students this year will create multimedia stories covering water issues, protection of our planet’s incredible biodiversity, the ways that conflict between stakeholders impacts environmental policies, and much more. in addition to showcasing each students’ creativity and depth of research, the stories will also capture their dedication to examine the change-makers, organizations, and innovations that 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 .

members of the planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 program go through an application process in order to be selected and represent their schools. this year’s applicants were particularly competitive and the students you see below have already dedicated considerable time and energy to this topic that informs every facet of the human experience.

i am thrilled to not only introduce our correspondents but also welcome our expanded editorial team which now includes planet forward associate director kim ossi to the correspondent mentorship role, as well as eli kintisch, george washington university ted turner professor of environmental media.

we can’t wait for you to read, watch, and listen to these students’ upcoming work and keep track of what this generation of inspiring and motivated storytellers are publishing. their voices are needed now more than ever and we can’t wait to bring you their insights. 

click on the profiles below to read each correspondent’s bio and stay tuned for more stories!

senior correspondents

eva kotobuki sideris

planet forward sr. correspondent | california state polytechnic university, humboldt

ciara thomas

planet forward sr. correspondent | tuskegee university

correspondents

kenneth andrews

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | texas tech university

kunjal bastola

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | northwestern university

abbey leibert

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paul leoni

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | george washington university

des lewis

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danny nicholson

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maggie rhoads

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devin santikarma

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mykah scott

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | tuskegee university

farron taijeron

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maria jose vargas

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on friday, june 14, 2024, three planet forward storyfest winners, along with founding director frank sesno and multimedia editor aaron dye set out for the galápagos islands aboard the national geographic endeavor ii with lindblad expeditions.

in the galápagos, the winners worked on new stories, reporting straight from the islands of baltra, isabela, fernandina, rabida, north seymour, and more. from investigating the role of local ecuadorians in leading the conservation of the islands, to the use of drone technologies to count marine iguana populations, the students’ stories will capture both the timeless results of evolution, and the next chapter of conservation. 

george washington university president ellen m. granberg and her spouse, sonya rankin, joined the expedition. they spent time with the students during the storytelling process and learned more, alongside the rest of us, about conservation, climate change, and the extraordinary efforts to protect the biodiversity of the galapagos. gw trustee michelle rubin and her sister, caren, joined the expedition as well. trustee rubin and her sister traveled to iceland with planet forward last year.

as they hiked the islands and dove into the clear waters to see sea lions, sea turtles, iguanas and fish, the planet forward students experienced this unique and abundant “natural laboratory of evolution.”  at the same time, the students had moments of somber reflection as they saw the iguana die-off caused by el niño and visited the final resting place of the famous lonesome george, the pinta island tortoise who was the living specimen of his subspecies. 

still, hope abounds at the fausto llerena breeding center where lonesome george is preserved.  the center has had amazing success at breeding and reintroducing the remaining tortoise subspecies back into their respective islands. 

with masterful guidance from the endeavor ii’s team of naturalists and lindblad expeditions‘ attention to crafting a rich, educational experience, we could not be more grateful for the continued support for our students to have these amazing opportunities. 

just as the islands seem to sprout from the ocean that surrounds them for hundreds of miles, the galápagos national park serves as inspiration for what can be accomplished when humans take conservation seriously and implement rigorous environmental policies. 

this was a trip that we will never forget.  the students are working on their stories now. you will see them soon. we think you will find them fascinating, informative, and inspiring – like the galapagos themselves.  

planet forward’s ongoing partnership with lindblad expeditions makes this opportunity possible for students who get to not only experience an amazing corner of the world on state-of-the-art vessels, but also work hands-on with planet forward staff to produce stories on the intriguing issues facing different parts of the world, and the exciting solutions being developed to address our planet’s most dire challenges.

you can read the winners’ stories from iceland in our series, transforming iceland: where sustainability meets growth.

storyfest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students around the world. this year’s categories will include best video, best multimedia story, and best written story. podcasts and audio stories will be considered under the multimedia category. two winners will be selected in each category, one who is a media/communications major or minor, and one who is not a media/communications major (e.g., in a stem field, law, business, etc.).

you can enter storyfest 2024 now for a chance to win a trip with planet forward and lindblad expeditions to either the galápagos or iceland in the summer of 2024.

editor’s note: lindblad expeditions, our planet forward storyfest competition partner, made this series possible by providing winners with an experiential learning opportunity aboard one of their ships. icelandair also generously provided airfare to the competition winners. all editorial content is created independently. we thank lindblad expeditions and icelandair for their support of our project.

this year’s correspondents went through a competitive application process in order to be selected for the program and represent their schools on planet forward. the students come not only from across the country this time around, but some hail from schools around the world. with 15 schools represented, the year’s cohort is the most far ranging we’ve ever featured.

our senior correspondents have applied to continue to the program for an additional year and will be focused on producing cover stories of broader scope, depth, and creativity.

the editorial themes this year will include food systems, water & oceans, mobility & electrification, and more. we can’t wait for you to read, watch, and listen to these students’ upcoming work and keep track of what this generation of inspiring and motivated storytellers are publishing. their voices are needed now more than ever and we can’t wait to bring you their insights.

click on the profiles below to read each correspondent’s bio and stay tuned for more stories!

our 2023-2024 senior correspondents

sachi kitajima mulkey

planet forward sr. correspondent | university of california, berkeley

owen volk

planet forward sr. correspondent | suny environmental science and forestry

chris zatarain

planet forward sr. correspondent | university of arizona

our 2023-2024 correspondents

wole adegbule

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darrien benally

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tyler hickman

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maggie liddell

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kamryn you mak

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charlie mark

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libby mohn

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emma montgomery

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | texas tech university

samyudha rajesh

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | george washington university

joy reeves

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | duke university

astry rodriguez

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | northwestern university

micah seidel

planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 | rutgers university

ciara thomas

planet forward sr. correspondent | tuskegee university

each year, planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播 s go through an extremely competitive application process and this year we certainly had many more amazing candidates than we could accommodate. this year’s team comes from 12 different universities, with diverse backgrounds and experience. the cohort you’ll meet here are some of the brightest and most inspiring young environmental communicators and we can’t wait for you to see, hear, and read their work.

learn more below and follow the link at the bottom to read some of their past work.

our 2022-2023 senior correspondents:

• halley hughes, university of arizona
• carter weinhofer, eckerd college

our 2022-2023 correspondents:

• tiya cantrell, tuskegee university
• eric forbes, colorado state university
• hannah krantz, george washington university
• adriana martinez-smiley, northwestern university
• sachi mulkey, university of california-berkeley
• vidya muthupillai, george washington university
• julia paige-carter, arizona state university
• katie perkins, texas tech university
• joshua rosenstein, middlebury college
• eva sideris, suny-esf
• ciara thomas, tuskegee university
• owen volk, suny-esf
• chris zatarain, university of arizona

you can follow their work on the correspondent story hub. look for stories to begin publishing soon, and see some of our senior correspondents’ work from last year.