For two decades, the Pulitzer Center has supported journalism that helps audiences understand some of the world's most pressing climate and environmental challenges—from the expansion of data centers and the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence to biodiversity loss, oceans, and the Amazon rainforest. Yet journalism alone is not enough. Lasting change requires bringing together the people and institutions with the power to transform information into action. This interactive roundtable will explore how environmental journalism can serve as a catalyst for accountability, stronger governance, and cross-sector collaboration. Through compelling engagement and reporting projects supported by the Pulitzer Center, participants will examine how investigative journalism, audience engagement, and community-centered approaches can deepen public understanding, foster dialogue among diverse stakeholders, and inspire collective responses to complex climate challenges.
This session will be designed as a participatory conversation, creating space for journalists, funders, researchers, civil society leaders, policymakers, and the private sector to exchange ideas, share lessons, and identify opportunities for collaboration. By connecting multiple perspectives around evidence-based reporting, the discussion aims to demonstrate how journalism can help build the partnerships and accountability needed to advance more informed and effective climate solutions. This event is organized in partnership with the Pulitzer Center and Columbia Journalism School.
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Panelists
Duy Linh Tu is a journalist and documentary filmmaker, focusing on the environment and public health. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs and a Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia Journalism School and a Pulitzer Center grantee.
Annika McGinnis is a data and investigative journalist and media innovator from the U.S., based between New York and Uganda, with over a decade of experience. She is the co-founder of InfoNile, a geojournalism platform and journalists' network focused on data-based stories on water and environment in 10 countries of the Nile Basin, and a 2026 Rainforest Investigations Fellow with the Pulitzer Center.
Isabelle Tavares covers environmental health and engages with Latino communities for Planet Detroit through Report for America. She is a Storyreach U.S. Fellow with the Pulitzer Center.
Flora Pereira is Chief Impact Officer at the Pulitzer Center, leading engagement and education programs and teams across the U.S., Latin America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. She combines investigative journalism, social movement expertise, and academic perspectives to raise public awareness of social inequalities and environmental degradation.