Blogs, podcasts and newsletters
What to read and listen to while the fieldwork waits.
19 resources
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Mongabay
Conservation news, including a conservation-tech series
Read the conservation-tech series, and pitch them when you have a story worth reporting
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ConservationBytes
Research blog, Corey Bradshaw
Read it for blunt argument about conservation science rather than institutional messaging
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IUCN Crossroads
IUCN opinion blog
Watch which controversies IUCN members are actually willing to air in public
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Conservation Visions
Wild harvest initiative
Read the Wild Harvest Initiative when you need the hunting and harvest side of an argument
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James Borrell
Fieldwork and careers writing
Send early-career staff his career writing instead of repeating the same advice yourself
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The Revelator
Editorially independent conservation journalism, Center for Biological Diversity
Read it for reporting that stays independent of the organization funding it
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Anthropocene Magazine
Weekly digest of sustainability and conservation science
Subscribe to keep up with sustainability science without reading the journals yourself
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The Weekly Anthropocene
Climate and biodiversity news roundup, Sam Matey
Get a weekly biodiversity and climate roundup written for people who need hope
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The Xylom
Weekly newsletter on health, climate and environmental disparity
Subscribe when you want the environmental justice framing most conservation media leaves out
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Nature's Archive
Ecology and natural history interviews, Michael Hawk
Listen for natural history depth, and note that it is now part of Jumpstart Nature
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In Defense of Plants
Botany and plant conservation interviews and field stories
Send it to anyone who thinks plants are the boring part of a survey
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Sounds Wild
Endangered species podcast, Center for Biological Diversity
Use episodes as background briefing on a listed species before a meeting
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WCS Wild Audio
Field reporting from Wildlife Conservation Society projects
Hear how a large organization tells a field story, useful when you write your own
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BatChat
Bat ecology podcast, UK Bat Conservation Trust
Catch UK bat survey practice and licensing talk that never reaches a journal
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Rewilding the World
Interviews on rewilding and nature recovery, Ben Goldsmith
Listen for how rewilding projects were actually financed, not just how they were designed
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Species Unite
Weekly conversations on animal rights and wildlife protection
Listen when you need the animal rights perspective on a conservation decision
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Our Wild Lives
Stories from wildlife professionals in the field, The Wildlife Society
Play an episode to a student who wants to know what the job is really like
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Conservation Careers Podcast
Interviews on building a career in conservation
Listen for how people entered the field, which beats any job description
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Future of Conservation
Conservation science and history series, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Get the US agency view on conservation history, useful before any federal conversation