Rob Soutar

Rob Soutar leads the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Investigations Network. He has more than a decade of experience in environmental journalism and joined the Center from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the U.K., where he was environment editor 2022-2026.

At the Bureau, Soutar oversaw numerous investigations into fossil fuel finance, biodiversity loss, and human rights violations in the Amazon rainforest and Congo Basin. During this time, his team’s revelations about fossil fuel finance, mining, and agriculture contributed to the removal of a government minister, the resignation of a board member at a global oil and gas company, and major food companies severing commercial relations with suppliers. 

His team’s reporting was featured on primetime national news broadcasts and won numerous awards, including a climate journalism award issued by the European Journalism Center, two Covering Climate Now Awards, and a British Journalism Award. His own work appeared in the FT and The Guardian.

Prior to joining the Bureau, for eight years Soutar was the managing editor of Diálogo Chino (now part of Dialogue Earth). There, he oversaw its growth from a one-year pilot project to an award-winning platform employing environment reporters and editors covering China, Latin America, and the climate crisis.