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.