With information moving faster than ever, the public’s need for credible, accessible environmental reporting has never been greater. In response, Mongabay has launched its Newswire Desk, specializing in short, written and multimedia content that brings news from nature’s frontline to non-specialist audiences. “Improving access to information isn’t only accomplished by publishing online for free. It’s achieved by providing information that satisfies audiences’ needs and adapts to their constraints,” says Willie Shubert, Mongabay’s executive editor and VP of programs. “The purpose of the Newswire Desk is to meet people where they are and inspire their curiosity to learn more.” The Newswire Desk enables Mongabay to cover significantly more news about environmental science, the ecosystems people interact with daily, and the links between current events and Nature. “The Newswire Desk has a mandate to use plain, direct language to break through jargon and quickly identify how people’s daily lives are connected to the environmental issues Mongabay covers in depth,” Shubert says. “It only takes a couple of minutes to read a short article and we envision the Newswire will become a starting point that welcomes people to discover all that Mongabay has to offer.” A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). Image by Max Tibby via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0). The people behind Mongabay’s Newswire Bobby Bascomb in Monteverde, Costa Rica working on a story about tree climbers collecting epiphytes for a study. The hard hat was to protect from falling tree branches. Photo: Bobby Bascomb Currently, three of Mongabay’s five bureaus publish short…This article was originally published on Mongabay

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