Here's an engaging listen for lovers of the written word: in the latest Mongabay podcast we talk to former BBC reporter Sue Branford about her new series Mongabay is publishing in collab w/ The Intercept-Brasil about a series of mega dams in the Amazon, one installment of which has led to an official investigation being opened -- she has a history of such impacts and talks a bit about one of the most inspiring egs, here's a piece of that:
*Sometimes your reporting has an impact that you don’t actually realize…These reports that we’re doing for Mongabay, we may discover such an impact…the Brazilian prosecutor is asking for compensation for this indigenous community, but there may also be other impacts that we only discover years later.* *We journalists sometimes feel we just go on reporting and don’t really change very much, but now and again you come up with cases where you very definitely have changed things, and it makes you feel like, OK, it really was worthwhile. * We also round up top conservation news from the Hong Kong Frog to Norway's new commitment on global deforestation mitigation, listen here, and share with your students or colleagues as appropriate: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/audio-an-in-depth-look-at- mongabays-collaboration-with-the-intercept-brazil/ And if you like what you hear, why, pls subscribe for free via Stitcher <http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mongabay-newscast>, TuneIn <http://tunein.com/radio/Mongabay-Newscast-p914475/>, iTunes <https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mongabay-newscast-1-panamas/id1155856616?i=1000375414517&mt=2>, Google Play <https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ii23ecdja5vf2we3ahata3x7uie>, and/or RSS <http://mongabay.libsyn.com/rss>. Erik -- See my latest writing and photojournalism projects here <http://www.erikhoffner.com/> *tw: @erikhoffner <https://twitter.com/ErikHoffner>*
