lakshmanan
• Tania Mohammed
• Sushmita Jaya Mukherjee

Special thanks to the PIMCO Foundation for their support of our work on on issues related to gender equality and the economic empowerment of vulnerable girls and women.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

9:15-10:00 AM EDT

Welcome & Plenary Session

Ballroom
Featuring:

• David Akana
• Eliane Brum
• Wahyu Dhyatmika
• Marina Walker Guevara

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

10:00-11:15 AM EDT

Collaborating Against Climate Change

Ballroom
Climate change, supply chains, and deforestation are regional and global issues in nature. Such topics require cross-border and multidisciplinary collaboration to produce more comprehensive and impactful reports. The panelists, who have worked on highly collaborative projects and investigations, will share their experience, lessons, and tools on how to forge effective reporting on climate issues. Featuring:

• Francesc Badia i Dalmases
• Karol Ilagan
• Kharishar Kahfi
• Andrew Lehren

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

11:30 AM-12:45 PM EDT

Modeling Connected Coastlines / Bringing Stories Home

Ballroom
This panel brings together some of our most exciting local news partners to explore how they've reported on the community impact of large-scale climate issues, such as sea-level rise and ocean temperature. This session will also delve into stakeholder engagement strategies, including K-12 education. Featuring:

• Cynthia Barnett
• Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe
• Brian Keane
• Melba Newsome
• Jackson Potter
• Tegan Wendland

Special thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education, Hartfield Foundation, and One Earth Foundation  for their support of our Connected Coastlines initiative.

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

12:45-2:30 PM EDT

Break

2:45-4:00 PM EDT

Concurrent Sessions (3)

Each session will be livestreamed and recorded to Youtube. Recordings will be available after the event.

Innovative Investigations that Inspire

Conference Rooms
Artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, geospatial analysis, and other technologies have been key elements in some of the star projects supported by the Pulitzer Center. Journalists behind those projects will be on this panel to share their methodologies, tools, and technology partners that will inspire your next journalism project. Featuring:

• Kuek Ser Kuang Keng
• Jelter Meers
• Jacopo Ottaviani
• Joseph Poliszuk

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Anthropocene Visual Storytelling

Holeman Lounge
How should we document our current relationship with the Earth? From the Outer Banks to Brazil, photojournalists and filmmakers on this panel share how they see the climate through a variety of lenses. Featuring:

• David Abel
• Lalo de Almeida
• Justin Cook
• Lauren Petracca

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Communicating Climate: Education and Outreach Strategies

1st Amendment
The climate crisis is a complex topic. If not well communicated, it can mean everything and nothing at the same time. One can feel easily overwhelmed, frightened, or even paralyzed reading or listening about it. This panel brings together a series of powerful messengers who have created outreach and education strategies to decode the climate narrative, creatively reaching new audiences' minds and hearts. Featuring:

• Eliza Barclay
• Emma Johnson
• Sushmita Jaya Mukherjee
• Flora Pereira
• Marielle Ramires
• Eric Terena

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

4:15-5:30 PM EDT

Concurrent Sessions (3)

Each session will be livestreamed and recorded to Youtube. Recordings will be available after the event.

Climate Justice and Beyond: What's Next for Rainforest Reporting

Conference Rooms
Climate justice, rainforest reporting, and accountability are closely intertwined. How is climate action different or similar across regions, and why is it crucial to report on? What are the main resources and approaches reporters use? Who is accountable for protecting and preserving rainforests? Journalists from around the world consider these questions as they share their reporting, the perceived impacts on communities and ecosystems, and how to create awareness that promotes change. Featuring:

• Adrienne Engono Epse Moussang
• Elaíze Farias
• Dhana Kencana
• Edilma Prada Céspedes
• Jonathan Watts

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Full Circle: Reporting the Climate Crisis Across the Arctic

1st Amendment
Communities from around the Arctic Circle have been among the earliest to feel the impacts of climate change. Indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected, yet their voices have remained underrepresented in most news media outlets. Meanwhile, closer to home, it can be easy to ignore how changes far off in the Arctic impact our own environments. How do we tell these stories, and whose voices are heard? Featuring:

• Tony Bartelme
• Hal Bernton
• Brett Simpson
• Alice Qannik Glenn

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.

Supercharge Your Environmental Stories with Data and Visuals

Holeman Lounge
Data can be both a source and a tool to tell environmental stories, and data visualization can greatly make a story more engaging and digestible. Join grantees and fellows to discuss how they've used both data and visualizations to enhance their environmental stories. Featuring:

• Patchar Duangklad
• Yao-Hua Law
• Annika McGinnis
• Hyury Potter

Live translation into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesian are only available via Zoom. Sessions will take place in English unless otherwise noted.