Reporting Desks

Mongabay’s reporting desks organize news coverage of global themes or “beats,” such as oceans or Indigenous affairs, and specialized reporting approaches like investigative and solutions journalism. From Mongabay’s origin, the working relationship between editor and writer has formed the foundation for how Mongabay accomplishes its reporting goals. Mongabay’s reporting desks consist of teams of editors, writers and researchers with consistent roles and responsibilities that enable Mongabay to mobilize a larger editorial staff. This model goes hand in hand with Mongabay’s Special Reporting Projects, which provide paid opportunities for freelance journalists to contribute news and join the Mongabay Reporting Network.

Oceans

Mongabay has cultivated a global team of editors and reporters specialized in reporting on oceans, fisheries, and marine conservation.

Indigenous

Mongabay established an Indigenous desk in 2021 to increase citations of Indigenous sources within Mongabay’s reporting and serve Indigenous audiences with relevant information.

Investigations

Mongabay investigations originate actionable primary source information necessary to advance accountability, especially for the social and environmental outcomes of natural resource sector practices.

Solutions

Solutions journalism explores how people are working to address environmental problems and reveal insights into the effectiveness of practices in various operating contexts.

Kids

Mongabay Kids is dedicated to empowering teachers, parents and, most importantly, youth to engage in real-world learning

Newswire

The Newswire Desk is specialized in creating short, written and multimedia content to reach non-specialist audiences. This desk covering systems that people interact with daily and explaining how news events affect the environment in less academic or technical ways.