A freelancer’s guide to reporting on climate change
For freelance journalists, reporting on environmental issues and climate change is a chance to cover a diverse range of stories, places and characters with an opportunity to build data, multimedia and storytelling skills to better engage audiences.
Whether amplifying the voices of those most affected by the negative impacts of climate change, holding governments’ climate actions to account or evaluating inspiring solutions to crises, it’s a beat that tells the story of humanity and its greatest challenge.
Other resources
A freelancer’s guide to reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals
For freelance journalists, the goals, the rate of progress on their targets, how communities and governments are working on them present a wealth of reporting ideas. Specialising in a goal or series of goals could be a new career path.
Podcast: Crowdsourcing by Freelancing for Journalists
Charlotte Godart, an investigator for Bellingcat and Eric Reidy a freelance journalist involved in crowdsourcing information for migrant-related stories talk about crowdsourcing stories, what it means and how to go about it.
