Journalist’s Trade

Developing the narrative thread relied on finding key characters and weaving their experiences into the article’s focus on water.

With a drought and expanding population, coverage of water gains importance.

Eyewitness online reporting about the tsunami complements coverage by mainstream news organizations.

With lead levels endangering health, public agencies kept test results from consumers.

A 17-month investigation about drinking water pollution prompts action.

‘… the smell of the dead bodies is something you just don’t know without having been through it before.’

‘I try to focus my coverage on people whose lives intersect with water.’

It’s the economy, stupid.

By bringing awareness and information to reporters, stories about these topics are starting to be told.

‘Tracking the battles over water isn’t a beat—it’s a career.’