Ocean Reporting Network

HOW IT WORKS

Similar to the model of the Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network, the Fellows receive funding, training, and the support of dedicated editors from the Pulitzer Center’s Environmental Investigations Unit. Further support from our Engagement team helps the Fellows amplify their stories, engage with their audience, and measure impact.

A healthy ocean is vital to addressing the triple planetary crisis of global warming, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Public awareness of the threats to marine species and ecosystems is growing, but dedicated reporting and engagement are required to bring these issues to broader attention and drive real change. Ocean reporting is underfunded, and the topics are comparatively unreported. This is where the ORN can play a transformative role, supporting a collaborative ecosystem of journalists around the world who will systematically probe the drivers of the degradation of our marine environment across a range of topics, stories, and formats.

Meet the ORN Fellows

Meet the ORN Leadership Team

JOIN THE NETWORK

We are now accepting applications to join the second cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network. Click here to learn more and apply. All submissions are due by Sunday, May 26 at 11:59pm EDT.

We encourage experienced journalists—freelancers or on-staff—with a proven track record of environmental investigations and a solid understanding of ocean issues to apply. The full-time, year-long Fellowships will cover a reporter’s salary and provide additional support for the media outlet that employs the journalist (if on staff), or that agrees to host the Fellow (if a freelancer). Fellows are expected to devote a full year to their ocean investigation and to publish regularly. They will receive training and data, communication, research, and coordination support from the Pulitzer Center. They will work closely with their co-Fellows worldwide, benefiting from one another’s skills and diverse perspectives.

The ORN is supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

RESOURCES

Do you want to report on the ocean but don’t know where to start? From climate impacts, to fisheries, deep-sea mining and pollution, there are many sources of stories and data. As we launch the new Ocean Reporting Network fellowship, we have prepared an Ocean Reporting Toolkit that you may find useful to support your work. The information is sorted by themes of interest. We've also prepared information for newsrooms interested in hosting a fellow.