Climate Tracker Specials: Re-Energizing Climate Reporting in the Philippines EP05

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and revisit the experiences of some of our fellows for Climate Tracker Asia’s Digital Content Creators hub. Coming together from different backgrounds, each story is weaved together by reality and a persevering hope for a better world. As we approach the fellowship’s end—its KLIMAX—let’s hear how it has created an impact on the lives of a drag queen, an IP advocate, and an artist.(Speakers used a mixed of English and Filipino while recording this episode)

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Climate Tracker’s Africa Community Manager Joyce Chachu-Hilton talked to three female climate journalists from across the globe: Vaishnavi Rathore from India, Vishani Ragobeer from Guyana, and Jennifer Ugwa from Nigeria.  They talked about their experiences as women journalists in their countries and regions, the challenges they’ve faced, how they’ve overcome them, and their words of advice for young women aspiring to share climate and environment stories with the world.  For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

In this episode, we talk to two journalists in the city of Davao - the largest city in the Philippines and the hometown of its current president, Rodrigo Duterte. Yas Ocampo and Marcos Mordeno of MindaNews talked about why they think writing about the environment is important, especially in a city where all eyes are glued to local politics. Note: The speakers in this episode are switching between English and Filipino. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

In this episode, we take you to Palawan a beautiful island in the Philippines but as Joel Contrivida tells us it has been struggling with energy security. Note: The speakers in this episode are switching between English and Filipino. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

In this episode, we talk about digital and video journalism with Reynald Ramirez and Alfredo Ruzol of ABS-CBN News to tackle the challenges of visualizing and simplifying climate issues. Note: The speakers in this episode are switching between English and Filipino. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

In this episode, we talk to Jonathan de Santos and Gaea Cabico of Philstar.com about their relationship as editor - reporter and why mentorship is important in the journalism world today. Note: The speakers in this episode are switching between English and Filipino. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

Our Climate Tracker Specials Asia is back and this time, you will hear from journalists from the Philippines on how they are reporting on climate stories. In this episode, Biena Magbitang talks to Joe Torres and Mark Saludes of LiCAS news on the importance of religion in the climate conversation and the role of the church in our fight against climate change. Note: The speakers in this episode are switching between English and Filipino. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

This week, we are talking to Cece Siago, a Kenyan journalist - passionate about women empowerment and gender equality.  We talk about the impacts of climate change in Kenya and what are the stories she is planning to write in the future. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us.

Today, we head over to Italy to talk to one of our young Italian fellows, Marta Viganò. Marta was a part of our New Media Fellowship where she has been investigating the impact of Climate Change on mental health and the role of the Catholic church in shaping national climate narratives in Italy. She also recently published a collaborative story on Climate Tracker focusing on the environmental impacts of the global coffee trade from Guatemala to Italy. We recorded this April this year, and it’s full of COVID reflections, thoughts on the EU’s future, and the role of journalism in italy. I hope you like it.

Now, let’s head over to Nairobi - known to some as the green city of the sun, where we meet Kevin Lunzalu. He is a young environmental researcher who is one of our wildcard fellows, trying to build up his experience in the world of journalism and make a real impact in his home country of Kenya. For comments, suggestions and feedback you can email us at [email protected]. If you are listening on Apple Podcast, kindly leave a comment - it helps new listeners to find us. We recorded this in April this year.